Show OUR BONDING POWER brigham city Is confronted with a condition at the present time which requires immediate action to solve the electric light pipe line Is practically gone and must be rebuilt that will entail an expense of some thin tiling like or more tho the generating capacity of the municipal plant ou ought ht to be increased in order that the rapidly growing demand tor for electrical electrical energy in this community may be taken care of all these improvements prove ments cost money and part of them will have to be made as 11 a matter of compulsion in view of these facts and facts are mighty hard bard to get away from why not do the job right and go the limit in securing tor for our fair city the full fall measure of this great public blessing why not secure the to take out the water at the highest point possible in the canyon and conduct it in a pipe line to the highest point possible in this valley then drop it into a power house where it could risner generate ate the maximum electrical energy in other words why not make box elder creek do its full duty duly in manufacturing electrical power and then permit it to flow on and do its fully duty in irrigating the thirsty acres which it serves at the present time at the present time the city can use only one of its generators era tors the other one is useless and must be discarded it if the generating capacity of the plant Is to be increase 1 ed why not build an entire new plant and equip it with wilh machinery capable of producing the maximum electricity which box elder creek when brought down along the highest level possible of attainment on the in mountainside oun ta will supply the motive pow t er for foil brigham city is going to grow and electricity Is going to be more and more of a household necessity so that there need be no concern felt as to the marketing of the juice once it Is produced brigham city needs a better water supply for her water works system springs will have to be purchased enclosed and piped direct to the biggor bigger reservoirs which are necessary in order to serve the needs of the community this Is an imperative improvement and it becomes more expensive to provide as time passes right now a way Is opened whereby this situation can be overcome but the city needs money to do it with and that brings us to the point of our argument when the state constitution was framed brigham city was just then installing her water works system and the bonding privileges of cities as aa provided in the constitution then under discussion would have forever de barred the city from going ahead only so fast as its property valuation increased tor for the law provided tor for a maximum bonding privilege of only 4 per our worthy representative to the constitutional conen convention instantly saw ti alie ae effect of that law a upon brigham city so 30 11 tie e pre seated the case of the city as an argument nent in favor of an privilege for specific purposes the other law makers saw the and so the bonding privilege of cities was increased an additional 4 per for the purpose of installing municipally owned lights water works and sewers brigham city was the first to make use of this privilege and at the present time she Is bonded tor for water works and tor for electric light purposes there Is a sinking fund credited to the electrio electric light bonds of and the bonds have seven more years to run before they come duo due according to the last report of the city Treas treasurer brigham city today shows an assessed valuation of on this showing the city has the privilege of bonding to a it total otal ot of 8 per cent minus tile the for which we are already bonded eight per cent of the total assessed valuation gives elves a sum bum of 0 which represents our total bonding privilege take from this the bonds the city Is already carrying and ana wo we get a sum of which the city may acquire by additional bonding tor for the purpose of rebuilding its electric light plant and water works tills this sum would be ample to provide the improvements necessary in these two departments and fix up the city for such a term of years as would be tar far beyond the days of the present generation era tion when the city bonded first for the installation of the water works system the term BONDS struck terror to many a citizens heart aud and many honestly opposed the proposition thero there were enough lie however beven who favored bonding to authorize the city to proceed and once the thing got to working it soon dispelled the tears fears of the opposition so that it all vanished away in all tile the years that brigham city has been paying interest on bonds not net one single individual has ever felt the weight of tile the burden the utilities provided have paid their own way and the people have had the benefits at a very nominal charge lor water and light thus I 1 it would continue to be it the city went ahead and increased lier her I 1 bonded indebtedness to the limit in order to provide the necessary improvements 0 prove ments in our public utilities tol to I 1 give the people the service our present conditions demand we cannot hope to grow as a city without more water it Is an absolute necessity our electric light system needs rebuilding I 1 why not construct a new plant and get the maximum energy while we are at it the old plant could always bo be used as an auxiliary in case of trouble and thus be a double dauble insurance to the city these are facts citizens and they are worthy your most thoughtful consideration it is tor for you to say wilether whether or not these things shall be done 1 you are the sovereign |