The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-30
WILL PUSH WORK
ON WATER SYSTEM
City Administration Prepares to Go
Ahead as Fast as Possible.
OPPOSITION FADES AWAY
REPUBLICANS ABANDON PLANS
TO BLOCK IMPROVEMENT.

Work on the improvements and ex-
tension of the water and sewer systems
is To be commenced as soon as the spe-
cifcatfons can be prepared and con
tracts let. At touights meeting of the
council message viii be read from
Mayor Richard p Morris notifying the
members Of that body that in obedience
to q resolution adopted at Monday
nights meeting he had borrowed S36. 45O
and paid the money 20 two canal com
panies and a number of farmers il. set
clement Of the modified contracts Sc
cured from them for the exchange of
water. Il is the intention to introduce
q resolution directing the city engineer
and the board of public works to go
ahead with the active work of construc-
tiOn as rapidly as practicable
There has been some criticism bv on
pOnents of Mayor Morris because he
lost no time ia securing the money and
paying It out, giving them no chance to
block MS path. He says he hurried be-
cause he was informed there was d
movement among the opponents of the
wateTworks extension project to have
him enjoined by a judge of the district
court from paying the money. Having
secured decision from the supreme
court of the state UNFOLDING the validity
OF the bonds he decided that there had
been enough litigation over the water
works and sewer matter to satisfy all
reasonable citizens, and the unreasOn-
able ones he did not care to undertake
TO satisfy SO the thing to do was to
get the money, close up the contracts
with the canal companies and the farm
ers and pay it out and thus secure title
to the water. This was done.
Dros1a~& Eor Or1o-f+saa
II has been rumored during the past
two days that at tOnight's meeting of
the council the Republican members
would present solid front to the Dem
OCTatS in that body in opposition to
measures designed to begin the con-
struction of the Big Cottonwood con-
duit and the main sewer for which the
plan OF the city government provides.
It has been said that the Republican
cOuncIlmen had united for the purpose
of delaying the construction of the wa
ter and sewer systems until next spring.
IN the hope of preventing Mayor Nor
TIs from spending the money during his
present administration.
The Republicans in the council are
Black, A j Davis, Holiday, Dean,
Martin NeuhauSen. Wood. PTeece and
Hewlett Voting together they can pass
any ordinance or adopt any resolution.
But. il is not often that PTeece and
Hewlett are found agreeing with the
others named
Two of the cOuncilmen who are said
to have been arranging the cOmbina-
ton, Holiday and Martin, denied any
knowledge of such a movement.
There is nothing in it. said Council
man Holiday AT least l haven't heard
of it. and l think I should have heard
if there was any truth in it. At Mon
day nights meeting all the members of
the council except Black voted for the
waterwoTks ordinance and resolutions.
and nothing has since occurred TO
change their attitude All I want IS "A
square deal and that everything con-
neCted with the wateTWorkS matter *
done open and above board from this
time on. There has been deception and
false pTeteuses in the past. but we
work. and won't. stand for it. If the
thing Is done right, [ will give it my
support I am for the wateTwOTks and
want to see the work go ahead, regard
less of politics
Martin Also Denies.
There is no such thing as RepUbli-
can OF Democratic politics in the city
council now. and hasn't been for years,
said Councilman Martin. so it is fool
ish to talk about the Republican men,
bers uniting to favor or oppose any
measure They won't do it While
there have been things connected with
the waterworks legislation that I have
not favored still 7 voted for everything