The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-10-25

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Finished facts submitted to can
did world.
A number of years ago lie was
ooirad at that libel mint-the Salt LaFe
Tribune office-to the effect that the
CIV paid "the Church" the sum OF
$40 600 for a worthless canal located
in the vicinity of the Cotton
woods; and this lie has been dressed up
in various garbs at opportune times
and made to do much Ubiquitous
service in the interests of the IT1b%n'
and the many nefarious causes
It represents. We call to mind the
babiiments in which this canal canard
was clothed few months ago, when
call for redemption of city bends was
being published. 1t was then implied
by the Tribune that bonds were sold
and the funds derived therefrom used
To ACCOMPLISH this enormous steal. In
Yesterday 'sissue of that precious adorn-
ment to condemned and degraded liter
ature. this same venerable he' out
newlv-painted and repaired for the oc-
casion, is lugged into the held 10 De
used as a gatling gun to assist
in an INSCRIPTIONS warfare against
the CITY government for advocating the
purchase of a tract of land and certain
valuable water privileges in City Creek
CANYON. that everybody admits are IN
indispensable to the growth and pros
peritv Of the city. But in repe ating the
lie this time its author adds state
ment TO the effect that Gentle taxpay-
ers are in doubt whether the matter of
the $40 900 steal was all closed up at the
the time, or whether the Church"
holds the city's notes on account,
which are still drawing Interest.
Now it might occur to an unpreJu-
diced mind-a man up tree, for in
stance-that if thesteal was paid for In
bonds there would be no urgent neces-
sitv for issuing corporation notes there
for; or per contra, if the notes were given
in satisfaction of the steal and are still
drawing interest, no bonds need to have
been sold on that account. Now that Is
inst the sort of crooked little dilemma,
in which even the most ingenious OF
liars will oftentimes find themselves.
But, with its unlimited experience in
such matters, the Tribune ought to be
eouaI to the occasion. Why not allege
another steal on some other count;
then it could be shown as definitely and
truthfully as is usual with that journal,
lust where the bonds went and where
the notes are that are still drawing in
terest. 1t certainly seems plain that
something should be done, or the real
truth, that after all its editors are only
a set of dishonest knaves who draw on
their fertile Imagination for facts, may
become altogether too apparent for
comfort
The plain facts, from which the orig
inal lie was manufactured, are briefly
these: Salt Lake City was constructing
a canal from the Jordan River, near
the Point of the Mountain south,
into the city, to supply water
for irrigation purposes and the con-
struction committee arriving at a GER
tain point in Big Cottonwood Precinct
we're confronted with two predica-
ments. Either they must fume the
canal q long distance around Doggy
bank or change the proposed line a
few feet lower and adopt the "old
church canal route into the city. The
matter was thoroughly discussed, the
expense of each route carefully est
mated, and it was decided to be more
economical and safer to make the drop
and adopt the lower route
which was accordingly done. And
now as to the amount actually paid into
the capacious NAV of this dreadful
grasping church. Here it is in dollars
and cents-$5 ,9S2. 25-which was exactly
the sum it would have cost the city tC
make the same amount of excavation
figured at the rate OF 10 cents per cubic
yard of es-th-the price paid for q.
similar work.
There has never been time, since Tat
completion of the canal. that these
facts, or any others connected with the
city finances, could not be had for the
asking, and ali taxpayers, whether Gen
tile or Mormon, know that such is to,
! case, despite the infamous assertions o
a grOvelling newspaper to the contrary