The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-03

four blocks with asphaltum. not vitri-
fed brick, and feeling assured the new
council would not let the contract. and
that the public is unanimous in its de-
mand that they shall be paved. We.
the last thirty minutes of our term. did
our duty. Mr.. Glasmann. by his Stand
ard. made a majority of our citizens
believe the sO-calIed water deal would
have forever put Ogden in the hole. ''
/ but for his timely coming to its rescue.
and for his devotion they made him
mayor. ct might be another rescue
would send him 10 cOngres0. ANY in
| telllSent citizen VINO Will with his own
brain, carefully examine that deal. -
VIII certainly agree with the ex-mayor
, and council, the water commission and
Mr. Glasmann (since eIection that il
was bad day for Ogden when that
! zeal fell through. With his paper he
then FOOLED the public, by his paper and
MS council ne IS now again trying to
fool them and make them as firmly be
lleVe that Ogden is bankrupt and in
the hole. and that GIasmann is the
only man that can pull it out. as he did
/ with the water deal Mr.. GIasmanp
I knows that under the law the CITY ia
nothing further to do with the paving
I OF the street car tracks than to order
it done. That company has got to
pave or repaVe whenever so ordered
IN any legal paving district. make its
own contracts and provide its own
means of payment. and the present
company viii do so BE knows that at
least One-half of the abutting propertv
will guarantee to pay in full as soon
as the paving is done He knows that
a 10 per cent payment is now long
overdue, and another viii be due by the
time the work is done, and he further
knows that less the street car tracks.
half the abutting property paying in
full and 20 per cent from the balauce.
that Ogden will not have to dig up
over $4,000 at the outside for the four
blocks. and that the last council. with
out any great political howl of distress
and economy, would have done il this
year without exceeding the warrant
limit.
He entered upon his official duties
pledged to economy and the paving of
Washington avenue, land we all know
how well he keeps his PLEDGE. The last
council went into office pledged to
make expenses, (and we all know we
kept our Pledge, and still With an S.
600 smallpox farce back hydrant
rental $4,000. (hydrant rental has now
ceased, legal expenses about $4,000.
refund of slot machine license. all ex-
traOrdinary expense. we. in spite OF
ourselves, reduced the debt over S25.-
000- Does he mean to say he cannot. or
rather will not, do as we'll and without
any extraordinary expense, not even d
contingent fund?
In his addenda he says the limit Of
taxation is reached If. unlike his or
1 der to the sanitary inspector ito re-
lease the man. he means what he SAYS.
then he knows better. because his city
attorney has told him that 40 mills. not
l0la. is the limit: OF which amount )
mills would be for paving. He knows
that Ogden can without financially
hampering itself instruct Mr.. O'Neil To
proceed with the paving. but we don't
all Of US realize what fine political
card II would he this fall or two years
hence TO say. we accepted office with
the city BANKRUPT and in the hole. We
are now. or we close our term. with
the city according to the Standard of
that date out Of debt. Honor us. hon
or me. Clasmann.
ONE OF THE CONDEMNED.
Ogden. Feb. /