Show TRYING G TO ET lT OUT OP OF IT Managers lanaG rs o of the American n par party pary and the American city Affiliated Bunch of oC are tr trying to get out of making any more public fm improvements In Salt L. L Lake ke They Ire are hunting f for Or r some om good oo reason to assign They want Avant to tomake make their excuses es to the it troubles trouble them thema a i L KO good d deal eal that that tho the public knows pr precisely what thc they are arc doing what the they have havo not done and Wl why thc they dont don't do more They Thc contemplated making the big bl announcement II t I that they would build ri a million and a half hair dollars dollars' worth of Improvements in the streets of or Salt Lake in the present prest pres- pres t ent year ear Under their good old rule the they would have called on their elt city engineer to look Jook over the ground state waa he hC rc regarded as ns a proper estimate of or cost In the several se places an and then make a lev levy measured b by that estimate Then Th-cn the tho property owners would have had to pay pay pay- y 10 CASH IN ADV ADVANCE AXCE Later Heaven on only knows how much later contracts would Ja have e been let Jet S But never mInd mind about the letting of ot contracts The contractor doesn't care and never nc hast has hns t There herc would have been a n lot Jot of cash mone money In the treasury and imd Within Within each thIn reach of the Affiliated Bunch Th They Y would have had a a campaign fund tunc tor for use in inthe ih the ii autumn tu n of ot the tho present year ear And they are arc going to need it Jt 5 You ou know what the they did last year ear Started ten tn miles of street street improvements improvements In April and got four tour blocks paved on one side of f the tho street street by Christmas Christmas' Then t they c stopped work worl on streets the because c the weather w would ul not let them go go on But they had the money money k y Now Now It I is spent The Affiliated Bunch needs more money They are going to need a. a whole lot Jot more In the theco co coming l g city campaign The new ne law lao says as a's the contractor f shall hall have ha his pa pay when the work is completed not completed not before before beor be be- fore or as has been the rule In the past The new law says rs the hC lien against the property abutting on the street streetor or sl sidewalk Improved shall hall attach when the tho work Is complete completed com corn not not not before as has been the habit In the past And tho Affiliated Bunch can not do business that way wn If H they have h vo to to do do the tho work f in order to get gel the thep p pay y the they will not nol do the tho w work rk at all aU rhe They w will 1 curse curse any anyone ne and er e every one but they wui vilI not build The They willing are to make maRe estimates and fix the levy and compel com corn P. P pel l pe people to to ac ance ad th the price But they dont don't propose to give glye anything for tor it IL The They need necel the tho mone money and antI that Is S Isali all Ui they y contemplated the made their grandM grandstand grand grand- M stand tand nd play of ot a million anti and a a. half hale dollars In Improve Improve- ove ments i And nd yet et there Is a good deal of or public c improvements which tIle the they could do whiSh which they should do In all right I and fairness Why dont don't they th j build the crosswalks wh vh where re rc the sidewalks side side- walks have been completed at the expense of or the property ov ners owners AND AD WHY DONT DON'T THEY BUILD THE SIDEWALKS THAT T H HAVE VE ALRE ALREADY DY BE BEEN X PAID FOR There is lots of ot public improvement that can go p pil Nothing hinders the laying of ot those crossings The Tho property prop prop- erty Owners h have v v paid pam for tor the sidewalks and In some c cases ses the sidewalks have been laid for fol a year ear or more Why Why not make them usable 5 5 iri In m other cases case an and in m many ny a roa ro of oC It sidewalks have been paid for tormore more than thana a year ago and have never even cven been comme commenced ced Vh Why not build those sidewalks They They have coU collected the tho mone money They have put the citizens citizens citi citi- zens zeus to expense They owe it to the public to go on and complete that work Roaring because the tho contractor will have have to to finish the the tho new rew law be before foro he ho gets money font forit will not do the Affiliated Bunch any Go goodZ good d. d Z J The he people know now how shabby tho Affiliated Bunch h them And the people are arc demanding a compliance compliance com coin with tho law Jaw J Ye We shall Joy to see the thc American p party rt go Into the fall faU campaign with with their present roar as an anS S Issue j 1 j |