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Show 48 ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WATER DEVELOPMENT zation of the District, that regardless of the ultimate determination concerning that specific project the District ought to be organized because, as it was publicly explained and reported by The Tribune: " Under the present setup, no city commissioner can launch a long- range water program with any assurance it would be finished as planned, because of the possibility that his term of office may not last beyond four years. If the district were taken out of politics, necessary 63. Typical newspaper advertisement published during the 1935 Water District election. IF IF S « H Lake it to continue to grow IF Salt Lake ii to have new industries IF we are to have jobs, work and positions for our young people IF we are to have tax reductions through increased valuations IF we are to be a prosperous community WE MUST HAVE WATER! IF you want these things VOTE YES aJTrc"" but- IF you are satisfied to face a continual water shortage threat IF you want your taxes to increase- through 6ur city's failure to grow IF you » rt satisfied to have our young people go elsewhere for employment AND IF you want Salt Lake to lose torn* of its present population Vote NO and please our knockers! Bl. if Richardson P' » iiden » of Ih. Utah Slat* Realty Allocation long- range programs can be launched and finished with ultimate low costs. " ' Salt Lake City's water system now is a patchwork proposition,' Mr. Harris said, ' because nothing has ever been done to improve it until an emergency arose.' " Many of the obstacles which now prevent a city water commissioner from launching long- range projects would be removed by the district* he pointed out." The Chamber of Commerce of Salt Lake City urged a favorable vote on the proposal, on the ground that " creation of a metropolitan water district is a prerequisite to the establishment of a future water supply policy." And again, Mayor Marcus said: " If you vote in favor of a metropolitan water district on the 15th, you will not be voting to tax yourselves, but merely to create the district, which can then function to obtain the necessary water supply from Deer Creek or elsewhere." And again: " The primary purpose of creating a district is to place the city in a position where it can increase its water supply at any time in the future." Mr. Grant Macfarlane, then a member of the City's legal department and the member of the state legislature who introduced the Metropolitan Water District Act, said: " The Metropolitan Water District will be a public corporation. Its main objectives are to acquire additional water sources, water rights, reservoirs, and diversion works for the benefit of the inhabitants of Salt Lake City. It will provide a per- |
