The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-03-19
Will NOT b DELAYED.
Mr.. Green and the Trustees VIII
Close the Contract.
THE SITE DEED is READY.
What Trustees Think Of the City ApprO-
priation Contest.
1t WIN Not Be allowed TO Defeat the Re-
fnery-No Further Action Taken
Yesterday-The Trustees Will
Close the Matter Up.

Mr.. S. NJ. Green returned from Denver
yesterday, accompanied by his bond for
500, 900, signed by substantial Denver
capitalists, and is now prepared to carry
out his part of the copper agreement
Mr.. Kinney gave it out that the deed to
the Petit tract was executed and
ready to be placed in the hands OF the
committee, and that he was ready to
carry out his part of the agreement.
The trustees are ready and willing to
close up the deal, and tomorrow will take
the necessary steps preliminary to sign
ing the contract. These include the call
ing in of 80 per cent. of the subscriptions,
which is TO be paid when the contract is
signed, and the execution of the site deed
to the committee that is to hold it IN
trust. 1t may possibly require two or
three days to arrange these matters.
WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.
Whatever may be the ultimate effect of
the action taken by Messrs. Arthur Brown
and j. A. Cunningham, it will not I'M
peril the success of the copper refinery
This was the unanimous assurance given
by all of the trustees seen yesterday.
While they have not yet decided what
course viii be pursued with reference to
the request for the city appropriation,
not one was found who thought that it
would defeat the effort to secure the REIN
cry. The gist of their opinion is that the
citizens OF Salt Lake city, through their
committee, have pledged themselves to
give a certain bonus, and the pledge will
be carried out. If the city's appropriation
Is returned. the amount viii be raised by
other methods.
III the site question is settled, - said Mr..
Macintosh, one of the trustees, ''we Will
close up the deal without further delay.
Mr.. Browns protest will not defeat it. -
Personally, ! am in favor OF going
ahead with the negotiations, - said Col
onel Donnellan, OF the Commercial Ma
tional bank, who is also one of the trus-
tees. 81 do not think the trustees will
hesitate to close up the contract. The
action OF the city council in making the
appropriation met with almost unanl-
nous approval from the public. The
councils of other cities have done the
same thing. Ogden, operating under the
same kind OF charter, appropriated
$50. 600 to secure the railroad shops, and
no question was raised.'
Mr.. l.. G. Karrick, the treasurer of the
trustees into whose hands the S25 ,0C0 fund
was placed, could not say what the trus-
negotiations would go through without a
doubt. If necessary. the s25, 600 could be
raised by other methods.
M. II. Walker thought negotiations
might be delayed, but no serious cCnse-
quences would follow. George A. Lowe
was of the same opinion.
ooUNcILMEN NOT ALARMED.
Councilman Evans did not think the
wishes OF the people and the city council
would be defeated. The copper plant
fund would not lose the S25,000. 'tWe
were backed up,'' said he, Shy thirteen
business men who agreed to sustain US.
il necessary, with g, 900 each. So if the
fund is not returned to us, and action
should be taken against US, we have
nothing to worry over
/ Councilman Kelly, chairman of the
public grounds committee offered a posi-
Bile solution. III the property owners
who have land to donate will give US suit
able ground, we can rescind that resolu-
ton and purchase land for public park.
There could be no possible question raised
as to the legality of such an investment
as that, as a matter OF fact, we have been
urged already to establish park in the
northwestern part of the city. With the
cooperation of the property owners such
an arrangement could be made on very
short notice if found necessary
| No notices were served on any members
of the city council yesterday, as had been
I 1AGlndbSO, anu NJ 1uIbnSE dCt1On WAS
tuken by any of the parties interested.
1t is safe prediction that, all other mat
tiers being arranged, the protests viii
not delay negotiations an hour.
NO OBNOXIOUS FUMES.
ssThis talk about the fumes from the
copper plant being so obnoxious to peo-
pie in the city, in case the plant is located
on the Petit site, is all nonsense, -
said Colonel Estes to a HERALD reporter
last evening. cit will be admitted, per-
haps, that know something on the SUBJ
/ ject, and my judgment is that the plant
viii not affect the city to its injury, at
all. This matter has been considered, of
course, and l don't think anyone who
has Investigated it, viii disagree with
me.'
/ SIS everything in readiness for closing
up the deal?''
''Yes. Mr. Green is all ready on his
part, and the trustees are on theirs. The
whole thing will be finally closed on Mon
day"