Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-12-27 | Page 2 | Ogden's Budgets Are Slaughtered

Ogden's Budgets I IAre Are Slaughtered L I No New Paving or Lights Salaries of Engineers Are Slashed OGDEN Dec 27 An 27 An appalling slaughter occurred here today during during during dur dur- ing a meeting of ot the c city l council The moans and groans of the badly badh mutilated city budgets were echoed by the cries of those in charge of oC the various city departments Ogden will have no new paving no new curbs or gutters guttel's during 1927 The proposition of ot making Washington avenue a great white whiteway whiteway a way has vanished like a dream The original budget which called for tor was wa shot full Cull of or holes Ogden will vIll have no stadium this stadium this year The city engineer will have to get alon along on a salary of ot a month as lS 30 0 O was neatly lopped off One man is to 10 be released from the city engineers engineer's office and andone andone andone one from Crom the treasurers treasurer's office According According According Ac Ac- cording to to the commission the slashes In the budget were made in order not to increase the tax lev levy This was the most drastic cut In Inthe inthe the thc bu budgets gets that has ever been made mad It was estimated that the city's y income would be More than was slashed from the original budget Monday and Monday and the knives were still In play In order to bring down the appropriations to meet this figure I Ito