Show MAKING J THEMSELVES rYES RIDICULOUS That pretense that public Improvement in Salt La Lake would havo have to top stop because of somo some deterring proviso In one ono of the tho laws of tho the recent session grows weal weaker er erand and anti weaker weaker weaker-to to the tho p point int of tho the ridiculous Contractors who had entered Into en engagements with the city lon long before the tho 1 legislature convened are arc now asking for the tho abrogation of their contracts and the cit city hall hail crowd crowll are telling ti the tho th public it is because of oC the diabolical and reactionary conduct of tho the late legislature Contractors I who had hall entered Into contracts with tho the city an any time before tho the now new law went vent Into effect know and anel their lawyers know kno and arni tho the city hall hail crowd crowll knows know and the public knows can not nol be he affected l b by an any legislation 4 f which was enacted later They know that there are areno areno it no such things thing's as retroactive laws in this country They know now that even if It there were anything in the now new law which would complicate matters for new contractors It Itcan Itcan Itcan can do 10 nothing at all to Invalidate In old contracts Before DeCore we go an any farther let the statement be made that there is nothing In the the new law Jaw which will vill in Iii an any anyway wa way stop the progress of improvement In Salt Lake Lake Lake-by by honest authorities The only word or line lino In the new law that halts Improvement is tho the provision that the work must be dono done before the contractor can collect pa pay for It That stops them The They have in tho the past s. s been collecting from the property rt owner before the work bek began ri a and tho the result o of that policy Ie is found In many manya a block of ot sidewalk In hi this city today todar that has been paid r t. t t C for more more than a year AND A D NOT 01 A TAP OF WORK ORK J HAS BEE BEEN DO DONE E 1 IN THE TIlE IMPROVEMENT IE T. T f I So that the tho pretense of or tho the city hall halt crowd Is unfounded unfounded un un- un- un fo founded d n n fact Th Their h contention is not sincere But But cn c even If there thero were in that new law such a prow pro- pro w vision a provision which h by reason of hardship upon upon J- J tho- tho contractor would render it undesirable to make maket t terms with th the city that city that would not affect an any contract which h had d previously been made malIc Men Ien know that It ItI Iti i II I 5 folly folly to tell a a. business man that a contract of or today can be bo vitiated by a law Jaw passed tomorrow Why the constitution of oC tho the United States an and of or every state P prohibits oh l s absolutely tho the enactment of oC an any law Jaw impairing the e obligation Of r f contracts There are aro contracts for tor street Improvement alread already entered into between the tho city and certain contractors The city will have hare to live up to to the he city of that contract contract contract con con- tract r will have to pay In the tho amounts amount and at the times limes provided provid d In the c contract tract The men who constitute constitute tute the other party part to those contracts should keep their side Fide Those contracts have have- not been impaired by any law the lato late session o of tho the legislature has made and ancl It Is not reasonable to make any n charge Reasonable Reasonable Reason Reason- able ahle people will not believe it There are contracts further WHERE HERE IMPROVEMENTS IMPROVEMENTS IMPROVE IMPROVE- MENTS IE TS lIA HAVE YE ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR There is isk r p k certain certainly no law annulling obligation of the tho contractor to complete his engagements in those cases What hat is F tho the objection to going forward with the sidewalks that Fe have been paid for by the thc property owner L What hat Is to prevent the city cUy authorities and the con- con JJ I L tractors for whom they are arc so solicitous going on with the street Intersections in those places where the people lave l been compelled to pa pay for their theft sidewalks where t the c sidewalks have ha been built and where where the street I 0 crossings have ave not even eyen been begun I There is today toda more than a hundred thousand dollars lying Idle In banks of or this city raised by taxation from the te people taken aWn away from them and devoted dc to the building of or a n main sewer in Ninth South street streeL Not even en a st start skirt rt has been made mado in the construction of that sewer Why hy Property owners In the district be bl f- f to served b by that N sewer sewer ewer have been beon assessed for COt the cost of oC laterals and they the havo o received notices from the city authorities to como como omo in and pD pay their assessments for Cor tho the construction of those lateral sewers AND YET THE TIlE MAIN IAIN SEWER X O WHICH TItI THESE SE LATERALS LATERALS ARE AHE TO DRAIN IN HAS NOT OT E EVEN BEEN CO COMMENCED AND D THERE 1 IS is' is isO NO O MOVE MOYE NOW ON 0 FOOT FOOr EVER EIl TO ro COM COM- CO III I- I f MENE II CE IT I A. 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What 10 Is the matter with going forward with that public Improvement The mane money has lIas been heen raked for ii ft It the tho money Is In hand for Cor It the need of oC the Js 4 imperative c ane and there thero has lias been plenty of or time for Its Us construction mtr Nut a tap of oC work worl has hns been done on its And rot yot the property owners In the district dis l to bo Lo drained by 11 It have havo been notified to come Inand in 1 fand and pay flay for tho the laterals and anti the notices declare that I TIlE THE ASO ASSESSMENTS SS WILL BECOME IE DELI DELINQUENT T MAY MAY IA Y FIRST OF TIlE THE PRESENT T YEAR YEAH 1 i It is lIS the tho misfortune o of the present city cily authorities t. t t a arid and d the party managers responsible for them that thc they have h ve a cr very ery bad case They hm ha have o 13 grossly glossl mismanaged the public business They are seeking for tor some measure pf or of defense The They have hll not been happy haply In the point point I s selected as a reason for stopping the work to which thc they and the city stands committed To say that a anew anew new law vitiates nn an old contract w wM l not convince any r ono of reason And the tho people of oC Salt Lako Lale are aro reason reason- able 7 And AntI there Is not a man alive who can bo be convinced of the Justice of oC falling failing further in the si sidewalks and und th the sewers sewers' and laying tho the water mains that have been licen been paid for At a recent session of ot councilmen several contractors contractor contract contract- 4 or oIs ors a asked 1 to be he released from their their obligations Friends 1 t- t i. i t t j i I k 5 r t j lh 4 I t l i t. t J A T n III 1 I f of ur th the ell city cily hall hail crowd pretend that there thero is a a. reason ii In Inthe inthe the new law If Ie the they relea release e those contractors from Crom their obligations people the people will re remember remember remember re- re member it when there thero is another election of councilmen councilmen council council- Interest of oC the cit demands men for this city Every er city that the public rl rights ht be enforced There is Js no now law which abrogates those old contracts That excuse wilnot will wil not work There Is no reason wh why tho the work paid for Cor should not be done There is no reason why that or e for tor which the tho public mone money ha lia been bean lying Idle hUo for more moro than a year car should not bo be built hullt And there II Is nothing but hut the say savagery of prostituted public omco which can compel tho the property owners to pa pay for Cor their laterals b before toro a tap tall of or work has been done on the main sewer seve r. r From first firt to last the city hall hail crowd has been lleen derelict In Its Us dut duty It has been both Incapable and un un- worth worthy It has wasted the public pubic mone money It has neglected neg neg- tho the public Interests It has hns no excuse for Cor the tho failures of oC tho the past except the excuses of oc bad ball and helpless helpless help holp- less men And tho they thoy shall not nol escape h by the shabby plea plen of or a new law which they y know and tho the public knows does cloes not at all alter tho the nets facts of the tho case |