| Show V r APPALLING APP EXPENDITURES TO IO FRIGHTEN REFORM CROYL Finally Realize That Something Must be Done to Stem Stern the Tide Which Is j A Sweeping Them to Political r v Oblivion a f 1 t MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN HOLD nOLO MANY CAUCUSES I L Increase of Assessed Valuation Will Yield Only Drop in iT Bucket Buckel and They Plan Pan How to Break reak II 1 N News of Raised Levy I I r J f Frightened b by the he appalling expenditures of the tho last six r months the reform portion of tho the city council t h held heli a caucus yesterday at afternoon In Mayor Thompsons Thompson's private at the i City and County building t I. I Following Councilman Blacks Black's Ieso reso- last Jast Monday night that all def de- de f must tell the council what I 1 J thc they are spending monc money for before V It Is appropriated the reformers held a caucus Tuesday Tue da afternoon to tot ir t I Mayor layor Thompsons Thompson's office on Main j s street e t. t Another will be held next J week eek f Yesterdays Yesterday's caucus was held for an j Im Investigation of the affair of the street and police pollee departments derailments Chief of Police Police Po Po- lice George Sheets and Street Supervisor Super Super- visor Raleigh met with the councilmen council council- men Inn and nUl mayor OI It was a very live lively I st session from all accounts Nothing to 10 Show Silo for It All The present administration has nothing to show for fOI Its reckless less and extravagant expenditure of money and now that all the cash has fn faded ed away the reform crowd Is worried Prune the expenses is the cry I The failure has been complete along Y all lines and the reform municipal managers have ha at last taken heed of pf the warning note of retrenchment Councilman Blacks Black's resolution was wasas us as follows Whereas In the past much work of or a public nature lias has been done clone b by without proper authority author and ami sufficient estimates 9 Uc-rt Uc therefore rore he be It Jt Resolved That Thai hereafter eater all Improvements Improve Improve- 2 ments and ami work of or Improving the differ differ- t-ni t departments must first be authorized by iy the Hie council nd money Y appropriated r for or r same after lCt r proper estimates h have e been made jit It was d j jn n 7 t U H lJ h a b b h t Ito iti I t. t sponsor nn and tind the street department It 4 w was really the outcropping of a feud ull i between Mr fl Black and nl Mr oIl and In order to tal take c a L shot si at the street supervisor Mr 11 Black had to Include all the other departments In Inthis this he ho was not only avenging himself upon Supervisor Raleigh but he was opening an avenue of oC retrenchment to the reform administration It Is saId ald hl that one or 01 two other members of ot the finance committee helped Mr Black Dlack draw the resolution and that the they fully coincided with his views s Tom rem Black Dlack saw the handwriting on tho the wall wall three three or four montHs slate late Precipitates Many Caucuses I. Tho The resolution precipitated a caucus of the reform clement element las last t TuesdayS Tuesday Another was Another was held yesterday and again next week a caucus will vilI be held Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day the councilmen agreed on a plan of action Yesterday they hauled haule the street and police department over the coals coah Next the they will gate another dt and anti by th the time they get gel to Health Comm Commission er Stewarts Stewart's division ni they will not be beable beable beable able to see seo the end of their theil tion The wilful waste of the publics public's money has penetrated the pates of the reform members of the council The record of or the administration for forthe forthe forthe the first live JIve months has ma made e the leaders lose man many a good nights night's sleep and the they have been forced to acknowledge acknowledge edge edgo that the time for retrenchment has s long since passed The rolls pay are ale scanned closely and If Jf they can prune anything the will ill do o it provided ed it Jt does oes not cost them an any political al olit I support The em ern- who are rated as weak may lose loso their Jobs No horses or buggies will Ill be tal taken en from the Inspectors who drive around 1 on their own business all allday allday day lay flu and transact eft city business over the phone Out of Favor or I If l. l expenditure can call be cut down without letting the public know of It H. H the councilmen will use the tho knife Councilman Martin who seems to be out of favor with his ref reform rm colleagues colleagues colleagues col col- col- col leagues because of oC his stand stan against the Whole wholesale le purchase of horses and buggies for or Tom Dick and Harry Harr was not at the meeting yesterday ye The reformers also decided that it Jt would stand with the city In Its light against he count county on th the Jail water proposition rhe The city needs the money and aud the caucus is looking for It ft If the city can compel the count county coun coun- t ty authorities to pay for water rent at the count county jail it will vill do so Corning Coming almost simultaneous with the Black retrenchment resolution was the statement from the count county auditor that the assessed valuation of or property In Salt Lake is j or 1431 more than last Jast year ear The city authorities hoped that hat It would be bemore bemore more and rather counted on It Thero There J n l i en U o i r train rOUt t ff 1 b u 16 0 Olf count of or the Increased valuation but 4 that Is merely a drop In tho the bucl bucket rt compared to the money that the new now I administration needs In the mismanagement of the ho city Fifteen thousand thousand thousand and dollars dolln will mean little to them under the present resent plan Mu Must t Increase Tax Levy The council will increase the tax 1 levy this month mouth It is likely that It will HI Ill h be raised to 13 mills It is now 1 11 1 The rho city authorities complain that the valuation is low and that the tn tax lev levy must be bo raised to offset the thelow thelow thelow low valuation The finance committee will vIll meet at nt 2 o'clock this afternoon In the mayors mayor's ollice oll to consider the financial standing o of 01 the city and to determine how ho much the tax lev levy shall be raised The committee will vIll hold a series s of meetings and will not make its re recommendation re- re commendation to the council for at nt lea least t two weeks s. s It is understood that the city auditors auditor's statement of or the I financial condition Is rea ready for forthe forthe the committees committee's Inspection |
