Show INCOMPETENCE HEI The Incompetency of or the American councilmen was displayed in more than commonly strong light lighton on Monday Monda during the discussion of the tha interests In Jn certain lakes In South Cottonwood canyon C nyon The reser r ra er voir sites welo purchased It scorns in January 1905 from persons who hail had no legal title to them thorn Councilman Black declared he spent a whole day on horseback in a di iv ing snowstorm to investigate the tho mag magnificent mn ma sites though what he ho could liU In a a driving snowstorm Is not clear cl aL aLAnd And then he no declared he lie voted for the purchase of or the lakes because l no thought the City acquired some rights by that purchase Councilman WoO who Is id said to be related to one or the lie themen themen liemen men who iho wh sold Id tho the sites bites or ul the tho City said Mid ho did not know anything about I tho the to the sites alles in iti question Was ever n a mor ml erable dis display dl display play pia or J Ignorance 01 or Incompetency Inc Sot or 01 indifference In a City council Tho The I sum bum Involved Inv I cl was 5 only this hits time tin but we bavo lavo h u the n of ot the tile to the tho fact that lia 1 I blunders ut r an ull American Lic n engineer I cost tho the City and anti we have ha o the word of or one r ii c of the best Ip Ar Informed f coun oun to the tho ho effect that If tile the blunders Jers of the engineer people tho blunders of ur the lie board of OC p works have hac cost no less than A council that will squander 2000 of oC the lie peoples 1 les money Is not worthy of handling million Tho aho larger cannot be to the lie care of oC that thos who arc ale not faithful In the handling of smaller sums Black Blacks s confession tent luat ne ie voted tor 01 tho the purchase e of oC something to which h the tha sellers had I ad no title litle under the tho Im Impression that the City CIt was uvas offered offer et a u bargain is It an nn Index to the he kind of oC a business administration this City is 15 blessed with withro We ro rC notice that a resolution n was past pass passed pase ed eul e 1 directing counsel to take the mutter CI CIup up at once in order ordel to find fin 1 out where wh re rethe the tho City conicS comes in on those sites sl es An In Investigation Investigation investigation Instituted for Cot the tho purpose of oC ascertaining whether 2000 was ac nc actually actually paid for to I the tho sites would por per perhaps haps throw some somo light upon the trans transaction transaction action |