The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-28
OH! GET THAT wATERi
THE HERALD,
Salt Lake City, [

Said a prominent citizen yesterday !:
'tAll we want is water as we need it. "
In other words, sufficient for the day
is the water thereof" Let us see.
Chicago is credited with having the
finest system Of parks of any city in the
world. They enoircle her on three sides.
the lake forming the fourth. They sur
round her like horse shoe, and are said
to give, in all. something ike thirty
miles OF driving in continuous direction
without twice covering the same ground.
Sixteen years ago Chicago was not
what she is to-day. That city bought
the CREST bulk of these parks then. In
the day thereof, men said, this is rub
bish. We have ali the parks We want,
and We can buy more as we need them"
To-day South Park IS necessary to Chi
cagO, but she could have gotten along
without it until row. The value of the
land, bought then for almost nothing,
has gone up steadily, until, il it had to
be purchased now, the undertaking
would be 50 colossal that it dare
hardly be contemplated. It could
not he had. The ground is
worth untold millions. The citizens of
Chicago own it and have paid for it
without knowing they were doing so by
any evidence in the shape of unusual
taxation.
This is one OF many similar cases.
Apply it to our water supply. It does
not matter what price has to be paid for
water, it will never be cheaper. The
value of land and water will grow in Salt
LAKE City incompsrabIy faster than the
money needed TO make the purchase
will increase. There is no way in which
1t can be figured that any saving can be
made by purchasing water in dribIets,
IS is proposed.
Again, the difficulty of getting water
to-day is making some of our city
officials gray and others bald headed.
Does any sane man imagine that diff
Guilty will grow less with an increasing |
city pepulstien2 s-~---
We had hoped the present City Coun-
Gil would have the nerve to tackle !
this proposition in a full and manly way |
and get thu water. There are times when |
lavish expenditure is economy. This
is case in point. If the loss to our !
city this year, if the low values of prop |
erty because of the scarcity of water
we're computed, the aggregate amount
would be enough to buy one of the
streams running into this county.
"The problem is beset with difficult
ties," says one. OF course it is. That
is Why a Council composed of moneyed |
and business men was eIected-to Crap
pie with such question.
Not year can pass with water as
s3arce as it has been the present season
that will not cause loss to the city, di-
rectly and Indirectly, OF $250l000; and
this loss will increase from year TO year.
Chew this OVER. The figure is light.
The season oreeps on. While &n earnest
attempt has been made, rothing comes
of it. The question 10 TOO important, |
the interest involved too vast 70 permit
delay. If the business men il the
Council, cannot give the time TO bring
about q solution, then let them employ
help and have it dona.
This is question apart from politics
and religion. If wster cannot be had
the people should know it and why. 1t
is their PRESTON, and beyond ali other
subjects should be carefully handled:
but for the love OF goodness get at it
with life end do something.
One more point. 1t 10 simply a quss-
ton of how. There is enough water |
flowing into this valley TO wash away |
the whole Territory of Utah The water
is hmitIess.
1t can be gotten. Now get it.