The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-26
the Qualified Voters of Salt Lake


Certain large improvements in the wa
ter system and the sewer system OF this
city were begun in 1906. To complete and
extend these systems to meE our fast
increasing population will require more
money than can be secured from current
revenue; hence the voters are called up
on to authorize bond issue in the sum
OF $50. 10000: s475e00.o0 of which shall be
applied to the completion and extension of
our water system. and SIPS. 10000 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 We-s 70 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
SUITS .---.-...--.-------> oo,VoV-"o
(2) For extension Of water mains
on the west side. in the Sec
-ond and Third wards 6o,OOoo
CD For replacing the s-inch and
4-inch water mains in the
Fourth ward, by mains ade-
quate to supply that rapidly
growing section of the city. 100000 90
mains in the First ward. $4,000. 90
(O For enlarging and increasing
the mains of the general wa
ter system of the city. secur
ing additional water rights
and charging and extending
the East Jordan canal. 200 900 90
90 sewer-For completing and
extending the sewer system,
including the intercepting
sewer, pumping, plant and
outlet for same, which will
drain a large area in the
southern and western parts
of the city, thus increasing
the value of all property In
those sections ..-...----.-...-- lzo.uU W
1t appears clear TO the city council that,
without the expenditure of the above
amounts, our citizens will be denied the
benefits to which they are entitled fro>n
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 will
be no need to raise the tax levy for the
current year. nor 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, as 1t imposes too heavy a
| burden upon the taxpayers. The issuance
| or bonds and the creation OF SiHhlIlS
| fund for their ultimate redemption. dis
| tributes and equaliZes this burden over a
series of years.
The estimates for the above purposes
| have been made after 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,
| Z. G. O'DONNELD,
GEORGE II RAYBOULD,
J. J. STEWART.
MARK REEDALL.