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Show II j r i MUST KEEP ABREAST OP THE TIMES. Kl Today the taxpayers of Salt Lake City arc voting on the ques- Hl ;ion of issuing $3,300,000 in- bonds to give to that community an VI I idequate water supply. The propositions presented are as follows: li Bonds to the amount of $550,000 for the construction of addi- E :ional supply conduits, distributing mains and conduits equalizing storage basins and canal enlargements are proposed. Bonds of $300,000 for the purpose of acquiring by purchase, ex-H: ex-H: change or otherwise, additional water rights in Mill creek and Big Oottonwood creek are on the ballot. Bonds of $200,000 for the purpose of enlarging, the Mountain Dell storage reservoir in Parley's canyon are to be; voted on. Bonds worth $120,000 to finance the enlarging of the. pumping plant at the head of the Jordan river on Utah lake and for addi-tional addi-tional pumping plants in connection with the canal system are pro- There are $200,000 worth of bonds for the construction of addi-M, addi-M, sional storage reservoirs in City creek canyon ; $725,000 for the con- struction of storage reservoirs in Big Cottonwood canyon; $175,000 m, vorth of bonds for the construction of storage reservoirs in Mill Oreek canyon; $125,000 for the construction of a storage reservoir H1 in Emigration canyon; $200,000 for the purpose of acquiring rights :o water in (Little Cottonwood creek; $300,000 for the construction Df a conduit from the mouth of Little Cottonwood canyon to the Big J Cottonwood canyon conduit, and $400,000 for the construction of a Hjl Storage reservoir in Little Cottonwood canyon. Mm "While Salt Lake is planning these extensive improvements, Og- 1 ien should be proceeding in the same line to prepare for the future. 1 At present Ogden has a water supply which is not sufficient to meet' II the requirements of the homes in the months of July and August. Hh The inflow at the reservoirs is not large enough and the mains leacl-11 leacl-11 ing out are too small. The wells at Artesian Park have reached the limit of production, and some other source of water supply must be 1 developed. Foor a number of years the city engineer's office has 1 been working on plans to utilize the flow of a big spring at Skull HI Crack, on the South Fork, and to do so has worked out a storage reservoir which will hold 7000 acre feet of the flood waters of the IKj South Fork and allow the spring water to be diverted from the farm- i ers for city purposes, the stored water to be given in the irrigation I season as an equivalent. ' I ' ! To store this water, pipe it to Ogden and extract from the j water in its big drop the electrical energy will call for a considerable J outlay, in addition to the laying of mains for the north and south parts of the city which are now given a service which is not all that $ it should be. Kfi Ogden to grow must have these improvements and the city au- 'II thorities will be supported in the progressive steps nccessarv to at-Hj at-Hj tain that object. " WjM "When the bonding question is up, the city also should make pro- 1. visions for the extending of lines to every home petitioning for' II water. Furthermore, bonds sho.uld be authorized for many of the I civic advantages possessed by other cities which have not been given 1 to Ogden. There should be enlarged play grounds, with athletic fields for the schools; there should he more money to allow the city H lo meet the demands for paving, curb and gutter and sidewalk. There H should be money for a municipal electric service for Ogden." I Ogden is going forward. More people are coming here; more l homes arc being built. Soon Ogden will be a city of 75,000, and the Hi clearing of the way for foundations of a city of that size ninst Ht he started without further delay. |
