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Show Ij BENCH CANAL IS A PROBLEM. South of Twenty Sixth street the Bench canal passes the Qulncy school and parents of students at the school have complained that the c-nnnl in the irrigation season is n source of dan-ir dan-ir and Inter on is a stagnant pool j There is little ur nu fall to tin canal from Tweuty-sixth street to the end of the waterway and, as a result, then is no perceptible current, in lact the water i6 pushed to i emi or th- canal n ' by back pressure The complaint against the unsanitarj conditiona bav been so persistent that Ogden city has been endeavoring to find some way to abate the nuisance, and has appealed ap-pealed to i he owners or Btqck and to the canal company For years a policy of pa inc 50 cents a share for the stock has been lol lowed by the citv. until approximately V 20,000 shares haw Urni accumulated These purchases of hue have been principally south of Tweni sixth street, and have, been governed by the finances of the city. Eventually the entire canal, excepl perhaps on the extrenu eastern edg of the city, should be closed and th water right taken over by Ogden City and the diversion from Ogden rival b made through the water system, or the total cost of upkeep or thi canal today, about iro half f th money needed to clean ar.il it pair the waterway comes oul of 'hi treasun of Ogden City If the city did not carry car-ry this extremely big percentage ot the expenditures, and the upkeep yrae con fined to those who actually use the water, the cost 10 the frrlgatota would be almost prohibitum. The canal 1? a relic of the old days when farming was pursued within the city limits and every owner of an acr- lot was expected to grow his own vp; tables At that tune Ogden was a community of farmer.-, and ihe plan was an excellent one. Bui with the growth of ogdn, be canal ha brought endless Brief, to those entrust ed with the affairs ol city jrovern menL Although ogdcn City holds a large Interest in the canal, the Bench Canal company is directed as a private con-flern, con-flern, and ihe city has no control over Its affairs except as a minority stock holder. There Is only one representative representa-tive of the city on the directorate |