Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-31

the work Is completed. therefore his
| opinion Is that ID should be charged
against the contingent fund which Is
now already depleted. and he entirely
forgot on did not know. that there al
ways viii be water problems and that
The engineering department viii al
ways he engaged in some kind Of work
900 behalf Of The water system Of our
city, and az such the Instruments can
always be used by that department.
and ID only shows that the gentleman
was entirely unfit ia 81 as judge OF the
engineering department.
And 20 further demonstrate this. We
wish 10 call your attention 10 the sub
lime and Stupendous gall and stupidity
Of the gcntlCman's statement wherein
he claims that the engineering work 10
secure am increased water supply for
salt Lake city should not have cost
the city over per cent of tho money
expended. When the commonest kind
OF hookkeeper. man without bust
ness experience and with no knowledge
90 engineering. knowing nothing what
ever about the difficulty and the en-
orm0us work and pluck IL ook 10 foTm-
Ulate a plan and complete cross-sec-
lions and specification. sets himself w
us a Judge of work that engineers
have spent eight or ten years on ana
have failed TO bring IN o practical sug-
geStion thai could be adopted. the
question arises as 10 who engaged
this gentleman. and for what purpose
was he engaged Was II 10 receive
information? No; II shows clearly fur
ther ~ his report that 10 was TO mis-
lead the public for political reasons.
for he proceeds to say that since the
present engineer has taken charge OF
the work the cost OF the engineering
has decreased go per cent Is that an
honest statement? Was he so gnor-
ant that he did not know that the
engineering work for the increased wa
ter supply vas all done by the last
administration and all that is neces-
sary now is 10 supervise the contracts
50 tina, the work viii be properly car
ried out? Why did not the gentle
man tell the truth, for a more bare
faced falsehood was never uttered.
POLITICAL WHIP USED.
The present engineer is certainly re-
sponsible for an extra expenditure
which Is useless. Of IRON $4,000 to sloo.-
000 on the building NJ tho conduit alone
Wss II not he that urged. DAY and
night, not TO repudiate his recommend
alton "a spend tho money. when the
majority Of the members Of this couu-
I'll openly and everywhere stated that
they were opposed 10 the grab? Was
II not he that brought the American
party members of this council into
secret party caucus and Herewith a
political whip brought 10 bear such
influence that the scheme went
through To prove that fl is useless
We might call your attention 10 the
fact that several thousand feet Of that
conduit was completed before this sd-
minisiration came into power. and that
over the most difficult part OF the whole
distance. That part that Was COM
plcicd Is going 10 remain as Il was
made. with the exception Of a little
cement wash inside. which does not IN
any way strengthen It; IN other words,
the proposition Is 10 leave we'll enough
alone, which IS monument 90 the
good work done and a protest against
The reckless and defenseless grab on the
bond fund by the present administra-
ton.
WORK OF KNOCKERS"
Then is taken up the Incidental ex.
pcnse account in manner Of finding
fault. The records IN the mayors and
city recorders offices viii show that
every dollar OF those expenditures was
an absolute necessity. n he had want.
Cd 20 make a fair statement he might
have told us that the bid Of the Mutual
Life Insurance company was something
like $4,000 higher than the next high
est bidder. and that It would have been
a great loss 10 the city II said deal
could not have been consummatcd. he
might have told W that marked copies
n the salt Lake Tribune were regular.
IS mailed 10 the New York headquar-
tiers containing all kinds OF false and
misleading statements. such as that the
bond election was not properly nor le-
gally performed, and other such mis-
leading statements intended 10 defeat
the bond deal. Communications now
IN the mayors ONCE will show that the
infamous work had 80 well succeeded
that 1t was necessary 10 delegate the
mayor, +. 5. Richards and r. : Wells
90 proceed 10 the main Office aud secure
4 definite reason why the money was
not forthcoming. and also that Il be-
came necessary to bring the matter
before the supreme court 90 establish
the legality o. tho bonds The money
which was expended for this purpose
the salt Lake Tribune and the Amer.
can party are responsible for
AMERICANS RESPONSIBLE.
"The next is a criticism because the
bond money was received aud We had
% pay interest or them before they
were actually needed IN explanation
OF this let US state that he original
plan was 10 receive the money a.
the work progressed aud the money
was needed. The bonds were SOLD on
February 81. 1905. and part of the
payments were not 20 IAN due until
IN December. thereby avoiding the
paying 81 interest on unused money
tut again the opposition ~ The salt
Lake Tribune and the leaders Cf the
American party delayed the Work
because II became an uncertainty as
10 the bonds ever being purchased.
The consequence was that when they
were finally received Il was n The
latter part Of July. and as such the
work was necessarily delayed until
this time Why did he not tel ~
then that every dollar that was lost
20 the city through idle money. the
Tribune and American party arc re-
sponsible for' II he Intended 90 be
fair, why did he not state that The
former administration did the best u
could BY receiving interest on this