Show J t. t J. J l l I WILFUL WASTE STE f If I It I were simply a question queston of ot i. i 1 1 a a a- apart party part advantage at The r 2 Republican would exult over the aci ac- ac 4 tio on of the cl city counci council In lii It its Is resolution i- i P tion ton to expend al additional on 3 the ti tho ii Big Bg Cottonwood conduit But it It is f Jj s o a aste waste money And t no o friend of the public can find corn com Jen lon for fOI that in Iii the thc l c evident ent pal party r r 1 advantage It H creates t That action of the thc live five American members members who control the thc city's lawmakers law low v mal makers els el's S Is In Indefensible on any grounds The Tribune Itself sole Itself sole Isel-sole sole apologist for forthe forthe forthe the party part in power power power-confes confessed ec within tie tle week that it i was wast not even sure i that water cO could be secured for turin turn turn- tur- tur in into flito the conduit If that lug Ing even e conductor coni con- con i ductor were ready an and efficient With Vil that for fOl a starting starling point and it I Is the J one truth of or the Tribunes Tribune's position what hat liat shall liall hal be said of or a mana management which sets apart additional na frol from the public treasur treasury The fhe er very first firt detail etal la Is still sti shrouded e In II neer taint Xo man alive knows knovs If there N will wi be any water to turn tun Into the cI conduit conduit con con- ni n- n duit i when when when-It If ever t er the ever e latter later is Ig elm cpm If I the tho conduit needs s strengthening It It needs to lo be r rebuilt That is the sim Im- Im pl and and the c M of fact Xo No strengthening of the conduit In places laces can remove remo e a deficiency In lii Int t tensile The Thc whole work will willbe willbo wi be bo test tested r by br Us its Is weakest place And t the e patchwork begun legun by I this wholesale wholesale whole whole- sale Fale lung fling of or public money money will wi b be but the first of an unending succession slon 0 of men t Fh First t there Is n nb no water ter supply And nd water Is the one thing tl that t should I L been assured beyond beon all al f cUon c- c lion Uon l before another st step p wu was tak taken n b q r j it h n th f l fI h lie bl discovered a way to get water there then are ae dis- dis ll- ll of it the thc city's right to It H. an and r these e will vIlI wi rise with wih their demand for tor additional money from the lea treasury ury It H will vIlI wi fatten faten the palm of oC favored ored fa contractors and material men It I will wi give gl a certain strength to lo the leaders wl whO c c expect support at at the polls In exchange for their generosity in in 11 dis distributing distributing dis- dis I public money But it I will wf carr carry with wih it th the condemnation on of thousands of oC alt l Lako al e people leOPle who t c care ro far ar for fOI th the goo good C of tiLe the thi city ally t r I than for the thc transient ur of t a temporary r party Ls is 1 bound together together to- to gether b. b by nothing Ic less s an and nothing I more more than the cohesive 1 e power of ot public plunder |