Show 1 J WHAT HAT ELSI AHE THEY HEY FOIl OK I J One of or the funny things about the present city on onI onI I J. 4 dais Is that they seem to think they arc me to bo be applauded I. I Iu and cr c yard ard o or of for o cr every foot foot of of thc they lay a every street paving pa j p They should Know that i is what th they are arc for tor r l 1 It ma may have hae c escaped thel their their- observation but improve c meat Is Js expected of a city administration nowadays 4 Plo Probably a iy every city in the tho nation has lias something o 0 othe the lie same problem Quo One department Is charged cd will 7 sl sidewalk ewall construction and those who do tho the work kno no nothey they are arc doing no more moie than their theIL dut duty The Tho same with will S ti paving pa These are nrc established o obligations The I S promIse to 0 do JO o such work work and and do o It Jt well and at the least pos possible l lo expense to the people when people when thc they take u office Cities ate are never completed First is the stage stase of es esS establishment es- es S t of oC getting In a financial condition to pay for 01 sidewalks lle ik and lights J and street pavement and all that S sort soil of thing And AmI when they are aro able to meet the b bills I S they go o forward and make the lie improvement it ft Is Js Isone on one o of the o obligations that rest on officials whet cr over elections elections' are held And nd yet ret thc e city officials o of Salt Lake point to their tar tardy and dilatory dIlator an and expensive and ridden graft en work worl in street and sidewalk Improvement and anti pretend the they think they deserve C a place in the temple of fame In spite o of their shocking bad administration o of the he in spile o of the forcing of money from front property owners o s an and the failure to make the paid f for I in spite spile of the still existing quarrel between engineer en en- and street commissioner in spite o of the mistakes oC or for rade l for r l which l the hc pu public lic treasury has to tobe be he tapped ff i rm l the they hey p fr fC les s ii up Land aH declare l they arc great people They a act t as if it Jt were n a a merit to todo todo to too I do o their theli duty duly And the they wholly overlook the fact that thc they hey can get set no great credit for tor the Improvement thc they p have made There isn't enough of or it It isn't well 11 enough done It costs far al' al too much to the people The They ar are too long longa a about it Thc They have ha no excuse Everything 1 Is is in their own hands The They hold all th the lie power of or the city If Ie the they had the ability the thc they pretended to ha hare when they conned the people into electing electIng- them Item they would have really done one commendable w wOrk rk an and havo have done it promptly and antl at expense ense an and without the employment of or the methods method of oC the ward heeler an and the slums It Is a mighty might shabby administration that would woul boast boast of the city Improvements that have c been heen made b by the people now In Salt Lake city elty offices |