Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-12
FOB 4 HUGE JOB.
SshCms 10 SILL City WaleTHOrks 70
Private Parties
nEISe woRKED on rnE QUIEr.
A Sugrostioh Is 10 what It Costs TO
"FiX" the Present Guy
Couucii.

The neiariou8 scheme 10 sell the city |
waterVorks 10 q private corporation Is
at tho front again. several times It
has been brought up but ON each
occasion has failed In being worked to
q tucccssiul issue. But the manipula-
tors regard this as an opportuno time,
ana are pgain at work. They see ~
the scheme q good thing for them
selves II they can got The properiy,and
no one blames them particularly for
locking out for numbur one IA maAlhg
inyeAtmentf. But with a CITY COuu-
ell that will play into their hands the
case wouiu be different
What IL the situation VI the
present CITY Cuuuclg Their
administration 10 "sttapped" fof
money, anu may be some Of them
pro Individually in thu same M. That
Is the special feature that Is being
couutei Ou ~ tue would-bu walei-
works proprietor, and tho fact ,ha'
the municipality will be hard fun Tor
funds Throughout the pcri1u u the
next administration, because OF pabt
OHIO uKtravagaucr, u also tnten
cigniztuce oG Hence the nope that
ANN NAl'tMNIhA VIII w AtnltaNN ~ ~
fccufe urcdipl cash.
This Idea OF having private corpora.
ton take tuecity's water system Is hn
old one. S0ur icur yoars since, while
the matter wac being agitatud, Bis.
UndeTwUuJ, OF Omaha, came here
and maize al attempt 10 carry 20
iutO effect. lie vas pfesideut Of
the American Matcfw0tks cUmYau",
with plenty Of Influence and capita.
lilo organized a corporation IN when
there were counted with hin Dunuis
sullivan, a Denver, aud W. =. NlCCur.
nick, A. linnAutf, II. G.. Chamtufs,
N. rWuwuck, II. Alhcsintush ami
others Of this city Though the CON.
lany was formed, IL never dii any.
ihng because II was asoeftAiued that
vt that time the city would not sell.
WltchrT Jones and othere made a sim.
liar PROPAGATION, but they failed also %
get the WatuTW orks. Seven 90 eight
thousand citizens pfotrstei against II
by petition.
Now, Ia the fiuAncial distress Of the
city the Underwood scheme has bUsu
revived. Several OF his V.d associates
Ia tho company deny any connection
with him On tho pfosont occasion, Tut
lie has plenty who are willing 10 work
Win llAAAA lNA Aht Alk ltAUAs
Two weeks ago he came 20 this city,
anu registered At the KnuuijfJ. lie
remained a week, aud when asked tue
purpose of his visit, said Il was "ior
pleasure" But u was noticed that
among his frequent callers were sOtnu
VINO were formerly associated with
him In the watefw ork5 proposition ~
we'll as olhers. So when It was ASSERT
I'd that ho was again ON the alert for
securing the watofw0rlts, with what
he thought good prospect OF succes, u
was nota matter Of surprise, though 10
Is an item OF vast Importance 10 the
citizens.
just now the scheme IN to be carried
through Il IA matter OF uncertainty.
But II 10 n fact that Il will be- worked
for all II IN worth, unless tue eE pOsuru
Of tnc plans and decided pubic
sentiment defeat tho hugo JOB.
with now much concern the weight
OF public sentiment with the present
council II regarded Ia certain quntteTa
4, Indicated IN tho remark Of one Of
the workers Ia the scheme today,
wheu ho said, Twenty five thousand
dollars will DO anything with the pres.
ent CITY Council" Some people may
think the estimate either too nigh "
too low,
One thing may DO considered certain,
anu that is that whatever view the
members Of the council possess ON the
aul jUct Of selling tne gaterWOris the
peOple are vigorously antagoLislio 10
lhe suheme. Their opinion bus not
varied TO any extent since the witch.
81 Jones proposition VI three years ago.
AZ that Time Councilman JameI
Anderson was chairman OF the com.
mntiee Oh watetwOrks, Aud he
learned what the people thought
aud lell Expressing himself on
the subject today hs sall:
"rho Taxpayers viii hang the city
council that dnfes 10 sell or attempt 10
sell the wgterW OrEs, aud IN my opinion
they would be Justified In 80 doing.
Sucn n sale would ba one OF the gfos-
sest OutTages that could be peTpetrated
upon any community"
The general sentiment Of tho COM
munity Ia IN harmony with the ex-
cuunoilman'a view OF tho outrageous
nature of tue net, 10 there noed DO uo
dublety on the part u the Cily C0un.
ell, n the matter comes before them
tilicially, ne 10 where the people stand.
Tlen II may be- learned whether
"s.5, 900 will DO anything" with tho
present council or their successors.