Show V DICTIONARY OF DENUNCIATION i That That kindergarten arten paper paler the Tribune has exhausted j relative rela rela- Itself I In fn pressing expressing m tho the dictionary of denunciation f And there yet law k 1 tive thc to the new special improvement ement will not re repeal repeal re- re the effort erfort It Is ii probably small ground for Cor 1 t peal the law to apply to it such terms as tr fi S Malicious S Damaging S S i Wicked S 'S S v r Atrocious AtrocIoUS' IR r f f i Sinister tho the Tribune In It employed b by j. j And yet el all these are law anti article of or Wednesday morning from Crom the point when it Also the Tribune wanders requirements that no says saya the law possesses exacting contractor could ordinarily meet that the new law compels the Tho The only requirement contractor to meet Is Js this lIe He must build the tho sidewalk S I Ho lIo agrees to do so In his contract contraCt contract con con- He must lay 10 the tho sewer tract and under the tho old law he was paid before a lick of work had been done The cost of or the Improvement was fixed at the engineers engineer's estimate and the contract contractS S might be bo thousands of or dollars below that estimate estimates It S S placed high enough to be safe saCe But when was always S the contract price was le less than the engineers engineer's estimate no good He had to pay the theS 1 It- It did the property owner S 4 full amount of the estimate and then J if the contract price f was an any less there was a fiction to the effect that the S property owner got a drawback a refund But the property propS property prop prop- S erty owners who paid havo have been looking for years ears for their share of the excess and haven't received It The Thc pr sent city officials have ha repeatedly declined to refund to property owners money that Is duo due them from this excess of payment over o the amount of or the contract price S of the improvement The Tho excuse has actually been advanced advanced ad ad- that there Is no no law under which the money can l. l t b be refunded although It Is a admitted It bel belongs rightfully j j tc the H prop property owner And ALI 1 It also so ha has ald that could le legally le- le S S there thero is no fund out of which these refunds gaily gally be made So much for that that part of the old system S Besides that the improvement had to be paid for Cor whether or not the work was done There aro are plenty of places in this city where owners of or property have been beenS been'S S 'S compelled to pay pa their assessment In fult full more than a 1 year ear ago aro and the sidewalk has not yet been built ThereS Therea There S a are Instances Instances where sewer construction has been provided proS provided provided pro pro- S vided for more than a year car ago and tho the work has not S even even been commenced d. d S Now that is not fair to tho property owner It 11 is not l. l fair to the citizen All the new law requires Is that the o. o S c contractor shall complete his work before he lie gets his S pay Ho is certain to get ret it WHEN he doe docs complete completeS S tho the work Tho The levy is a a. lien on the property and the property can bo be sold to make It IL Th The contractor risks n nothing and loses nothing He gets his monc money in full when the work is done dono un under er the tho n new w lawS law S S 'S Is there anything unfair in that 4 Is there anything in that system which deserves the theS S terms malicious atrocious wicked or sinister j J. J By the old rule favored contractors were getting the theS f S money and not d doing the work york Public improvements w were re not going Co forward ward though they were paid for t 5 Under tho the new rule Improvements can go forward i just as fast as the authorities like And the contractor will get his money when the work Is done That That Is la a a. fair and a reasonable rule and the people S S of Salt Lake will approve it it-at it at the tho polls and everywhere everywhere every every- 4 5 where else |