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Show ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WATER DEVELOPMENT 107 " Every effort should be first made to induce those areas to incorporation within the City, or if that cannot be done, to become a part of the District, but in neither case should that be regarded as immediately vital, nor should a mistake of judgment as to the ultimate result in that respect be deemed of serious consequence. This last, not because you could, in that event, as a matter of law, terminate the delivery of water upon one year's notice, but because areas of that character are those within which it must always have been expected a large part of your supply would be utilized and because you will in every event and in every case exact as high a rental and see to it that as high a beneficial use is made as circumstances will permit, regard being had both to the income received and to the collateral benefits of a prosperous suburban or economically con- tributary area. 132. Salt Lake City, viewed from the State Capitol. Although the city's corporate limits extend far into the horizon, it is suggested that the City's sphere of practical interest and influence may extend even farther. S. L. Tribune Municipal Use Must Be Assured " If you accept this hypothesis, you can allot or reserve to your present area that part of your supply deemed ample to provide for the expected increases of population and use and for shortages in present supplies within it. As to that part, no disposition should be made except such as to leave it, both legally and practically, available to use within the present area of the District whenever required. Suggested Disposition of Surplus " As to the remainder, it should be utilized to the greatest possible economic advantage within those areas which, even though they are not at present actually within the municipal boundaries, may, broadly speaking, be considered a part of " Greater Salt Lake City" and which it may reasonably be expected will ultimately be legally a part of it. |