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Show II11T AMI llllllliUSII WONT HOItk. Os BaturJay (April 21nl ) wo hlbited evidence to the eCVt that thu "Liberal" gorrnmeut had been aul wai mw rianding the ieoile's money lavishly In tliulnlerclnf laud ri eculatort. The nrllcle a at called cut ly a statement ma.lo In a meeting of the Council b a democratic member, totbeeflect tlf.1 the waternltlua had been laid aul were bring put dwn to aagebruth aul luceru atchea where there were no water ttkert, Ihe loca Hon being uninhabited. This wbj done at the Instance of real eitale speculators, a ho obtained city trrlp for thtlr partof Uieeiiwnsefor the work. Thlt icrlp they have 3l I to teal water taken wild which the latter have pall their rates. Tjie rpei-utaton thin got the bulk of their outlay I nek. Their rial estate wai cnormouily advanced lu value with but little eipento to themand the city treatury had been depleted ty the J roeess. An ailirle in today's Issue of the morning "Liberal" organ Ukei ex cci Hon, In Its utual ditlngenuoui way, tollieatrlclures of the iSt.v9. I u doing do-ing so It makes dlreet mlstatenienla, lu Older to whitewash Us political ta. We lure quote from lta aitlcle reft re-ft rred to: "As to doing worL for spaeulelor. It Is on neeeisryto iitnlnd tt e ul lie that two and a half years ago these same speculators spec-ulators paid -ioo.ijOO In bard eah for lota on Hie hl,l.umla around thlt illy that wlihiut water wore not wnilli el - Ir ftrei th y did It, too, on Ihe t rt inte of tho men then In authority that the water alien 1 he utirlcl to their lau It. hat Ihe la e city government dll atidvbat Hie rl y government I now doing, was I an I Is merely In the v. ay of redeeming those promises, and the inuripy nsed Is alniplr Ihe money lakeu from thos. same Ineu w homlho Atv J calls tlieeulatora.' Ill our article of Lit Haturday w e.dld hot niaku the remotest roferenco to thu tuestlonof water for tho beucli lands. We have never at any time Intimated that there was not a fair claim for water to Hut section, lu view of the high pice at which the lots were toll ! the city two yeara and a half ago, the tubllo revenue having teen largely large-ly augmented by tha sate. We duny emi hatlrally tll.l "what tl e late city (.overnment dl 1 and what the city government Is now dolu, vaa and li merely In the way of redeeming thero irruilses." Our Haturday'a article which intplred that of our tortuous coutem)orary ipcolfted aa tu localities, and to lhaw that the "Literal'1 organ la dtallug In deceit and dust throwing we hero reproduce a poillou of what wei did ray: ' If Mr. Wanllandoranyolhermetn. besif the City Council It not Informe I as to the elleut to which tte"Llteral" gaellmclltha1plaet luto the hand a of lani sporulatcra tu the detriment of thecommouwtalth, the way toobtaln information la open. Let Hum po down Third 1 att Uriel anl they will ate, between l.liihtti and Tenth South, that the water lualna have been laid along llvc-arro blocka where uot one bullllnghaa Jet 1 eei ereetcd. They have teen plated lu that locality around several aides of one iiartltular block where there la but ooe home that of Mr. Ilushy. All this lias lrrn done In the Inttftrtof rial ittate boom its, and tu the iletrlmtnt of the city andltapeople. It might alio possibly enlighten Mr. Wantland on Ihe same tul Jrct If ho were to wander westward bejond the rler Jordan, where the tame evldenrea of Jobbery exltt, the watermalns havinglieen taken out In that direction, not for the lnellt of watertakers, but tu enehanro the valuu of ualnhablled real estate " l'rr litis the morning "Literal" nhltewtiber will Inilit that Third I'atl.betwren Ulghlh anl Tenth Houth alrttti, andlhe over Jordan tub division! divi-sion! are located on the "hlghlau Is." If the "Liberal" organ anl aomo ol lit friends who are members nf the City Council nud whom It la seeking to shlrld, wish UB to be allll more Bpecl-Be Bpecl-Be eeprclally about the ovtr Jordan business we may aomo time accommodate accommo-date them with some luterettlug facts. |
