Show 1 THE THE HA HATCHTOWN DISASTER During the excitement foU follow following ti- ti ing the bursting of the Hatchtown Hatch Hatch- j t town wn dam th the daily papers informed in informed informed in- in formed us that Governor Spry promised to make a thorough investigation investigation in in- into the cause cause ause of the tile 7 disaster This announcement met with general approval al bec because be be- m S t cause c cause uBe it had often been asserted that hat the work on the project was not done in a satisfactory t rr manner manner and that the dam darn had never been strictly wate watertight tight Moreover the charge that the work on ori the dam was never accepted by br the state engineer who wh supervised 1 the construction of the project 4 a has not been w Governor Spry with a party part of state officials visited the scene j of the disaster last week and announced announced announced an an- upon his return to Salt Lake that those who sustained j loss doss by reason of the bursting of the dam would be reimbursed Via b by the state It is possible that Governor Spry and his party made the searching investigation I tion ion which was promised at the time of the disaster but we expected expected ex ex- and hoped that the mat- mat mats mat's L s 's 1 v Yin ter ber would be sifted by a committee committee committee com com- of competent engineers who would be free to return a verdict on the merits o of the case It is of course a consolation to o the citizens of this state to to know snow that the people whose i crops and property were damaged ed by the flood Hood will be reimbursed reimbursed reimbursed but the sovereign people also have a right to know whether er this expenditure of their money money money mon mon- ey was made necessary by the negligence or incompetency of state ate officers or whether it was unavoidable This can only be determined by an impartial board of competent eng engineers Such an investigation is due the I taxpayers who will have to reimburse reimburse re re- im burse the sufferers flood andI and I we do not believe that the taxpayers taxpayers taxpayers tax tax- payers will willingly carry the extra burden without a convincing convincing convincing ing explanation of the cau causes es which make it necessary |