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Show TIIK STKKKT Hl'RlXKLIXti. The llescret News seems greally ex-ercisidovcr ex-ercisidovcr the fact that the street I sprinkling eonti a-'t has been awarded to a bidder who happens U epme from another city. It says that during the recent eampaigi one of the leading Liberal battle d ies was ''Salt Lake work for Salt Lake workmen;" and then goes ou to argue that this principle princi-ple is not being carried oul, because an outsider has captured the sprinkling contract. .Here is what the News says: .', Tills deluslro promise isbeliig fulfilled in a manner tbut does not seem to ovum helm somo inemhers of the opposition Willi uuiiull-Hed uuiiull-Hed satisfaction. It appears that tlio mayor has been unable to discover a man in the 'Liberal" ranks possessing su Itlctcnt, ability to sprinkle the streets of this city, and hascoiise-ciiently hascoiise-ciiently awarded the rnniract to keep down the diisl to ii n Omaha tlrni. at tJtm a month. , Jt will now bj In onler to place this inscription inscrip-tion on Liberal ctilupaiKll banners, ill pliu-n of the one quoted in the bciiiiiiiiiK of this article: "Hall Lake contracts and work for Omaha contractors con-tractors and workmen." uni! ot i.lie K'm o'liion w no piaf-eu w mo ioi sprinkling, is a pronounced "Liberal"--Mr. A. William. That aentleinan took a lively aud active tnteresMn the campaign that preceded the February elect ion, bjlnir clamorous about the merits of his party candidate for mayor. In tin ranks of the parade he was in the hnhll of shoultnjr. with an enthusiasm worthy of a better cause! "Scott, Kcot.l, (!eoi(e M. Si ott." Would It not be upproprlate now for M r. Williams. In view or recent developments connected con-nected with Ihe political shrine at which he worshipped, to cxleinporl.e a procession, head it himself, pass over the old maivhtuK ground, and keep step to the tune of "Scott, 1 Scott, Ureut, aitKATSi'OTTl"' - 1 The fact is, as has already been stated by Tim Timks, that the street sprinkling contract has been let to the lowest bidder. This was done on sound business principles, and was a saving to the tax payers of quite a sum. of money. It was a transaction with which politics or religion had nothing to do. Had a Salt Lake man, whether a Liberal or a member of the People's parly, been the lowest bidder he wulil have secured the contract. Why should Tub Timks be so solicitous about the welfare of a bidder whose bid did not entitle him to the contract? Of course It hopes to make political capital out of this matter, but in this it will ' be disappointed disap-pointed us a purely business transaction will have no consideration in a campaign. cam-paign. Simply because an unsuccessful bidder was a Liberal campaigner should he be rewarded with city work at a higher rate than, another man offered to do it for? The tax payers would certainly object to any such proceeding. pro-ceeding. Tho paper that is issued within (lie Chinese-like walls objects to any outsider out-sider coming into Salt Lake, but that paper can rest assured that no such wall will be permitted to be built around this e-ity for the purpose of keeping out new comers. Its attention is directed to the following from the Tribune of Monday: His Honor the Mayor said to a Tribune reporter re-porter yesterday that Mr. Williams was mistaken mis-taken in his Idea of the status of the sprinkling question. The mayor was not thlnkini? of the sale of the sprinkling carts until Mount & CJriffln suggested It to him. And by acting rs he did he wns saving $101)0 to the city Mr. WllliaiURproposed to furnish ten wagons (the city to let him take the ten ordered of Stude-debaker), Stude-debaker), he providing teams and men for the twenty wagons, for twenty-six weeks, or the balance of the year, at S15.000. Mr. Williams also bid on thirty weeks' work iu 1SHI at $17,500. The Wat sous offered nineteen teams and wagons wag-ons for the balance of the year at I14.4H0. A fourth party. Jacob Lees, wanted S"3.7fi per day for teacu earn, the city to furnish the sprinklers. sprink-lers. The contract with Mount & ilrlltinwas based on six months or more of service at tXW per month, Monut fe-lirimn taking tho new carts, off. the" city's hands at tho actual price paid, vis-,.; Mine. 'The linn have sent for six carts of their own from Omaha which are even superior to those bought by the city, and their contra 1 calls (or the main sprinkling to be don after 8 p. m.. aud at such times during theday.iis may be required. H uvcesMiry. the contractors will run double time or Increase thetr plum so as to.control the dust to the satisfaction sat-isfaction of the mayor mid city council. As to sprinkling outside the limits : ill can be ac-commodatod ac-commodatod by paying 8 cents Pr front foot. Mount & tlriffln are ready to sprinkle in IHUl Tor MJ0 per month, or JIWXX). whereas Mr. Will-lams Will-lams wahts'fiT,5ii." "' |