The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-23

To the Qualified Voters of Salt Lake
City:
Certain large improvements in the wa
ter system and the sewer system of this
city were begun in 1905. To complete and
extend these systems to meg our fast
increasing population will require more
money than can be secured from current
revenue; hence the voters are called up
on TO authorize a bond issue in the sum
of s60O.00000: s475000.o0 of which shall be
applied to the completion and extension of
our water system. and s125Oc0.O0 of which
shall be applied to the completion and ex-
tension of our sewer system.
The particular uses for which this mon
ey is needed are as follows;
% For building an aqueduct on
North Temple street from
Fourth West to Ninth West
streets. to care for the sur
plus waters from City creek,
thus protecting property
owners on the west side
from damage to their prop
erty. and protecting the city
from expensive damage
CD For extension of water mains
on the west side. in the Sec
ond and Third wards ........ eo,ooo.o
90 For replacing the 3-inch and
4-!nch water mains in the
Fourth ward, by mains ade-
quate to supply that rapidly
growing section OF the city. 100000
mains in the First ward. 100000
C0 For enlarging and increasing
the mains of the general wa
ter system of the city, secur-
ing additional water rights
and enlarging and extending
the East Jordan canal-..----- oo.Go 90
90 Sewer-FOr completing and
extending the sewer system.
including the intercepting
sewer, pumping plant and
outlet for same, which will
drain q large area in the
southern and western parts
OF the city, thus increasing
the value OF all property IN
those sections ..-.............. 125OOO.O
III appears clear TO the city council mat
without the expenditure OF the above
amounts. our citizens will be denied the
benefits to which they are entitled froso
the large sums of money already expend-
ed in our water and sewer systems.
The city council assures the people that.
if this bond issue be approved, there viii
be no need to raise the tax levy for the
current year will there be any ne
cessity for increasing the present water
rates. The receipts In the water depart
ment have shown great gains and will
provide for the interest and sinking fund
for this department
1t does not seem advisable that perma-
nent improvements of the nature above
referred to should be paid for from cur
rent revenues. IL imposes too heavy
burden upon the taxpayers. The issuance
of bonds and the creation of sinking
fund for their ultimate redemption, dis
tributes ard equalizes this burden over
series of years.
The estimates for the above purposes
have been made after a careful investi-
CATION of the present and future needs
of our city by the engineering depart
ment.
The mayor and the city council of Salt
Lake City do hereby pledge themselves
to carrying out the above described i'm
provements at the least possible expense
consistent with good results. and do here
by further pledge themselves to expend
the money only in the manner set forth
in the foregoing statement.
JOHN S. BRANSFORD. Mayor.
w. MONT FERRY,
T r. BLACK,
l.. J. WOOD.
A. ]. DAVIS.
L. d. MARTIN.
E G. O-DONNELL
GEORGE II RAYBOULD.
]. ]. STEWART.
MARK REEDALL.