Show I CITIZENS UNANIMOUSLY BOND OND Taxpayers of the fourth precinct in goodly numbers attended the ma mass 8 meeting meeting meet meet- in ing at Knotts Knott's hall last night to listen to arguments pro and con on tho the bond issue Those who had expected to hear heat much talk against tho the proposed i issue suA must have left the hall ball much disappointed disappointed disappointed pointed for with the exception of or L. L E. E Hall no one spoke against the bond issue issue- P. P J. J Daly Dah an and announced at the outset that the tile meeting ha had been called for a free freo and avd full fuJI discussion discus discus- bion tion of the proposed issue of bonds for tho the improvement of the city cHy Mr Hall secured the attention of the tile meeting and in ill a i rambling I talk told wh why he ho thou thought ht the i suo ht cu not to tobe tobo bo he made His talk was alon along the lines Jims which he had la laid d in the council in the thelast thelast last few weeks J a J t t the ho proposed cd issue Mr rr Hall lIall repressed the opinion that tho the people of I the he fourth precinct would get Jet more water a little later Inter on and that it would be a gc id thin thing if the city would build buil an electric light plant Mr Hall Ball 1 was as asked wh when he ht t thought ou ht the people of the northe-isteni northe part of the city would get Jet an aa lI supply of water and he replied Next year Tear 7 This brought Judge E. E F. F Colburn to his feet with a caustic reply I Heard That Before I Yes next year This has been heen time identical answer that I personally have I had for the last ten years whenever I have ventured to put the query nn and next year I haven't the slightest doubt I Ithe the answer would bo be tho same An And vet yet you want to spend sometime sometime sometime some some- time in the future for an nn electric light plant and in the meantime I and antI the rest of your constituents in this ward I must go o without that commonest of necessities necessities necessities ne ne- water Well all I can cau sa say say- is is that I had rather have o tho the water right no now than at some indefinite future futuro date you should have better electric lights Judge Ju C Colburn lburn was followed by Joseph Joseph Jo To seph Lippman who had bad evidently made madea I a study of the subject of the propose proposed bond issue issue It is a n nood good thing declared the speaker for for tho people to got gat et together together to to- gether Ither for a full uH and frank discussion of a matter of such importance to the general welfare of the community as asis asis asis is is the issuance of these bonds Now regarding fg the city's power in the tho matter mat mat- matter ter tor this is is beyond question Section 4 article 14 of the state constitution provides provides pro pro- vides ides that for general taxing purposes a sum far in excess of the proposed amount based on a percentage of the thu assessed valuation of property within tho city limits may be raised bv by the issuance issn issuance ance of bonds As to the purpose for which this money monc is to be used tho the mayor and nOll council have o issued a statement state state- meat ment setting forth every detail anti and unless we are arc to believe that tho the entire body constituting th the tho municipal government government gov JOV has entered into n a con conspiracy to defraud the taxpayers of tho city cit it were fo folly folb to question n this In Other Cities The Thc cit city of Los Angeles recently voted bonds to the extent of for a now city water supply San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco has of bonds out 1 standing stand stand- in ing and sixths five of the people voted in in favor of tho the issue New York has hns hasa a n bond lond issue of and it is a fact that every city of consequence in inthe I tho the country has seen seon tho the wisdom of raising mono money for public improvements by b- means of or bonds and has haa proceeded to do so Now why is this the ca case e J Mainly for the reason that it presents tho the only sane sano and just manner in which such moneys cail can be raised With ith a tax rate o of 13 mills is it fair that the tho present generation should be bo compelled to subscribe subscribe sub sub- scribe to a measure increasing this materially materially ma ma- materially and aud the coming generation in inthe inthe in inthe the increased value of property as a result reap the greater part of tho the benefits bene bene- benefit fit fits i As As to the use of the tho money accruing accruing in ing from taxation there are many expenses expenses ex- ex in connection with the running of a city which v v few people know about Is there a man nian present present pres pres- ent nt outside of members of the Council who can tell ten me what it costs to keep un the T rolice department of this city or the waterworks department or orthe ortho ortho tho the Board of Health or any an other 1 J 1 At a recent meeting called for fir tho the simi of this same samo measure there was consi considerable opposition to the tho bonds but not Dot one ono speaker could iv h n fI 11 to substantiate his statements If it ft were a corporation YOU were interested in instead of a a. city you yon would know and yet is thero there I or could there thero bo be any an corporation in the tho worM world n as il important to to us as ns the city in I which we wo lire Hel Help City Progress t Denver t in lS 1360 O was a mere village mae and look at her now Los Angeles an another and other western cities have e outstripped us in in the tho onward march of progress vet yet we wo know that by every law we are aro bound to some day clay have a cit city here hero which will be hc second to none nono in in the West in all that goes oes to make cities Treat great and the thc destiny demands deman s that that ire we prepare the way The The ways in n whit which w we intend to do this are manifold During the Morris bonds to the extent of were authorized and i issued sued and of this was set asi aside e for improvements in iu the water system But the en engineer ner m made a mistake in in some somo of the the le Cl levels with tho the result that tho the thom m mains mams ins were in some somo cases ense's forty feet below the surface and the tho was not enough nouh to t finish the work The in intercepting intercepting in in- sewer in in the southwestern part of the city is as yet vet uncompleted and anil n a part of the money moncY from the time bon bonds g gwi wi will be he used to complete completo this In the Fourth precinct there is plenty plent of water available n but the greater part of tho the mains mams are arc of three inch diameter and I many of these are arc so corroded bv by brust rust as 35 to have havo an interior diameter o of barely bare bare- 1 h ly one and a half inches What hat we c need here is is six and aud inch eight pipe pipe and then and anti not Dot until then will this section of tho the city hn have adequate fire protection and a aa full supply of water for other othar uses Similar work will bo be performed in the other municipal precincts of the city including the extension of the J Jordan and East T Jordan Iordan canal systems to accommodate tho the abundance anco of water available a an and the building of reservoirs to conserve conservo tho the waters of the Big BiJ and Little Cottonwood can canyons Mr Ir Lippman was followed b by W W. Mont Ferry chairman of the finance com mitt eo of the city council who in ing what had been said aid by Mr Lipp- Lipp I man num manIt It It is absurd said Mr r. Ferr Ferry to suppose that that if graft were as rampant in in municipal circles as certain newspapers newspapers news news- papers would lead lend us to believe that some Bome specific instance would not have havo come to light long ago I 1 have been in inho inthe ho tho city council for three years now and I want to sa say that I have havo yet et to seo see tho the first indication of anything oven even remotely approaching t such a condition In a caso case of this kin kind party part prejudices should be forgotten an md and political feeling laid aside Only the he good of the city should bo be considered consid consid- ered and o er every one should make up his mind for himself as to just what course to o pursue Judge Ju ge A. A J. J Weber then took the floor In my opinion he said there there thoro is ia only one side to this question Tho The question is are arc we wo in favor of a greater reater Salt Lake 1 If we are vote the bonds if f we are arc not let us say n so If we do do- sire to grow we need the improvements and tho the increase in in the tho valuation 01 ot of property alono alone would would to mo too be sufficient to o justify tho the step I Real Estate Values A Richter in a a. brief speech dwelt mainly upon tho the increased valuation of real oal estate during durin the last few years as asa asa asa a direct result of civic civic improvements ho tho increases running from 25 5 to as ashi hi high h as OO per cent in in some somo cases I Iam Iani am ant in to favor of continuing the work ho said and an at a cost to the city of 4 1 per percent percent percent cent or is it really worth ar arguing arguing in ing about 1 Former Governor Black BIRck took a similar position and the came camo to a with a resolution which was as adopted unanimously amid amici applause to tho the effect that it be bo the sense of tho the meeting that all alJ present unqualifiedly endorse and do all an in their power to assist when the matter matter comesup comes comesup up at nt tho the polls on the of this in month |