The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-22

friends, yet public interests we're
In his estimation. above all private
or personal ends. n. makes nc
pretentions to the distinction OF
chronic grumbler. Here he pre-
sented the following petition:
To The Hon. Mayor and City u JasncI o.
ga Lake City ,
Gentlemen: = e, the undersigned. Cit.
zese a.d xpsyer. OF Salt Laze City,
having lesrned through the published
! lauu,e- Of re Proceedings o5 Gun
| Gil meeting y TIE 1ith ID. that corp =
alton casied the Salt Lake Citysand
Camp Douglas Railway Comp ny, by
sne inco perat RS Their, OF, hsYe petiIiOned
your honorable body to ant to SAID
compsd9 the night II way over and
through ne ST eets in said petition n .med
r The construction, mainten snce and
pa alton IF Such rsilr9ad. we do hereby
| signif, our protest against the same hs
ing grated especially over the streets
AMID ftr tn reasons amongst many
others IS here,nat er set forth.
Fret That throt ghout he lStb, 20 b
AMI 2let wards the street. are OAR.
W and with the sidewa ks AID
O cessaTy water bitches and With rsil-
road ad ed the streets would be pr CT c.
lily wort less as streets md all property
on either de of the streets in eaii wards
along the lie o. the proposed railroad
would be rendered C. m sratively v lne-
iess. GA North Temple street the side
walks have alre4dy been cut down from
wenty feet 10 eight feet in width by the
reas or the obstruction Of Ire squeduct
through said rect 10 carry off all surplus
water from City Greek and the Jordah
aud Salt Lake City Car 81, the construc-
ton of rail lay on either side of sci
aqueducs would ruin the property on said
str 'et on the side on which said ailwsy
might be constructed and render
tbe street on that side # the soue.
duct useless for any other purpose,
while 20 construct said railway over laid
aaueduct would endsnger tie whole of
the properly on North Temple street, on
both sides thereof We learn that it ia
proposed 10 run locomotive en- lines on
the said proposed road. This would be
another serious objection to .sid road.
As such motive power would be ex-
tremely dangerous to the travelling pu blc
and liable to accidents On account of
The heavy grsde of said North |
Temple street, and no building could be |
constructed along the line of said pro-
posed ROAD that would mt be irjured by |
the Jarrlng produced by the passing Of |
heavy engines and loaded C re. As citi-
Ems we have vested rights to the use of |
SAD streets and the use thereof belongs
to the public, though The fee in the same
!s vested In the city corporation il trust |
Tor the cltizens cestuique3.rusts.
While we are in favor of public inn
provementa, We cannot afford to sacrifice |
Bill our rights for the benefit of private
parties, Fence we respectfully bat most
earnestly protest against the grant ng of
ne said petition for said right of way.
After the above was read, and
after some unimportant discussion,
?. l.. Williams, one of the incorpor-
.tOrs of the Objectionable road.
moved that the petition be adopted
IS the sense of the meeting, and be
for signatures. Carried
opposition. after which the
hair appointed committee of two
rom each ward. i. e., Eighteenth.
,we ntiethand Twenty first, to carry
he petition around for signatures.
Ohm Nicholson was selected to see
hat the document was presented
0 the City Council next Tuesday
vening.
The meeting was an enthusiastic
ne. but by no means bOisterOus,
nd but very little bitterness of
ceiling was exhibited. The pro-
ectOrs Of the road, we doubt not,
lie willing to listen to reason, and,
we heard one of them say not :
ing since, the company would not
ush the work if there should be
luch opposition on the part of the I
eople living along the proposed 8
)ute. {