| Show THE WA WATER TER SUPPLY Y KORNS' KORNS comparison of theLi the thi C Li water supply of f Salt Lake with that of other cities is j interesting ting We Vc Im have have e f flays ay 3 the water wa wn- wa- wa ter commission a un larger supply than San Francisco or 01 Minneapolis When one recalls that tim the former city is ig four times tames as os populous a Salt Lake and theother the other three times the statement furnishes furnishes fur fur- even more food for reflection Thoughtful t citizens of the community will doubtless bo be inclined to tc wonder wherefore then the constant discussion of an insl insufficient water supply hero hore and tho the almost almOt announcement that Salt SnIt Lake Lako must immediately spend lingo hugo sums to acquire more lnore water and greater storage facilities The water commissioner was wag citing the above c comparison to illustrate the recklessness with which Salt SnIt Lake consumers waste water But it is equally them for in instance instance in- in other directions as as' as valuable in among stance the fire firo insurance field This community has 5 been repeatedly assured that as soon as an adequate ado ade quate water supply wa established here thero there would be a reduction in fire insurance insurance- rates Tho The Herald- Herald Republican has bas always regarded that attitude of the tho fire underwriters underwriter otherwise tho the insurance trust truet as ns a n amere amere mere subterfuge ugo we wo have believed that nothing stood the appetite of in the way of a decrease hero except the thc trust for an undiminished cd income from the tho Salt SnIt Lake Loke ke field The revelation by bv the water commissioner commission commission- er would seem to support on our idea We have hae held heM that Salt Lako has hns a sufficient WaCer water water wa wa- ter supply if properly handled and distributed Students Students Students Stu Stu- dents of tho the situation have repeatedly assured us our position is well taken Tho Thoo who inquire concerning concerning con con- conI I the variation of pressure in different parts of Salt Salt- Take Lake at this time find that it varies widely which either a fault in the distributing system system I tem tern aT or inefficiency in handling the system But that obviously does not affect the thc duty of consumers to conserve the supply nor should it mitigate the punishment punishment punishment pun pun- of tho those e who persist in waste when the they have ha been warned of the danger and discomfort they bring upon themselves and others Two pertinent facts fach seem apparent from tho water wa wa- wa- wa ter tei- commissioners commissioner's statement Ono One is that a n. decent regard by every consumer for tho the rights of others will vill solve tho the problem inasmuch as wo we have havo plenty of water for a city eity three or four times the size of Salt Lake The other is 15 that hat we hA have havo been given official confirmation of the fact that the fire insurance insurance insurance ance trust tru t IB is deprived of its it solo remaining excuse for withholding the frequently promised reduction in fire insurance premiums Since we have bava as much water supply as San Sau Francisco or Minneapolis and Minneapolis and they probably ha have e enough or they would get more moro more it manifestly follows that we wa have moro more than wo we I need or at nt lea least leapt t more than we wo as an compared with what the people o of San Francisco and Minneapolis Minnea polis olis consider the their r needs to he be If they have havo enough for all ll purposes including fire protection then wo we have havo more than enough Salt Luke Lake should have an ample wm water r supply located as we are we need a great deal But there should be no undue excitement over securing more than we now How have han if that excitement be bo based upon I any representations of tb the tho board of fire underwriters During Durin the past decade one ono stipulation after another lies has been b cn made by bJ tho the trust preliminary to a decrease as often each has been satisfied But the decrease has not arrived cd An increase in iii tho the efficiency of the fire department department depart dopart- ment personnel the inception of o of an able ablo and experienced aimed chief chic rapid additions of modern modern equipment and lUd facilities broad streets and find few high buildings have havo combined to dir liV direst st the tho trust of one after another o oits of oi its excuses excuse for deferring the promised cd decrease Tho Tim last stipulation now is that an adequate water supply supply sup sup- ply shall h ho furnished and that according to tho the waler wa- wa wa- wa ler commissioner w id e evidently have if it bo ho intelligently intelligently intelli intelli- gently used Admitting that the ihie water hog ho is with U us in large and grunting numbers that affords no l' l reason ason to be discouraged His neti i activities tics can cas easily ii be bo suspended and when wIlen that is done we have c a larger supply than San Francisco or Minneapolis a as the water commissioner says and that should surely Burch be sufficient sufficient dent con considering one of those cities is four times and tho other three times as 9 populous as fiS Salt Lake Inke Unless the f later ater commissioner is mistaken a possibility we find ourselves cs unable to contemplate with any degree of satisfaction we have havo the basis ig to demand de do- mand inand again that insurance rates be reduced and ancl that agitation concerning the water supply cease cen e except cx- cx with reference to the present inexcusable waste |
