The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-11
THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN.
The Gentlemen at Work in Earnest
on the Sewer Question.

The COMMITTEE of Fifteen" recently
appointed at the Chamber of Com
merce sewerage meeting, held
another short session yesterday morn
ing, when all the members reported
progress-some of satisfactory nature,
others not so much go. Armed, how
ever. with copies of THE HERALD, con-
tanning the diagram of Sewer District
No. and the assessed valuation OF the
property it is proposed to tax for the
laying OF the laterals, the gentlemen
again started out. It is evident that
they are working with vim,: and will
have some solid facts to lay before the
meeting to be held at the Cham
Der Friday evening. Among the
other literature highly spoken of was
the report of the committee on sewer
age made to the City Council on Tues
day night and published In THE HERALD
of yesterday. 1t was the theme for
general discussion on the streets yes
terday. and there is no doubt but the
Big Fifteen made good use OF
THE FACTS PRESENTED
by 1t in their arguments with the
doubters whose views have been ex-
pressed through the columns Of this
journal during the several weeks past.
While some with whom HERALD rep
resentatiYes conversed yesterday were
inclined to censure the action of the
Council in that they had not made
public the information in their pos
session before this time, yet all con-
ceded that the facts presented by the
committee were such as to utterly par
alyze all the objections that had so far
been raised against the proposed
system. 1t will be remembered that,
while some of the property-oWners in
terviewed objected TO the sewerage
system because of the expense at
tendant upon it, the major portion
of the arguments used against sewer
age was that there was not
SUFFICIENT WATER To FLUSH THE PIPES
and carry off the sewage, and that the
sewage should not be emptied into the
Jordan. The committee" said one of
those seen yesterday" have shown,
beyond doubt, that We have
sufficient er supply for
flushing and other purposes, and fur
Their, that the sewage can be easily dis
posed of without discharging it into the !
Jordan, or offending the sight or the |
smell of those who live near where the |
discharge is made. If there is a |
human being who has no business to
NEEDLE in affairs that he does not I'M
Nd 0f ha
in the NelUS of Tuesday |
evening. He not only shows himself |
to be ignorant of the question he at
tempts to discuss, but also exhibits a
large square patch of moss between his
shoulders. do not care to recount the |
many absurdities contained in his |
communication. You have no time to
listen to them, nor space to devote to |
them. The best answer to be given to |
him and all others who are unfortunate |
enough to be afflicted in the same man
ner is, read the report of the sewerage |
committee of the City Council, acknowl-
edge that you don't know what you
bave been talking about. and-foreyer
after hold your peace" The same COM
caused no little amusement
among some of the members of the
City Council.
Of course it is as yet
TOO EARLY TO sURMIsE
as to what the report of the committee
OF fifteen will be. From one of the
most active workers yesterday. how
ever, it was learned that on the block
assigned to him, so far as he had can
vassed, he had found $3.50, 000in favor
of sewerage, and $S1, COO against it.
on The gnbect USELESS
day, was that the report of the sewer
age committee could not fail to win
over all intelligent people who were
opposed to sewerage because of what
they claimed was lack of water supply
and the absence of a desirable dump
ing place for and an expedient method
as to the disposal of the sewerage.