The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-13
could hear the message better than the
Mare Island operator could.
THE POSSIBLE wATERBoNDNa.

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der consideration by the people in this
city ut the present time, and more
directly also by the municipal COM
mission. The most obvious proposition
is the one involving the submission to
the people Of the proposition to issue
| 100000 in bonds to provide an emer
gcncy OF reserve water supply that
will fully protect the city in its in.
surance risks, and also furnish water
for all purposes in case Of any short
age,
1t is an evident proposition that what
is first needed is not any patch work
business with regard to the water
mains or affecting ANYTHING which VIC
already have. The immediate need is
a reserve water supply that will be
commensurate with the requirements
of the city in case anything goes wrong
with the present facilities, Tiukering
with this present supply Is not the
urgent need. The increased supply is
urgent, and that is what the public
will expect to have provided.
The 100000 would unquestionably
give the maximum results in the stor'
age of water if applied To the putting
in Of dam aud reservoir up Farley
canyon. This plan has been fully
wrought out by the CITY Engineer
Office under former incumbent, Mr..
Frank Kelsey. who was an eminently
skilled engineer and conscientious
I 10 IL ~, ip
tercsts. His estimates as TO the cost
Of putting in that reservoir, with the
cost of conduit or piping system
added, would in the aggregate scarcely
exceed the proposed 100000 bond is
sue. This amount OF bonds can be
issued under the law as it stands. I'm
doubtedly the greatest results could
be had for the money by putting in
the Parley's reservoir. To undertake
to find some other means of spending
the money would involve a good deal
Of cost aud delay in Investigation. and
we are confident that nothing so good
as the Parley's CANYON reservoir plan
is in sight.
Another proposition is 10 ask from
the Legislature further bonding capaci-
ty so that other propositions can be
investigated, and, perhaps. practically
applied, such as reservoirs on the
benches. the Improvement OF the lakes
up Big Cottonwood. (Which should, 4
fact, cost but trific and take priority
over all and a reservoir system up
City Greek canyon. What the prospect
is of getting extended bonding capacity
from the present Legislature. we have
no means of knowing; but it is ccr-
tain that we have within our present
bonding limit the ability to issue $780,
600 bonds, and make the large and
addition to the city's wa
ter supply which would come from put
ting in the Parley's canyon reservoir.
Whatever the commission may do,
however, in regard to the question OF
adding TO the city's water supply, we
wish to advise most emphatically that
in submitting any question Of bonding
to the people, the commission should
state fairly. fully, and completely what
ploPOoSu W op WIN pIc iC-
ceived from the bonds that the people
may authorize, and then proceed with
out fail to carry out the pledge thus
made to the people. There has been
in the past some trifiing with the
phghted word Of the city authorities,
in the matter Of the bonds
for the Big Cottonwood
conduit proposition, breach of faith
which, we trust, may never be repeat
cd by the authorities of Salt Lake
City.
When the people are fully taken into
the confidence Of the authorities and
have faith that what is planned and
specified is the right thing to do
and will be done, we believe there
will be no difficulty in voting the
100000 bonds which we may now Issue
under present limitations. The people
have a right to know what is proposed
TO be done with the money from the
bonds which they are asked to author
ize. The utmost frankness in stating
this, and the utmost faithfulness in
carrying out the contract that would
thus be closed between the city au-
horIties aud the voters, should be OBJ
served; aud when this is done there
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