Show THE BIG WHITE ELEPHANT COMES HIGH A Democratic city councilman Mon a night In the city council stated that The 1000 profit of the was more than was saved hS by tl the e Glasmann administration We e won wonder er If Horace Peery was ns really fooled into belIeving that the I city had made a profit of He HeIs HeIs Is chairman or of the water committee p md and surely he Is too good a 11 man to say that such things as w expenses of the Ule waterworks and meters and Improvements should NOT he be charged to the waterworks ex expenses expenses I Perhaps our friend Horace wanted to charge those things to the tho health department or perhaps to the 1 sewer fund or to the lund Iund I or perhaps the tho mayors con contingent fund which Glasmann abolish abolished e i eJ ed but which has hns been I i So the present cit City government I I wants to make a comparison wIth the Glasmann administration Very well Ivell I let us start right Mayor Ia or Glasmann I I went into office with a floating debt of When he went out of oC of i jI flee fice all that de debt t had been heen paid oft 1 I i r f and cash was left In the treasury to 1 pay par every eero dollar of elt city warrants out outstanding outstanding I standing leaving several thousand dol dollars dollars lars in cash In iii reserve H Next the lie administration l I spent all on an average of per peri i year eRr In maca an and 4 I j the streets of Ogden without taxing I i the people for the same and nd paid ir for lt It all Look at thc lie t of Ogden I I t da Is there an automobilist or I I In Ogden who Is proud of It tile the streets How man side walle crossings has the present cit city l put In How many blocks has the lie present cliv govern Ii meat ment t taxing I I the for It The ad adI I did miles of thIs work t without raising the taxes one cent The Glasmann administration sent out a statement showIng a profit o of In any department ep which a as with the tho present cIty government actually lost Tue present Democratic city gO gov Is great greal on hot hol air It beats the Ito crowd on that but on nothing also Iso I When the tho waterworks was being purChased the city government the system stem I s would make a profit of which could coul be ap applied plied to reducIng the taxes At time tills this paper said If the th ma e a profit of per year ear we would he be satisfied Yo We pointed out outfit fit lt flint time that It take more monc money than the system coul could produce each y al ai to pay for improvements nd and ant now comes Charles t lute late of the old water w ilm comp s and says sars there will not bo be a cei of profit for five years I a 1 all tho h ho bo needed to repair and lit Improve provo the lie f The Tho Standard will go Mr I one and aud say that lint the tho city will have to toot foot D a rr year for ton ten tp twenty t to It to put the water vILter s system In proper repair an and meet the improvements that will have 1110 I to be bc made J 1 C N Nyc e John WIlliams f J E 1 Gla mann in investigated the water system sIx years ago b by of the tho council and this committee had all the waterworks books and accounts placed before them an and the they reI that the wat waterworks s system at would be bea a white elephant on lie hands bands but the present city government In Investigated i I the tho waterworks and offered 1 more than Utan the Glasmann ad administration ministration could have bave bought it for forThe or Tile The company dId not want to sell tile the system to the cIt city but the cIt city was so anxious ious bus to have It and so worried tho water company officials that finall finally the water company compan yielded The city got the tho white elephant an anIt and It cost over the first six months and in iii ad addition to that there is owIng on a new reservoir This points plainly to the fact that the receipts for the tho whole year will also show a loss oss Mayor Brewer wants to be re on his deal D By Byall all means let et the tho people have n a chance to show hethel they wIll en endorse endorse dorse tho buying of tho big white ole ele elephant pliant on the terms made madeA I A s system stem costing and In need of five years improvements WoUld he be a whIte elephant In an any coun country try |