Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-24
ANXIOUS TO SETTLE.


Residents In sewer district NO l VIII
',,n,ly await the action Of the City
"'anncil ia the matter OF the following
-, an file in the recorders office,
ip,sned by J. II. Walker and others
1--WE, residing in sewer district No. J,
i, ,o,r attention TO the fact that up to
~. ~, ,rtscnt time We have not been CON
wy ,to,i with the sewer. TheTosrems u
ne Misunderstanding Of the matter
u.,,,eTherr, We have always been and
~ are ready 10 pay the same rate ~
heretofore puid when said sewer was
vi, th.t Ia. al the rate 1.-TWO per cent.
ia valuation OF the property at that
,i,,,c. We cannot see the Justice OF
'iaharrinq lis Of the right ~ connect
',.'isr these conditions. When said
s'ver was built we contributed largely
10 that end, having property IN tha'
district, and some OF The signers hereto
hsyinsval liable property north OF our re-
,ilences, paid large sums OF money LOT
.aid construction. AS business pro-
uositlon, IL seems very unfair 70 TAX "
~ propoTty Ia said district No. north
n our residences when tho TAX
amou nled TO large sum and now on
onr residence property when II does
not amount TO 10 much under the oid
assessment 10 hdopt new method oil
hguring 10 swell IL to u greater sum.
/, has been iniimated that II we pay
Al lhe rate Of per cent. per square foot
We should bp allowed to connect. Al
nut blocks 30, 80 ami n, anu Washing
Ton avenue, owned by the oity, are the
blocks which seem to be prescribed and
cannot be permitted to attach without
a new rule, law or something unprcce'
dented applied TO these particular
bloeks, These blocks are In sewer dis
iriet No. 1, and cannot be taken out
posglbly. ON a technical ground, theJ
might be called something elsc. Al
an illustration OF our case, " We pay
cents per square foot we should thou
have been told 10 connect, IN In mos
of our oagrs tho latnrals aud turn.outi
are no laid opposite our residences
Some u tho residents on block
no, 40 and III are already connected
and this was done before II wa
thought about applying u new rule
when under the original assessment
these blocks would amount to aevera
thousand dollars, aud cost the city bu
little more than the paper ON which
the order would have been wri,ion L
allow us To collect. We feel sure tina
in appealing 10 your good JudgmonI
that Justice will be done 10 u, and ~
order Issued whereby connections cat
be made from our houses 10 the lateral
Mt the . per cent. valuation on assVsae.
values nj the time that the other blOcl
in said district No. were taxed.
"rhe above statement Is tue same n
We lniu before the committee on seven
of the last administration. As far as !
came 10 our knowledge u was reicrrc'
10 the council. We are anxious 4
lave the matter settled aud to max
connection with the sewers, rs thl
health ~ our hmllies demand that W,
should have some other method Of dis
posing OF sewage other than ces pool
on our various pieces Of property, ant
We deem II best to address this petition
% your honorable body, 40 that immr
dlate action can be- taken upon ia,
same; a. wo firmly believe that OF
mature deliberatiOn you will see tn
Justice OF our ease nnd grant our r.
quest upon payment Of . per cent. AZ
srssment on the valuation Mt the tim
the sewers were built. On eXaminl
ton OF tue plat of sewer district No.
IL will be seen that we are entlrel
surrounded by the sewers aud are Ii
sewer district No. |, as preVlousl
ftAted.p