The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-21
CANVASS SHOWS
MURDOCH LEADS
Republican Candidate Will Re-
Ceive Big Majority in the
First Precinct.
AMERICAN PARTY RECORD
POLICY OF MALADMINisTRATioN
COSTS TAXPAYERS BIG SUM.

James D. Murdoch viii undoubtedly re-
ceive a large majority in the First pre-
cinct. according to the second canvass
of the Republicans which has been COM
pleted and tabulated, and the Republi-
can workers in the precinct which Mr..
Murdoch has represented in the city coun-
Gil for the last two years have received
assurances from voters of all parties that
they intend to help place Mr.. Murdoch in
the mayors office.
The experience of the First precinct in
sidewalk matters during the last two
years has been bitter one. and the mall
administration Of the American party has
cost the citizens of that precinct thou
sands OF dollars. Miles Of cement walks
laid within the last eighteen months in
the southeast part Of the city have either
been torn uD or are worse than no walks
at all, and the taxpayers have paid full
value for good work and received nothing
for their money. In many places where
the walks have been torn up it has been
found that instead Of four inches Of good
cement there was walk of two or three
inches OF poor cement poorly laid.
Improvement Record"
This sidewalk building, which is includ-
ed in the record" Of improvements I'M
der the American PARTY administration,
was done under the supervision Of Amer
lean party ward heelers appointed as in
SpectOrS IOr Lue DQafQ OF PUBIC WORKS
Men who had be9n bartenders and shoe
makers drew 50 a day for watching tbs
contractors put in miles of Sidewalks
which were not in accordance with speci-
fications, and these walks were accepted
and the good money Of the taxpayers
was paid for the Improvements &"
We want improvements just as fast as
we can pay for them, but this idea that
the people OF the First precinct will pay
their good money for such sidewalks as
have been given us recently is a mistake
that will be corrected on election day,
said a business man of the First precinct
last night.
1.-THE record of James D. Murdoch in
the city council shows that as mayor he
viii see that the taxpayers Of Salt Lake
get full value for every dollar expended.
Mr.. Murdoch is in favor Of improvements
Just as fast as the city can pay for them,
but no one who knows the Republican
candidate can imagine that he viii con-
tinue the practice of the American party
administration in slipping anywhere from
5000 TO $4,000 extra to the favored con-
tractor when his job is completed.
The Conduit Steal.
Take the conduit steal, for instance.
There the American party made. con
tract with Pat Moran to complete the
Cottonwood conduit. Moran came IL with
a request for $4,000 or so for making his
conduit watar-tight, and the coin was
slipped to him without a murmur. Again,
the lntercepting sewer deal, in which the
American party administration has been
trying to hand Pat Moran $4,000 for
PATCHING up piece of pipe that was to
cost about $4,000 according to the origi-
nal contract. 1t is due solely to the en-
ergetic work of James Murdoch that No
rams bill of $4,000 extra has not been
paid.
"A little matter of saving the taxpay-
ers $1,000 TO $4,000 on every important
contract is one that the voters of the
First precinct appreciate. and we are GER
tainly going to show this appreciation of
Mr.. Murdoch on election day