Show THE PROFITS OF REFORM When David C Dunbar enrolled himself elt among the purifiers of ot the American party those who knew David of ot old began to wonder just jUEt what there was in it for the canny politician and franchise broker Now they know what he thought might Ight be bea a fitting testimonial to his services in behalf of or municipal reform social purity and the American party At Tuesdays session of the street committee of the city council that committee decided to recommend the purchase by the city from David C Dunbar of fourway street signs p gns at the extremely modest figure of each or a total of a little over So adroitly was the proposal introduced intro introduced Introduced that the first public knowledge of or its consideration con was the announce announcement announcement ment that the committee was W s in favor of or it There re was no paltry public pubU discussion dis 1115 discussion beforehand no such foolishness ss as competitive bids no investigation as to the methods of or other cities or orthe orthe orthe the price they pay for tor signs As As airily as they would smoke a good cigar some one else had bought the com committee committee committee said they had decided to give Brother Dunbar for tor some tin signs and that was all aU there was that evening T At the risk of being called hyper hypercritical hypercritical hypercritical critical The Herald would suggest that the city of ot Salt Lake needs to exercise common business judgment in its af at affairs affairs fairs and quite a little economy Of course a mere trifle like is hardly worth considering and an It would be a great pleasure to see David enjoy the money but still the plan to pay pa six R to ten prices for a thing just because the fellow who gets the money Is a great reformer and patriot is 15 apt to be em embarrassing embarrassing embarrassing if It it is carried to excess P PJ PJ PJ J Moran has already worked that game and he has skimmed the municipal municipal pal milk pan so close that one more turn at it is likely to leave the city without any cream for tor its own use It would be cruel very cruel of ot the city council to turn down Davids proposition tion for a little donation party of or his own but it certainly certa would do him good to work for tor a living just once Quite on a par with the Dunbar tin sign game Is the slumbering scheme to have the city Invest a year more morein in ht lighting the streets by gas The promoters of the scheme propose a arate arate arate rate for street lights that ought to leave a good safe margin for the lub lubrication lubrication lubrication of the ways if It some members of cf the council need lubrication Other cities pa J from to 12 for a lamp offered to Salt Lake at 32 a year It ItIs ItIs Itis Is true the tho cost of ot gas in tho the cities s mentioned Is less than it is here but the coke byproduct also brings bet better better ter tf r prices pric s here In other cities the company has not made so liberal Uh ral a proposal for tor the installation of poles but granting all the points of ot differ difference difference ence nee the price named for tor Salt Lake is entirely too high and savors two tio much of or addition division and silence In any matter such as the street signs and the gas gaa lighting proposal there is Just one businesslike way to transact the business The Tho city au authorities authorities authorities should know first what other cities clUes pay for tor similar service they should determine how much they can afford to spend If It anything and they should ask competing bids where om com competition petition Is possible As the matter stands now the effort to rush through a sign Job and a gas lighting Job looks too much like the ordinary shell sheU game in which the city will pay the tho bills bUls and the men inter interested Interested interested ested divide the loot after they get Jet it |