Show KEYSER SEEKS CITY'S SUPPORT OF WATER BILL Raps Move to Include Rural Areas in Deer Creek Supply Recommendation that the Salt Lake City commission indorse proposed pro proe posed legislation to make city at attorneys at- at torney and engineers serve water districts when boundaries of the latter are coextensive with city boundaries thereby saving in the case of Salt Lake City 1200 per year was filed tiled with city commissIoners commissioners commis commis- Wednesday by Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- George D D. Keyser In another letter Mr Keyser Keser suggested the commission oppose proposed legislation permitting water water wa wa- sva- sva ter district directors to make suburban suburban sub sub- urban areas part of the water dis- dis Both matters were laid over for further discussion by the commission commission commission commis commis- sion as a whole Referring to the first matter Mr I Keysers Keyser's letter stated I The commission should recommend recommend recommend mend mend passage of this bill as it will save the taxpayers of Salt Lake City a year and will assure unified control of the city's city water supply a as well as water dis dis- dis- dis Opposed on Five Grounds rounds The second piece of legislation was Vas opposed by Mr Mi- Keyser on five grounds I 1 1 Deer creek water was as bought for and will be paid for by citizens of Salt Tj lAke k City n 2 2 Lake Salt Lake City should not acquire acquire acquire ac ac- ac- ac quire any more partners In its water system or water rights 3 Deer creek conduit Is being built to carry water for Salt Lake City's present and future Its use us by anyone else without absolute control of ot water delivery by the city will wiIl be expensive impracticable and annoying 4 4 Under this legislation there is no way taxpayers o of Salt Lake City could prevent a future water district board of directors tors taking in enough partners so that ultimately ulti ulti- the board will be controlled not by Salt Lake City's elective or appointed representatives but by representatives of outside areas Should Elect Board 5 Any board which controls a awater awater awater water right as valuable as Deer creel creek should be elected by th the p people ople of Salt Lake City or subject subject subject sub sub- to removal by the taxpayers' taxpayers elected representatives William M. M Kasworm chairman of a group outside Salt Lake City active in preparing legislation re referred referred re- re to in Mr Keysers Keyser's last letter appeared earlier before commissioners commis commis- si ners He asked that Salt Lake City relinquish acre feet of its foot acre-foot Deer creek subscription subscription subscription sub sub- so that the county group may be in a position to subscribe for more Deer creek water Salt Lake county commissioners have already applied for for- acre feet teet of Deer creek water in behalf of the county group Commissioners suggested that Mr Kasworm put his request in writing so 80 they could consider It H furt further er a at a later meeting |