The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-09

pend a lot Of money! when Utah be.
comes a state, in this city. So will
others. ALI have got to have buildings
But it is long winter we have ahead
of us. Macadamize State street and
the streets west and give men employ
ment during this cold season. The
next will take care of itself. Sell city
| property, even at sacrifice, to pay
for the labor. - "
Ex-Councilman Heiss-The city has
saved on electric lights enough to war
rant an expenditure of $4,000 on ma
cadamizing First and Second South
from West Temple to the depots. Let
this be done, and $50 men at fair wages
! can be taken care of through the hard
est of the season.
J. B. Timmony-1 am in favor of
matchmaking State street and any
other streets so long as men get work.
I am not prepared to be quoted
as regards payment, not having given
the subject considerable But there
are wise heads enough for that. Put
men at work.
| County Clerk Meloy-Pave or macad-
amize State street and around the
joint city and county building. If
necessary let the county vote bonds for
| its share. Bonds at per cent are
cheaper than warrants at s per cent.
EX-Councilman Wantland-Somet1me
| in November the labor bureau published
an appeal to the people calling atten-
| ton to conditions and prospects. They
reminded the citizens that the gravity
sewer and city and county building
work was nearly finished.
l have given this matter considerable
attention because last winter l was as
ISOLATED with Herman Bamberger and
J. r. Norris on the city and county
employment committee where 1 had an
insight into conditions which were at
that time very serious. Despite protest
the former council and mayor kept
work going, which action was continued
by the present municipal body and
county court. The question confronting
US is serious. Several hundred men are
out of work; one thousand will be idle
before Christmas. A good deal of suf-
fering exists now in some quar-
are helpless and when they look at
patient wives who are denied the nee
essaries of life, and children out Of
school and hungry they are ready to
act in a way which would not be to
the credit of the city.
Last winter certain cities in the
United States took up the problem Of
the unemployed and handled it intel
ligently. Public work was prosecuted,
those cities permanently improved and
I'beautified and working men given d
chance to earn an honest living in
stead of being forced to accept charity
or starve.
Let the chamber of commerce APP
point a, committee of twenty gentle
men, prominent men of the city and
county, to consider the question and
report by Dec. 20. They will find say
1000 men needing work for ninety days
which ait 81 per day for working days
will amount to $150.000.
They will find certain work which
may as well be done this winter as a
couple of years later. State street
ought to be macadamized to meet the
county work from Fourth to the south
ern limits of the city. The property
owners on State street and in the set
Elements south of the city and all bicy-
Gle men will favor that and work for
it. The streets leading to capitol hill
ought Ito be graded. Valuable property
is kept out of market now because
of the condition of the streets. The
city realized $250,O00 from land sales
up there and ought to protect the buy
ers by giving them good roads. The
hills leading up to the valuable pro-
perty on the east bench ought to be
cut down, and the property owners
there would favor that work.
In order to raise money to complete
this and other work the school board
may be induced to buy the corner of
State and North Temple streets. or all
of the land referred to can be set aside
by resolution and reasonable prices
put upon it. Then issue city script to
be paid off in the future from sales Of
land appraised and set aside for sale,
bearing interest at the rate of per