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Show Godbe to Speak On Citv Water j A question involving the saving sav-ing of millions of dollars and the insuring of Salt Lake's future fu-ture water supply will be pre-board pre-board of education and has teen caller! to rletermine what means the citizens of the city wish to project cost of Deer Creek wa-1 ter will only be 2.2 cents per 1000 gallons less than 30 per cent of present city water rates," he explained. ex-plained. "A 'yes' vote will enable the government to continue construction con-struction without interruption so that in the shortest possible time the project can be made self-supporting self-supporting out of revenue as it has always been planned," he said. According to the water official, offi-cial, less than one-third of the multi-million dollar project approved ap-proved by a 25 to one vote in 1937 remains to be completed, including the 13 remaining miles of the 41-mile Salt Lake aqueduct aque-duct and four miles of the six-mile six-mile Duchesne tunnel which will conserve water otherwise wasted in the Colorado river. sented to the people Dec. 4 at a special water election, Sugar House area residents were informer! in-former! Thursday by the Metropolitan Metro-politan Water district. The water election, according to Hampton C. Godbo, district executive secreUiry, will be held simultaneously with the regular regu-lar election of the Salt Lake finance the completion of the Deer Creek reservoir and Salt Lake aqueduct. Characterizing the election as "one of the most critical in the city's history," Mr. Godbe said a "yes" vote will enable the city to save millions of dollars in financing charges by taking advantage ad-vantage of the federal government's govern-ment's offer to complete the project on the same terms it was started in 1037 40 years to repay, re-pay, without interest. "Your metropolitan water district dis-trict is not asking for approval of a bond issue. On the contrary, con-trary, it is to avoid a bond issue is-sue and its principal-multiplying interest charges that we are calling an election at this time," he said. Speaking of the need for early completion of the project, Mr. Godbe cited an increase in peak demands for water of 57.7 per cent brought about during the last 10 years of the city's rapid growth. "We have been, fortunate in that a wet cycle has kept the city from the ravages of a drouth, which until our present water supply is doubled by the completed project, will be catastrophic." ca-tastrophic." he said. Mr. Godbe emphasized that approval ap-proval of the supplemental contracts con-tracts with the federal government govern-ment will in no way mean an increase in-crease in water rates or water taxes. "Despite the increased cost of the project brought about by higher construction charges |