The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-14
PROVO POINTS.

a mass meeting OF taxpayers was held in
the court house on Monday night, pursuant
to a call by order of the city council, to con-
slider the matter of building city hall and
the location of the same. Mayor Dusen-
berry presided and James H. Wallis oftici-
ated as secretary. Mayor Dusenbery
stated the object of the meeting and ex-
planned that the county court had about
decided to build vault for The safe keep
ing of county records and that as the city
owned about one-siXth of the court house,
the county was prepared to purchase the
city's interest. Mr.. DusenberTy suggested
plan for the city to join with the county
in building vault adjoining the west side
of the court house two stories high to ac-
commodate the district court as well as the
city and county and also to build city hall
adjoining west of the vault.
w. D. Roberts wanted to know where
the means were coming from, and intro
duced a resolution providing for the dis
posal of the west front of the court house
block for business purposes.
This brought on queer discussion. The
chronic cranks of Provo were on hand, two
dozen and one s 5rOng against one and forty
enterprising citizens. The cranks opposed
building a city hall, opposed selling any of
the court house block, opposed bonding the
city, and opposed taxation. On the other
manu- Il ldTSt uuulDST Vi our ulOSJ tuJCF-
prising cit and heaviest taxpayers,
among whom were S. S. Jones, Judge
Dusenberry, Reed Smoot, w. H. King,
George w. Jacques, George Sutherland
and others all spoke in favor of the city
hall, but differed somewhat as to the
method of raising the necessary means.
Judge Dusenbe-ry moved as a substitute
for the original motion ''that it is the sense
of the meeting that the city hall be built,
and that the city council use its best judg-
ment about raising the means to build it,
In behalf of his motion the judge made
splendid argument in favor of asphaltum
sidewalks
w. H. King made an eloquent speech in
favor of water works.
Mr. Jacques, in favor of draining the
marshes about town.
Reed Smoot, in favor Of everything, il
Guiding the city hall.
Judge Dan Jones spoke strictly to the
motion and thought the matter could safely
be left to the good Judgment Of the city
council.
During the discussion there were many
compliments paid the present city council
for what had been accomplished, as one
gentleman expressed it, ''the best city
council we ever had and the remark was
loudly applauded by the audience.
In opposition to Judge Dusenberry's
motion, John S. Jones got in one of his
speeches against selling any
of the courthouse block, against bonding
and against taxation, and he denounced the
city council in unmeasured terms for
something that body had done, Imme-
diately after Jones' speech, the question
was called for, and resulted il large
in favor of Judge Dusenberry's
motion.
The city hall will be built
A little shower of rain on Sunday morn
ing was duly appreciated.
Our one sprinkler has big job on its
hands to keep the dust down on Centre and
Main streets.
Now that we are to have new city hall
we'may rest assured that the city council
will soon decide on the best plan for rails
ng the means to pay for it.
The west frontage of the court house
block is 1896 feet, which could be disposed
If for enough to build the city hall, and at
the same time materially increase the tax
able property in the centre of town.
The waterworks. fire department, side
walks and other improvements will be sure
10 follow, and we may then find it con-
renient to employ another sprinkling cart.
Provo August 13, 1889.