Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-05
THE PLAT Z MIDDLE
discussed BY The City Council and
The Property owners.
plocns AyD srnrErS ArrrcTrO.


liaskin occupied the chair. The iol'
lowing couucilmen were present.
ptardsley, wan,land, Lawson, simon
Jl Evans, Folland, Hardy, anu Rich.
IN. cali and object OF the meeting
were read by the deputy recorder, after
which .....-..,..
made an explanation, In which lac
,.id there seemed to be- some missppre-
b,u.ion on the part OF the residents OF
Mat h asto the intent Of the council
There was no intention Of making any
extensive alterations hut the
idea vas to make the lota
conform to tho records lie
had found there was no recognized
datum point, and for this reason no
two engineers In town could make the
rame result, aud even a man who hal
made one survey might makes iiiior'
ont one the next time, unless he re-
memberod the exact point ifom whl'n
his survey was commenced. In some
cases there was a difference Of forty
feet between the present line OF fences
mud the original plat. On The norm
sldo OF Plum street the fences were 10
feet further south than they should he'
The fences on the south side OF ihr
s,reet had teen moved south 70 ieel'
Almond street was plated as \ crooked
street 80 feet wide, but now 1t was
straight street % feet Wide. The inac-
curaoy was 70 great that fome men
who owned property In one Iot hAi
built their houses upon anothef' Anu
There were several other bad dlscrep'
nncies, What ho wanted 10 know was
yybpthpr hs should accept the lines ~
tbey arc shown by the present fences
o. upon the original plat The lhing
10 h. desired was 10 have the records
CONFORM TO the Improvement When
AN agreement was reached and mUnu'
meuts placed. they would perpotuatc
the record for all time. In block ~,
there was found 10 feet more ground
than belonged to 10. In order TO make
sireets OF practicable width, la some
caspa Il would be necessary TO tear
down some houses probably. In DOCK
~ there was an eucroachmcnt on
Center street Of ~ feet.
ooNpIrloN oP CENIER STREET.
James Solomon said that according
20 his recollection tho previous city
councils had granted porous living GU
Center street the right TO move out
their fences.
other property owners who said the
ordinance waI passed In lss3, which
made the street four rods wide from
NcCornick'B house 10 Plum street;
from Plum 10 Peach the street was
made five rods in WIDTH.
MIR. Dorcmus also c0rroborhtcd tho
statement.
The mayor called for further 70.
marks on the subject, saying 70 was
very desirable that this matter should
he adjusted amoably.
ALMuSp STREET.
John n. Pike said the crooked street
(Almond), hs plated, was ordered by
The city council 10 be Strengthened
fome years ago. The records OF tho
city council would show this, oven n
the records OF the cnglneer's office did
not. The residents Of Almond street
had accepted the street and were
satisfied with II.
Tho Mayor-It Ia a narrow street.
Is II wide enough for usl'
Mt. Pike-To widen Il now would
he 10 tear down vast number OF im.
proyements that had been made In
good faith.
The Mayor 10 open the street 10
IT, ull width--would this infringe
upon the property rights Of anybody?
A voice--No; the moving Of tho
fences would ho ,he only injury.
Engineer Doremus in answer TO n
question, said the blOck8 that would be-
most largely affected were IL, 20, 81,
10, 10, ~, 8, @. The fences In block 5
were about i've ieot over ON Center
street.
A COMMITTEE,
Councilman Hardy suggested that
the citizens present appoint commit
tsb Of i've from among themselves u
associate and confer with the engineer
and submit their findings to the oltl.
sens interested.
James Solomon thought this body
could not reach private properties.
Tho Mayor said the council had n
perfect right to order the adjustment
Of the lines, even though street
should 10 through the houses. This,
however, the council did not propose ~
dO--the disposition WAS TO make the
best OF II.
Hiram Barton said some people
seemed TO think that greater injury
Was liable 10 ensua from this Tesurvey.
This lac did not believe. The idoR was
merely 10 find out what the exao.
lines arc; to have permanent monu-
ments placed.
The mayor said the question should
be settled once for all.
WRntland said he had found II very
dllllcult TO get two people TO think
ahke. He thought any committee that
could 10 appointed ny the citizens
would merely waste time. HIS idep
WAS TO have commission appointed 10
look up all the detail ana make IN
exhaustive report 10 the CITY Council
upon which that body should net
Mr. Hansen did not Ike that idea.
no though the streets should be kept
~ they are.
The mayor thought Almond street
rhohld be opened 10 ia full width, ~
previously plated.
Mi. Hansen thought the people " no
hVei on that street were perfectly
satisfied with It.
Iho MayOI-Almonl street was at
met crooked, but ia order that IL might
he made straight the pr0periy.ow NJ m
hnd decided 10 the city u certain amount
OF property, but the street Only occupied
hall u the ground.
Wantlanu urged the appointment Of
u gOmmisgiDu Ia lnnk IN rho anttr,