Show ou atie has called attention before to the feet that our city fathers fi irp slightly inclined to be spend thrifty thrifts ts not that we wish to accuse themos spending the peopled money to no good purpose but it does seem at times that their ambition is larger than the city revenue tho current 1 11 expenses are growing larger all the time and though the treasury is nearly depleted long lists of claims aro constantly coming in at the lost session of the council for example something were allowed this is no small 81 one night for a city of not six thousand inhabitants 5 true wo have no bounded indebtedness but tha hopes that when bonds ara eol d it will be for other purposes than to keep up the current expenses of the municipal government it would be an injustice to future administration sIto compel them to shoulder a big debt for comforts wench we alone enjoy at the present time we are not adverse to bonding for the purpose of obviating a constant necessity say for example waterworks water works such an improvement vio stand highly in need of at the present time and if supplied future generations would also enjoy its ad vantages this being the case it is but right that they should help bear f the burden of its construction now it is truly praiseworthy for oui City Solons to be desirous of making improvements but they have no right to make them faster than the revenue will permit we do not urge economy with the view of hav f ing them fill the city treasury with a surplus when their term of office is brought to a close as good cal economy teaches that no larger amount of taxes should be collected from the public than can well be used but it would be far worse to leave the city jn indebtedness keep provo cites credit good so when we need to bond for permanent improve wilf have no difficulty m selling the bonds at a very good alu j |