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Show ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WATER DEVELOPMENT 117 seems desirable, but the statement just made is nevertheless essentially true. The law of its incorporation, its charter, however contemplates the possibility of the enlargement of the territory of the District and of the field of its obligations to include as to both, the area of other cities and towns. The law provides for such enlargement only under conditions agreeable to the interest of the existing area and upon such terms as those representing it may see fit to impose. But the law also contains a provision in regard to the representation of new areas upon the District's Board of Directors of such a nature as to make it, practically, impossible for the Board now representing the Salt Lake City area to even consider the extension of the District. OTHER SALT LAKE VALLEY COMMUNITIES REQUIRE ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLIES The Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake City has provided for the 141. Salt Lake City's " White Way." This ni^ contrast with the pictures appearing at the be$. future of the Salt Lake City area. It has assured for it the water supply essential to its growth and prosperity for a long time to come. But there are other municipalities and other territories and communities unincorporated in the Salt Lake Valley which are without any decent water supply either for ordinary domestic use or for irrigation. Many of these have applied to the District's Board of Directors for assistance, for admission to the District, or for a share of the supply for which it has contracted and which it will acquire for the benefit of territory within the District as far as it may be required there. It is on that account that it is pertinent to mention in this report the public question thus raised. NEW LEGISLATON REQUIRED But the District Board, as the law now stands, is helpless. The law does not permit the annexation of unincorporated areas and even those which are cannot be considered for membership in the District because of the de- photograph of Main Street is an interesting ling of this book. S. L. Tribune |
