Show THE WAY IT f one of the seattle aldermen witti was waa sponsor for tho the ven gentul tul into municipal development ot of olec clec trie irle power in ili giving a reason arly costs have boon been doubled over estimator says it la is no ile fault of public ownership but Is duo to tile tho to the absurd estimates of the engineers I 1 and to deplorable wastes during construction tho the councilman could have gimei no better indictment ot of ownership than this statement the city government of beat tie tic which Is in the hands of its ita aldermen alder der nien appointed appoint etl the ann who estimated at the cost cast of a plant which so far has ham cost about who built a timber crib darn dam in place of a masonry dam a single line of wooden poles in ili the ho place of a double line of steel tow era who did riot not build city eions and rearrange the distribution system within the higher estima estl mato vo and who provided horse pow or for only four instead of 12 month of the years this may not be thy 4 alt ot at the public ownership but it Is the fault of public offic lalo who constitute the management kundts public nubile ownership private enterprise employs ono it on to check the estimates olf of another seattle officials in ili charge of 01 tills this municipally owned undertaking acted on tile tho first farat erroneous estimate matei and when that tant proved too low actea again on ft 4 further estimate which has haa also proved low it la Is now estimated chrit full execution of the bri ginal plan will rost cost front from to yomo Is IB AU lower between 17 and 2700 MOO ns its a margin for error figura eriv ft fe enton ise could lift vit ir vay v ny it la Is aco to stock howers ra and cannot fall bi on oil tax tn bayus t to 0 o ninko up un aln ill history 11 munt nuin lj I 1 ala 1 arr ii Is that hat original fo oar Is o att il latell low low in ili older to s botro cotol 01 ir tile after on anfor annle taxpayer f ia i d on tho the enterprise tie ho Is bled white by tax atlon antion to continue the project what would happen to the seattle aldermen it if tile they had started a private hydroelectric development on an cost coat much auch us its that piu pit mooed for seattle had dragged the experiment over n number of years without giving service and had run ruif their estimates for completing ano project over civo tim the original amount could such man management tige mene succeed in ili buP insa it if not la Is there tiny any reason to suppose I 1 ii will succeed better in fit handling mu undertakings with taxpayers funds under political management alliena thu people must payin pay in taxes to meet the inflated costs coats of municipal a 1 l operation of blunts which aro not subject to state regulation or taxation |