Show OFFICE HOLDERS HOLDERSON I ION ON ANXIOUS SEAT Watch Night Noise Least of Troubles for Servants of Salt Lake City WILL THE RING WIN OUT Mayor Bransford Has Say and Some Men are Quaking in Their Shoes Salt Lake L. City as a corporation en enters enters en- en upon a a. new epoch today begins an art era em of oC municipal problems starts upon a new nev cycle of ot civic administration tion ton with disadvantages galore salora and and handicaps fixed by the tho Ul year that ia is R Rd d dead end In all al of Salt Sal Lakes Lake's municipal history history his his- tory lory there thero Is not written a n single lino that will wi compare with th that l which Isto is Js isto to bo be written at tho the end of oC the year I upon which a new administration starts today or tomorrow or whenever tr it I gets sets Into the stride In the year that has lias passed there thero have havo been chapters In tho the municipal story t that at blaze blazo with pro progress rO 8 and antl Improvement t oth others ers that t reck with questionable dc dealings with graft and antl corruption At the vcr cry sery elo close e of tho the old 01 year yeaT a aring aring ring grabs grobs hold o of tho the municipal machinery ma mn- chinery dictates the tho government government that must be tie given Iven tho the people and formulates formu formu- lutes hates the deals that that arc ra put through at the expense of the taxpayer Upon the te very close of ot the te year comes a n man who promises to redeem the city administration from its is shadow to lo pur purge e it of civic sin and antl elevate It I to the tho standard that Salt Lake deserves Mutt nu of or th the Hour The Tho man o of the hour is John S S. S Bransford mayor maor o of Salt Lake Jake Olt City His Ills actions within the tho next 30 days will give to tho the people an Inkling of what the they ma may expect if It ho hu listens to the dictation of 01 the tho Inner circle and surrounds himself with men In re responsible responsible rt- rt re- re offices who are arc noted for tor party fenI fealty and political activity rather rathor rath- rath rath rath- er or r than for personal integrity and sagacious sa sa- sa- sa management then thon the public la may know that the promise of oC another year car ear and th the pledges have gone one for tor naught There is a lurking intimation at nt the tho Joint building and in political circles generally ent ral that Mayor faor Bransford will tl throw row off ocr the shackles of ring rule numo name his official family after his own way and till fill fl important offices in the el city government nt with men who ho horo are aro do- do serving and nd who will wi help tho the mayor to carry out hl his sincere re promise to give the city all al that it is entitled to to and more If it can cnn be done I l ire Arc Corning Coming At present financial statements and ant annual reports showing what whal waa 8 done donet iv 1 t wasn't done dono in the tho past nast year are of the dwarfed by hy the prospect what mayor will wU do Th The head of ot every O department department de de- de- de Is in shaking Uneasy rests tho the head that bears departmental While some are sure surp of or their Jobs others are arc not and those that are sure are anxious anxious Mayor Inor Bransford has responded to the call caU for tor or a change chango In tho auperin- auperin tendency ten ency of oC the waterworks department depart epalt ment b by investigating perol personally ly all al of the public and private charges that have been made against Frnk Frank limes to discredit to-discredit- discredit him hini and hi bin hla work Following Following Fol Fol- 1011 lowing that investigation the mayor has lowing asked a number of m men n to take Mr place ploce but hut ha has so far been re re- fuard and It Is actually beHo ad that while he will not reappoint limes Ulnes he lees loes not noL yet know whom lie he will wl name The Tie mayor maor is after good men men men-men men that will wl do the tho work and do It right lie He has a a. n job on his hla shoulders as the head and helm of ot the municipal craft craf and anti he isn't going to take tak any chances chanced so long as he Is accepting th the b i I i ty It will 11 be a a. Bransford regime accordIng accordIng accordIng accord- accord I Ing to all aU accounts and ond if it I is Is it I will wU hear bear r Ie the stamp of ot the independent man and not nol thu indorsement nor the brand of the inner crowd S CH Cit's H nl LUg Year Tho The city passed through the biggest biggest year ear of Its Is history if I Improvements are areto areto areto to be used usel as a for tor municipal alva advancement nd t. t Mo More re improvements were mado made than In any year before and rind while the taxpayer paid for them hC they were handled by tho the city officials who are expected to l keep up th tho thu pace The city cHy can not possibly do the amount of oC work In true year that Is I ahead that it I did In the year that la is 14 passed No o one ODe expects It to because s the tho work that was Wt done dono last year overtaxed overtax d the capacity of oC the tho treasury and the pocketbooks of the people people- people The city hasn't a cent in the re reserve e cr fund of oC a a. million that I t had two years ago and the Issuance of bonds may be necessary ne no- cessar in order to complete improvements improve improve- ments already started and those that are arc contemplated as absolute sl tc That ml may be he on one reason reason Why Mayor Bransford has a load on shoulders ors and why he is shaping his official fam- fam amily am- am ll ily Iy to suit his own tastes and ami to set get the tho best results In round numbers the city completed ed etl worth of Improvements of oC all nl kinds during the year ear City Olty Engineer Kelsey rose from partial ob obscurity ob ob- scurRy to fame tamo in the tho handling of oC the big work Jc of It I was never or ne expected that tho the city waterworks system should sho bo IJo a moneymaking moneymaking money- money making Institution That Isn't or wasn't the tho spirit upon which it Il was formed The Te city took o over or r certain the and nd water rl rights hs from people guar guaranteed gHr the tue service of water at actual cost bonding the city lb for the Improvements Improve improve- ments that must be bc made In order to supply tho the water Yet the tho waterworks department has earned something like 21 per her cent on Its Inc investment The Tho rates are aro high enough to make tho the In Institution institution In in- more than self sustaInIng There Thero were three Ime times as as- many water services Installed during the year as in any my year prior to 1905 and tho the collections In 1907 amounted to 53 a against of 1906 Frank rank nines Is rather rother proud of his record re Others arent orent Thero There IB is a lingering ling liaR In ering suspicion about tho the Joint building buld build buIld- InS ing that if Jt he stays with tho job another another another an an- other year car or two there thero never will wl be he bea hea a chance of or getting him hint out and so l theres there's an uprising that tha will wi result In Inthe Inthe inthe the lifting of ot hula his scalp Mayor Maor Bransford Brans Brans- ford isn't particular how so soon n hines HineR gets fort out but he Is particular about his successor Hoard Board of Public Work All 1 of or the tho city departments havA until un un- 11 til the first Monday lon ay in February In InI which which to complete completo their annual reports reports re re- I ports and antl while they are very bus busy with data and statistics now the domInant dominant dom them question Is not annual reports It is continuance or chan change o In office orce 1 There is a a suspicion equally as ns lingI ling ling- I a as ai any ony of oC the oth others rF that there will vill wil be he a general revision of the tue board of lor of public works It I ls is known th that t the tho mayor maor 01 has offered Colonel J K A. A Wall nU the Job of ot chairman of oC the board I to lo S succeed etl Fred J. J Leonard and tho the dope Is that Leonard Leonnrd will be succeeded Mr Air copo Wall was chairman wi of the board and knows Its wrinkles ho turned tho the offer down clown Now tho mayor mayoris i is on a still stil hunt for some ono one ont else Tho The change In Jn tho the per personnel of thI the th I board of oC public works wont won't affect Iz Christensen clerk clerIc of the board Ho wont won't lose loso his job by long hang odds odds- and aud that ho doesn't deserve to lo Is 13 generally gen sen- emily conceded lb Hu Is not only call In Included tn- tn eluded In tho the circle of oC those thoo who are arc arclo lo loyal al to lo lh their lr party part but be h has s won distinction b by efficient service and recognition b by courteous treatment I There Thero is a n rule rulo about tho the city county building that if anyone Ins hS row with Frank Frane Christensen the oti other r tolo follow fellow la is wrong So lere j f |