Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-04-23

~ for that purpose, the question OF bonding the
City in the aggregate sum OF $73.OOO. IN adj
dition to present bonded Indebtedness, will be sub
mitted to the qualified electors who paid property
tax in the city last year. for their determination.
The purpose of the bonds to provide funds Tor var
ious improvements, follows For the extension
of the water system to include Cluf Spring in the
culinary water supply $4,000; for the installation
of street lighting system decided upon and con-
tracted for by the previous city administration. $9.
600; and for the improvement of College Avenue and
the city park, and for the construction OF a
modern tourist camping ground. 4.OOO. For more
detailed information readers are referred to the Of
fetal notice published elsewhere in this issue OF The
Record
In relation to the last two propositions there is
practically no division of opinion. The street lighting
system was decided upon and contracted for before
the present city councilmen took Office. but with no
provision made for meeting the cost OF the same so
the matter is now valid obligation against the city.
which could. if necessary. be enforced by law, and
we have no choice but to vote the bond and make our
contract good And anyway, the improvement APP
pears to be necessary and in the interests of beauty
and safety and efficiency being strictly modern and
up to standard. Everything indicates that there vii
be an unprecedented tourist business into and thru
our section this summer over the Arrowhead Trail
Our hotel Accommodations are woefulIy made
quate and the projected new hotel cannot be built
in time to afford any relief the present These
tourists must be taken care of. and at least be sup
piled with comfortable and convenient place to
camp The plans drawn for this project com
phehensive, adequate and will afford much relief in
the matter of tourist business so necessary at this
time. 1t is expected that the camp will at least be
self-supporting when in operation. Also. the
requests of the B. A. c. management for more re-
spectacle and pretentous approach to the school
well founded. They nghtfully object to having the
B. A. {. made the elimination of Cedar Citys back
alley And we can't make these improvements with
out money. Certainly 1000 is very modest sum
to ask for these purposes.
With the elimination of these smaller propositions
which so far as we know are generally favored, we
have only the extension of the water system under
consideration. On this question there seems to be
quite difference of opinion How far the opposi-
ton may be attributed to political bias we cannot
say; but that there is opposition of a significant kind
must be recognized
The present Council called this bond election only
after thorough study of the situation Some of the
members have been such for number of years. and
so are fully conversant with the water problem
in this city. They have made an exhaustive survey
of the water supply available under the present sys-
tem and have located every spring which could pos
sby be added the of the present supply,
and have decided that there nothing further in that
locality that is worth boherng with or spending mon
ey on They have gone to considerable expense al
ready in connection with the bond election, and have
negotiated the sale of the bonds, provided the issue
is approved by the voters. The mayor and council
men are men of affairs. They own water in the fields
for the most part and pay heavy property taxes They
are not likely to favor something which is unneces-
sary and unreasonable, are they? AT the same time
this is matter for each voter to decide for himself
in his own way. And here some of the arguments
that are heard pro and con touching the question
Opponents say that the stopping of the leaks in
the distribution system by the installing of new pipe
lines, etc, has greatly relieved the shortage and in
proof of the statement call attention to the fact that
the pressure in the system better than it has been
for years
The proponents admit that there has been some