Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-26
DUST AND wHIIEwAsn WON'T
WORN.

WORK.
on Saturday april 2srd We ex-
hib.ted evidence to the effect that
the "bi5cral" government bad been
anl was now spending the peoples
money lavishly In the Interest of land
sTcculatorS. The article was called out
by statement made In a meeting Of
the Council by a democratic member,
to the effect tlht the waiermaius had
been laid aud were being put down TO
sagebrush ami iucorn patches where
there were no water takers, the loca.
ton being uninhabitcd This wa
done at the instance u real estate
speoulatofs, who obtained city scrip for
their part Of the expense for the work.
This scrip they have sold 10 real water
takers with which the latter have paid
their rates. The spectators thu. got
The bulk " their outlay back. Their
real estate was enormously advanced
In value with but little expense 10
them and the city treasury had been
depleted by the process.
An article In today's issue Of the
morning "Libersl' organ takes ex.
copilon, In IT, usual dialngenuous way,
to the structures Of the NEWS. la DO
ing 10 1t makes direct mistalcments, In
order TO whitewash It's political Pets.
We here quote from lts article re.
fvrred to;
"As TO doing work for spectators, It IL
only necessary to remind the public that
two and hall years ago these same spec
ulators paid $4,000 10 hard cash for lots
on tho highlands around this city that
without water were not worth sl.2j por
acrc' they did II, too, on the promise "
the men then In authority that the water
should he carried to their lands. What
tho late city government did aud what
the city government ia now doing, was
and is merely In the way Of rodcemiug
those promises, aud the mopoy used Is
simply the money takon from those same
men whom the Nars calls SPECTATORS
In our article Of last Saturday We. did
not make the romotest reference to the
question Of water ior the bench lands.
We have never at any time intimated
that there was not fair claim for
water TO that section, In view VI the
high price al which the lots were sold
by the city two years ami a half ago,
the public revenue having been large.
ly augmented by the sale.
We deny emphatlcally mat "what
the late city government did and what
the city government il now doing, was
and Is merely In the way Of redeemlng
those premises" Our Saturdays
article which inspired that OF our
torluous contemporary specified as to
localities, and 10 shaw that the
"Llberap organ Ia dealing In deceit
and dus,-thtowing We here reproduce
u portion Of what we did say:
"IfMr. wsntland or any other mem.
bey u the City Council II not Informed
M TO the extent 10 which tue" Liberaln
government has played into the hand
Of land speculators TO the detriment OF
the commonwealth, the way to obtain
Information Is open, Lot them 30
down Third East street and they will
SEE, between Eighth and Tenth South,
that the water mains have been laid
along iive-scre blocks where not one
building has yet been erected. They
have been placed In that locality
around several sides OF one particular
block where there 10 but oue house
that Of Mr.. Busby. All this has been
done In the interest OF real estate boom.
ers, and to the detrimunt OF the city
and liz people. IL might also possibly
enllghien Mr.. Wantland on the same
subject II he were to wander westward
beyond the river Jordan, where tue
same evidences Of jobbery exist, the
wntermains having been taken out In
that direction, not for the benefit OF
watettakers, but ~ enehance the value
Of uninhabited real estate"
Perhaps the morning "Liberal"
whltewesher will insist that Third
East, between Eighth and Tenth South
streets, and the over Jordan sub.Jlvl.
sions are located on the "hlghlands.
II the Liberal" organ aud some OF
lts friends who are members Of the
City Council aud whom II IL seeking
to shield, wish us TO be still more specl
flc--especially about the ovor.Jordan
business we may some time accommo-
date them with some interesting facts.