The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-19
GUNNELL ON The
BOND PROPOSITION

Editor Standard:
IL hardly seems just the correct
thing to have the city bonding propo-
Sition be either buried under defeat
or crowned with victory without dis
cussion. For myself there are some
points on which my mind is unset
tied, and on the presumption Jhat
there are other persons In similar
mental attitude, ! trouble YOU with
these lines hoping that illumination
VIII follow from some source.
Persons in official position should
usually be credited with understand
Ing the matters in their hands for of
hcial attention, and II Is well for citl-
zens to follow their advice. generally.
yet there are times, and this appears
To be one of them, when tho people
should do Independent thinking
The present water system was put
In during the Ogden boom DAYS. about
;|onty years ago. and the people felt
great satisfaction, and received warm
~ given congratulations from outsid-
ers. Tor having established a system
suitable Tor n large city. 1t was eX-
pectod that Ogden would double its
population within five years. and then
double again In ten or fifteen years,
aud that the water system, so far as
built, was OF sufficient capacity for all
Of this So that the argument that
the present pipe line from the water
sources was put in twenty years ago
does not mean much TO some of us.
Ogden has been twenty years doing
10 ha Al 4
done In FIVE years.
When the question Of purchasing
the water system was before the peo-
pie year or so ago they favored 1t
under the spell Of conviction. and set
tied belief that the conduit from wa
ter sources, and the pipes from tho
reservoir were sufficient for long
time to come. and in gooi condition
DO the people of the Brewer admins
tratlon deny these things now'
When the new reservoir was being
nade, and then the decision reached
To cement the same, 1t was not
known, at least not announced, that
there was no way provided for put
ting the water into the reservoir; but
the question has always been, and
The inquiry made In this way: Has
the city sufficient water supply at
the sources of SUPPLY"
There is where the rub was expect
ed to be, and expenditure of money
be required
Is 1t fact that any lack of water
supply In the distributlye pines Is
because of the under-size of the con-
dult?
(rhe pipe will not carry any more
than 1t now does-Edltor
Is the insufflciency Of the water
supply in the city because the conduit
Is ciogged and needs cleaning? II
This is true Is such a cleaning lmpos-
sible or impractlcable? probably
eoth-EdltoT)
How was the discovery made that
there was or Is, or soon will be. cry
ing need for more water in the dis
tiibutive system, requiring the build
ing of new conduit or even the
Cleaning oil the present one?
eve presume the fact that the con
duit can not be forced TO flow moro
water to flll the new reservoir is
self-evident fact.-Editor1
Has any citizen who had the right
10 take water been refused or been
unable 10 get sufficient Ii such be
the case was il because of the insult
tolent carrying capacity of the pipes.
or because other citizens were using
an unnecessary quantity of water.
taking water that they bad no right
to take, and no need for?
(We understand both,-Editor)
If the said CRYING need came only
in lawn sprlnkllng hours in July and
August. surely everybody knows that
that condition may he avoided and all
needs for water be met, by cutting
cut or shutting down the waste OF
those who waste
(Who is wasting the water9-Ed-
itor)
WHY not put I'm the meter system
OF distribution and yet let people have
the necessary amount of water at the
same expense as now. and all have
their needs supplied without any new
conduit?
(What Is the object of meter
II the cost shall be the NEED.
itor)
II the city borrows money it must
pay back the money, and there is
no use trying TO argue that point out
Of the way. II borrowing be put of
n year or five years. interest is saved,
other debts get out of the way, we
have the benefit OF changed condl-
tions time may bring. for making OBJ
seryations. calculations. etc
(SIgned)
VOLNEY GUNNELh.
(Mr Guunell forgetS that the wa
ter works will pay the sl00,0 600 debt,
not the taxpayers. Not one cent viii