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Show I . I Great Record Made in Five Years in Street Paving f T T v ' ' Don 't be misled by the drivel printed daily in The Tribune party organ that these $3,000,- 000 in five years have gone for city improve- X ments. It did not. That is a falsehood." .j. The quotation is from the Hernld-Repub- r . licun. That newspaper has 'had a lot tb any to f ccnlly .ilong the same line. The purpose is to' i ' convince the people of 'Salt Lake jjonutv-'" that tT-"- "ftjic j&hnericah"B'-fJbllJct a' largo stun" of moucy hi the way of taxes and licenses and that the amount is grafted. The Tribune effectually disposed of thi3 , I charge Saturday by showing that of the .$5,335:- 742.47 expended in the more important im- " provements during the past five years, $2,284,- 449.10 WAS PAID OUT OF THE GENERAL :r. ' TAXPU1JDS. The balance, $3,051,293.37, was c - j! charged to the abutting property. f So ntucli for the "falsehood" of '-the-. J 'loulh." ; - . :"r,.( ; X , : , i v The Tribune has been aslccd to show the amount of street paving that was done before . the Americans took change of the city five ' .j. years ago and the amount that has been done', , since that time. ; .. 3 One could not have hoped for sp good a rcc- v onl when the Americans first asked the people to give them an opportunity. The results have been marvelous. The city has been lifted'to a ' )lanc that makes everyone proud. T For fifty years" very little was done in the- 4" way of public improvements. Tho only bright. $ spot was "the brief rule of the Liberals. For a 'f I imc tlii.igs were humming under the Liberals, ;but when the city again passed to church rule, !X a spirit of indifference permeated everything. T Thorn was a small awakening under the Morris T administration, but the real boom began five t' yen re ago. AND IT HAS BEEN A BOOM, I TOO. . Ij! Only thirty-two and one-half blocks of street " ;r " paving were laid for fifty odd 3rears. The streets and parts of streets paved wore: If . Third South, from State to West Temple, v. rLtrf-- . State, from Fourth to Fifth SouJ.Ii. XVSSfc.. Second South, from First to Sixth West. - 3 ;!; V . South Temple, from' State to Third West. - .. , Commercial strfcet. ' r State, from South Temple to North Tern- ''. v. Pie. . y Second South, from State to Third East, f First; avenue, from State to A. SJ T - First; South, from State to Second East. :f J ... . South Temple, from State to Tenth JSa.sf;.- ' !j! 'Canyon Itoud, from Slate to Second ave. I ', t ilain. from South Temple 16 '.lourth' r ' . South. . - X Second South, from 'State to Kio Grande. .C. ' J 'Pqsfol'fice place, 1'roiiv -Alain to AYcst Temple. -j - - v . 9- :f ft v 1 1 1 be .seen that this is but: a-very smalj ' ' j district,, but that is all the paving tluit5 was'-.''' . i- done. , " ' T. :: Since the American party took charge of Salt Lake, the paving has been as follows- ''"" which is a total of 190V2 blocks : Third South, from West Temple to Eio.' ' Grande. ' ' First West, from Second to Third South. Pierpont, from West Temple to First ! West. . 4& v . Fourth South, from West Temple to' Secagj i- ond Bat. ' " . State, from Fourth to, Seventh South. Main, from Fourth to Ninth South. ' First South, from West Temple to Third West. . State, from North Temple to Second-North. Second-North. First North, from Main to State. West Canyon, from State to Second North. Hillside, from State to West Canyon. Second South, from Third to Tenth East. Second avenue, from Canyon road to , Virginia. C street, from South Temple to Second ' avenue. First avenue, from A to J. West Temple, from Fourth to Fifth South. Ninth East, from South Temple to city limits. Sixth East, from South Temple to Third South. Twelfth East, from Second to Third South. South Temple, from Tenth East to Keser-vation. Keser-vation. H street, from South Temple to First. -avenue, Twelfth East, from South Temple to .. . Second South, Third West, from North Temple to Third 1 South. Main, from South Temple to Second North. Second North, from Main to East Capital. Cap-ital. East Capital, from Second North to Girard. Tenth East, from Second to Fifth South. First South, from Second to 'Thirteenth East. . State, from Seventh to NinthJSouth. Pierpont, from West Temple to First West. Fifth East, from South Temple to Third South. Fifth South, from Main to Second East. F street, from South Temple to First ' avenue. ' Third South, from West Temple to Rio Grande station. Rio Grande, from Second to Fourth South. A street, from First to Sixth avenue. - Main, from South Temple to Fourth' " South. (Resurface.) B street, from First to Third avenue-' , G street, from South Temple to First?"'". ' ' avenue. 4 . V ' ' ' ' S - i , Eighth South, from Main to State. . . Exchange place and Cactus street. (Prl-, jr vats work.) r First avenue, from J to Virginia. . jj; Seventh East, from South Temple to Third South. West Temple, from Fifth to Ninth South'. $ . Fifth South, from Main to First West." ; jU...irBt.We3t,.frQm South-Temple, to Third' '' South. X Edison, from Second to Third South', i Haxton plaee, block 57, plat B. (Pri- i vate.) t Third South, from State to Tenth East. v West Temple, from South Temple to J North Temple. ' y ; Second West, from Third South to Warm ? .! Springs. Something doing these past five j'cars, don't you think? f . 'The city is swiftfly taking her place among X I hose of the really up-to-date business and resi- l dencc centers of the country- X X, If the church crowd had beonV enterprising k most of this work would have been completed X and paid for a quarter of a century ago. DC Under former administrations the cost per ijl mile of street paving was $122,000. The cost , under American rule has been a little more than ff'SC,000 per mile. And the work has been in- T finitely better. In fact, an expert street build- cr from Chicago was in the city the past week . t and, after examining paving here, he declared it to be as good as the best in the country. The parly that has made so fine a record in the one item of street improvements can cer- x tainly be trusted with the roads of Salt Lake r county. The money which Mackay has been 4" squandering and that which has been used to pay ward heelers and members of their families who swarm through the county offices, would ly' improve nearly all of the important highways X ol! the county, p Taxpayers of Salt Lake county would not 'j. ompl03- a blacksmith to repair a waich, but they If have been employing a lot of incompetents to manage their public affairs. X I Isn't it a pretty good time that men of in- l I tcgrity and ability arc installed in the' offices of this county? If ; Highly per cent of the .taxpayers of Salt If Lake City are behind the city administration. V '. 1 T.HKY HAVE SEEN TO IT THAT FIRST- ' " t '. CLASS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN ?: GlYION. The city officials have had the AD- :: HCFi OF DOZENS OF THE SHREWDEST f ' AND MOST PRACTICAL BUSINESS MEN 'f . .IN THE CITY. THESE SAME MEN WILL , t SUPPOilT THOSE WHO ARE GIVEN DJ- REGT CHATtGE OF THE COUNTY AFFAIRS. ' 'X ' They will see that value received is given for ' & . every dollar expended. The American ticket should be overwhelm- ; . ingly elected. And it Avill b.Q, if the progressive .-men and wonien consult their own interests and y "do their duty at the polls on the Slh of next !' , fmont'h. ' . - - "' j :f i i |