The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-31
r. p. MORRIS, Mayor.
Knoekers' CONSISTENT Reeord.

In this way the knockers and their OF
gan are driven from another OF their
strongholds. They fought the Big Cotton
wood water plan IN the city council uL-
der the leadership of T.. r. Black. l.. ID.
Martin and \. }. Davis They fought 1t az
the polls when the taxpayers voted the
81 100000. They fought the validity OF the
election. They took the case 10 the Com
mercial club and We're routed. They took
IL to the Real Estate ASSOCIATE and
We're routed They fought the sale OF the
81 .6Gt.000 bonds and were beaten. They
tried injunction suts against members or
the city council and were beaten. They
tried to defeat the building OF the Biz
Cottonwood conduit and We're beaten
Nothing that human ingenuity could
devise has been overlooked ia this Iight
against the advancement Of the city.
Nothing has prevented the success OF
these COuspiratOrS except the determine
ton of the taxpayers OF the city 90 sell
tie the water question now and Tor All
time TO come.
Try to Force the City.
one Of the latest stumbling blocks that
the knockers imagine they have thrown IN
the way OF the administration plans IS
the rights claimed 20 be held IL the Big
Cottonwood stream bq knuusen ana Bag
ley All this information was i'm the
possession of Mayor Morris and his as
sistants before they made the first move
10 acquire the Big Cottonwood water IN
dCd in the address 10 the voters before tie
bond election IL was asserted that @oetlJ
might he necessary 10 purchase The buud-
sen and Eaglcy and other rights ia the
stream. Every thing in connection with
this has been in the open. Tine khoch -
have gone to the LIMIT Of mendaelLy ih
an effort 10 show that somethns Mda
hidden. Knudsen and Bagley themselves
after the campaign was well under way
ran to the knOcker organ with al KINDS OF
stories TO show that they held valuable
rights in the Big Cottonwood ana tudL
il would be necessary 10 pay them their
AZ.
stream could be brought into the CITY
Their idea seemed 10 be that the ely
administration would pay any price 10
have the matter disposed or before tLt
election. The knocker organ thinking -
could embsrrass Mayor Morris ana DlocA
the water plan boosted E\nudsen ana bag
lev with column after column OF sehsa-
tiOnal canards.
How the Price Has Jumped.
The power right of the Enudseu mill
was offered 10 the city some years ago
for Sf260G. Later IL was again oIIeIeu
in became certain that the Big Cotton
wood WAS to be brought into the CITY
Mayor Morris and his advisers nave btei
negotiating with knudscn ana BaEley AuL
months They have failed 20 reach an
agreement and uGW the whole matter VIII
bc disposed of in court.
OF course the knockers viii throw other
obstacles in the way OF me progress -
the city. They are taking advantage OF
everv technicslity of the law. They nave
a suit set for Nov o, the day before IN
election. They care more for the effect
This suit will have on the vote than tney
do for it's effect on the permanent growth
of the city. From the beginning lhel
have been trying to manufacture politI -.
cabital out of the water proposition VIVID
"a View to carrying the city on eleeuoif
dav. The residents of Salt Lake nave
been against them on every pi4posltloii
tb0s far and have expressed their OPP
position whenever they have had an op-
poruInitv. The indication is that they
viii completely rOut the knockers ono
week from today.