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Show 106 ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WATER DEVELOPMENT S. L. Tribune 131. Leland H. Kimball, Engineer for the Metrolopitan Water District of Salt Lake City from ' 1936 to the time of his death in April, 1941. " That would preclude the furnishing of water for domestic use to any other permanent community or industrial enterprise outside the municipal boundaries or even to farmers who would settle upon their farms, in homes, with their families, for in any such case, and whatever your strict legal rights might be, it would be difficult as a practical matter as well as unwise to destroy the social and economic values which would be thus created. " That policy would also very probable reduce to a negligible quantity the part of your water supply which would be beneficially utilized, and so would alleviate but very slightly the burden of its expense and cost to the taxpayers of the District. It would in fact be of little, if any, greater benefit that the policy just outlined above. "( C)- You can lease water for use at any place outside the present limits of the District and wherever users can be found, with the right reserved of cancellation upon one year's notice, entirely regardless of the fact, if it be such, that the contemplated use and discontinuance might be such that as a practical matter withdrawal of the supply may be difficult. " A policy of that nature would, of course, enlarge the possibilities for the utilization of the District's supply and the realization of revenue from it. It is suggested, however, that it is too broad, and that if your policy shall include uses outside the limits of the District, that they ought to be confined to the field of influence and practical interest of Salt Lake City. Prediction of Future Necessities "( D)- It seems obvious to us that it cannot be expected that there will be within the present limits of the District, within any reasonable length of time, a population or uses of such nature or extent that all of your water supply, plus that already available for use, will be required for use within that area; but that nevertheless some increase will accrue and some shortages will occur within a time for which good business and reasonable foresight demands provision be made. |