Show OUR sentiments ALSO WE take pleasure in endorsing doming WO ti remarks of the salt lake harag fit late day on the su subject eject of the appropriation made by the city council for a toy reservoir on capi tol hill we do not think there to is any wisdom in ia spending public money for an impracticable purpose we regard this project as one tbt will prove costly and use useless Jess the money could be expended h to far better purpose in providing more water or extending service 4 P parts of the city where it is abb cutely needed than in laying a foundation for claims that will DO doubt be asserted when necessity arises that should not prevail a 00 ment as against the vital needa of A large body of citizens who Y with alarm the drouth that impending diug j the danger in this measure I 1 ip it proal pears to us is in this very ity the expenditure ot of this money for a hole to put water in will wil led lea P to the claim of a right to the fluid to fill it and to the commencement of or such moa measures as will require water that ought to be conducted ew ete where to complete and pre preserve servo them we must confess to great s that practical men in the council who ar are familiar with the graw needs of the people should give encouragement coura gement to this ill measure in view of athe sit situation tiOn especially after deciding not 1 to I 1 ess el tend the mains in directions whom where al they are sadly needed e e because bebau 1 00 7 of the present and expected ex peete belty scarcity of water we bearb that the mayr mayor though placed on the committee to s see ee the Is carried into effect has not favored ov the appropriation does cr credit aft to his judgment and we abin others would show wisdom in a sober second thought and a reconsider reco rec onside tion of their votes we will add that these ese fl areta th views odthe NEWS loot not wr i of any P persona dersons or authorities 1 w whom h om we are suppo supposed sed to s sp pea eft 1 often hupens h apkens that when this i presents arguments en ts and j reades us for fi or against a public project arct our 0 opponents unable to te anything to overcome our our position PI resort to the expedient of flosey flose y Ji stating tating that aur our utterances axe are the views of the church this ought to have no ln influence ag against a then views right kight abw if our are ought ough tto to prevail with sensible ea W pie even if they should base to be in accord with tho those of ex N if aced men sor otherwise there is a class who would fight T iBy thing supported by our leading men en in the church no matter how L amob f it might be for the public aeola and it is to their prejudices A that auch appeals are made the deseret DESEa ieT NEWS speaks for if when the authorities ot the preb have anything to say ta feugh its columns they do so over 3 t hir own signatures or we explain hat at it is with their sanction other it alse we alone are responsible for the views we express they are gener gener i AVY aay decided and both our friends toes know where we stand we 10 talk as we think on this toy res byoir r affair and cordially sup support herald erald in its dissent from the wak ion it of the city council |