The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-28
THE OLD FORT JOB.

Certain blatherskites are asserting that
those who oppose the giving away of the
Old Fort square are "obstructionists," 'op-
posed to progress" and so on. AS matter
of fact the wealthlest men in this city, as
well as the poor people, are opposed to
alternating the square. The bankers, al
most without exception, oppose 1t. The
great majority of the land owning mer-
chants are against it. The men who have
put money into fine blocks and who have
been identified with the progressive move
ments are against it. Those who are loud
est in urging the job are the men whose
names do not appear in the assessors
books; the men who came here last year
and who think so much Of the city that they
are constantly making inquiries
concerning the opportunities for making
money elsewhere. These are the chaps
who are crying "obstructionists."
THE HERALD opposes the giving away or
selling of the square, because it believes
that the council has no legal right to alien
ate the property; because tie people want
the block for public park, and because it
is beyond the power of the municipality to
make gifts or subsidies of this kind. Some
blatherskite may say THE HI R Id is an
obstructiorisu, and doesn't want the Deep
| Greek railway, when the facts are that
| this paper and the men connected with IL
have done more to induce the building of
| road west, and have spent more money in the
| business than all the other newspapers and
all the other Newspaper men in the city
combined. THE HERALD understands the
Importance to this city of a railway to Deep
Creek, and if it were necessary to subsidize
company to build the road, would contrib
ute two dollars for every dollar contributed
| by any other newspaper, just as it has
done in the past when it came to helping
along those enterprises and undertakings
which would benefit Salt Lake. This
| paper has been foremost in all these mat
tiers, as the records will show, lending it's
influence and giving its dollars to the ad-
vancement of all worthy schemes to aid or
improve the city, while the preseD snarlers
have held back and chung to their mic S.
Experience has proven that the people VINO
are so generous with advise and with other
peoples property are chary about acting
according to their own counsel, and they
rarely have anything to give except ad-
vice.
If Mr.. BACON will say that he and his
hackers require subsidy of quarter OF
million before building the road
THE HERALD will not only contribute
it's equitable proportion of the sum but
will do its utmost to induce the property
owners to give generously; but when Mr.
BACON comes forward with proposition tc
take from the people one of the public
squares, and to do it in defiance of law anG
. decency and public sentiment, because nj
thinks he has reckless and incompetent
! city council to deal with, TIE HRRALD will
n do its utmost to prevent the success of tht
4 Job and to protect the people in til cir rights
S We warn the councilmen and we war;
Mr.. BACON not to persist in this scheme i
they expect to live in this community AM
desire to enjoy the respect of their fellow
citizens. We warn them that if they shal
carry the job through, the outrage will IL
crease and grow in the public mind until
Is will be Infamous, disgracing everybod.
~ connected with it.