The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-04
The Meut Bill.

! with had been given away.
The Meat Bill.
In your statement OF expenses of the
| county infirnary under the present au-
the bill for steaks. roasts, outlets, .hep,',
| etc, is SS2.40, while as matter OF iact
! the average at the present time LOT ineat
used at the intirmary during me "a
months past IS $j4.7y per month. In mar
| ing up your dishonest statement by WhlSH
you attempt to show the expenses OF Ine
intirmary TO. he BIB, you lnciuue Iu l!
Der of bills contracted by the former Su-
perintends<lt, and who was removed ny
| the present administration for ms eA-
travagance among other causes. III lns
statement concerning the county lhliI
mary you also say, in referring 10 me
infirmary farm, that fruit anu Veset-
ables were such Il profuse product.oonl
that there was always an oVeraDunaahcss
of everything until the present regime.
AS matter of fact there are rev goose
berry bushes, d few raspberry pushes,
one apricot tree and one plum Tree ~ ~
the entire premises; and the fruit -tkat
did come from this meagre source mas
been put up for winter use at me INN nm
mary. In regard 10 the inli1lnary' tille
and space forbds a comparative state
ment but l propose to get one up ana
will request you to publish it for the IN
formation and benefit of the taNpayers'
and doubtless you Will grant my request
sometime in the future.
Leaves Details to Anderson.
Your attack upon the present county
selectmen in reference to their expend;-
itures upon the roads in this county dur
ing the past eight months shows the ex-
tremity to which You are driven in an
effort to bring us into diScredit. / VIII
not go into details with you at the pres
emit time, but VIII let the statement suf-
| flee for the present that 10 adm1n.stra-
ton in this county in the last ten years
has spent Less ON the roads N the same
time than the present ONE, excepting
from that, the absolutely necessary ex-
Penditures upon State road to make that
thoroughfare paSsable. owing to the con-
dition It was left in by the former adj
minStrration. In closing, permit me to
say that Mr.. r. r. Anderson, upon whom
you heap part of your abuse, is engaged
N making an fteTnized and tabu Hated
statement of the disbursements of the
county. that is, under the present admin
.stration in order that a comparison may
be made with the disbursements of for
mer administrations, and when complete
The Herald will be furnished with such
a. statement, and viii, no donbt, in its
effort to be honest and fair publish the
same.
Lay On, McDufY, We're With You.
You also request that the grand jury
investigate the methods and acts of the
present officers. In doing this you sim
ply repeat IN "a parrot-like manner the
request that has already been made
through one of the present county Off
GERS. l trust that the grand jury VIII
find time to make such an investigation
as VIII satisfy the taxpayers and them
selves.
have already presented request to
the grand jury to make such an investi-
CATION and while they are still N ses-
sion, l shall call their attention. to the
article in this mornings issue of your
paper, and my judgment. IS that if the
grand jury VIII do Their duty by the
present county officers and bv the pub
lie in general, they will not leave the
present Herald staff urmnolested
A. S. GEDDES.