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Show SPEAKERS LIST VITAL NEED OF 17ATER?R0JECT Loss of Big Industry Already Cited to Exchange Club Campaign for a favorable, vote on participation In the Deer creek project at the special election Tuesday Tues-day n eared a climax Friday as arguments ar-guments war brought forward from three angles. ' Emphasising that tht Deer cseek reservoir and aqueduct project offers of-fers the ctty the bast opportunity It probably ever will have ts get a huge supply gf water nrhnr cost, Qeorre Critchlow, secretary of tka metropolitan water district board, urged all Salt Lakers favoring the proposal to express that decision at the polls. Speaking before the Exchange club In the Hotel Utah Friday noon, ho explained that every registered Salt Laker who has paid a real or personal property tax within the last year la eligible to vote. - City Penalised At the same meeting 8. A. Kennedy, Ken-nedy, a director of the metropolitan water district, contended that Bait Lake City has already lost possible new Industries which wouid have brought Jobs, payrolls and opportunities opportu-nities all because the city water supply la Insufficient. ' "One of the chief reasons the Columbia Co-lumbia Steel company plant, bow operating outside of Prove, was not located in Salt Lake City was because be-cause the city could not give assurance assur-ance of sufficient water for this plant to operate," Mr, Kennedy asserted. as-serted. He pointed out, too. that uncertainty uncer-tainty over Utah lake rights and possible outcome of the present lake litigation makes It imperative that Salt Lake City guarantee Itself an adequate water supply by participation participa-tion In the Deer creek project, x Summary Olvesi Recommendation that Salt Lakers . vote "Yes" Tuesday eame Friday from the metropolitan water committee com-mittee of the Utah Taxpayers' association. as-sociation. In summarising Ita "stand, ' the eommlttae pointed eutt Sals Lake City needs mora srmtar nose, t tore growth demands an Increased-supply Increased-supply even for wet yean , C . trite proposal provides the only leesaola abundant supply ... If favorable' action Is not taken Duchesne river waters will be lest to the state ef Utah . . . the project can be financed fi-nanced without issuance of bonds . . . only r per cent of the total cost is to be repaid each year . . . n ointerest will be charged, ae ordinary ordi-nary coats are cot more than half . . , cost of the aqueduct Is included in the project . . . payments do not start until completion ef the entire project five to seven years hence, though some benefits may accrue immediately . . . agriculture will not be robbed to provide city water . . . adjacent agriculture lands will be benefitted also. Plans Advanced The committee also listed three possible means of paying for the annual (230.000 to $250,000 oast, the f irat two being a tax increase . or boost In the water rates. . Principal attention was given, however, to a plan under which no tax or water rate rise would be needed. The city can raise MO ,000 yearly selling Deer creek water to suburban areas, save $30,000 annually an-nually in pumping costs, and in- -creased water eales based on the trend of the past four years will mean (110 000 to $300,000 new revenue reve-nue each year. It was pointed out. J. A. Nelson, controller of the metropolitan water district, addressed ad-dressed a meeting of grocers at the Utah Power Light company auditorium, audi-torium, and District Attorney Calvin Cal-vin W. Rawllngs spoke at a forum in the Bugarhouse library en Deer creek Thursday evening. |