| Show SOI F FAR AR Ate near as ate can be lIe gathered front from tire the forced from trum tho dally daily l tor C r graft the tle of ot tho the City In I at I at serious as M t It was vuis Iri lui tho tire minority report ot or ortho tho the finanCe committee presented to the tho Council Counci some me tm ago go and al after afterwards wards In 11 n local an In tho tire Tho liro Tribune admits the tho pros put nt year commenced with wih en an lu over oer overdraft draft on the tho contingent nt fund of ut t 91 iG J 37 The Tho he appropriations tor for the tho hot post t six sis months have notwithstanding th the shortage from rem last lut t year len been so as its I to leave an ni overdraft on the the of ot June last Intel of That Is 1 to o say SW tire tho overdraft of ot iO 90 in round figure at tho ho begin beginning tiling ning of ot the year enl had been bon almost doubled lit nt tho the end ed of ot the tho thO first nI months Time The ThC Tribune further calculates that tho expenditure for or tho the entire year ear will trill 11 exceed the tho total Income wo I Ie ore ire e speaking of ot the tho contingent fund to the tho tuno tune of ot This firla fi Is will wl bu be beitt I tho itt deficit at nt tho the end of ot tho tire your Clr Anyone who will wi take the tho trouble nf or comparing tho the figures given Iven to tho the published on tho tins oE ot this month will wi l 10 be e struck with wih tho tine tho tire agreement between two too estimate According to t tho the News article tho delicti at lt the tho end ond nd ot of o tho tine year car will wl bo be 10 The Tribune with a I well wol understood habit fit r f looking at et Qt the tho th Clyl deficit through the tirO telescope reversed makes make It Ur 8 Tire Tho precaution has been token taken however to t state Jt u Is expected that the tire expenditures from OI this fund during the tho remaining six si months of tire the he year will wl aggregate abut a n month and the deficit Is dependent tins this expectation It If the on n J I expenditure ex endl lra should bo be b about f IL a month or and such mat matters cannot be regulated with any precision when a community is run on 01 nerve what then Evidently It Is high tIme for rot the tho taxpayers Ix pa ers to find tnt out something abou a business b that concern concerns thorn thom thy thoy til tire expected to pay tot for the he extravagance or Incompetence of ot their public servants Ion ants lt Time The he Tribune endeavors endeavor to excuse the tine actual arid prospective pr deficit by muting that t nt tire the Morris administration tion ton unloaded upon tho the American administration upwards ot or of or unpaid accounts mc that this tins Is a continuing overdraft Y This tate state statement ment is taken we presume from the thelast thelast last annual eale ot or Mayor Thom Thomson von son lon in that document d cum this this passage occurs When tire the present administration went vent went Into office omee it I was found that there ther was wits something like Ite of unpaid bills contracted during durin the year nar 1905 which had to be paid for tor forby torb forby b by this administration This allegation bears the date of February 28 8 HOT 1901 The funny lunny part ot of It is lii that the Mayor did trot not not seem seem to 10 think of oC this serious condition when he ire composed his iris message of ot Feb 12 1906 At that time he submitted for tor tire the tie consideration tion ton of o 0 the tho Council the tho reports tor for 1905 but titers there was waa 1 no reference to ton ton toa n a shortage That a shortage created in 1905 should hollid be be forgotten by tho th Mayor 1907 Is l an In absurd proposition Ilton The Tine fact Is that there was W no short shortage shortage age at tho the beginning or of 1906 The Tho of tidal statement of or the tine balances shows shown a I credit In lit the tine contingent fund ot or Menage leage of or the Mayor with the Annual Reports of ot the of Salt Sni Lake City CI for tor the year lOOf page paiN 32 3 The Tho total Debits Delts Dec Dee 31 1905 1305 are given as DS anti and that we presume represents the of ot unpaid bills bis that the Mayor dis dil covered twelve months later Inter and arid also the Tribunes unpaid accounts But Dul the Cash on hand on the same date was waa Ibid bId page pase 35 That there were vere abundant resources on hand when hen the tho Americans took control is iii shown by the figures given ghen by Mr lr C Felt Fel the former toner auditor He lie I e proves that the actual letual cred cash on hand on air 01 Dec 31 1905 1505 was WIS That is the te heritage e of ot the present pre en Council from 1101 Its Us predecessor proe cessor Tire The American party officials during the tho your year hOG spent first nil all ni time tho cash cashen cashen cashon en on hand second till all ni the tha revenue from fromal al ni oil sources that could be bo added to 10 the contingent fund during the tho year and thirdly enough of ot this years revenue to cr creato ato n a big lg deficit to commence this year with Anti And there here Is II almost nothing to 10 show for tor It I That Is ts the tho kind hind of or fi financial f managers the City has hs had bad fastened upon It I How Stow long hang would w uM n a 1 private man tolerate a let set of or with sith wih such business methods t Wo We expect the tho Tribune will wi deny deity nt at lt first that tho time present administration commenced Its ItH adventurous career with witha wih a it lale sum auto sumo of cash on hand Hut Bul In him Il u it 1 week or so It will 11 probably bly admit thin that we havo told the truth In hit title particular lar lir too o |
