Show A MATTER OF ECONOMY that brigham city will actually be economizing to install a chlorine plant at the city reservoirs or some other suitable point for or the purpose ot of taking the mineral out ot of the water as as purifying it ot of all bacteria will readily be understood by a little mathematical calculation the cost of 0 installing such a plant has been variously estimated from ten to twenty thousand dollars which ems a tremendous sum but on the her hand once the plant is installed lie le profits to the taxpayers will imme hately begin to accrue in the way ot of longer life in water jackets water tanks heating beating plants and boilers ot of which there are hundreds in this community the cost ot of installing a water jacket in a stove boter water tank with pipes and all runs from 30 to 40 per set it if there are four hundred homes in the city equipped with this convenience and we believe that Is a very conservative estimate then the maximum total cost would be from to fie we have so no idea how many heating beating plants there are in the city but the average cost ot of each Is ig som something ehing like so BO it if there are twenty five homes in the city heated with a a steam or system by stem and wo we believe that Is a conservative estimate then the investment in those plants represents the big boilers in the meeting houses schools and office buildings represent a much greater investment than the figure given above so they would bring the grand total well up toward the mark then comes utensils with the effect effect of 0 hard water upon them and the los loss s is no small amount in a year so thai that all in all by reason ot of the mineral in our city water system equipment valued very close to is gradually being destroyed and I 1 in n due time hilj will have to te be renewed no matter what the cost may be everything eventually wears out that Is one of the immutable laws ot of nature but nature has been generous also in making it possible for man to ae lengthen rinthen not only his own life through proper conduct but also to get the maximum wear out of the material things ot of life through wise and care careful management therefore science has solved a process whereby the alf life of water receptacles may be extended through softening the water and tn id the case of brigham cites culinary water supply which carries too much lime in solution it it is entirely possible to take all of that objectionable matter out of the water and deliver it to the homes of the people in almost any condition desired by comparing the tiemen ti tremendous emen dous investment in heating beating plants kitchen conveniences and utensils with the total cost of installing a purifying plant theres chere ts viry very room tor for argument against the expenditure ot of a few thousand dollars more to make our water perfect in every particular mayor simonsen announced as part of the program for the ensuing year his intention of investigating this matter to determine the cost and get all other facts necessary and we feel that the citizens of the community cannot do otherwise than support the mayor and urge that the investigation be made as quickly as possible to be followed by the installation of a plant |