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Show It , n . . l ui t . N ' (" 1 5 ' I i 1 LUsJ jL.li... i t V Water System a S:;:r:!c C:c ... system Bt-celves for. realntenance and improvement what the Council feels like giving it, but always far less than the acxaint it contributes as revenue. The question has been raised by not a few, why is It not possible to make the fund received from the water system a separate one, and apply it to nothing but the maintenance and Improvement I of the waterworks? Ehould this be done, the surplus over the actual running expenses, it is asserted as-serted by competent Judges, would in ar few years amply provide for the acquisition ac-quisition of more water and the extension exten-sion of the water system so that it would b adequate to the city's needs. Among other Issues that are likely' to have a prominent part In shaping the coming municipal campaign Is the water problem. .- ' Since-the defeat in the last Legislature Legisla-ture of the Commercial club's water commission bill, many of the most progressive pro-gressive business men of the city have come to regard this question of the water-supply and Its management as the most important local issue that the peorle and the politicians have to deal with. It is pointed out that under existing conditions the .city does not, in sporting parlance, f-give-.the water ystem a square deal. The revenue derived from the water-users of Salt Lake approximates approxi-mates $75,000 a jeaf. All oft this goes Into the general receipts of the city; there la no attempt made at segregation Vpfthe fund. As a result, the water |