The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-29

CITY AND COUNTY COMPARED.

The opposition organs are hard pu
to it this year TO make any sort of
showing against the American party
Every time they undertake to make
point, that point springs up agains
them.
The evening Republican organ. til,
pcserct News. few DAYS ago made th,
reckless and shamclesslv false assertion
that tho American party had not added
drop OF water to the city IS supply
Inc fact is, as VIC showed promptly
that the American party is the only
party that had added anything to The
city s supply, 1t added the Big Cot.
tonwood supply " hen the church admin.
Istration had couspicuousIy failed 10
get that water and left an impractioa
bic and utterly scnsclcss lawsuit on
the bands of the city for The purpose
of condemnlug tho water The Knud-
sen water right was absolutely essen
tlal to the city. Without it no watcr
could be had TO run through the Big
Cottonwood conduit, the contract for
which was prcmaturcly and immaturclv
let by, the church administration. The
American administration found be law
SUIT absolutely impracticablc. aud ne
gotiated for and obtained tho Kuud-
sen water right, which, and which alone
gives us the large supply that VIC have
from Big Cottonwood.
The Smoot organ yesterday morning
made what 1T called a contrast between
the city and county in the way of pub
lie service and improvements. 1t ap.
pcarcd TO be devoted to a contention
that the county had preceded the city in
tho roads and sprinklinp them.
of course, any such contention as that
is SILLY piece Of foolcry, but If that
was not the intent Of the article it is
pretty hard TO find any thought Or in.
tent IN II. The claim was also made
'hat there was greater mileage of
improved roads in the county then there
is or improved streets in the city, But
IN this the question is. what is i'm.
proved! Is common road on which
llttle work is done every year an
improved road, and is mileage on such
road, which is really left practically
II It's natural condition, to be compared
with lhc paving of city strccts,, If not. |
Nhot sense is there in that sort of com, |
'arlson' The truth is, that on the
'oad question is precisely where the
county commissioners have done their
most odlous grating and shown their
most shameless favoritism. The roads
most used arc miscrably neglected |
Shile roads leading to the reside nres
II the commissioners or their friends
IRE taken. care of in good style.
We notice also that the Orphans
lone and Day Nursery building, which
S in the city limits, is also accredited
o the county government. This is not
much more out Of the way than other
alschoods of the organ. The next thing
nat we may expect to hear is the
lalm that the county commissioners ara
utting up the Utah hotel. or putting in
ne high line water pipe from City
'reek to the upper portions of the
'ourth ward.
The truth is--and every resident of
be county knows it-that the county
as been grated almost TO death. There
an enormous and unnecessary county
iXdtiop, rs is evident from the claim
the organ that the county commits.
loncrs are able this year, ''witbout
borrowing. without increasing taxes.
nd without doing anything unusual"
hulld county Jail and county hos.
ital That mems that the county
arc collecting some $500.
w year that is absolutely unneces. /,
iry Tor county purposes, which all3ws
! the stealing Of immense amounts of :
oney by the grafters. if the county .
able to build and pay for a new :
ounfy jail this wear and for county
ospltal that Is IN no way needed save
or lobbcry, what did it do with tbe e
100000 surplus last year? 1t anpears z
lat tho county can make this extraor '
nary expenditure this year out of Il
,e current revenues. If SO, there must
ave been AN immense surplus last
'dr, since nothing was built TO show
'r the expenditure Of this surplus :.
cney, What was done with it, L
The idea that the county is ahead II
the city in public improvements ls 50
'ofesquc, SO utterly impossible, that
Is laughed down just az the letter y
ON the HconsuanccuS BURGLAR r,,s
ughcd down The thing is so humor. 81
lsly prepostcrous as TO be its own q
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