Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-27
Must Pay $1,000 for Alleged Re-
port Which Is a Campaign
Document.
NOTHING But AN ATTACK.
Attempts 10 Blahc Former Admins
tration for E1teaNaganco Which Il
Blamcable TO 'tlnerican' Crowd.

Another attempt % pul. the wool
over the eyes Of the taxpayers was
made last night by thc American
crowd which poses as the reform
party when an alleged report was re-
ceive0 from an eN-bookkceper, one J.
william Edmunds The person who
parts his name n the middle Il 20
Jingle in his POCKETS the neat little
sum of $1,000 Nhich the taxpayers
must pay. And t0r What2
For a campaign document
MERELY. Az ATTACK.
From beglnnnS % end the doou-
ment is an attacg upon the former
administration and O boost FOR the
American party OF which j. William
Is devoted member The report
may De interesting reading. and may
serve 10 offset the blk increase !n eN-
penSes and an incrfSse in the tax levy.
but even as an article ~ fiction II Is
hardly worth $1,000 10 the dear pub
lie.
The report" IS Supposed 70 show
what expenditure has been made "
the 1900. 900 water and sewer fund'
raised by the sale u bonds, prior 70
Dec. 81 1905. when tho Morris ad-
muistratiOn passed out Of existence.
The American bunch probably
think II worth $1,000 90 have a docu-
ment which they think they can use
TO cover up their oRu eXtravagancc
I'm handling city funds creating many
new offices. doubling expenses In many
ways aud decreasing the receipts. be-
sides using Il as au attack on inc
Morris administrator
MONEY STILL Due.
]. William. etc. x-bookkeeper for
4 hardware company. begins by stat
ing that the receipts from the water
and sewer bond sale outright were
Si.Ol5.u00. including the $4,000 pre-
MUM paid for the ponds IL addition
| 10 this sum he figures As receipts w.
4O6.8l OF accrued interest, due be-
cause the bonds weren't paid for on
The date Of issue, and interest paid
| by local banks.
In this ss,406.6l ne figures S2,252. IL
| interest paid by local banks on the
| deposits Of the bond issue This sum
was paid 20 Fisher :. Harris. CITY
| treasurer under the Morris admins
| uation. who. instead ~ pockeuhg
such interest. honestly turned u over
20 the city when hls term expired. 20
such interest has heen paid since the
Americans took uftice.
The report goes on 10 say that &C
| cordinE 20 the citNs books there is
stu due from the United States Mort
| gage & Trust comn9ny Of New Nork.
| which handled the bonds. the sum 81
I S6g3.si in accrued iuterest, when
has not been paid.
Then getting down 20 the gist % the
Job for which the public must pay
! $1,000, he launches into an attack OF
the Morris administration Of the city
engineering department. He accuses
! that department Of charging w time
pay rolls and cost % instruments e
a special unauthorized fund called the
| Utah Lake improvement fund Lat.
| en- he alleges, this fund was charged
against the water aud sewer bond
fund, He says the books, records
field notes and pay rolls % the en-
cheering department are IN such a
shape that. despite his vast knowledge
| OF bookkeeping ne cannot give now
much was stolen from the bond fund
In this manner.
OTHER CROWD TO BLAME.
J. william, etc, says that, dating
from Jan. /. 1904 there Is big def
cheney in the WaterGorkS stOrehouse
fund. He says there should have been
on hand sS9.?ils7, whereas the books
show there was credited 10 the fund
only i23 1850 He says that N6,l25.sl
has not been accounted for. This Diff
ference he says existed on Jan. l. 1904.
Note this. That was the day the
Thompson administration was super
seeded by the Morris administration.
Then the shortage mpst have been ere
ated under the Thompson Administra-
tion.
AS TO WATER FUNDS.