Show acroix waterworks WATER works WORKS 1 IP f k tince since tte the municipal authorities bics tics fiao abt obtained mhd fall and asive control the city water works through the tile generally b approved purchase by the city of the tile 48 per cent of stock formerly held by private parties tho affairs of that institution a are re expected to be managed with greater uniformity in an especial manner do we consider tho the appointment of job pingree as superintendent and thos stevens as collector of the system as conducive to much good resulting in stricter attention to the interests of the public at largo large and every citizen in particular the former gentleman in bis position as deputy street supervisor will be able to harmonize and combine the interests of the water and street systems which bere before used to furnish too frequent occasions for disagreements and discord and mr stevens being city recorder and s euch I 1 collecting the regular city licenses will be better enabled to save eave ti time tine ne hitherto spent by two men not always to the most expeditious advantage but while the public will soon derive great benefits from the important change it must not be forgotten that the citizens are not only interested in realizing the tile advantages but also in supporting and helping to foster and further the prosperity of the establishment now the water works belong to the city every citizen taxpayer and resident has a relative claim on them and their benefits but they all likewise share in the despots responsibilities i bili ties connected therewith on the moral debit and credit principle I 1 that rights enjoyed imply duties to io be performed to start with it must bo be understood that there arc are private consumers and public consumers J tile latter comprising tho the citizens in general who enjoy the benefit of the hydrants in case of fire and for street sprinkling as also the easement of the public drinkin drinking 9 fountains when they are running the private patrons of the institutions aqueous accommodation at ift regular rates payable in advance are protected in their stipulated property by a city ordinance section 3 of which pro provides vides that it shall bo be unlawful for any person other than the patrons of the tile company to take water from private taps in use by parties entitled thereto except by a written permit from the company tho the penalty for ayery ofrendo herein defined being fixed at a fine not to exceed 25 or by imprisonment not to exceed 15 days tho the authority herein conferred on the company naturally I 1 bence henceforth forth with tho the city council as the legal successor of the ogden water works company with all rights her edita ments etc but on the other otiler hand it must also be remembered by the paying consumers of the water that one of ther the rules tiles of the system prescribes that no person supplied with water by the ogden water company will bo be permitted to us use c the tho water for any other purpose than that stated in the agreement nor to supply water in any manner to other persons or gr families without paying for the same at full tariff kraics 11 it is is also a ISO provided that consumers shall prevent all waste of water and shall make no concealment of the purposes for which it is used these those latter provisions are especially ally necessary and should be most scrupulously observed by a all I 1 who in any way use the city water in these daye of dearth when as has been so sadly badly shown by an precedent edly large number of conflagrations flag rations within a short space of time it is of utmost urgency that the supply of the firefighting fire fighting fluid bo be as copious as possible hence we earnestly ask all to use the greatest economy possible in the tile use of the water allowing no waste of any kind |