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Show GREAT OTTY IMPROVEMENTS. No doubt tho tnxpnying public vras interested in the showing made by Tho Tribune yestordnj- morning of tho improvements im-provements that aro being put in towards to-wards making Salt Lako City the great nnd beautiful metropolis of tho wholo mountain region of tho United States. There was a showing of curbing aud guttering, of street paving, of water mains, of sewers, of sidewalks, and of miscellaneous contracts that provod in the most effective manner the activity of tho American party administration in making this city what it ought to bo, what it is bound to bo, uiid what in a way it is already the great metropolis metrop-olis of this extensive mountnin region. Tho total amount of money involved in theso improvoruent.3 is $.1,218,126.65. Tn this work 1400 men arc employed, involving in-volving tho payment of over $3000 a day to working men, and over $80,000 per month. Tho city's share of cost in these improvements, including tho ox-I ox-I penscs from tho water bond fund and from the sewer fund, authorized by the vote of the taxpayers, will be $606,100.77. j But as there is ample money in these funds to pay iu cash as the work is done and supplies bought, the expenditure expendi-ture need cause no anxiety to the taxpayers. tax-payers. These things arc uoL a chargo on the contingent or general expense fund, which is the one that depends upon curreut taxation and tho revenue from licenses, fines, forfeitures, etc., for its income. ' Tho amount of work going on in the j city at this time, the number of labor- crs employed, and the beneficial effects j seen by reason of the work on all forms of business and in the bettor appearance appear-ance of tho city in every respect, are abundantly manifest. Tho American party is doing more for the city than any other party ever did for it before; it is doing it better; it is doing it more ceononiicall-; it is doing it on a better scale, and in better fashion than public pub-lic work was ever done here before. J |