Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-19
THE STREET GRADING DISPUTE

TIE situation in relation to tn
dispute between the City Council
anu Air. Baskin regarding the grad
/ ing Of First North Street, opyosit,
: the font line Of his residence. ap
pear on the surface to bc in ssasu
gro. That coioring was given 4
the subject by the latest action o
the Council on Tuesday night
After rjeC.iug. by 4 close vote, :
motion % reconsider the actor
formerly taken to 20 on with tn,
I grading according to the recent sur
vey, the subject was resurrected AMI
the Council, as body, decided Il
undertake toagain inspect the work
I This morning we also visited th,
: spot in body AMI fOund the worE
. in progress. This is IN indication
tha, the Council proposes to ADHERE
to lis determination TO fully con.
summa:e what Mr.. Baskin denoun-
ces Is a ''glarIng outrage"
We have 40 very exalted opinion
Of tse gentleman who raises the
complain. Of maltreatmeut. From
our standpoint he has been guilty
/ o. conduct toward otaers-the ma.
joEity Of the people Of Utah-which
/ woulI cause, 10y comparison, the
/ attitude OF the Cry Council toward
him to take on the aspect Of even
handed Justice and responsibility.
In the capacity Of outrage the con-
duct Of the Council as compared to
s1mcof his doings would be fly
SpeCE 70 a mountain. Fortunately
most Of his efforts have been abor
tive, ending in sm9ke, but that has
not been his iau.t. The proposition
Of the Council. on tbs other hand,
is likely % carry.
VIVA. We deem to be the I'M
a.ul;erateI Ciabolism Of Mr..
Basin cuts L. figure in the
present dispute. He Is a citizen
ui s;lll Lake, and n such Is entitled
90 fair treatment ~ the hands Of
the officers OF the Municipality. We
take the ground that he has not
received i, anu. ~ in duty bound,
contend tEa. it should be accorded
him. 70 convince one OF the cor.
Ta.tIrss u this position requires no
close inspection. : glance at the
com. lrative ggich manufactured by
the street graders under the new
survey ought 10 be enough. Having
seen with our eyes We speak under
sianlinEly, and do not hesitate 10
state thar unless the wrong is rerle-
died a gross injustice will Ice done
to Agr. Ras'siu. The sidewalk along
the south lise Of his lot looks like
a du-way on a side-hill. The
sentence Of death hiss been pro-
uognred upon a line Of thrifty
shade tees, whose roots are par
italy exposed 70 the breeze. If.
they IRE not soon removed 4 stiff
northern blast viii loosen the earth
and lay them over on the street. 1t
is pre>umable that the sidewalk will
have 80 He lowered TO conform 10
the street, which viii, If possible,
render Mr.. Ba,Eiu's position still
more uEueaTable, As 1t viii give
him no entrance u the lane leading
90 the rear Of his premises, unless he I
graies his private ground at 4 sharp
incline 20 destroy the vertical line .
that VIII he created.
As;hcsiicwalk now stands. should I
belaJed "Liberals'' leaving their |
cla5 room5 in an uncertain state |
,f s,eIiIness attempt to travel upon
Il, q false step might cause them to
20 over the brink, break their necks
aud thus diminish the party vote.
= cOtempoS&ry suggests that the
position OF the Council il probably
influenced by some OF its members
Fho happen 10 reside on the side
If the street rot detrimentally (
i1ec;ed 10y the heroic grazing now
n progress. To meet this ungener-
us iusiuuation It may be said that
hrre is only one OF the city fathers
who is located in the place referred
o, ana he personally took no part
"A The controversy Of Tuesday night,
declining 10 vote. Unless our CO.
has discovered that he
.ad n proxy pea-shooter in the coun-
il it should hold its peace.
The position taken 10y Council
ut the session Of Tuesday,
"a line street grazing business IN
euerai and the Baskin infliction
d particular, was the sound one.
notwithstanding that the gentle
Iau was speaking 20 a motion, Mr..
'emdrUke called him to order. Ii
rs the latter, however, who was
NJ Of order, and not Mr.. James.
his error on the part Of Mr.. p.
rose presumably from 4 failure on
le part OF that gentleman to re-
lemJcr that ne was not the Mayor,
o. Chairman Of the Council. II
LayOr Scot: refreshed him on those T
,ints, no TeveT, and, in an apuro- u
rate way, intimateJ 10 him that II y
rs the duty Of the officer presiding r
call 4 member to order. and not o
at Of one Of the gentlemen on n
.e floor. The account Of the Y
scGssion which appeared in the n
Ews throws 4 good deal O. light n
J the proceedings, and shows Mr.. e
.mes' position TO bee clearly right
regard to the kind Of grading
at should be done in this city. :.
hose picturesque features will =
,n be destroyed unless n halt in :
e present process is called. The :
aiding should, so far as practic-
lie, conform TO the contour Of the :,
al. al
While The work Of damaging the p p
opeTty OF Mr.. Baskin and his :
Arrest neighbors is in progress, :;
ler streets that need attention are :,
Ing neglected, SO that the situa- =
IA causes a general as well as a
acial hardship.