The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

peCIal Committee of Citizens Explain All the Details OF
For Greater Salt Lake.
Are b
10 Be Secured Of

Y Mayor r. P. Morris and those asso-
SIdted with him in advocating the plan
Tor the increase of the city's water
supply are determined that the people
OF salt Lake are to be thoroughly we'll
posted ON the proposition before they
are asked to cast their ballots. The
ADDRESS prepared some time ago by
the joint committee has been issued i'm
pamphlet form and a copy of this is
10 be placed in the hands of every
citizen of Salt Lake This action is
taken in conformity with a resolution
adopted by the city council authorizing
the printing and circula ton of the adj
dress Every material point is covered
IN TINS address 1t Is given herewith
in full
To the Property Taxpayers of Salt
Lake city:
The city council having ordered
special election to be held Jan. 3. 1908.
Tor the purpose of submitting TO the
qualified voters, the proposition of the
issuance of 81, coo. 900 4 per cent bonds
With which to obtain money to secure
permanent and adequate water sup
ply, and TO make necessary sewer eX-
tensions. ii is deemed advisable that
this address be given the widest pos
slble publicity among the people TO be
affected The advantages that viii ac
crue TO Salt Lake City and county by
favorable action upon the mOmentOuS
question involved, are so manifold and
so manifest, and the objections so few
and 50 groundless, that there can be
no doubt as to the outcome of the is
sue when the. taxpayers shall have
passed upon the same at the polls.
The success of the plan means a
Greater Salt Lake; a larger and richer
clty-the permanent solution of prob
lem that has impeded the growth and
progress of our city for many years:
one that now threatens TO halt its ex-
panslon altogether unless it shall be
satisfactorily disposed of. The means
OF solution are finally at hand. 1t re-
mains only for the taxpayers TO ratify
them. That done, the future of Salt
Lake City will be assured Naturally.
every citizen will want to know lust
what is proposed. what the city's a bill
tiles are. and what the cost will be
on all of these points he will be given
only accurate information based upon
official records and obtained from the
most conservative sources.
What the City Can Borrow
Under the law the city has the right
10 borrow for water, artificial light
and sewer improvements. the sum of
$i,zoO,oOO.OO- The proposition that the
city council has ordered TO be voted up
: on, is for the issuance of 1000, 10000,
in bonds. of which sum $3.50. OOO. 90 is to
De utilized in securing a permanent wa
ter supply, several times the volume
OF what we now have, and $3.50, 900 for
seWcring the southern and western
part of the city, an improvement that
more water is secured to make it eff
fectual
BY way of information the taxpayer
VIII probably ask specifically how the
interest is to be raised on this issue
OF bonds, and whether it means an in
crease in taxation. The answer will
doubtless be more pleasing than he
imagined. 1t may be stated first OF all
that no increase OF taxation is con-
Iemplated. An examination of the
records of the WaterworkS department,
covering a long period of years, proves
Conclusively that the revenues in that
branch of the municipality alone are
more. than ample to pay the annual
interest of the proposed water bond
issue. Besides. these revenues are con-
Stantly increasing at a rate exceeding
per cent each year; and that too. in
The face of an inadequate water sup
ply and retarded growth in population.
The figures which follow, entirely JUS
ufy the conclusion that with a nu-
meTical augmentation of people. an in
crease i'm wealth and property improve
ment. and consequently a great tax
paying capacity. that there will be a
still greater revenue from this depart
menr.
How the Water System Pays.
For several years past there has been
applied sum averaging over sos 900
annually for water service betterments
redemption of scrip. increase of water
works stores and reserve fund. every
cent of which has been derived from
the department itself which at the
same ratio, after paying the $4,000 in
terest on the proposed bonds. will
leave "A margin Of S21. 900. The water
revenues beginning with the year 1900
are a follows:
1900 ............. ............S o.. SOS ca
lF01 ---..-.---. --.-----.----.- .1O2, SlO92
1902 -.......-.--.....-...... los. 262. 20
1S1' ..--.--- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IL, $50 "a
And the records for 1904 disclose the
Interesting fact that there will be d
propoTtionate increase in the same de-
partment this year. Surely, such a
showing as this should inspire the tax
payer with full confidence in the abiI-
1ty OF the WatcrWorks system of the
city To support itself including the
payment of the interest on the proposed
bond issue. and leave a handsome an
liual margin I'm addition, that must
grow larger with the years. and which
should be applied to the redemption of
the bonds themselves.
Another important fact to remember
IS that. at the very outset, the annual
drain that has been made upon the
waterworks fund for betterments viii
cease This highly desira BILE condition
VIII be made possible by the provision
that requires a prompt expenditure of
100000 10 make all necessary improve
ments heretofore undertaken and car
Iied out in piecemeaI fashion
Present City Water Supply.
Providing water for a city that is
situated in the very heart of this rain
less region is work fraught with
difficulties unknown TO other places
Many problems must be solved for
which there is no precedent for a guide
Originality. therefore. becomes a neces-
sity in dealing with many matters that
are inseparable from the question of
providing an increase in the water
supply of this city Due allowance
should be made for this by the tax
payers, who are called upon TO decide
this important question. a question
which involves growth and greatness
of the city
T-S present water supply OF the city
is derived from four separate sources
These sources and the quantity of wa
ter that each supplies daily, during the
season Of minimum flow. are as fol-
lows:
City creek ............ SOP 134 gallons
Emigration creek ..... 1000. 600 gallons
3aIleyS Z creek ......... 4.2O2.140 gallons
Utah Lake reservoir. As. $50. 600 gallons
Total daily supply. s.. 564.s74 gallons
OF this total daily quantity only the