Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-01
N THE MAYORS ABSENCE.

II was really ~ mean ttl'N
,nanipulators OF the american" party
eonnc,lmen to make them issue new
statement of necessary improvements,
And nledging themselves to this revised
rchedule in the absence of the Mayor
only a few weeks ago the Mayor
with all the gravity and dignity Of the
situation, called upon leading CITIZENS
"a meet him and discuss with MN the
proposed bond issue He assureu
them that s62 600 was needed for an
aoueduct on North Temple street the
rnanipulators Of the city council In the
absence OF the Mayor. solemnly adas
$4,000 to this item, without any fur
ther explanation. The Mayor assureu
the citizens who met In his once that
asa 600 was needed for the completoN
90 me jntercepting sewer, pumping
station. and outlet pipe; the manlpu-
,ators OF the city council, Win we
,aparositv of soul peculiar 10 them,
scoro a paltry $4,000 and declare tnat
nothing less than sl25,ooo VIII answer
their purposes. The item oil SSo'VVV
asked for In the Mayors estimate Tor
cleaning a ditch Of weeds, mas peeii
Jumped with other items and niaoe
part of the round sum of $20u,OOO no"
much more than 500 600 the aforemen-
toned manipulators need for cleaning
tbat ditch. does not appear. but II
must be considerably more, since their
niodesty will not permit them to speci'
fy In this instance 1t is q Shame
TO take advantage of the absence OF
the Mayor and discredit the speclfica-
lions submitted to the public by MAIN
Whatever adverse criticism the
Mayors estimate may have merited--
and II was peculiar enough--leaders OF
the pIunderbund are not proper critics
The purpose OF this second estimate
Is, very plainly. not to give the citizens
n true estimate of needed improve |
ments but to secure votes by faisu
PROMISES. 1t promises to spend s6O,ooO |
in this part Of the City. 100000 In an
other part. $4,000 IN still another part
and so on. But there is absolutely |
no guarantees that those sums Will be |
spent as promised. No specifications
have been made or submitted to the
people. It Is all ellesswork. 1t is bid
for votes. When the votes are obtained
and the money procured, the voters
are helpless, and their money VIII, I'M
doubleday, be squandered.
The pledge OF the council does not
amount to anything. The majority
OF that body is in the hands of a self
appointed gang whose words and
pledges are worth very little. Under
that regime the public funds have
been squandered; rewards have beer.
lavishly bestowed upon party tools;
citizens have been swindled in the mat
ter of public Improvements; false pre-
lenses have taken the place of truth
and honesty; what value has a. pledge
with such backing?
The statement itself bears evidence
of deception. II calls for Sl2b,oVO FOR
the completion of the sewer system, as
II this we're an Improvement to be UNI
dertaken as soon as the money is OBJ
tanned, when the fact Is as we I'M
derstand It, that the contracts are all
let and the work Is being done, and the
actual contracts call for much more
modest sum.
Then. there Is the Item of $4,000 for
the North Temple street aqueauct.
There seems TO be difference of oplu-
ion as to whether this aqueduct would
really benefit the property owners UNI
less 1t is built from Main street in
stead OF Fourth West But. be this
as II may to issue bonds for this piece
OF work IS, according to good authori-
~, illegal, and would invalIdate the
vote, should It be In favor of the
bond issue The city is by the con-
stituton, It is held, limited 10 certain
purposes for which debt can be in
Cured, and the building of aqueducts
Is not Included.
That is proof conclusive of the de-
eeptlon 10 which the council pledges
itself, In the absence OF the Mayor.
The council, TO get votes. promises
the residents Of a certain part Of the
City to do for them what they know,
or ought 20 know they cannot legally
do. If they get the money they can,
of course, tell the citizens that tho law
does not permit them to keep their
promises, and there you are,
1Etrrrt, nun. ,,,.pr..,spl,