Show WATER TE DEClARED UN FEW FE l' l arger Users Would j. j Feel No Increase I 1 City Records Show I Proposal to raise raise t the e minimum m I Ir rater r rates in Salt from fron fronto 14 to to per quarter would woul le e the burden of ot the increase P a a. small percentage of ot the 30 Idle water ater users of at tho the city and andon andon andon on a class of ot users least able to toy y the Increase while the large larg era would feel teel no increase at all aU ic- ic claimed by persons persons familiar tJ Iti Ith water rates and the conditions here persons Only persons who use 2700 cubic E tf t water per quarter or less pa pay rate of per quare e the present meter rates enco nce If the rate were in- in eased to only those using his ij minimum rate allo allowance vance or ater rater would pay the increase All eiS cons consuming more than 2700 iWo ble fe feet t per quarter pay the reg- reg riaR lar rate provided on a a. cubic basis and would not not feel the Increase crease in the minimum charge In Inthir I thir th r words they would pay noSon nothan no Son or than they do now for the pa ame i amount of ot water while white the tho snaIl mall user would pay per cent for the same amount of ot water d CARIES ES WITH SEASON While actual figures on the num- num r of users who pay the minimum t were not available Saturday it that the percentage Withe ithe whole is small and varies according to the season being during the summer months when hen water is used for sprinkling In m winter when there sprinkling It i is understood the average does not exceed 10 or 25 per cent of ot the total number sers so mat it is apparent it Id that an n increase such as is f g considered would fall entire entire- this small proportion of or the jeers The IThe city auditors auditor's records show atthe at the actual annual revenues of ot department derived from of the department do not jover over Ov r the actual annual expendi expendi- tures tres r s. s A check of the annual re- re auditor for the past ten tears tears' ears shows that the accumulated of the water d department f t t Jh h close loe of business In 1924 1024 was wal rno nore than eliminating its revenue from general taxes NOT SHOWN Lis Is deficit It is said d does es not on the face tace of ot water depart- depart nent reports The report fJ for r 1924 hows a a. surplus of Anal- Anal of water department figures ar q few years back according to hose close to water department Circles Ii les shows that his surplus Is produced by taxes levied for the vater department to wipe out its l ti lt and build up a surplus In ther ither words the taxpayer In Li l Ito o paying water rates is paying general taxes each year to wipe out deficit of ot the water department and build up a sur 1 lus iUS lus for the department It of the auditors auditor's re- re for the past ten years year snows h water department closed h jear ear 1913 with an unexpended lance Balance of The depart- depart nent l started the year 1914 with this Jal alance nce to its credit and to this V added R a one one-h one half Jf mill tax levy 1 letting g it but the de- de I closed that year with a a. a of more than In spite balance from the previous earland the aid from the general levy PAX rAX LEVY MADE P. P tax levy was made for the wa- wa for 1914 1915 and rt yet the deficits at the end of ot oth h ear were re recorded The year showed a a. deficit of deficit of 20 1919 deficit of and so on 1 ll 1922 when the tax levy wasl was gain gi l resorted to to wipe or oi the anual deficit and produce a sur lus His That year a a. tax levy of two- two of ot a mill was made The de- de art nent at the close of that year bowed ho a surplus of ot h tax levy of two-thirds two of ut a has been een made each year since h to clean up the deficit and ho how a surplus kius It 11 t is pointed out that 1 If the es of the water depart- depart tent are eliminated the department is not sustaining self s But it is contended by J j ci w.- w. who Vho know the waterworks business that the de dep department department de- de p will v-ili never be m made de self self- sustaining by raising the minimum quarterly rates |