Show ECONOMY these theao are times timea when all shrewd business men are cutting down ex dx such a course is found imperative por pera atiya tive in private business busia ess and it should be the rulo rule in public affairs affair Iti it id with pleasure that we note a tendency in this ibis direction by the provo city council every one knows Q who has kept track of the cites expenditures abat the tha hamount paid in salaries evory every month 13 large for a city of this size we do not aay that salaries in individual cases bava been exorbitant but there thera have been so eo many drawing salaries that the expense has been considerable it now appears to be ba the policy of our oar city fathers to let one mau man hold a lumber of cf compatible offices I 1 and to dispense entirely with such others as the barter c barter and stances will permit last evenin evening 1 they lumped jumped together the tha offices of street supervisor and wa and two weeks ago the services vicas of the city teamster and a special policeman were discontinued THE would further suggest that the chiae of the fire fira department and the tha superintendent of tho waterworks water works be b s bal haq person that was the rule in salt lake tor for a number of years before the liberals got in power chief 31 was elso superintendent of 0 the water works there is not enough work in either office I 1 in provo for the employment of a man all the time but both would afford quite constant work it is alaj proposed pra posed by the council to 0 still f further cut ant down tha enli nohna 17 force C ace oae regular and one special policeman have already been be en dispensed with the marshal and two policemen are now doing the entire work of the city in our 41 opinion it is 13 not sato eaf to lot the deaca and good order of the city depend on two men only they may be all the polica force necessary aary when no district court is hold held but as aa a rulo the court brings midy men to provo and our savon a saloons then do a rus hoahing hiag buduris bubin 68 sarc special al policemen madof course be employed for such occasions and when hordes bordes of tramps infest the city THE would not be in favor of crippling our police fores force because good order is ii worth a groat deal to any progressive n asive community in the main however Lo wever we are in it aa cord with tho the city council m lis KB endeavors to reduce public expense for we believe the tha times require r such mch action the public generally will also applaud the efforts forta ef |