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Show THETlTY CflEMIL. h nM Wrostle Willi fha Wa- i Witcher Jcr.es Unro'ls el.3 . Pretty Pian to the CcuncI!. And Asks Them to Agree to tho Putting In of a Small er System. ! I 'J he Citv Council met in adjourned .session on ihursday evening, w ith the Conneilinen and Mayor all present. The com mi: l e on finance submitted the following leoutl on the assessment roll: Ti'ili' City C"(o.e(7 of J'i'- Cit;: ( i k ni l t-; ; i: x : Y o ; : r committee, on filiai.ccs. to' v. hotn w as lefei red t ae Assessor's report' of l'rovo City for the year 1S01. report that we have ex amined the same and iivd that the assessed value is :'.. mi i.PUO ;is rejtorted, and respectfully recommend that there 1-e ;i tax levied id' '2-- mills on the dollar dol-lar for contingent expenses, and Ij mills on the dollar for opening, improving im-proving and keeping in repair th:' streets of the city, a; d tii.it the Council Coun-cil order that, the wuoie tax. assessed to open and improve streets may be paid in labor, in conformity as far as applicable appli-cable wiili I he legala! ions adopted by tin- City Council of May 4. lbso. ; We further recommend that the 1 Assessor and .Collector's compensation j I'cr i 1 year bsl be fixed at his i la i - :eing greatly increased on ac-rni., ac-rni., of the school assessment and i eolhvi ion. lor which the Legislature ! lu'-s failed to provide any compensation, j E C. ilF.Ni:;ciisi:x. Chairman.- Mr. ilixoii asked whether the com-I com-I milter had given the assessment due i consideration, and what their reasons j were for recommending the levying of the tax. Mr. Henrichsen stated that the committee com-mittee had considered the financial statement of the city, and had concluded con-cluded that although the assessment was lower this year, still the expenses would not be any less. Therefore they decided to recommend tiie tax of tour mills on the dollar. Mr. Maiben said that the iHsssrnent was really about 4-.'0.0!)0 less than last year, ami that the city was behind be-hind several thousand dollars. Consequently Con-sequently unless there is a curtailment in expenses, or an increase in revenue, we wiil come out behind. May or Boot h said he -would like to see the tax made three niili.s instead of four, lie realized the need of the money, but people will !ind it harder to pay their taxes this year than last. The question was then put and the report unanimously adopted. The Ma or then stated the special business of the meeting was to con sider the water-works question, and as Witcher Jones was present, that business busi-ness v.-oul 1 be proceeded with. Mr. Jones slated his object in attending at-tending was to see whether a proper uudt rst:. nding could be arrived at or no;. He hoped s- me of the Council would I t able to see matters in a different differ-ent luht iiir.il before. We want to consii net the w ater-works, biit there lots be. n a great change in the monetary mone-tary condition of our country, and we are not in as favorable a position as be lore in regard to money. We want more time, as we do not like to fall down in an enterprise we have undertaken, under-taken, although there will be' no returns re-turns for v e;u s for t he outlay of money. 1 would like to hear suggestions from some of the members. Mr. Dixon: Mr. Jones understood my opinion at the last session lit' wts present at. 1 stand in exactly the same place. I would rather hear preposii ions from the oi her side. Mr Jones again arose and stated t hat his proposit ion was to put in a system of water-works which would be jirfict.the city to have 1(1!) hydrants, hy-drants, on to each block in the city, ami as many more as was needed from time to time, the citv to pay the Wider-Works Co.. KM) the" first vear. id.oi'O the second. fo.OOO the third. Sj.oiK) the fourth. $;;;.()) the fifth. ;U.7tM) the sixth, and 7.oU( foi the remainder of the time. If the cityiit any t ime, desired to buy the system, it would be sold to them for the cost of it. Mr. Henrichsen: I must admit that I haven't changed my mind on the subject. Oar linancial report shows that we can't stand it. If we cr to that expense it simply me ins debt for the city. If there is no change in regard to a cheaper system 1 am of the same mind as before, j I would lu.e. lo see the wafer- works,! but if we want luxuries we must pay for them, ami I for one don't believe in . o ing into debt for it. Mr. Dunn h i 1 not changed his mind. We probably have made moie improvements than we should have made, but-1 don't think we will always al-ways be in this condition. Jtwehad a system of waterworks it won id be the means of bringing many new m-ers m-ers here. Watcr-v.orrs -,. ii..l be a big indii ''liie'ii; to c:i!.i. aiis-.s. and mannfaei urer-. it would one of the biguesi. kirn's of a iwrt s.emems for Provo, evi n ;f we have to increase the taxes for ii. It wciiid also le a big- protection against the, men would red be afraid to invest their nioiiey here. Mr. Mull-en: I au't s..y that I i have not c oui :ed jay m. no, because : I have. 1 thiak the propost d svs.eai 'of water-works is f"o ex.ensie lor i Provo. It. is too much like patting men's pants on itloy. li is of too j. r-c t ii magnitude for theedy t j -Laud. 1 aai 1:1 favor of s:;o:)) a I year being paid, but bill hydrants I "is too im-ci: ft f us. 1 am no: in favor ! of taxing 'be outskirts of town, as ; -la y v ii-i -n "t :u-ed the wter. I will soy V.. t ; .y mo i -!p;'t on in regard to :. i s: ( l!U i i :1M 11 pt ptlliUi on ,;iS j b.-e t i:,; if.l in the oud. A large jsys;e: i ill e ill-- one talked ab ut j v-oui . incur a special lax, and 1 jdon't Ih.nk we vot;ld be justified in ; t iv ing m u-e than iU.OhO a year. ! Mr.' done-: I like Mr. Maiben"-j Maiben"-j talk. Vou might put in a muca si:i iller system .-m l onlv ta'e it to tiie most thickly populated parts of the city. Put the mains for irstance along J street and on Seventh streets, and put it to the different parts of the city when the city was able to pay for" it. The original system took in two miles. Mr. Liddiard: The contract did not obligate the city to take a certain number of hydrants. The work was to commence at a certain time and no work has been done vet. It looks to me as if the contract had been broken. Iam in fa. or of annulling the contract and see if Mr. Jones has anything better to offer u.s. Let him get anew franchise and a new-contract, new-contract, and then carry the t-?rms of it out. It would be "a pot r idea to do anything under the present contract, and I believe there vill be water-works here sometime whether the city builds them or not. Mr. Glazier: Mv mind is changed. I will admit that water-woks" would be a big advertisement for Provo, but a special tax would-be a greater for the people. Iain in favor -of declaring de-claring the contract null ami void, and a thorough understanding vntered into in any new contract that may be formed. ' Mi. Dixon: It looks to me as if it would be bet l r to put in a small system sys-tem of waterworks. We have ho written writ-ten agteement as to the amount of money Mr. Jones will put in' a it. I am in favt-r of getting rid of the old contrac. . We were misled by Mr. Jones. He tirst said we would have a certain system, and then he sa'.lafter-I sa'.lafter-I wards we would not have that kind unless the city would do certain tilings, which had they been spoken of in the ! tirst. place, I would never have voted for gran: ing the franchise, i Maor Booth: I had a mistimler-' mistimler-' standing, but it was my own misconstruction miscon-struction rather than Mr Jones' explanation. ex-planation. I think he explained it ail right, but I did not understand him. Mr. (ones said no city had ever put iu waterworks without obligat.i. g itself to take so many hydrants, as the Water Wa-ter Works Co. mut nave some assurance assur-ance of re! urns. Mr. Maiben: I also had a misunderstanding misun-derstanding of the case, but I don't think Mr. Jones misled me, it was rather my own ignorance of the case. I have been looking up the price of waienvorks. and I find that Mr. Jones' price is not irregular. In other cities hydrants cost all the way from $40 to ? each per year, and if we ge,t it for the same price as other cities I don't think we should grumble. But it would bt better to put in a small plant. Mr. Hcnrichser: I don't oiiject to paying for hydrants, but I do object to pay ing this yearly amount. This city should have the right to say how many hydrants it will take. Mayor Booth: There has been no motion yet gentlemen, and we have been discussing this question w ihout anv regard to parliamentary iisgo. Ml. Dunn: I ronvc t h't Tgl it "- be ' referred to the committee on waterworks water-works with the Mayor added to said committee, with instructions to consult con-sult the "Water-Works company in reference to having the existing franchise fran-chise and contract annulled, and a new one drawn up, which will be accent ac-cent able to the Water-Works Co. and the City Council. Motion carried int. I Council ad-; joitmed until Monday at 8 o'clock. -! |