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Show T R U T H. 10 j r ' , I. I t i . i i i i I ii I t 4 NEW CITY WATER PIPE UNE. . I I NEW CITY CREEK PIPE UNE. y t The new City Creek water pipe line runs from the intersection of South Temple and West Temple streets to the distributing tank in City Creek canyon, a distance of 7,600 feet. The pipe is 24 inches in diameter, made of cast iron, and has a capacity of 14,000- 000 gallons per 24 hours, and will deliver this amount of water at the inter- t. section of South Temple v 2 i i t and Main streets. The work is being done by P. J. Moran of this city, according to the plans of L. C. Kelsey, city engineer, under the supervision of the Board of Public Works and the city engineer. Over 1,000 tons of cast iron pipe will be used on the work. The pipe was made by the United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co., at Bessemer, Ala, The work on this line was commenced Nov. 1 and will be completed April 1. When it is completed the city will have two independent lines from the distributing reservoir in City Creek canyon. The job is an expensive one, costing about $60,000, but it is un- a fine piece of work and Contractor Moran is putting in the best he knows on the job. doubtedly OGDEN LETTER. Ogden, March 14. There seems to be very little truth in Ogden. Thats a fact. We accepted as truth the promise made by the Republicans during the late municipal campaign that Dave Eccles water system would be speedily condemned and owned in fee simple by the citizens. Dave Eccles himself was 4 thoroughly condemned by the Glas- mann gang before election, but they told us it would take ninety days longer to properly condemn the pro- perty. Now they tell ud that in all they said and promised prior to election they were jest According to the Standards back down, there never was any real issue between the Republicans and Democrats in the last city No matter what was said, campaign. both sides were a unit on the water ' ' question, the paving question, the retrenchment question, and every other question except the question of getting into office. ft ft Before election the dear people were led to believe that all the scalawags, and all the spendthrifts,, and all the deadbeats, and all the ignoramuses of Ogden were in the Democratic party, but we are now beginning to realize that a considerable number of persons possessing in large measure those same qualities can be found among Ogden Republicans, and the funny thing about it is that most of them appear to have been elected to office. The honest voter looks on at the disgraceful wrangles that happen nightly in the council meetings, and marvels at the stupidity exhibited by bur city dads, and. then as he wends his way homeward he concludes that there may be some truth in Cteden after all. For instance, when Councilman Ilender-sho- t called the other members of the moral cowards the accusacouncil city tion sounded a whole lot like the truth, and when they got back at him by resolution that he was neither Ii gentleman nor a lady, that also had the ring of veracity about it. The real truth is, however, that the problem of - - . . municipal government for Ogden City is a white elephant upon the hands of whoever tries to handle it. The party out of power, is really the most powerful, exempt as it is from any responsibility, the loss of a few paltry public salaries is more than compensated for by the grim satisfaction of seeing the other fellows sweat and flounder along under the load while smarting under a constant scourge of taunts and jeers administered by the minority. Ogdenites cannot help but admire the persistency with which Salt Lake City claims to be the intermountain railroad center. The Salt Lake dailies are constantly building railroad systems on paper until it just does seem that the citizens of that town are bound to have some sort of an old railroad by gol anyhow. ' ft ft ' When the electric railway between Ogden and Salt Lake is completed, and affords an hourly car service, it will give our southern neighbors an opportunity to stop off and see our city when they come here to take the Transcontinental Overland Trunk line, via Ogden route. HERE AND THERE. The question of establishing a high school in the county at Draper, River ton, West Jordan and Union, will be submitted soon by County Superintendent of schools Ashton to a vote of the people interested. The proposition u a good one and should be carried, ft ft Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. McGurrin have gone to Los Angeles in search of better health for Mrs. McGurrin. She has greatly improved since her recent illness, but her physician has advised the trip to hasten her complete recovery. Mrs. McGurrin will remain in Los Angeles and vicinity for at least six weeks and Mr. McGurrin will return within two weeks. ft ft Tom Pitt, general manager for Wm. Greet of London, ujid who comes here with the Sign of the Cross company, is in Salt Lake, a guest of his cousin, 13. 13. Iley wood. Mr. Pitt is a cousin to Tom I). Pitt of Salt Lake and arrived from San Francisco a week ahead of the company to visit, his relatives here. .He was accompanied from San Francisco by Mrs. Edwin Taggart of Oakland, another cousin. They will remain in Salt Lake about two weeks. 1 . ft ft Do you notice that the only Floor pace for rent at 20 West thing which prevents our present Third South street. Fine bright airy adcity ministration from keeping any of its apartments. Apply to S. 13. Wester-fiel- d, city and county building. pledges is the confounded law? Of course thats it. Save your money and when you get a They would redeem their pledges all right if the dollar deposit it with Zions Savings law allowed them to do so. are They not to blame for the law being as it is. Bank and Trust Co., No. .1, Main They didn't make it. Just brin on a street. The largest and oldest Savings decent kind of a law and then see. Bank in Utah. anti-electi- on Mr. and Mrs. Max Warmbatli have returned from California. Joseph F. 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