Show WATERS WATER POLICY UP TO BOARD ERWIN AVERS Urges Quick Action to Assure Access cc S Sto to U. U S. S Loan Mayor E. E B. B Erwin Erin Er jn Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day called for action on the Provo river and Utah lake projects and nd as asserted r ed Sa Salt Sail t Lake City is entitled to a decision decision decision de de- de- de by the metropolitan w water ter district board Addressing the Salt Lake LakeS Real Rea Estate board at the chamber of commerce corn com com commerce merce Mayor Erwin Er In placed upon upon the water board the responsibility for or deciding for or against what must mus be recognized as as the source of ot Salt SaIl Lako Lake City's future water supply The mayor said the federal government gov gov- has made available available available avail avail- avail avail- able for tor improving Provo river and Utah lake for Irrigation pu purposes poses and that such improvements auto auto- would provide e the c city It with a water supply for tor many years to come as city tho exchanges Utah Utah- lake wat water r. r for c canyon nyon streams Must 1 Decide Soon We can borrow money now from the government to provide water sufficient to permit the city t to expand expand ex ex- without paying interest he said Shall wo we do this or shall we wait until government funds no longer lon Ion lon lon-I ger are available and be compelled in a few years to borrow the money on the open market with a total cost of of-at of at least double what it would be now We W have a metropolitan water board which has the authority to say yes or orno no It Is its responsibility but a decision must be reached soon Joon Mayor ErwIn Envin said the Moon lake Hyrum and Ogden c canyon nyon reclamation reclamation tion Lion projects were authorized at atthe atthe atthe the same time as were the thi Provo river and Utah lake undertakings and that all allot of ot the fIrst three named would be in hi operation J next ext year Yet we wc have arrived at no deCision decision de do- he saI said If It the water board makes a favorable decision in inthe the next few weeks and work is started start start- ed edas as soon BOO as possible we n not t have it completed and re ready dy for full before 1941 1911 r I think you will agree with me that not only Salt Lake City and Provo Pro but the state stat of Utah and the the federal government are entitled to a decision The Utah l lake ke and Provo river projects no matter how else referred to are the tho source ou cc of ot lt ke City's future water supply and nd nd must st be e eso so recognized ed Keyser Under Attack Mayor Erwins I t bro brought Provo Pr r vo f P c to o the fore for the second ond time this week week A statement to the water board by Continued on Page Two Column Five Fin MAYOR M fOR TELLS WATER POLICY V I I Continued from Page pae One City Commissioner George Georgo D. D Keyser Key Key- ser that Deer cr crek ek and Utah lake were primary propositions ons for the election that created the water dietrict district district dis die and the voters by crea creating it endorsed both projects precipitated a controversy The property owners' owners investigation tion committee headed by William F. F Langton cited statements statements state- state m ments by former Mayor Louis Marcue Marcus Marcus Mar Mar- cus cue who headed the campaign in behalf of the district that the only question was creation creation of the district and that the projects were not Involved Involved Involved In In- directly The committee called upon Commissioner Commissioner Com Corn missioner Keyser to retract his his' statement and to move for dissolution dissolution tion of the city water department which he heads with all aU municipal water affairs to be placed under the metropolitan water board Commissioner K Keyser Kyser said W Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- d- d I he had no statement to make makein in answer to the committees committee's re request re- re quest re-I re Mayor in addition to urging urging urging ing action on river rand and Utah la lake isice e advocated d improvement t of ot th the municipal airport tomake it lt the I finest in the United States asked the realtors to cooperate in traffic i law enforcement and saida a perma permanent nent neat Inventory Is Is being started Inthe in inthe inthe the public safety department which he be heads Water Users Debate Holdover r Storage Arguments as to the right of stockholders to holdover storage water featured a meeting of representatives of ot the Utah Lake Water Vater Users' Users association with officials of the U U. S. S reclamation service in n the J Federal building Wednesday The bone of ot contention is the word wording ng of the thc terms regarding hold holdover ve st storage r ge in tho the repayment contract under which the water users will repay the that of Utah lake Is expected to cost cost cost- decision No-decision bad had been reached when th the meeting adjourned ao ac ac cording to E. E O. O Larson district en engineer of or the re reclamation service i |