| Show THE LEADING ISSUE IM the suggestions which city engineer parkins embodied in his report to the city connul last friday evening with reference to se curios the cites tall share of the water from the canyons to the east and southeast and properly utilizing it when secured are good and timely in view of the approaching pro aching scarcity so far as is practicable they should be acted on at once without incurring any more expense than is necessary to meet the demands of the present season we make this reservation because it is clear that whatever future arrangements range ments the city council shall bee fit to make anything which may be done on the lines cow suggested can be but temporary and of momentary benefit it would be folly therefore to expect any great sum either for pipes or reservoirs until the whole question shall have been decided and a plan adopted in connection with which aery move shall be definitely considered and intelligently carried ont THE doca not wish to be understood as having ee 1 either of tho various propositions before the public for special favor this paper has only one interest in the matter and that is to agitate the question until the best possible system on the most advantageous terms and to the beet interest of the greatest number of citizens shall be discovered and adopted but something must be doue and wo urge that it be dona quickly As it must beon an extensive scale and at a considerable outlay of means we ask that it be considered thoroughly if we can only combine in our deliberations erat ions maturity matu rily of thought with speed in execution the present problem will not be long in coln lion which will believe of all for the tho supply from any one of four or five different sources can be mado ample for all present and prospect re needs instead of being scantily supplied we are in reach of ten limes more than we can ever require oar difficulties are thus anomalous and in bome places they would be regarded as unmixed blessings they will be so to us whenever we convert them to our ends but they will never settle themselves and it may be possible for us like the mariner to be ear rounded on every side with water and still have not a drop to drink |
