Imperial Valley press., 1921-10-18
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William C. Mushet Declares
1t Duty of People Of Los
Angeles to Oppose Boulder
Canyon Plans.

Reasons from those who are better
able to Judge of the financial ability
of the city Of Los Angeles to perform
as she promises, continue to pile up
in opposition to the scheme on the part
of the city's power board to saddle the
taxpayers up there with an over
whelming burden of debt by corralng
the Boulder Canyon water and power
project. William C. Mushet, one Of
the most expert accountants in the
country, who has held several public
offices in Los Angeles county that
had the handling of the public budget
and at present a member of the city
council there, is out in a statement
in opposition to the plans of the ''grab-
alls."
Coucilman Mushet asserts that ''the
most potent reason why the people
should not attempt as a city to de-
velop power on the Colorado river is
that the bond money now proposed by
the Public Power League to be spent
for public works to which the city al
ready is committed"
He says he sought membership in
the Peoples Economy League because
it organized to attempt to save the city
from the colossal blunder" proposed
at cost, which, he believes. will ex-
ceed $200,000,000. He says in part:
at would be the height of rGnici-
pal folly for Los Angeles to undertake
! this vast job. Devoid of the camou-
flage cast over the whole proposition
by the proponents of the Public Power
League, it would make no difference
whether the people should vote SlO.-
100000, $50,0O0,000 CIR $150,000 900
worth of bonds at this time for the
purpose. the ultimate cost would eX-
ceed $200,OOO,0Oo.
"Many millions will be needed to
complete our aqueduct. 1t is matter
of cold fact that only $4,000 out of a
possible 250,000 horse power of cleo
trical energy has been developed. Wry
should those no have posed as the
municipal aqueduct's most earnest
| friends now attempt to neglect that
great development work to spend $500
100000 outside of the State?
| "a gret many millions will be. and
indeed are tremendously essential
right now, for the proper completion
of our harbor works.
Thousands of children are getting
only part time opportunity for euu-
cation and many others must take
pot luck to get their learning in our
institutions. How many schools
could be built and how many teachers
added to our list and how many thou
sands of children given adequate edu-
cational privileges with half of what
the Public Power Leagues sponsors
want to squander upon the Colorado
River?
each lays news chronicles an ap-
palling list of killings, shootings cut
tings, sluggings, hold-ups. burglaries
ard other crimes that are possible
here only because the police depart
ment is inadequate in numbers and
equipment to properly police and pro
tect the city.
"The fire department also suffer;
from the same kind of administrative
neglect. Our city officials have ne
elected to see that the fire and pollce
and school and sewer and harbor de-
partments needed to be, expanded in
consonance, year by year, with the phe
nomenal growth and expansion of the
city itself. Now the city finds itself
in the position of having to finance
all these things practically at one
time to bring all these departments to
the proper adequacy demanded by {
city Of our size.
"Fight with all your strength tC
defeat this attempt to divert to the
Colorado River power development
task hundreds of millions needed righ
now to bring Los Angeles to her prop
er stage of adequacy to care for he,
people fully and sanely.
Don't falter because these publ
service propagandists may attempt t.