Show CITIZENS INDIGNANT make water water rate The possible policy w which bloh seems to b have e been beau r of ot its Ita reaching itolar-reaching reaching gar consequences threatens no end and of trouble for lur if its creators creator Al AI Already reallY ready citizens irrespective of 01 political or business 8 pursuits nave been worked up to a high of ot indignation by receipt of f notices notice them them that bey are ara ex expected to pay from 26 25 to tu per cent mUle more for tor the water cJ oy OJ them than ever before In some ome instances perhaps property owners in the tbt matter of pay paying lug water taxes have hava been baan too leniently with But BUL why there should be a uni- uni universal venal versal vereal bound upward of at a iky sky rocket order or jer affecting all aU classes ia is to understand tand It Is la w will H known that the lobe rate rates this thiu year relatively speaking peaking It lire are ra as ai far tar in excess of those of lae lax last as al Peak la is above Capitol Hill HaU that has baa hitherto been baen ex ex- ex exempt empt empL from t taxation under every pre pre- pr preceding preceding ceding administration of ot the municipality ha has baa been bean bunted out and aDd made madea a target larget for tor high assess ent ens shooting rue tact that the property referred to belongs to due organizations the board of ot education or bOI bos- bos vital pital associations a has baa nut Dot do de de d clad In ID a little brief au- au authority au hority from functions that de are without Justification or precedent in 10 the community it bas baa b I remained tor these gentlemen to tu first step p for tor- forward forward ward and aDlI assess every church and tweeting house bOUbe bou a in ID the city fur the water used in them to strike me We first nr t blow at l the tree Iree school system by levying a ala la tax upon all buildings building of ot public in- in instruction in instruction erected d under its iti operations u to make mika it mure more expensive to Maintain or other similar worthy onar- onar institutions by compelling g the societies i conducting them to I-ay I ay a awater awater water waler rate rata And Aou all aU this thia in a city where water Is 18 almost almot all as a as the ne boundlessness ne a of at the ever ver fresh and aud bracing air 01 of these theia mountain val val- val ay eye teye Christopher Diehl who was wai em- em to do the assessing but who is In no way responsible for tor the he new naw and stated stale to two oi the board of ot education last t t evening that bat the city schools bad been assessed J about for tor tue use Ule of ot the water Waler which will this year be required t by the attending them or about 50 60 cents per head beall Mr Diehl r if states that thai he be recognizes the l nes need of 01 lui hll this and that he plead with the tbt city officials lo in ut ot the schools and aud hospitals He tuli toJ toem he says lays th-t th they would woula bring the wrath of the public upon them thew But his bis expostulations cx tx- tx x- x and warnings were ID lD vain and be he Went to work completed hit labors and anil is 18 now out oui ot or the employ of 01 thankful that tie be has bas nothing further to 0 do with toe the matter Tue argument made maue by oy some ot of the few w who savor vor this assessment I is that teat the tue city elty treasury treasury its ils its finances generally are III in such a condition conti LUll tha something must be oe done doue 10 to prevent ao an absolute ba winch which waft Wort than one council sol n tears fears will before another ejection election The water water wot works work system stem Is 1 I regarded as a great source lOuroe 01 OJ revenue and la is looked looke to lu all as the only mt means an ot or help to prevent the ht expected disaster d mauler W While the b board ard of ot education has bas taken no formal action concerning the matter aa as li it effects the schools it It ib od 0 it will resist collection un the ground tua that all aU School are exempt from taxation Just Juat what action li ii any toe tue other organizations her herein ln enumerated enumerate propose propone ro ode Iou to tudo do In tilt LOt premise is not know au as yet yei It It believed however that blAt they will wul make some locking toward teller |