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Show V . An Address by the Mayor and City Council Stating Why It Is Necessary to Vote for Bonds on September 6tht 1910. Unless the Bonds Are Voted the City Must Increase In-crease the Taxes or Abandon the Water Extension and Improvements Shall the City Go Forward or BackWard, i. - . - -f TO THE TAXPAYERS OF OGDEN CITY. The City of Ogden -will hold a special election on Tuesday, Sop-tejuber Sop-tejuber 6th. 1910, for the purpose of authorizing the issuing of $100,000 a bonds, the same to bo used to build an additional conduit from Cold Water Canyou to the now rvxcrvoh also to build a new , conduit leading from the new reservoir 1o tjho distributive system, and also to build a small dam for the-Nicraycof water in Cold Water Canyon. The present oouduit runaing down Ogden Canyon, was built 2 years ago and is too small for present. reeds. If water extensions are to be made, more water must. In- secured at once. The following water main e.-rteiviions. uro demanded by the people. STATEMENT OF PETITIONS. !For extensions, of water mains; giving the location, and the name of the applicant; amounting to between five and six miles of 6-inch . mains. 32nd Street, between Wall-and Tin greo, by C. A. Stephens and others. ' 21 st Street, Unrrison to.Jacksn, by Pithian Kiohtz and others. " Paciiic Ave., North from 28th Street, by Alex Baxter aud otbers. ! si 32nd Street, bet. Grant. and Wiish., l-tv D. C. Lawaon and otbers. s N ! 3'lili Street, bet. Wash, and Axlams, by S. S. Smith and others. .. . 24th Street, from Piterce to Tyler, by .luo. S. Corlcw and others. 1 , Sheridan Ave., eouth of 26th Stre, by ('has. I'lver and others. ' Adams Ave-., -from 29th' to' 3'h'd Sts.. by F. M. Browning and thers. 30t-St.between "Wash. an&Gnuit, by Ceo. A. Holt and others. . New Addition to City Cemetery, by Geo. lluss and others, ! West' Ogden, by Wasatch Orchard Co., imd others. Madison Ave., south of 28th St,, by Fred M, Nye and others. . Ogden Ave., bet. 25th and 36fh Sts.. by J. T. Ash by and others. Third St., east of Wasru,Ave., by Board of F.dueation and others. 'Fourth St.. from' Wash, to -Adams, by "W. B Wedoll and others. Adams Ave., bet.lr24th and. 35th Sts., by H. Can Braak and others, Jefferson bet. 35th and 36th, by .T. W. F Voiker and others. In addition to these petitions - and requests for entsnaions of wafr mains, we have had numerous verbal requests from different districts for extensions, and also for the replacing of the '2-inch mains by larger ones because the; smaller mains do r.ot. at th? present pres-ent time, give the trater consumers a sufficient supply with so many consumer? on the small mains. This difficulty, however, cannot be overcome, even with larger mains, unless we increase the supply of water for the entire distributive system, as we are. at Ihe present time, beyond our capucity and cannot give an adequate supply to the present water takers; consequently, it would b? useless to mkc any further extensions without the additional supply of wnter to be obtained ob-tained by building a new conduit froni Cold Yvktct Canyon o our new reservoir and continuing from the new reservoir down 22nd, or 23rd, street to Quincy Avenue,. 'which-will materially increase the water supply through the distributiw system, and give ell plenty of water. ' ' , WATERWORKS WILL PAY THE BONDS. ' While the city is asking the taxpayers consent to issue the bonds, flie mayor and city council promise the people that theJonds 'can and will be paid from the profits of the w?terworks system in four annual installments of $25,000 earh year.. Wo propose to issue the bonds, and no matter who are the successors of the present mayor and city council, they will be. compelled to pay the bonds at the rate of $25,000 each year. The bonds will be for $1,000 each and 25 will be made payable iti one ytar. 25 in two cars, 25 in' three years and 25 in four years. The water department wdl even pay the interest on the bonds. I Some people have asked why the eity docs not build the new conduit and run in debt for it by borrowing the money frojn the banks, if we can pay back one-fourth emit year. That is just the trouble. The law says the city mur.l not run in debt beond its taxes for any year, except by permission of ihe taxpayers granted at a special election. The banks will take the debt if it is author- ir.ed by the taxpayers. If the taxpayers of Ogden reir.se to authorize us to issue Ihe bonds, there is nothing left for the city to do except to abandon all contemplated extensions of tho -water main:; and improvements. Fsder the law, the city council must furnish water for the people ; and it takes money to do that. Either Ihe taxes will be increased or the- taxpayers must grant us permission to run in debt for four years by issuing bonds. It will not cost the taxpayers one cent to iasuo bonds, but it will increase the it y taxes for two years over 50 per cent, if the money i'j raissd b taxes. Vof "Yes" with no increase in taxes; Vote ''No" and our taxes will be increased, or tho improvements will not be made. We mnhmit. this matter to the taxpayers of Ogden for their carnit cor.aidftration. Think, taxpeyir. what plasty of waier for O'den eity means. Thirl: of your city' future. Grant rur request tiirI we. promise 1o dor.Mo yaur water supply by stalling the work this fall and risking ell the improvements, and also water extension above call.-? for, Laving all ready bffpn 1he opening of next summer.' Tkrrp will b? no carriages or Milo'iiobilrs ;. take ou to the pells. The city ha. :io money to f.p- nd for that purpose. E;u h taxpayer tax-payer must fin-nish i: is own oenvcyr-nce. This fue.stion is up to the taxpayers. Let tho-n decide without inierfcrenee from ainbody. Iieppeet fully submitted to the taxpayers of Ogden. I GEO. W. WILSON. -T. A. AUS- ('Mils FLYCARB. II. K BBB- j TIN, Conncilmcn First W?rd. liV. Couneiki.-u J 'mirth W.ird C. J. HUMPH Ii IS. -T. A. LAIi- T. S. B HOW NINO. GKO. A. SKN, Council me; i Second Ward. DICKSON, ('omi-iliij-i, lifili J. J. BATiKKR, J. B. DANA, AV;ad. Councjlrjien Third Ward. W.M. GLASMANN. Miyr. i |