The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-19

EVen Jue uepoG poIIcenen, VlgIIant as
thew are. cannot see everything or spot
every thief that hangs around the Union
Senof seeking an opportunity to ply his vo-
oofion Tuesday evening George Kerr
30 danot master, stepped from his office
80 the baggage room for minute, and
IN; he was absent sneak thief entered
and cot away with his overcoat.
several weeks ago MIR. Harvey, owner of
the Kay building on the corner OF Wash
inrton avenue and IWenLy- NTH street, ap-
lid IN the city council for permission,
P-bicb vas granted, to erect a retaining
VII IN the south side of his building.
Notbinp has been done toward putting in
80 iii and the condition of the corner
is az had as it has ever been. Either the
Wall should be built and the sidewalk put
down or the street committee should iii in
against the building up TO the grade of the
street.
It was bad policy to leave the platform
~. IF the Union depot uncovered, The
1r,o;+i,o rooms inside the building are not
koif Isroe enough to accommodate the
.lo+,.ons IF the different roads, and to stand
Pa pay % +ba platform during a snow or rain
storm is anything but pleasant. 1t will be
I,ayy expensive to keep the platform clear
IF snow and ice. Why should not the plat
form be covered over, at least between the
4rains and out from the building to the
4,,.ocirs2 Il there any good reason Whv
80 ;raynensive improvement should not
be made!
An engine of the Utah Central road got
off the track near the old depot building of
that road, and had not been got on again
when the 30 train from Salt Lake came
in. That train stopped the other side of
the Central Pacific track and the passen-
gers got out and walked up to the Union
passenger station. A gang Of workmen
spent a great deal of time IN getting the
engine back again. In consequence OF TINS
accident the train that should have left for
Salt Lake at 10 o'clock was delayed three
ouarters of an hour and finally had to go
around and get out over the old track,
which was used before the present yard
was Laid cut
In cutting down a Twenty fifth street hill
the property owners on either side were
subjected 30 great expense, and the end is
not yet. Neither are the sidewalks II lit
condition for the use of pedestrians, nor
has there been any well-directed and intel
ieent effort put forth to place them in good
shape The city council in burst OF gen
erosity. paid half the expense of building q
retaining wall in front of the unimproved
property belonging to Henry Peery and
Walter Holbrook. This was wrong in
principle, but it established a precedent.
On the corner of Adams avenue and
Il
sidence of Fred j. Kiesel. The cutting
down of the hill damaged him ten times as
much as it did any other property owner on
the street 1t really was benefit to the
: others, a detriment to him. Now he is
building an elegant wall, to cost at least
three thousand dollars, and by the time he
gets everything in shape again he will be
ont several thousand dollars more. He has
been forced to this expense in order to pro
tect himself and save his property from
utter destruction. In the case Of the others
the city has generously stepped in and
saved their unimproved yet valuable
property from injury. 1t seems to this
writer that if any property holder on
Il is Mayor Kiesel, who asks for no help.
Either one Of those who have received help
from the city is well able to stand the en-
tire expense. Why not offer to help Mr..
Kiesel?