Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-21
ORGAN NOW ADMITS
STREETS ARE BAD
Convinced Against Its Will it Pro.
! nounCes Them Worse Than
News Did.
HOT ROAST FOR RALEIGH.
Street Supervisor H. Called On to the
Carpet to Get Busy and Earn
His Big Salary.

The intolerable condition OF Salt
stage where the administration is sit
ting UP and taking notice, and finding
others to blame than the traditional
''hierarch" that is Kept In the Tribune
closet with view Of whipping Il for
everything that goes wrong.
In the present attack, the street de-
partment gets and overhauling, and Is
made the scapegoat for the wasteful
administration which has spent all the
cash In sight with never thought Of
the streets all the time during the long
summer and autumn, when preparation
Is usually made for the coming winter
season. Regardless Of protest after
protest the streets were neglected las.
summer and fall, and the winter found
them in prime condition to serve as
lake bottoms and mud reservoirs.
And now comes the administration
forward with a beating for Raleigh.
He Is fayed roasted. and publicly pill
lorled, while he is commanded to get
busy, nothing being said, however,
about the funds that have been used
elsewhere" till there is nothing on
hand to use for the streets,
NEWS SOUNDED WARNING,
The roast Is typical Of the admins
tration policy Of whipping the "hier-
arch" whenever anything Is found
wrong. Ten days ago the Deseret
News called attention not to the
muddy streets---for that subject has
been too obvious TO be news---but TO
the growing antagonism to the admin
istration on account OF the streets
among teamsters, butchers. grocers,
and even owners of light buggies who
found it impossible to navigate.
The retort from the Tribune was
typical 1t was declaraed the streets
were the best ever, that the "hier-
arch" was on rampage because of
the glorious American" principles
that We're in charge Of the mud, and
that this was the first time In years
that a person could go into the sub
urbs without rubber boots.
Then followed something to wake
the Tribune up. People from all over
the city began to telephone the Butch
| ers and Grocers' association, express.
| Ing sympathy with the big knock II
was preparing TO send the council. and
| backing UP its charge that the streets
were impossible. and In the worst
condition in years.
TRIBUNE RoAsTs RALEIGH.
People inside the party councils saw
the Tribune work was too raw, and the
reverse levers were thrown on with a
suddenness alarming. Witness the way
Raleigh Is pilloried this morning:
The paved district has been dis
grace TO the city, and 10 the street de
partment. Ii Is mud, mud, everywhere,
and then some, while In the unpaved
districts the conditions are terrible,
such conditions as would not be toler-
ated In hamlet. The crossings are
rivers OF mud. As to why this condi-
ton exists, 1t is up to Supervisor Raj
eigh to explain.
A drive made by Tribune represen-
tative Thursday over a large portion
of the city revealed conditions, In 80
far as the streets are concerned much
worse than had been reported. On
every paved street, except where the
street department had been at work
during the day, II was impossible to
cross anywhere without wadlng
through mud from two TO four inches
deep. AS to the unpaved portion OF
the city the least said the better. But
the conditions are a disgrace to the
street department.
THOMPSON PRODS RALEIGH.
Mayor Thompson yesterday afternoon
got after Raleigh and as result of the
scene which followed, Raleigh decided
TO bring out the nushers and the
sweepers, and do what he could to drive
back the seas of mud which flow where
no gravel was laid or repairing done
last fall. The coming spring Will find
the roads In need of more repair than
for many years past, for the reason
that but little has been done since the