The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-30

aries Observation-Disclosures. 151S.OO
Maintenance ......,....... 1,91I.62
Tapping water mains, labor 1920
Tapping material ..... 221.20
Stationery and printing new
books and stationery 80. 571.sO
Horse and wagon expense. 1883
Legal eXpenses-Taylor can.
yon litigation .......... 10000
Water main extensions
amount paid for extending
mains .......,.....,... 12,574.S9
Meters-cot Of new meters
purchased ............... 1926
Office furniture and fixtures S90.72
Telephone rental-olice and
shop ................. S7.45
Repairs and setting meters 1850
Real estate acQuired-Gir
land in Taylor canyon. -. 4,3S41O
Rent of Office and shop.
amount paid to Ogden City 23O.0O
Construction OF new reser-
yoir: first estimate paid 10
Wheelwright Const. Co. on
contract for now reservoir
in course of construc-
tion ................ 4,777a2
O1lce salaries and expenses
Including transferring of
books from Ogden Water
works Co. to Ogden City, 2,35070
Repairs street sprinklers-
standpipes ............... 4.76
Warrants outstanding unpaid 10,77S.0i
Paid county treasurer for
collecting taxes ........ 1,6i4.31
Total disbursements for
first six months. .... S44,633 80
Deduct net receipts from the
total expenses as above
stated ..............3 32.6oiI4
Leaves a deficit. loss. short
age OF money. OF excess of
expenses over receipts of $l1 .02S95
Add waterworks tool shed
and store house paid iout
OF city general fund. .. 3,0S0.2S
Total excess OF expendi-
lures over receipts for six
months ...,..... ......S14. 4.1O9.1S
Let me just a moment call your at
tention to one more fact In addition
10 what | have already said about
crooked waterworks transactions
w Ilfn RdNbI i1IbWBI - RdUR ulSCON-
cred that the watcrworks expenditures
were greater than the receipts, they
paid for several waterworks items
out OF the city general fund.
Referring TO the auditors re-
port again, find that they built
tool shed and store room. 1t cost
S2.OS023 They paid that from the
general fund of the city. When I
asked why that was done. they said
that the city hno decided 10 build the
shed and rent 1t TO the waterworks
department of the city. Think Of tho
city paying rent to Itself How would
st sound TO say Mrs. Jones collected
$40 for herself for living In her own
home?
personally vouch for this state
ment TO be true as taken from tho
city records made by the Brewer wa.
terworks administration, ] here show
that the waterworks ran behind S14,-
1091S, when the Brewer ring claim
over $4,000 in cash on hand and net
earning or profit OF S2l, 900 | concede
that $2l 600 was spent on the system
which should have been spent before
the system was purchased, and that
$4,000 of this SCI, 600 may have been
for the extension OF water mains.
Judge Agee says that S4.3S4 for the
Gill land was paid twice | show that
they used over $4,000 special taxes to
make a showing. and even after taking
this $4,000 special tax money. they
had to leave out of the expense ac-
count items amounting 10 over $4,000
to show $4,000 on hand What do
nf WnrGo
challenge the Brewer ring 10 show
this statement wrong. Why, the
Brewer administration is nothing but
a ring Look at the report signed BY
five Democrats and one Republican.
Why did they appoint five Democrats
every Democrat in the councillor
the waterworks committee? Why did
they put only one Republican on the
waterworks committee? Was II TO
give the committee respectability7
And then the Brewer ring shouts.
Vote for Honest Alex Why they
say in their own report there Is no
hope for any money for five years.
And VIM Bostaph. one of the great
est engineers In the whole west, says
In five years is just about the time
when the waterworks trouble Will be-
gin So YOU had better get an hon.
est business administration TO handle
the waterworks.
This Brewer Inner circle" started
out to ignore the Republican council
men They appointed the Democrats
TO run the waterworks. They wanted
10 take all the glory. They thought
there would be money 10 throw at the
birds and now some of these Demo
cratic councilmen come to me and
say. BE careful how you handle this
waterworks business, Mr., Glasmann.
There arc five Republicans In the
council" | said. Yes, | know that.
but you BrewerItes did not give the
Republicans a chance to handle the
waterworks. You turned it over TO
the Democrats with only one Repubs
lican on the committee and you ran
over him rough shod-
How about the Taylor canyon land
deal, where over 81 900 was paid for
land that was bought with the water
works. as the records Will show. and
WAS paio for a second time? tell
YOU things don't look right over at the
city hall ] don't care what the trou-
BILE is | know this. that the great debt
pillng upon this city and the irregular
waterworks report is enough TO make
everybody desire a change In the head
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