The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-27
GETTING SHORT ON
CAMPAIGN MATERIAL
Laughable Effort of Organ to
Discredit American Ad-
ministratiOn.
AS USUAL, HOWEVER,
EFFORT IS A FAILURE
Organ Plainly Shows That 1t
Doesn't Understand tie
Situation.

A very laughable effort is made by
morning paper to make campaign
material out of the proposed sewer ex
tensions now being advertised, and
which are TO include the territory be-
tween Main and Second West streets
and south of Fifth South street.
This organ calls attention to the fact
that the lateral sewers will be of no
service until the intercepting sewer is
finished. The property owners who
petitioned the City Council TO have
aware that no connections could be
made until the completion of the in
tercepting sewer long before this or
gan did, but they want to have the lat
rails completed and ready for connec-
ion when the intercepting sewer is
ompleted, and not have to wait an
o.her year or two, and that is the rea
son they petitioned the Council to pro-
ceed with the work.
Up to Property Owners.
The notice of intention is now be-
ing advertised and the property own
ers have until October s in which to
enter their protest to the City Council
so that it is up to the property owners
TO say whether or not they want to
have the laterals ready TO be connect
tu Wien tue sCNtI lS CUM
pleted. 1t is not an American party
move; simply the action on the part
Of the City Council to accord with
the wishes of the property owners af
fected
The article in question also calls at
tention to the fact that sufficient money
is not available to pay for the inter
cepting sewer 1t is strange that the
organ should call attention to this mat
ter when the Democratic administra
tion Of last year is to blame for the
condition that exists. 4 draughtsman
in the Office of the Democratic City En-
gineer guessed that the intercepting
sewer would cost Sl50,000. No esti-
mate was made. 1t was simply guessed
at by subordinate of the City Engi-
neer. With this guess as a basis, the
Democratic administration fooled the
people into thinking that the sewer
could be built for that sum, and the
bond issue of $150,000 was made. It
was found later by the Democratic ad-
ministration that the sewer could not
be built for less than $250,000, and
yet they went ahead and let the con
tract for the limit of the available
money, $l55,000.
Kennedy the Contractor.
The plans prepared by the Demo
sewer were found to be very faulty;
III fact, so much So, that the con-
tractor declined TO proceed with the
work, realizing that the sewer would
be complete failure. The present ad-
ministratiou ordered new plans; they
have been, prepared and approved, and
the cost of the sewer thereby greatly
lessened. Still there is not enough
money to complete it. Of course more
money Will have TO be raised and the
Democratic administration OF last year
is to blame.
Finally, the organ claims, with much
gusto, that the plan TO build the lat
eral sewers at this time is merely a
scheme to give p. j. Moran more work.
This is what the organ says: ''Above
all, Just at this stage Of the game, with
the county campaign sweeping down
upon us, p. j. Moran must not lack
for contracts wherewith TO reap a sub
stantial profit The organ evidently
does not keep in touch with what is
going on in the city's affairs, or else
it would be aware that James Kennedy
has the contract with the city for all
OF the sewer work that is to be or
dered By the city this year, No other
contractor can build the sewer, for
Kennedy has contracted to do it all at
stipulated price, P, j. Moran will
not get look-in ON the lateral or any
other sewer