Show T 3IUMCIPAL EXPENSES Philadelphia has been figuring on her expenses for the coming year Close figuring shows the expenditures will be some 32000000 and close figuring shows that the revenue in sight amounts only to 19000000 That is not a pleasing prospect for the city And the case of Philadelphia is much that I of other cities Chicago held up as the typical goahead American city is i running run-ning behind right along And what is of more immediate interest to us is that out own little city of Salt Lake is doing do-ing the same thing Anyone can see that the trouble is that expenses far exceed income It should not be so Estimates of municipal revenue and expenditures are usually made on the theory that the income will exceed what calculations are based on and that expenses will be less than estimated estima-ted while the very reverse is always the case The only way to calculate municipal expenditures is the one for figuring the cost of building a house which is to take the architects figures then add fifty per cent when you will have a more or less correct approximation approxi-mation of the actual costA cost-A new City Council and Mayor will soon take control of our municipal affairs af-fairs We hope they will take hold of them with the intention and determination determin-ation of serving the public interest before be-fore all things and that interest demands de-mands first of all a minimum of expenditures ex-penditures If they shall make expenses ex-penses come within the revenue and create a surplus no matter how small they will have earned and will receive the gratitude of the citizens of Salt Lake And in no other way can they so well serve their party The people want efficient and economical government govern-ment and they will support the party that will give it to them |