Show THE PRESENT CITY GOVERNMENT One ot of the great outstanding tea feat ot of the present presE-nt city administration administration tion has bas been its progressiveness More public work has been car car- carried nod ried on and more improvements made than In any city ot of o the sue size ot of Ogden In to the United States States During the period ot of upset an and d readjustment th the the work dl- dl dl reeled by the city has bas saved eared Ogden from slumping as did every city ot o f size in the Intermountain countr country has bas been kept from the breakers of adversity and homes bomes have bare been treed freed from want cant v ant Miles Mlles of ot paving paling have h been con street after aCter street has ha been curbed and guttered block after aller block bloc of ot sidewalk has baa been l ald better water water service has been pro prodded with great mains and en en- en enlarged enlarged water supply campIng Grounds have been opened to the public A free tree garbage system has been established As to business methods which late Ill I'll e kept the letting of ot contracts s on a II high plane the most Important action taken laken by the admInIstration n Las been the calling In Ln of ot the the- prop property erty owners to pass on all bids and confer with the city commissioners before contracts have havo been let No contracts have been let l consulting the abutting proper owners and giving full to the proceedings The plan of keep keepIng log Ing each step of ot awarding contracts before the people was Inaugurated by the tho resent resent administration The S system litem has baa been em em- employed p to S cd which la Is one of ot the biggest b s 6 ea d made by the city Ln n business fa way 1 t I All purchases for lor the city must muAe be be made by requisition signed b by the he head of each department Th Thu This Thuha 9 ha B another business method applied id d by the present administration 5 a No bonds have been sold wIthout consulting it t consulting and advising with the th e highest bonding authority in Og Idea den Innumerable safeguards s have hav e teen been employed to protect the inter inter- interests ests esta of ot the people Contracts have been awarded to t o the lowest bidders Where there e has been absence of ot e bidding the abutting property ovas own era en have been advised as u to the th e reasonableness of ot the bids corn como with similar work In other r parts of the state and the decIsion has bas rested with the property properly own ow ers ere The element of fair tair dealing ha has s been kept In view and there hu h been no attempt at covering up P Instead every means has bas been em employed to give ive publicity to city fairs at- at a f airs airs Is that what the tho people want or ordo o odo r do they desire the old political sy sy- s tom tem system |