Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-09
BONDING ELECTION
Tho County Court Issues an Address
10 the Taxpayers.
WHAT rnEY VAN 100000 rOR.
Completion Of the Joint City and
County Building and Numerous
other Matters.

lOI tDt fuunllHelun W Alt At-lNfhN AhN-
payers Of the county the question
"bhall negotiable coupon bonus Of salt
Lake county TO the amount 81 s3lO,OJb
In denomination Of $1,000 payable
twenty years alter date, redeomable ten
years alter date, and bearing Interest
nj tho rate OF five per cent per annumi
be issued for the construction Of the
new county court hpusr ami addition
al poorhouse aud inflfmary bulldogs
for Salt Lake county, aud for making
other permanent county improve
mentr, aud ~ fund the existing M
debtenneaa Of ehid county," such
question to be determined ut special
election called for that purpose and to
tnke place on the nth Of the present
month. For the general Information OF
the public, the county court IN this
adde's will ~ briefly and concisely az
possible state the conditions and cmef.
gen les which led to the adoption Of this
measure.
on January LIST OF this year, aud
upon the incoming OF tho present
county court, the reports Of the county
clerk and treasurer showed n balance
on hand to tho credit Of the general
fund Of s3,O7D.3O. After making the
appropriations for December, 1892, and
for January and February Of this year,
there was not only deficiency, but
there Ia now outstanding unpaid war
rants to the amount OF 81, 1902.
In this connection WI direct nttcn.
tion 10 the fact that until the payment
OF taxes IN the lnto fall there viii be
no material revenue with which ~
make good the deficiency thus shown
ana to meet the natural current ex.
psneeB, but absolutely nothing VITA
which 10 pay the county's proportion
Of the expense OF prosecuting work on
the Joint building, coupling and fur.
nishing the same, placing necessary
betterments at the poor farm, lmpEDV-
ing roads and repairing and building
bridges Ia the way OF general pofma.
nunt improvements. Or tho firHt and
inost important OF these prospective
demands upon the county's treasury Is
that OF prosecuting work upon the
joint building.
In the latter part Of 1850 amicablo
arrangements were made Jointly by
the authorities OF Salt Lake City aud
the county court for tho erection Of u
Joint building suitable for the present
necessities and future needs OF the
municipality and tho county. AZ nj
first agreed upon, tho building was TO
be erected upon ground owned by the
city and located at the corner Of First
South and First East streets, aud Tor o
half interest therein tho county paid
to the city the sum Of SAL $50. After
adopting plans, paying architects,
making excavations anu IA part laying
the foundations Tor the building at thai
place, II was decided to change the
location to what Is known IA the
Eighth Ward square, aud TO this end
the county exchanged Us intercsts In
the former for half interest In the
latter site. The contract price for the
building now la course OF construction
Is S3i7, 057, 0ns.half Of which amount
II to be paid by tho county, viz
Sl8s, 99S.60. But since the commence
ment Of the building u change Wa,
made In broadening and deepening tn,
foundation, and the additional cost o
labor, concrete, Iron and other matsri-
ais, in that respsct, amounted to 81,
O98.27. Changes from sandst0nvto Min
netotn granite Ia the columns at TIN
entrances has caused an additional ex-
pense OF $4,000. A piece Of ground IL
the adioining block and immediatel!
east OF that upon which the join
building Is being erected, aud upoI
which It IL Intended TO locate the heat
ing and lighting plant, was purchase,
nt an expense Of $500, 40 TINT the COS
OF the building, without other changes
Will 10 S4l2,7l6.27, the counly's nal
amounting to sos, 35s.l3, aud Of thi
amount the county has paid sOI, iOu
Without doubt thoro will De other AM
further changes and additions entail
ing additional expenses "a tbs buildin
progresses.
The following are the COURTS est
mates OF the amounts yet necessary
complete, equip and furnish tho join
building, anu are male from the bes
information obiaiuRblO from cOusulta
ton with city members OF the buildin
committee, the architects and frof
material men:
Yet due on contract. including altora.
tons and additions, cuuntYs half 3lOs,n3s
Paving streets on tho four sides OF
tho square. ouuntN % half...".,.... $1,000
Furnishing Court house, couniy'H
hale, ..,.,..'',.ss.s's'' l9Vlp
Parking the square, c0unty's hau o.. llull
IunnoiinF from the boiler house,
putting IN heating aud liEhhng
mos .....'s.... ............,...,,. 1900
square, eoanty's halt......,...,.,. C0oj
Electric wiring and Insulating
cuunty'e halt,''.,,.,,' .''.ss.s''''' ''NV9
TotAl-.-.....,,.......... 'l'sios
Expenditures IN the establishment
Rnd opening up OF new roads, anu
maintaining and keeping In repair a.
established Highways, audfn repRirii
aud building bridges, are almc
wholly dependent upon an nillrm1tlN
vote on the question Of Issuing bond
The county court In Of the opinion tn
no more has been appropriated 4
roads and bridges during the pa
BerleB OF years than should naturally
expended for like purposes during u
present year and for numbers Of yes
yet to come. Much road work Is II
mediately required In the western al
southern parts OF the county and wit
out It whole settlements Will be IL
without wagon communication vii
their respective trailing points at &
critical time when frost goes out Of q
ground and which Is generally acuUl
panied by heavy rains. THESE p,
pie are among the pTomptost taXpnYt
and are certainly entitled 10 IA n
share OF the road work--the only chs
acter OF public Improvements viii
are directly beneficial to them. Eco
omy prompts the opinion that all rOi
ana bridge work should I've Uf the MAJ
permanent character, which moa
greater expense ~ the iimo but eco
omy In the end. As rapidly rs wood
bridges wear out, they enould hu Z
placed with iron structures build
upon stone buttresaes.
The appropriations for roads al
brldgeB were: