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Show MORE AND BETTER i WATER IS NEEDED I i I General Superintendent of the Denver and Rio j Grande Talks Entertaingly On Most . ! Important Local Theme. j 1 ? . o A 11 Apperwin, general superintendent superin-tendent of tho Utah lines of the Denver nnd lllo Urande, came down from Hnlt Lnke City to Price last Tuesday evening In his private car, "Wasatch," nnd with tho exception of going to Woodslde In the afternoon after-noon to tnke a rubber at tho recent I) completed brldgo for wagon nnd automobile travel, apent tho balance of his time In Price, leaving In tho iventng for tho west Ho thinks the cltliens ot Price ami Kmory county and others who contributed to tho work are deserving of or) great credit for whnt they lmvo nc-compllshed nc-compllshed with so tittle aid, nnd ho plodgcs his road nnd hliuilcf to do anything within their pawor to better the same He suggests that the Kmery county commissioners or those owning land upon which the approaches are built buy the same and chnrgo a small toll to travelers crossing until such time as n sufficient suf-ficient fund Is accumulated as to make tho brldgo what it ought to be Fifteen hundred dollnrs would bo nmplo for this Wcdnosdn) evening Iu compan) with N. A Williams, formorly division divi-sion superintendent nt Helper of the, Denver and lllo Orande, Apporson spent n couple of hours nt the sanctum sanc-tum sanctorum of The Bun. Apper-on Apper-on is very much Interested In the water supply of this section of tho state, not for his railroad nluno, but for tho general good of nil Ho bo-i llnvim no country clt) or conmunl- ty ever amounted to much without i good water and cites drnnd Junction, Junc-tion, Cslo , and Ball Lake City ns striking Instances While lie believes be-lieves In municipal ownership to a certain extent, It Is 'a condition nud not a thtory" that confronts Price, Helper and tho settlements from Cotton to Karnhaui and Wood-side. Wood-side. In vlow of the fact that nono of these places have the bonding power pow-er under tho laws to put In such n water system ns the places require, It would be wisdom for all to get together and giro a franchise for a term of years to some corporation that would voustruct such u plant ns would supply all tho people concerned, con-cerned, Itntos might be based on prerent population and as the towns and -coul camps and settlements grow, might be reduced to conform to changed conditions. Tho plan would be, In his opinion, to go to tho hills for spring water and to pipe It down the vatloy. His com- fiany and tbo soveral coal compan-es, compan-es, ho Is confident, would Join Iu such a plan. Trains and engines of the Denver and lllo draiido and Its branches out of Price and Helper ure greatly handicapped by poor water at present, pres-ent, With better water, howevor, there would be a great revenue! from this source alono. Mun)ed men aro looking for Just such Investments In-vestments as good water s)stem securities se-curities and there would bo no troublo trou-blo In floating a bond Issue up to n half million dollars or more The bringing of water down Price Can-1 you la expensive, but no more ao than in hundreds of other places, whore great systems hao been put In, notably Los Angeles, Cala., Victor, Vic-tor, Colo , und elsewhere the country coun-try over Drifting to business conditions, Apporson Is of the opinion that tlmea nro Improving fast On re- ! S rent trips to the East ho finds K money loosening up nnd believe . we hnve seen the worst hero In tho I fl West The fnlrs In California nnd lit tho European war Is turning travel "I E In our direction nnd locally wo nro i j f to havo greater proipcrlty. The K 1 Woodslde bridge opens to travel tho 1 ff , Midland trail, and while It does tho jl m railroad Interests no good, peoplo 3 EjJ along tho route will In benefited M WJ He Is of tho opinion that tho conl 4 tt camps hnvo seen their worst and m tta that by fall, when tho winter tmdo IE I1- m sots n, the Carbon county proper- It 111 ties will bo going full blast i f" (M Tho Denver nnd lllo (Irnndo Is en- i 1' Joying prosperity because of tho I 1 tourist travel nt this time nnd Inter I V on will come the great harvest In I Utah, which spells dollars for the 1 company "Price Is unquestionably 3 A one ot the bcit points on the line, 1 Is. and It Is nlwa)a n pleasure to come 3j here and mingle with your business I SJ men, flockmnstcrs nnd peoplo gen- ' 1 m ernlly Ye, I hnvo received nnd f, rend your first Issue or The Hun. I t. 4 consider It the very best weekly fJ.Bi 'Jf! nowspnpor In tho stnte " 111 ill |