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Show 142. William M. Kasworrn, Chairman of a Salt Lake County committee working toward the creation of a water conservation district for communities and areas adjacent to Salt Lake City. feet already mentioned. Something ought to be done for these municipalities and for these communities. Unincorporated communities have no financial standing and no such unity as is necessary to Federal Aid; and relatively small towns cannot command the attention nor have they the unpledged resources requisite to the same purpose, and yet they are as badly in need and their need and its satisfaction is as vital to the well- being of the State as that of larger centers of population. SALT LAKE COUNTY INTEREST AND ACTIVITY It is an encouraging fact that Salt Lake County interests have recently perfected a preliminary organization looking toward the alleviation of the conditions to which we have just referred. The County itself is without legal authority to afford adequate relief, but the Board of County Commissioners has nevertheless interested itself in the working out of plans by which it may be expected considerable good will result. It is now proposed that there be created a Water Conservation District with jurisdiction over those areas outside of either the legal or practical scope of the Metropolitan Water District Act as now written, and it is proposed that such a District subscribe for 5,000 shares of the stock of the Provo River Water Users Association. Through the sponsorship of the Salt Lake County Farm Bureau, a central committee representing interested communities has been organized, and from this committee a smaller executive board was chosen to carry on the work. Executive committee members include William M. Kasworrn, Chairman; Hyrum Bennion, Vice Chairman: V. L. Martineau, Secretary: Alton C. Melville, C. L. Bello, E. 6. Brothers, and members of the Salt Lake County Commission. This action, while encouraging as an evidence of an awakened and enlightened interest, assumes the existence of facts which may not turn out as such. It assumes, for example, the availability of further subscriptions for Association stock and the availability of the Salt Lake Valley Aqueduct for the carrying of the water supply. But the stock of the Association is now over- subscribed and the entire aqueduct capacity will probably be required for the use of the Salt Lake City interests. |
