The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-02
VOTE FOR THE BONDS.

OAlORROW, TUESDAY. Jan. > has
been set as the day for citizens OF
Salt Lake to vote upon the propositiop
to issue s1.OOO,OOO in per cent bonds
Inc money to be used in the ACQUISITION
u some SOOO00O0 gallons OF additional
water supply for the construction of
an lntercepting sewer, for a cement
concrete conduit, the extension of wa
Ter mains and other features of the
plan proposed by Mayor Morris and the
city administration.
In the long and very thorough dis
cussion of this proposition since it's first
announcement, the public has become
fairly well advised as to its ad
Nantages. The objections, which CEN
tered principally on the form of con-
tract between the city and the farmers.
have been removed by the modification
OF that contract as suggested by the
city As it stands now. the contract is
as fair and equitable as could possibly
be secured and contains no clause
against which protest could be made in
reason.
With the contract adjusted satisfac-
torily, the proposed bond issue promises
so much of value to the city that it
should have unanimous approval at the
polls tomorrow.
salt Lake City now has about To-
100000 gallons of water daily which is
fit for culinary and drinking purposes,
and about 10000. 900 gallons of Utah lake
water which can only be used for irri-
cation and sprinkling Under the new
plan. the city will quadrupIe its supply
of pure water by exchanging Utah lake
water for the supply from Big Cotton
wood and other creeks. paying bonus
of SO per acre and % per cent of lake
water in exchange. The money consid-
Grafton paid TO the farmers for this
purpose will be less than $4,000 With
money from the bonds, the city intends
to build a big conduit from Big Cotton
wood to Parley's canyon: il means to
improve its pipe system in the city so
as TO make the addition 20 the ~Nvater
supply available: It will sewer the
southwestern district of the city-an
Improvement of the greatest sanitary
necessity; it intends TO repair the city
canal from Utah lake, and improve the
plant at the lake.
These improvements. extensive in ma
ture and adequate for the citys needs
for years to come. will require about
the amount called for i'm the bond issue,
but the bonds are to be sold only as
the money is needed. s. the city will
not be paying interest on money lying
idle in the treasury.
The committee of citizens which is
sued an address in behalf of the pro-
posed issue. estimates that the entire
amount of interest on the bonds will be
met by the revenue from the water de-
partment SO there need be no increase
in taxation on that account. The rev
enue from water has been increasing
steadily from year to year, and the very
fact that the city had secured great
supply of water is expected 10 add to
the city'S revenue from this source. as
well as from an increase in the city's
property valuations due to the build
ing improvements which will naturally
follow Another factor of interest to-
taxpayers and property owners is the
certainty that a satisfactory water sys-
tenn viii bring heavy reduction in in
surance rates
Not only does the plan promise these
pecuniary and practical advantages. 1t
insures for the city an ample supply. Of
perfectly pure water. a guarantee Of
health for its residents, of beautiful
lawns and trees, Of sprinkled streets,
ana of immunity from all the annoy
ances and dangers Of an Inadequate
water supply in dry seasons.
1t is agreed that Salt Lake must have
more water of the highest quality: it
is also agreed that the only possible
sources of supply are covered by This
proposition. Further the most COM
petent authorities are one in the opinion
that it is not possible to get this water
or any other-within the limits Of the
city's bonding capacity, except on the
very lines proposed by the city admin
istration.
Only one conclusion is possible after
a careful. conscientious study of the
conditions That conclusion is in favor
of the bonds, and it behOoves every
taxpayer to get out and vote for them
tomorrow.