Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-04-20 | Page 22 | People's Corner

PEOPLES PEOPLE'S CORNER O Sl Asks Where in ill Bond Funds Went The T Telegram In th the annual report of the the city auditor for the lie year yeal 1920 page 71 71 containing a statement of the lie It HI water bond bon issue I find the lie following follow follow- llo ing lug Lowering water appropriation approPriation water mains expended lh There ro is no mention of this lila in the comparative statement of receipts and expenditures page 15 Why hy hy not In the lie w waterworks depart ment meat expenditures is given Lowering Lowering Low ering wat r mains labor and material ma material ma- ma This was paid ald out Of budget appropriation funds In the lie engineers engineer's report for the 8 same year page 22 I find as follows follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows Lowering water mains malna Both accounts are ale for Cor alterations du duo due to street Improve ments Wily Why do they not balance as Is required by section revised statutes of 1918 There Is absolutely no mention of any water mains being lower lowered d to justify the lie expenditure of the sum of This of ot itself Is aplenty to condemn the lie whole transaction It cannot be explained away vay as an error In bookkeeping nor to the s system stem in use What means were employed ed to get this amount through tho the auditors auditor's office and out of the city treasury treasur And n 1 who got It Will Wiil the taxpayers ers of this city condone such raw methods in handling han public bond money that they have havo to their public l servants ser CI If It so thc they have no ground to complain of high taxes but should be eager to pay and to uro- uro vide more mOle bonds Just to be squandered dered at the will the will of the men they place in office And to use the thc words of a a. city official the other da day It is only that much w water t I gone over the wheel and to be for for- gotten Before this writer ceases with his small articles the whole story will be told of or how much benefit ha haS hag r accrued l to the city from frons the lie bond issue of 1919 1119