Show BUYING THE waterworks WATER WORKS on december 31 or january 1 the city of Ogden will be called upon to pay for the waterworks water works so far tho the city has anticipated its payments by transferring from the pingree national to the first national bank and mayor brower brewer has received word that the bond money will be at hand in time to meet the cites obligations tho early payment of the is explained on the ground that the city officials desire to gain the good will of the owners ot of the waterworks water works so that in case of the unexpected a little de lay in making the final payments will not bo be construed as a failure to corn ply with all the terms of the contract and a few days grace will bo be I 1 granted this would seem to disclose a slight uneasiness as aa to the bondholders bond holders promptly complying with their end of the bargain but with the assurance from the tha east that tho ho anoney money will be aval available lable this phase of the water deal seemingly is developing without a hitch that which most concerns the city authorities though is tue slow payment of taxes approximately should have been received from the ocial water tax and all ot of that largo sum is necessary to satisfy the requirements quire ments of the terms of purchase of the waterworks water works but up to this un morning orning one third of that amount was delinquent tho the city treasury has received only leavi leaving ng a shortage of Is a sum large enough to cause the of the city to scratch their heads in figuring out how they are to pay for their municipal acquisition there are many largo delinquents wh are expected to pay up within the next tow few days and if they do the last of the vexatious problems l in connection with the purchase of tle the waterworks water works shall have been solved |