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Show THE PARAMOUNT QUESTION LAST night the City Council had up for considcr- ation the question of an increased supply of M , culinary water for Cedar City. Like the ghost H of Hamlet, this is a phantom that will not down, If H Cedar City is to keep right on growing, and incrcas- H ing in population, we must have an adequate supply H of city water, which we have not got at present, even H to meet the present needs, though what wc have is H of par-excellent quality. H At the meeting of the city dads last night Engi- H nccr Gardner submitted a number of estimates based H on cement, wood and metal pipe for bringing in H the. large Cluff Spring into the system, the estimates H ranging from approximately $32,000 for cement to $90,000 for iron pipe. H The question was discussed from various angles, in the hope of finding a solution of the problem which H would take care of the needs of the city for a few H , .-.years, and defer the large expenditure until such time H as the city should be in better shape to assume the burden. But it appeared from the discussion and H sifting of the infomation gleaned during the past sev- H cral years, that the only real relief would come from H the corraling of the Cluff Spring. The city has been H seining for little springlcts for a number of years past H and has barely been able to keep the citizens in the H higher portions of the city supplied with water dur- H ing a portion of the time and to go oh patching in H this way has been poyen to be or little avail. Dr. H Macfarlahc of the,Council suggested that the creek H water might be utilized during such times as it was H clear and comparatively pure, shutting off this source H of supply during storm periods. But the suggestion H did not appear to meet with much favor Those who H in years gone by have had, to use t)ic water from this H erratic steam, which drains a large sheep and cattle H ranged watershed do not, take kindly to returning to H those undesirable conditions. H Attorney Ryan pointed out how the $26,000 of H city bonds might be, marketed for enough money to H complete the improvement by fixing the interest rate H at 8 the full legal stipend. H The matter is now in the hands of a special com- H mittec, which is looking up the prospects for the sale H of bonds and other important data and will report H to the Council on thq 20th inst. H The City Council is constantly besieged for funds 1 for various civic improvements, the majority of H which are very worthy and commendable, such as H improvement of the city park, ,the construction of H a children's playgrorund, the construction of College H boulevard and the opening or widening and straight- H ening of various streets and thoroughfares, the gen- H cral planning of the city by an expert and the paving of Main street, but hot all of these things can be accomplished ac-complished tpy the present administration, and there is no one thjng, or twp or three things for that matte, mat-te, which can confer so much lasting benefit upon the city as the acquisition of a sufficient supply of culinary water for the future Cedar City. ., |