Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-12-06 | Page 4 | Doing the Right Thing

DOING THE RIGHT THING. It is encouraging to note that the City Council can be moved by public discussion discus-sion to do the right thing Not long ago a taxpayer wrote to The Tribune Inquiring as to the right of the Council to demand advance payment for local lmpro enicnt s. and to hold the money for long periods; also, as to why It retained re-tained mney collected under promise of making certain Improvements, after It had abandoned all- Intention to make such Improvements. Mr. Eramel. Assistant t'lty Attorney, made a fair statement, in reply, showing show-ing that the Council had made postponement post-ponement of Hrne for payments in postponed post-poned work, but as he was not authorized author-ized to say anything about refunding money on work paid for but abandoned, he very properly omitted to mak mention men-tion of It. We note, however, that In the Council Monday evening. Mr Tuddenham introduced in-troduced a resolution dealing comprehensively compre-hensively with this question, and the Council promptly passed It. The reso lution not only suspends payment on work nnt compute,, hut it directs that the money already paid on such work not done, he, refunded to th payers. This Is the right thln. It covers the whole c;ise The persons who have paid Will Ret their money, and they will not be called upon again to pay on any-work any-work that has not been ordered, bul nothing will be collected on work that Is abandoned. The American victory Is not deold of power, It appears, to correct some plar-Injr plar-Injr Injustices, oven before Its officials get Into their offices.