Show i it g 9 n I 1 0 F T nn WILL BU ahl AN T SAYS PURCHASE OF WATER WORKS BUY if city does not avail itself of offer his company stands reidy ready to act I 1 joseph made the statement yesterday according to the herald that we his company is ready to purchase the ogden waterworks water works it the city falls to buy ile he considers the proposition at the price named tor for the city a good investment one that wil yield big returns and grow in value he said it if ogden city should turn down the proposition to purchase the plant of the ogden waterworks Water works company and that company will entertain an offer from a private concern it will have no ao trouble to dispose of its plant to the john scow croft sons company at the price mentioned I 1 make tins this statement because I 1 feel that at the price thle this would be a good in Te Tet ment Fitment one ona that would yield large returns on the che money invested and one that would increase in value with the growth of the city 1 I am most certainly in favor of the purchase of this plant by the city I 1 have been in favor of it three different times and each time at an increased price six years ago the r ity rity could have made the purchase for more than less than the present price six years hence the price will be at least more than it Is now if the property can be bought at all at that time the city has hag made a mistake every time it has failed to purchase it will make a mistake if it falls to purchase this time everything in ogden has increased in value the waterworks water works in common with all other property the company has as a much better franchise than over ever leforc all litigation has been disposed of and the city has g grown aown materially whether smother the plant lias has deteriorated or not liot the purchase by the city at this tah time lime is a wise move all past differences should now be forgotten and the matter should be looked upon from a purely business basness standpoint I 1 after the city makes the pur purchase chaze the waterworks water works system should be placed under the control of a commission and run as any wise man would run his business I 1 am strongly in favor of taking the matter out of politics I 1 |