Show I The Next Mayor of oa Salt Lake I tr E FI y y r R a 6 to toy tox x r w wt wf y s o t t y f F d rY de a w I IW W 3 Kd t Y w ws s Si Vt kr n x sv r r rc c a a r s F Ft t r rt t z f d ii L 1 w lx Sa r w h hii ii e ero f t ro lx e 3 y s N w z 5 f ta V t 9 r 1 r JAMES D MURDOCH JAMES DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES I will to the bet best of my ability safeguard the interest of the people in so far as I am able with the assistance as assistance of the council and the heads of departments There will be equal rights extended ext to all and special privileges to none I II I will endeavor to bring about competition in all classes of public contracts and beg to assure all bid bidders bidders bidders ders that they will receive fair and courteous treatment at my hands I favor public publio improvements of all kinds that will add to the comfort and improvement of this community com community community Every family in this city is justly entitled to a liberal supply of pure water Cement sidewalks should and must be extended wherever the people desire them and are willing to furnish the money to pay the cost of constructing the same f I Sewers should and must be extended in all directions and connections to same enforced in order that that the public health may not suffer and the periods when contagious diseases prevail in our fair city may be eliminated as far as possible I favor street paving wherever the abutters on the streets to be paved shall petition the city council to have the improvements made in so far as the city is able to pay for its share of the improvements made madeI I favor and will constantly endeavor to limit contracts in size and extent in order that the man or ormen ormen ormen men with limited lin ted capital may have the opportunity to get their share of all public work and on all large jobs to so divide the work that parties equipped with tools and machinery to perform part of the work may map come comein comein comein in competition with those who are prepared to do all the labor and furnish all the material to complete the same I r cordially recommend the proposition now under consideration by the school board of this city to build and equip a magnificent High school building that will win be in harmony with the many grand school build buildings buildings buildings ings we now possess and be a source of delight and admiration to all friends of education at home as well as the admiration of all our visitors from abroad and will gladly vote for bonds to build the same sameI I condemn the methods heretofore in vogue of tie the party in power taking the initiative in inaugurating improvements without the knowledge and consent of property owners along the line of the proposed improve improvement improvement ment meat and carried out with the purpose in view of furnishing favored contractors with large jobs at exorbitant exorbitant exorbitant ant prices to the great injury of the taxpayers of Salt SaIt lake lakeI Laker I r will extend the same courtesies to the man in overalls as I r will to those of our citizens who may be better equipped with the necessaries and the luxuries of everyday life remembering always that I too have havo been a workingman and proud to acknowledge it itI itI itI I firmly believe that public office is ia a public publio trust and the acts of public men are fit subjects for public p criticism Public officers are the servants of the people and as such are responsible only OI Y to the people |