Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-03
STRONG PLEA AGAINST
WATtRWORKS BONDS
Joseph A. West and Other Prominent
Citizens Issue Address 10
Voters.

ogden. Sept 3.-Joseph A. West, the
well known civil engineer job Pingree,
field superintendent OF the AmalgaIna-
ted Sugar company. and other promi-
nent citizens Of Ogden, are strongly op-
posed 10 the bonding of the city for
100000 to enlarge the water conduit,
and set forth their reasons In the fol-
lowing address.
To the Tax PAYERS of ogden City
Do you wish to vote a bond issue or
one hundred thousand dollars for the
building of expensive conduits with
out first being assured that water Tor
same can be had;
Mayor Glasmann claims 10 have eN-
changed water for some of the Oldest
water rights In ogden river that Will
more than All the new pipe line that
the city proposes to build from the
Cold Water canyon. Let us see.
In the long ago when Captain and
Kentucky Smith were Interested In
the Warren cannal that company and
Statewide appropriated all OF ogden
city's sewer water then going into the
Weber river and have continually
used IL together with the increased
flow of said sewer ever since
Plain city with whom Glasmann
claims to have exchanged sewer
water for water In ogden river has no
such rights as the mayor claims for
them. A evidence OF this we submit
the following:
Jan. /. 1850. Mound Fort appro-
Priatcd and has since continuously
used from the ogden river AL cubic
feet; Jan. /, 1851. Lynne appropriate
ed from ogden river. $40 cubic feet;
Jan. /. 1856. the ogden Bench Canal
companw appropriated, ~ cubic feet;
Jan, I, 1853, North ogden appropriate
ed. 2i.3 cubic feet: Total 1916 cubic
feet. besides numerous smaller filings
and appropriations aggregating about
"a second feet, or making total in
round numbers of about $50 cubic
feet
on May. "a. 1859. the following
appropriations were made and have
been continuously maintained up 10
the capacity of the respective canals,
Plain City. $50 second feet. Harris
Vile. s2.3 second feet. Total. 1879
second feet.
On August 20, last according 10
measurements made by the Utah Light
and Railway company, only b5 second
feet of water was flowing in ogden
river above the intakes OF all of these
canals. and at no time during the
month has the said water reached 60
second feet. So that between 50 and
GO second feet IS all the available
water in the Ogden river at this time
TO supply primary rights aggregating,
in round figures $50 second feet. all
OF which antedatc the claims
of Plain City and Statewide,
which al this time have no claim what
ever to ogden river water. Neither
have either agreed To any such cN-
change as Mayor Glasnann alleges.
Slaterville's rights which are not
primary. only cover 4 81 second feet
from the ogden and hence docs not
e..
vile and Warren, vino in years past
were engaged In expensive litigation
over their respective rights to this
very sewer water that the honorable
mayor thinks the city still owns, VIII
fight to tine bitter end any attempt on
the part of the city to take II from them,
and the Utah Light and Railway COM
pany. which has utilized. for power
purposes. al the water used for ir-
rigation below IT, including the Plain
City and Slaterville rights. will not
peacefully surrender same to ogden
city. Furthermore there is not now
flowing down both Cold Water aud
Wheelers canyons half enough water
TO I'LL the present 24-inch conduit.
From whence therefore is Ogden city
to get water to- III the new conduit
that II proposes to build into the first
named canyon? and for which we
are asked 10 add 100000 to our bond
ed debt. and how ar. we to get any re-
duction i'm our insurance, as claimed
By the mayor, unless We get more wa
ter?
II as has been claimed the proposed
loan can be paid back from the profits
Of the present water system I'm four
years. why not spend $4,000 annually
In safely building 1t up and not go into
debt? This plan would offer every in
centive to rigid economy and judicious
expenditure, while the other might lead
to extravaganza. There Is also the
gravest possibility that all our efforts
to secure watsr may prove futile. In
which event what viii we do with
the worthless conduit? Some would say,
go honestly about II and buy some
water. But from whom and at what
price? II is safe 10 say that could the
necessary water be bought II would
cost 10 times more after the conduit
was built than II purchased before
Hence we say again, get the water
before the bonds are authorized, for
without Il every specious promise Of
those who advocate this measure Is
deception and fraud.
Therefore. fellow citizens. beware
Sleep not too late on the morning OF
Tuesday, Sept. g. but rise early and
rally every honest voter to the polls
and consign TO everlasting oblivion
this latest attempt to still further in
Creasc our thra ltOm of debt.