The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-25
THE CITY GETTING ON.

We are sure that the people of Salt
Lake City have read with much inter.
est and satisfaction the showing made
i'll The Tribune yesterday morning of
the large amount of public improve.
mcnts now under way here. These i'm
provements include street paving, side
walk building, sewering, and general
bettermcnts. The street railway COM
pany is also doing some very extensive
work in putting in its switches and inn
proving its property generally; it is
said that $3,000,000 will he spent in
this work before the whole is COM
pleted.
This activity and pushing of public
work and In planning for other work
yet to do, all of which is TO he com
pleted the present year, so far as the
city work that is taken in hand is con
cerned, is complete answer and refu-
tation in behalf of the city TO the en-
vious. malicious and false assaults that
the enemies of the American party and
of the city have been making upon the
city's finances. We see frequently in
the columns of the opposition press,
the two Mormon dailies and the Herald,
assertions that the city treasury is
bankrupt, that nothing can be done,
and that the city's money is not only
exhausted, but that its credit is bad.
The two Mormon papers, of course,
were in hopes that the legislation
passed by the Smoot Legislature last
winter, would stop the work OF i'm
provements in this city; and so de-
priye the American party of the credit
and advantage OF making this city
metropolis-up-to.da date, clean, famous,
splendid. But that legislation failed
OF its evil purpose. The City Attor-
uey's office was able, in spite of it, to
find means to get on with the public
work; new forms were drawn up, the
method of advertising for bids and of
letting contracts was changed to con-
form to the new legislation, the hopes
Of the conspirators against the city
were blasted where they sought to pre-
vent progress IN city improvements. AT
the same time, their efforts toward
stopping public improvements were IN
dead earnest. After passing the dam
aging legislation referred to, when it
was supposed that public work would
have to stop, instead of laying the
blame of it to their own evil machina"
tions and legislation, these plotters
against the city's good name and pro-
gross, raised the cry that it was not the
legislation that was in the way, but
lack of money in the city treasury.
But now that that adverse legislation
is overcome, the city work going on III
all demands, warrants at par. and i'm
provemeut scrip exchangeabe at par
for warrants, the scbemers are baff1ed
all along the line. They still keep up
their futile cry, however, that the city
is bankrupt, that there is no money to
pay for work. But as the work is going
on, as the contractors are getting their
as there is no friction any"
where, the daily proof of the falsity
of the opposition cry is afforded all
over the city. Every one can see that
the work is being done, Every one
having any part fn this work Is paid
regularly and promptly, 1t is impossi"
BILE, therefore, to maintain the PROPOSE
tion that the city is bankrupt; that
are not being made as due,
and that the city is in financial straits.
And yet the political grumblers do not
cease their false and miserable as
saults and attempts to deceive the pub
lic
The fact is, that all is well, The city
is in better condition than ever be-
fore, is doing far more work than was
ever seen in progress at any time be-
fore in the history of the city, and the
season will be record breaker in this
in all lines of public work And
this is precisely as it should be. This
is what the American party promised,
and this is what il is taking extra pains
and using great diligence to perform;
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