| Show AN iN W Allm lEE SUPPLY Action to to Bond IH Is Reviewed In 11 my nl former ni I referred to tile the n necessity e liy of ot Increasing the tile water supply and promised I to submit In a M 4 my m views 1 BM Rb to th tilts policy lOlIc which should l 1 be adopt adopted a ed all by the time present with regard to that matter mattI mattIOn On tho day of or April 1901 1801 I ad lid addressed dressed a l communication to lO your hon lion honorable body culling attention to tho paramount Importance of obtaining an atm water itter for tor the tile city dIY and that n u special committee ot or otIle I Ile tte members of oC tile the council be appoint wl All to get act with the mayor In I tarrying out a 11 plan for the ac nc accomplishment of that th purpose Preel PreBI President dent Hewlett I with Councilmen Councilman Fern FernStrom Fernstrom Strom Wells Voll Dean Donn and A J 3 Davis wore ere lere appointed such audi committee W Tile The committee caused a II careful and thorough Investigation to La Le made moide of ot all ll the time available Iter r sources source It was IIA as that the time olta present supply of or potable water from troll City ire creek k Emi Enil Emigration I gration creek and Parleys creek based upon September averages which la In the tile I season son of or t scarcity was tram about gallons per day da It also op lP that the lIle other available sources for potable water ater wore were Mill creek Big Cottonwood and Little Cottonwood creeks which furnish nn an aggregate now low flo in ill season on of ot low water of over 32 31 I I galLons per day Tho The ottys present available of ot water front from Utah lake Is l about gallons per day with an opportunity to materially Increase the availability without en on endangering the permanency of or the this lake EXCHANGE TIm TIlE ONLY WAY VAY It also became apparent only feasible way was wa of or acquiring the waters satera at erA of ot Mill creek Big Cottonwood and Lit Little tie tle Cottonwood creeks creek was by exchange anti and lease Inse ns us the financial condi condition condition tion precluded the thA possibility of or rals nis Als AlsInA Ing InA money mane to purchase the tile valuable water rights on these streams Resides It U vas RNe more moro advantageous to tn tl the tho city Ott to utilize Its water rights In Utah mIte lake for tOI exchange purposes than to run the tIle risk of or losing hosing lo them because of or nonuser cr bout About nf or the tho waters of these mountain are used u ell on omm lands lying wIder under the present city ca canal canal nal MI while about 78 7 per cent of ot the wa wn water vater ter used on lands which would lie Un tin Under tier del an extension of or the Kast Jordan I canal The committee In obtain obtaining obtaining I ing options from the Hie owners of ot water rights In Rig BIg Cottonwood creek for the exchange of or about of ot that I stream for tor Utah lake water from the I canal and It wax we ascertained that the of or water on mm I lands lying abo above ahot the tho canal would be I willing to lease their rights to tn the city during the low loll water 1 season ll on on rea roe reasonable terms m CO OF Ill IC COM CO I I When this tills had bad been the committee reported to tile tha city elty council I Ion on the day do of or November 1901 giving giving fl i ing a 1 very full rull and complete account of or i Its It II Investigations mid lild work A roe rec recommendation I was made that the tile tax taxpayers payers of Salt Sail alt Lake City CIt be requested I Iu le 1 to authorize the tile Iunce Of ot water bond to tn the amount of for the purpose e or of I a 0 conduit O It Ero from I BIg IlIg creek cre k to creek for tor the tha of a power plant at the mouth of ot Parleys can ean canyon eanon yon loll on for tor the tile purpose e of or pumping sewer Hewer ago for Cor the tile development of ot Utah lake making repairs on the city Im hn Improving proving the distributing system uy of ot the tile water works paying bonuses for tho tile exchange of or water rights right and defray ing the necessary expenses expense of If carrying out ut the tile plan of or perfecting time the th and lease ions III tI of or the tha waters waturs of or Mill 1111 Dig Big and Little Cottonwood creeks creekM Including IlIoIU the tho cost com co t of or bringing the same slime Into the th city antI and distributing It to 10 the WI Inhabitants Tile Tho report of the committee WItS vim wn adopted anti an 1111 election ordered to bo be held heIrS h 1 on orm tho tile 3rd day tOll of ot January 1806 1905 I for tor the time purpose of or voting on tile the union to iSsUe luu of ot wit r bondu and ammIl of or sewer setser bonds which had l hellI ii recommended by time the committee commit t for the purpose of lt sewage for tor the I he southern and anti western portions ot at the he cIty elty MATTER FULLY the election came cammie on oil there was n it very tery full discussion lon of or the tue StIll nub not hot only through the press prem but nl oleo also o through local organization In tho the city A committee or of five OVe citizen tax namely rs 0 O J John Johll Clark W V Mont Ferry lerry N L T J arid George A Whitaker were wein associated with tile the mayor and anti council committee In to tho tilo lax payer an nn address s covering the tho tion In ill all Its phases A majority of ot tho time electors voted In favor flor of ot tile the proposition anti the tho coun coon council counell ell cil committee linn taken steps to have hn ve the th bonds bondA Issued from time to time ny au the tIle money he be needed l for tor I tho time prosecution of the tile work so 80 that time the city will viIi not miot be required to tm pay 1111 Interest until the tile use of ot the tho money is In actually I required It 11 In ii confidently expected that the ex cx exchanges changes and leAH will wilt be ie perfected I and tho the conduit 1 so BO that tIle the water of ot lug Dig Cottonwood 1 will be Into Inlo the city before tIle the end of the th pre present year ar ATER SCRIP UVIL An existing e l evil which I most re respectfully your honorable body to In I consider with n a I view of or Its abolition Is IA the Issuance of water scrip s In Ill exchange of or c cash for fol the payment of at water for tOr the tho First I The system compels a n loss loas of or not ICHI iss Ie than 5 S per pel er cent to all small property who are aro taxed for these e extensions when the said salti small owners are IHO obliged to borrow the money muney with Ith which to p y their thelt proportion of or tilt the th tax And who WilL Is la by b this tills None but the large water wlter user u el and the money lender Second The poorer property o ner Is obliged to sell his at mit a II discount and the time whole issue li ii Immediately gob gal Il bled hied up by the time large water valor takers and 1111 paid to tile tho city for water rates In ill plaice of or cash en h thereby giving the time larger water Va ter a n decided advantage over tile the small To fo digress a little With tho the additional advantage tile the large laige user hIlls has by hy being glen given wholesale so called rates rotes anti and from the tile fact that not one of these theAe large barge water tater users pay pal ns nil much tax lax In proportion for c mm as do the tile small users I believe belleV It U is absolutely wrong for tor tile the city to con Call a II system that wrings money mone from the this pockets of tile the poor men and places It In the pockets of or tha the rich CITY IS NOT Third ThirIl The Ille city Is not mIot benefited one ono iota lota I by hy lIch uch a system When Whon nn an assessment Is IR levied tor for n a 1 water main extension I true truo tile the money Is at III once paid to the city by abutters on the particular ex cx extension tension antI and that makes the tile city even on all the work But Hut before borore the end of ot tho the ns as n a I rule the city gets nothing for water furnished except I scrip not lIot only from abutters on the Mid salIl extension but from large water vater s In different parts of ot the tile city It who I It If the time system sy lem were sere abolished would would pay In cash C sh It will thus be he ten een that water users In remote parts ports of or the city from tho the said raid al l extension mire lire the actual beneficiaries of ot this scrip system systemS S Hence I fill alii of or the th unqualified opinion ion Inn that such n 11 system be he h abol abolished without delay dela when a water sater main extension Is IA properly applied 1 for tor forthe time the city olty should put It In pay pal for it and anti collect Its water r rates In cash |
