Show building school houses the trustees of utah county met a few days ago and decided unanimously to petition the legislature to amend the school law wherein it requires that trustees must let the building of school houses by contract the action is receiving some attention from the press of the state the eureka democrat comments as follows the school trustees ol 01 utah county held a meeting last week and decided to the legislature to amend the lawin such a manner as to enable the taxpayers to build their ofphy instead of being cow belledo pe lledo leta contracts it la claimed that this would be easier tor taxpayers this a very instance for carpenter sand masons but where would the protection comen for the large number of taxpayers if every tom dick and harry started in on a house the chances are that it would falli doyn or blew away inside of six months and norie would be responsible competition and responsibility would baboth be both gone and the result must inevitably at increased price taxpayers who would be forced to pay cash because they were neither carpenters nor masons would be the sufferers and it would be evident the greatest good would not be done 10 number of people it is hoped tb legislature would not be influenced to enact such a law it would not be a edep in advance bat would simply be going back to the customs in vogue years ago when edward III assessed every county ia england so many days labor to be employed in building the magnificent castle of windsor the trustees contend that it would be much easier for taxpayers tax payers to build now school houses were the taxes made part payable in labor they do not design that every tom dick and harry should be permitted to undertake skilled work but the hauling of rooks the digging 1 of trenches the mixing of daitor eio all of which wark now has tobe to be done by contract on the trustees think the taxpayers tax payers can just as well do under the direction of the trustees and thus save to a great extent the burdens of cash fc taxation it is impossible for the people to raise the money in such sums as are now demanded by the various systems of taxation HI vogue inthe pioneer days of utah building school houses was not considered so great a burden as today for were permitted to work out their assessments instead of raising the cash to 9 t and while easier done it amounted to the same thing in the longren longrun lon grun the trustees want the ame system HL vogue again they can et more schoolhouses school houses built they say if taxpayers are allowed to work out part of their asses and tha awk can be done just aswell there la still another feature connected with the contract work under the present system of advertising and sealed proposals cincis are taxed and receive very lit tie benefit from the lax raised for the erection of a school house because foreign contractors generally gettko work in lehi it is said an house was built ay contract and not more than a couple or three hundred were taxpayers tax payers foreign contractors brought in help from other settlements and did work that ought to have beep done by lehi parties that condition of affairs of course gives poor satisfaction and naturally makes taxpayers tax payers feel like they would rather not build new school houses when they receive none of the benefits securing from the jabor performed there areef cours etwo sides to the question As the democrat demonstrates the work might not beas wella done under supervision of inexperienced perien ced trustees and it might cost the man who had to pay cash a little boore than if let by contract buffor the general good of the community we are convinced that the of 1 building sebol diorec i the trustees esthe better abe enquirer proposed amendment |