The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-15
City In Brief.

NO DuSlutSS was lfduSdClCu III
the First distr. ct court.
The city council will be called upon to
decide a very important question tonight,
namely. the right of the city to dispose Of a
part of Union square.
The weekly advertised letter list, pub
!ished yesterday morning, contained 30l
names, many of them being those of some
of Ogdens oldest and best known citizens.
Permits were issued during the first
three days Of this week for the building OF
thirteen new houses, most Of them resi-
dences, to cost in the aggregate of S57, 800
The ground has been surveyed and the
contract let for the erection of an immense
rOundhouse in the Union Pacific yard. 1t
will be located southeast of the Union pas
. senger station.
y Stone is being hauled for the foundation
of the university building. Excavating is
going on, and it is expected to have the
basement finished this year, il the weather
will admit of work for few weeks longer.
G. K. Bannister, assistant engineer of
the Pacific Short Line railway, has re
turned from a visit along the line in Wy
oming in the neignbOrhOOd of South Pass,
where four corps Of surveyors have been
at work.
Owing to bad management or miscalcu-
lation on the part Of the several dealers in
coal, there is, thus early in the season, a
great scarcity of that kind Of fuel This
thing occurs nearly every year, but no
reason able excuse for 1t is given.
William Driver made some very sensible
remarks in the chamber of commerce meet
lug yesterday and told some unpalatable
truths. He believed the chamber would
accomplish something by taking up one
subject at time.
The plat of Corbett's addition, being
part of the southwest quarter of section
"a, township 6 north, range l west, was
fled for record yesterday in the county re-
corder's Office John @. Glendenning, the
proprietor, dedicates to the public the per
petaal right of way over the streets and
alleys of this addition. The dedication was
accepted by the city council last week.
In the probate court, in the matter OF the
estate of John E. Hudson, deceased, A. c.
Emerson, administrator of said estate, filed
a petition that a citation issue to V. M. G.
Silva, as president and treasurer Of the
". NJ. c. Silva company, directing him to
produce the books and papers which in any
way may relate to any interest or claim OF
said Hudson's estate in said company.
d. II. Peery, ir., returned home Wednes-
duy evening, from his northern trip. He
spent much time in the state of Washing
ton, and says he likes that country first
rate The widest "boomn that he ever
saw is at Port Townsend, place of about
six thousand inhabitants, situated on the
west side of Puget Sound. While business
Is good up north, Henry declares that Utah
is preferable as place to live in and enjoy
life, and he is pleased to be at nome again
with his friends.
The town is either growing dull or else
becoming moral, judging from tie light
business transacted by the police court
Yesterday two solitary druuks by name
John Doe and Mark Howard, were before
Aldermen Whalen to explain their conduct
and give some reason why they should not
be cinched according to the forms of law
as embodied in the city ordinances. Being
unable to furnish a satisfactory reason,
they were mGlcted in the sum of 50 and
costs each, which they paid over to Brother
Baxter to be turned into the city treasury.
The chamber of commerce held a meeting
yesterday at 3 pm. for the purpose of talk
ing over the project of erecting a chamber
of commerce building and opera house in
cluded, to cost not less than a hundred
thousand dollars. In the absence of Presi-
dent Presaaw, Mr.. Griffin presented the
matter to the meeting for their cousidera-
ton. After discussion, at the suggestion
of Frank ]. Cannon, IL was resolved that
instead of forming stock company among
the citizens, the chamber otscommerce as
body take hold of the matter and erect the
building Another resolution passed to
Ltlt O4tAG JutLG VIC IlltiAIDSl doh bAAS AAbJ
, for the purchase of the corner of Twenty
sixth and Washington, 1876 feet, for the
sum of 800, on the condition that a building
sucn as that proposed be erected on said
ground. \ committee was appointed to
present the whole matter, with all its ad-
vantages, to the city and the people at
large, TO the city council at this evenings
session, after which the chamber adjourned.
The city and county taxes for the year
1889 became delinquent after October 3lst.
If not paid on or before that date, penalty
was incurred to be added to the amount
due. AS fact Of record, it is shown that
those who can best afford to pay taxes are
the ones who allow their taxes to become
delinquent, while the poor man rustles up
the money to pay, thinking that if he does
not do 50 the penalty will be added. This
being the case, there ought to be no hest
taucy on the part of the proper officers in
adding the penalty to the taxes due from
the rich delinquents. Justice to the poor
taxpayer demands that this be done and
that no Partially be shown: because the
city and county need money and the
amount Of the penalties already incurred
are secured by the properties taxed land
can be collected without much trouble. In
the city Sl3, 600 and in the county $50, 900 OF
taxes have become delinquent. The
penalty on city taxes due and unpaid
amounts to enough to run the street
work for a month and half.