Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-07
VARIOUS BUSINESS ITEMS.
,,l,timan BambtTsor on The County
Bonding Proposition.
x,xtyG AND REAL ESTATE NEWS.
", Green Says lie Will BIO Here To-
morrow sure.-The Buliion'
Beck Starts.
MING AND REAL ESTATE NEWS.

-, and our situation, they would
s,,,y the bonding proposition almost
,yIbout objection" saii selccimsn
us,msn Hamburger today. "rhe
s,un,y Is under certain obligations
mich must be- met, and II there ia no
,,,srvay Is would have to be by In
a,,,.pg the rate Of taxation. In the
s,inlop Of the county court that plan
'honld not be ndontoi. Our taxes are
heavy enough already.
on ha. been said that the court can
add one mill more to the four mills
now levied for county and school
,a,es aud tina, that would not be
muri. rat I think 1. would be- n
,,,s, I.,l. 1t would mean adding
twsnty.hve per cent to our present.
ate, or adding oue-iourth. instesd Of
Increasing, We should reduce the rate
Gs far as possible.
UWhen the county has ready money
Il can get whnt It wants cheaper than
when 1t hasn't, just like anybody else.
Now, the income Is sufficient to bear
current expenses and leave II small
p,oportlon for improvements. Butou
load il fur above this. The city and
county building mas been contracted for
and tho payments thereon must DO
made. Then there il the intirmary,
which also takes fair share OF
revenue. THIS runs us behind, so that
without borrowing we nave no
money.
"N6w, ia this condition, when the
county wants anything That 1t must
have. those OF whom We purchase soy
nj once, We will have to wait iOr our
ray, for the county mas no money 70
cash It's warrauls', 10 they figure on
waiting, and instead Of giving us
things nj cheap rate get az much us
they cen, and to some exiCat the county
cannot holpit.
"rheu when these warrants are out,
the holders can get them registered,
and then they draw Per cont interest,
70 II eln be seen thai II will not pay
the tnxpnycrs for tye county to be In
debt In that form. With the city aud
county building alone IL would pay the
c1uaty financially 30 issue 100000
honda. This would hot furnish n thing
orthe grounds, or for tunnuiing, heat.
Ing OF furnishing tho building or other
necessary expenses.
'Besldos, thoro ~ the inilrmny ex-
tense, There are ~ patients there
now, but even that does not represent
all the poor and INDECENT the county
has 10 support. There are over 90
families outside OF this, numbering
over go persons who aro getting sup
port. They have 10 have u or starve,
ard We cannot allow that. This nil
takes money. The county court don't
believe IN going into the poor farm
business, for when they do, every
bushol OF potatoes costs them double
what II could be- bought from the
farmer for. Bot we have got a mum.
her Of poor and iniirm to keep, aud
We should have place suitable TO
meet our pre- sent needs.
awe can 90 on ana issue warrants,
paying heavy interest, az well IA high
prices tor our Hupplies. But II we do,
our warrants will 90 below par,so there
"a another loss to the people that way.
"li the bOnd8 ate voted, Wo can meet
these obligations us they come. We
would not have TO sell tho whole $500.
GOO a. once, but could dispose OF thum
as We found u necessary, and always
have tho necessary cash 10 meet oar
bills, with no extra prices because We
were slow pay, aud no heavy interest,
~ the bonds bear only per cent. IL
Will be necessary 10 have the whole
s3Ol,OOO In order 10 bridge over, a. no
other Issue eau be made within ten
years and until the issue II fully raid
W. The bonds could not be allowed
10 run Indefinitely, for the law pro.
Vides sinking fund TO take them up
any time after ten and before twenty
years.
"lf wedo not bond the county will
drag behind In It's obligations that arc
now entered into and cannot be avoid.
el. The necessary work Of keeping
fotls IN repair, making bridges, caring
loi the sick aud INDECENT, etc., must
R'l back into had condition with lack
OF funds, ana ! think such condition
would be u disaster. j wish tho people
oju,d SOC fully into this question. II
tley dii there would be no doubt OF
lle result OF next Mondays eleCtion.'
THE ROB ROY.
Belver Ul0maH: A. q. Camrbsll OF
SAT- Lake, WHO has neen Visiting the
hob Roy and other prospects in this
htighb0rhood, returned 10 Milford to-
lAy' de said he was "very much sur
lflted ut tue showing" ana made the
100 Roy prOprietors an oiIer, the
iefma OF which have not been made
known, Janps HDyt.r mud EFai
White are highly elsted over the dc.
VeiOpment on their claim. For some
weeks they drifted ON their Lodge hug.
Hlng close TO the hanging Or top wall,
ane alp being at an angie Of 40 degrees.
ihty went downward some distance
On lhis wallani then commenced from
,he creek level to run IN and stglk0 the
,olge, Last Saturday they encOun.
.eleu the foot wall and discovered an
Immense body OF tree.mllling ore, and
That time reported as being Ia
sA Feet on the ledge. As the pm.
~ goes to press they are about
t enough in 10 tell It's width.
tiley claim 1t IL all or more than Ia
zee. WIDE. Altogether they have $50
~ IN shafts and tunnuis and can
,osee an output oi 100 tons daily. The
n.iu tunnel Is i4x6i feet. These are
,IVlg'flc gentlemen aud all their
,rnnus rejoice at their good luck. They
"ny utherve II anu tue fact that they
pusheu their way through as feet Of
,ouA IN eleven days illustrates thoy nre
meh oI business, AMI, wholly unaldai,
aul almost without other claim dc,
ffeel9gments, they have proven that
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