Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-21

Big Cottonwood creek 70 ParleyB
creek; for the establishing OF power
plant at the mouth Of Parley's cam
yon Tor the purpose Of pumping sewer
age, for the development OF Utah lake;
making repairs on the city canal, i'm
proving the distributing system OF the
water works; paying bonuses FOR the
exchange OF water rights, and defray-
Ing the necessary expenses Of carrying
out the plan OF perfeCtng the exchange
and lease OF the waters OF MIL creek.
Big Cottonwood and Little Cottonwood
creeks, including the cost OF bringing
the same into the city and distributing
it TO the inhabitants
The report OF the committee was
adopted ana an election ordered 10 be
held on the Bird day Of January 1905,
for the purpose OF voting on the propo-
slton TO issue $3.50 600 OF water bonds
ana $4,000 Of sewer bonds, which had
been recommended by the committee
Tor the purpose of providing sewage for
me southern and western portions OF
the city.
MATTER FULLY DISCUSSED.
Before the election came on there
was a very fun discussion Of the sub
leet not only through the press, but
also through local organizations IN the
city committee OF five citizen tax
payers namely Messrs. o. j. Salisbury
John Clark. w. Mont Ferry, Nephl /,
Morris and George A. Whitaker. were
associated with the mayor and council
committee, In presenting TO the tax
payers an address covering the PROPOSE
ton In all it's phases,
majority Of the electors voted In
FAVOR Of the proposition and the coun-
ell committee has already taken steps
to have the bonds issued from time TO
time, as the money shall be needed for
the prosecution OF the work, so that the
city VIII not be required 10 pay interest
until the use Of the money Is actually
required.
II IS confidently expected that the ex-
changes and leases win be perfected
and the conduit constructed, 80 that
the waters Of Dig Cottonwood viii be
flowing into the city before the end OF
the present year.
WATER SCRIP EVIL.
An existing evil which | most re-
spectfully ask your honorable body 10
consider with view Of its abolition is
the issuance Of water scrip IN exchange
or cash for the payment OF water main
ctensuns for the reasons.
Flrst-'rhe system compeis a loss OF
not less than D per cent 10 all small
property owners who are taxed for these
extensions when the said small owners
are obliged TO borrow the money with
which to pay their proportion OF the
tax. And who Is benefited by this?
None but the large water user and the
money lender.
Second-The poorer property owner
Is obliged to sell his scrip at a discount
and the whole issue is Immediately COB
bled up by the large water takers and
paid 20 the city for water rates In place
of cash, thereby giving the larger alter
takers a decided advantage over the
small user, TO dlgress a little with
| the additional advantage the large user
has, by being given wholesale $50
called rates, and from the fact that not
one of these large water users pay as
much tax In proportion for water con-
sumed as do the small users, believe It
rs absolutely wrong for the city to con-
tinue a system that wrings hard-eaned
money from the pockets Of the poor
men ana places It In the pockets Of the
rich,
CITY is NOT BENEFITED.
! Thlrd-~The city is not benefited one iota.
| by such system, When an assessment
| Is levied for water main extension
true the money Is at once paid TO the
city by abutters on the particular ex-
tension; and that makes the city even
ON the work But before the end OF the
watr year, as a rule, the city gets
nothing for water furnished except
/ scrip, not only from abutters on the
said extension, but from large water
users IN different parts Of the city, who,
II the system were abolished would
pay In cash. II VIII thus be seen that
water users in remote parts Of the city
from the said extension are the actual
benehciaries Of this scrip system,
Hence, / am Of the unqualified opin-
ion that such a system should be abol-
ished without delay and when a water
main extension is properly applied for,
the city should put II In, pay for it and
| collect It's water rates In cash.