The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-03
A GREAT RECORD.

A GREAT RECORD.
There is every reason for the Demo-
Gratis of salt Lake TO expect a COM
plete victory in the city campaign this
fan on platform OF municipal i'm
provement backed by the record of the
present city administration, and the
hight should be made on that line.
In spite Of efforts TO confuse the peo-
pie the work accomplished in sidewalk
Improvements. street paving and the
acquisition OF a permanently adequate
water supply for a greater salt Lake
furnish unausWerable arguments for
the continuance of the administration.
During Mayor Morris term Of office
salt Lake has been Transformed it
has been modernized in its sidewalk
system on a plan which viii make il
one OF the best paved cities in the coun-
Try for pedestrians; the Brigham street
pavement has been completed TO
seventh East and a contract VIII be
let soon for the remainder of the work
TO Tenth East. The Big Cottonwood
water has been secured By exchange
ana the conduit 10 bring il to the city
mains viii be placed under construc-
zion next week unless the obstruction
lists succeed in blocking work By court
proceedings as they would like to do.
Further than that the city is in posi-
riou TO acquire from the East Jordan
canal an additional u. 600. 900 gallons Of
water daily which viii be exchanged
Tor water from Big and Little Cotton
wood streams, perfecting a magnificent
water system at comparatively small
cost and placing Salt Lake in a most
enviable position. IL is entirely within
bounds to say that no city in the
United States will have as large n
volume OF pure water at its command
FOR as little cost as Salt Lake viii own
when the present plans are carried out.
The critics may say that the Morris
administration is not entitled TO credit
for these Improvements, but those same
critics would be the first to blame
Mayor Morris and his advisers If he
had failed to carry through to success
the promises he made originally when
he asked the voters to authorize the
bond issue for water supply purposes.
The simple fact is that Mayor Morris
has done everything he promised in
his address to the voters. ne has done
more than any of his predecessors did
10 solve the water question, ana he has
done it in the face Of bitter, unreason-
able and unjust opposition from oh
structionists who were anxious 20 see
him fail and the city suffer for lack of
water.
Whether the obstructionists like It
or not. Salt Lake is growing and will
grow still more, and as population
comes in the newcomers viii hPd con-
ditions calculated TO make them glad
30 stay. one little indication marks
the progress Of the city better than
anything else: the bank clearings OF
salt Lake for the week ending ysster-
Gay showed an increase over the same
week of 1904 amounting to 72.5 per cent
"a greater increase than is shown by
any other cts in the United States.
The other weekly statements for
August showed a gain Of 20 per cent,
5l.5, S4S and 1913 per cent over tie
same dates last year-a most extra
ordinary showing, equalled by no other
community OF the same size and by few
OF larger population. The gain is oil
the more extraordinary because
it is all legitimate, little Of It due
10 speculative transfers OF money and
it includes no unusual payments.
Add to this substantial evidence of
prosperity the amount of local business
which must follow the construction of
the Western Pacific road from this end
and it viii be seen that the increase in
water supply and other public improve
ments nave been provided none too
soon. Salt Lake is already one Of the
best cities in the country for legitimate
business and it is going TO be better
right along. With the Improvement in
business conditions comes the necessity
for the civic improvements that follow
in the train OF commercial success; and
the Morris administration has paved
the way for the things most needed
lust when they are needed most.
With this record before them, the
people will be ready TO support for re-
nomination and reelection the admin
istration that is making Salt Lake q
modern city.