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Show f " ' I I City's Proportion ot Improvement Expense Very Large Sum f I . 1 ( "Tho Tribune partv lias spent, in tho last live years, over and above what promjsivoniOll and women oi! Sail Lake will loolv OVC1' the ' T was over spout before m tho city's history, in a similar oriodf.$2fS70lS.J6. ; figures that follow. They show the cost of city improvements that J X "Now. !Mr. Taxpayer, Mr. Mereliant, Mr. Owner of a Litllo Tlomo, for iavc jJ(Jun or arc iu course oi! construction at this time, for the j. which' vou arc Irving to pay, wouldn't vou liko to know what has becomo or m. mm .; that inonoyl Wouldn't you liko lo kuow who got it?" year 1J1U. y T "And don't be misled by tho drivel printed daily in Tho Tributio party " ; Totrj City's Abutters y T organ that these $0,000,000 in live years" have gone for city improvumculs. It .. UOst. Portion. Portion. .f. :; did not. That is a falsehood." Paving; Extensions $ 629,627.15 $176,616.68 $463,010.47 V " Do tho taxpayers of Halt Luke couiity waul to place this county under fcho Sidewalk Extensions 25,070.00 8,202.85 16,867.15 ..' T rule of au outlit that has sioleu three million dollars from tho people in five - 0J- non oe nn nnn nn nttz coo oc !" ycai-.s?" Sewer Extensions 315,682.36 00,000.00 315,682.36 T ? ' "t'rl1. . ,. . , .,-. Curb and Gutter Extensions, 2,700.10 155.70 2,544.40 t j- " II 'I he 'I nbunc partv org;ui objects to fins, let it. publish somo explanation. ,..... . nn . n n T r or where this three million dollars has gone. We await, il. with interest. But Water Mam Extension 16,672.69 16,672.69 00,000.00 y y Ihoy daro uot. They will answer with the same old drivel about tho eity im-- p-x nrnolr Annrarlnpf 9R fiQ1 1fi 9.R fiQ1 1fl 00 000 00 X T provcmeuls, I hat everybody knows is a lie, and which the man that writes it ltv Cel AquettllCt ,tJl.lb Z0,dJJ..lt) UU,UUU.UU .f. knows it is a lie." Conduit in Parley's Creek .. . 6,088.98 6,0t)8.98 00,000.00 t "And the reply that this (the in.-reaso in taxes) was dono for eil.y im- City Creek Pipe Line .. . 109,739.45 1,09,739.45 00,000.00 X T provenionts is a falsehood. Because eity improvements are paid for by special Miscellaneous 6,400.00 6,400.00 00,000.00 X J. taxes against abutting property, and liavo nothing to do with Lho' general fund." ' ! , ,. A , , ' Totals $1,150,671.89 $352,567.51 $798,104.38 -j- f ''What has become o! thai three millions in five years? .11; was not spent y for city improvements, because eity improvements arc paid for by special taxes U vil 0 S(JCU tuat thc SCWC1. extensions tins VCar have been paid X t assossod against abutting property. Where, oh where, is the leak? And into , . . V. X whose pockets has it bceu leakiug7" wholly by the abutting property owners but this is a change in the " . t "The rank nnd filo of thc AmeriTpTirty has had no share in this looting. J Llie Onl.V exception in which the" city docs not pay a large $ No, tho looting has been done by tho inner circle that controls tho Tribune p. cent of the Cost. ' 4" y P'r'3. . q. jjlc .V(j ja.j; jjCJUS cos con)es wholly out of city revenues. 7? The foregoing (juolations are made from a series of box editorials - . , T t the JIcrald-Eepublican under tho title "Thuusaud-Dollar-a-Day , The city's portion of the most important street paving improve- j. f Tarty." ments for 1910 runs up into the large sum oi? $191,219.53. This, how- X '.f. The entire text ol: these articles read very much like -they were overj includes the elevator which has been recently installed in the $ I! inspired by a "hop head." Most men and women know that, when Gjj;y sirj0 0f th0 joint building. X T a slatenieni; is made that a graft, of: three million dollars has been These items in detail follow: T X consummated from a city whose revenues arc, comparatively, as small . y . . , . , , t,. . , . . 0nni t eo-Ki i n-, n , -1. - x.1 v, u Paving- WestJChird South and Rio Grande streets $ 3,122.51 r as are the revenues oC Salt Lake City, that it is not worth notice. But . , . rr " At or V ... , . .. , .. .... . Pavmrr Tliird West 11,481.35 ! V Jiot all men and women are informed ol thc manner in which muni- " fa . A ' r i re iiii il- Pavinc First avenue 27,276.63 r cipal auairs are conducted and an. explanation seems necessary. fa ac oh'a An To charge Ihat the city pays no portion of the cost of: public im- av QEas fAltfo t t provcmeuls, but that thc total cost is made against the abutting prop- Javlnff rd , ' ' $ ' . , ,i . -4 n 4 Pavine1 Second West 41,916.16 .i. erly owners, is so brazen that it is surprising that even a disreputable b , . . m , . 1 . Cn nQ AO X :: d.el like lh Smool "4lo.UI." would 8ive currccv to SUUh a tlm.g. ZS ff E.chards South Temple and 1st South 1,082.42 .v The toi.1 ,0SI. or the more important public improvements undo,- Paving-S W. W6, territory between 6lh South on 9th East, V . t v.eri... party eonlrol lo dale, h 5,885,742.47. Ot this amount, and east to Mount Olivet . 8,202.85 1 X a,051,-J!)3.37 was charged lo abutting property owners, while the Elevator, Oily and County building- .. , 6'400-00 ' cilys projjortiou is the enormous sum ol! $2,284,449.10. .101 . 'X ,, ... ... . , ,. Total $191,419.00 y ' .j. The expenditure on 11ns account by years .follows: t y ;t Vnai. . P5 Abutters' TJ Herald-Kcpublican shrieks "liar" at all who have insisted T ij xcar Oot, Portion. Portion. , !. .. . r . . . . -i , X . I 3906 $ 864,477.92 S 547,510.36 S 317 967 56 L1,at a laL- P1,0Portlo ol ,h(i cost of Publ,c "nprovcnicnts is paid out .J : ? 1907 1,207,160.48 694,765.75 512;394!73 oE gencral ta,X hui v Slat , ncv1e1rthcle;ss' lmf iXvdt ? 'X 908 871704.95 241717 76 629 98719 the city pay one-half the grading on all sidev7ilk. curb and gutter cx- jl ig09 ' "I" "-1 240797,23 447'8&T'72 792 83951 tensions, ancl iu addition, thc eity must pay tho total cost of intcrsec- -j- : 1S10 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; i',i5o!67L89 352!567.6i 798 W38 lions and tw on-li;ili: lhe cost ot? -viiiVm-in E,,nt of .pp- . . j ; m x 1 r- nnr- n ,n nn .s. ci'tv. The city pays all the cost of water mam extensions which,- Tota,s ?5,330,742.47 ?2,284,449.10 ?3,051,293.37 owing lo lhe rUily extending territory, haS bpen u tremendojjs ex' ' J When one considers the additional cost of administration due to pense during the past five years. ? the great growth in population', and the extension of thc city limits. If. these figures do not completely dispose of the question raised ' X the llerald-lvcpublican's !r2.S70.344.26 goes Tip in thin air. by the Herald-Republican, The Tribune will be pleased to go into thc X Jt might be interesting iii. this connection if the taxpayers-and ' ' matter in greater detail. ' j . ' " . ' v'.:' . . -"" " . I " ' ' " - ' " - ! : t 1 Z i |