Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-31
Street Sprinkliug.
SAN LAl,E CRY, ulan,

When a decision 4. given that tax
lie legal aud right because the city
needs the money, one IL apt 10 think
that there h "sJmcthing rotten In the
state Of Denmark" But when de.
cIslon IL rendered In accordance vita
lutlioeand right, a. we'll ne law, then
every light. loving citizen rsJolces, no
matter what tho immediate U1nse-
qucucea. The recent dcclsion Of tue
Supreme court that tho street sprlnki.
ing tax was Illegal Is satisfactory to
evcfyJus man.
In the mt plncc, 10 sprinkle the
street Ia front mans aud char
MIN with the outtte cost, AMI much
Nufo than the actual cost, was gross
aaye. II he had the sole use OF the
r,ut ia font of his premises, then be
isht - pay tbs entire cost Of sptiukl-
lux, and no more. Hut the general
pubic uses the street ~ times 70 his
once. Consequently the general public,
nld not thu private abutler, In simple
justice, uugii 10 pay all, or very
nuarly oil, the entire clst Of spfinkling
tue street. fnls IL common sense, ~
plain ~ a pike stat, aud no kind Of
sopnisify nor JvsuitIcal augmentation
can make II otherwise.
Now what Ia 10 Ue done as 90
spflukling thu streets! Tnu matter IL
simple enough. Ihoy ought 10 be
spfiukleI, more or luss-sOmo more,
others less. would rather, for my use
and pleasure, have them spriDklud too
little than to- much. Residents travel
NsaF Ia
plain bitterly OF the amount Ui rain
there. Not our city authorities 20 ~
wufE ANA sprinkle our streets seven
days aud twenty times OF more week,
aud make the cOuulTy here unicr'Ult
ten tunes wctter thau u 10 IA Europe
What oonHummatu iUlly!
IL the LpS islature authorizes cities ~
charge tue aoutturs with the cost u'
street AprinEllug, such n law would be-
most uujust anu outrageous. IL would
be actual robbery. rne city should no
let Out the sptiukling by contract, As
bpfjnkllng IN thiug that does not
need 10 bH done win Tally regularity.
There arc days ald weeks when
tprinkling does harm rather than good.
II the city did its own sprlnklinR It
could be- doue when necessary, aud
not every day, a. now, simply and
chiefly because II IL paid out OF the
lakes, anu IL a pretty good JOB, anu tue
city has 20 much tax money on hand
that Il hardly knows Whist ~ squanier
IL on. Sunday Bpfinkling anywhere
ID not n necessity ut any time. inaii
but tho im mediate business part OF toe
city, upriukling once 20 thres times
week would be- all sufficient,
generally speaking; probably some
tunes little more aud sometimes
little lra than that. Nearly all over
tho city, spnnkling two " three days
q week would DO amply suiilClont-As
much ~ ought 10 bs dJne. Thus the
actual expense Of spfinkling could DO.
reduced benohcially TO two Or three
cents pof front foot. A little dust now
anu tnen IA immensely better than
everlasting mud. For myself, am
no admitef Of mucky streets, especially
when / have 20 walk or drive upon
them. One day man was driving
his buggy into his lot, going through |
the open ditch. | yentute1 to suggest
that bridge over the ditch would bo a
good thing. He replied, ut IN no
worse than thu streets. | washed my
buggy before | weEt up town,and nov
Il IL M dirty 10 ever anu needs wash.
ing again" All because OF the sGces.
slvu street sprinkling.
Our streets arc mostly dirt streets.
10 pave them would ruin tho Citi. !
gems. When a shower CONES, owing
10 the abundant spHnkling also, the |
streets are ~ mugky rs 10 bB unit 10 |
travel upon, when the country roads
which are not spunklod arc IN good
order foT travel. Streets are never good
Tor travel until auI unle's they are
dry. Indeed they are not At their best
| until some time after they have become
dry and thsre has beel tims for them
10 become smooth, The streets " this
city, where sprlnkled, are never ~
their best, because they are ueyor loft
10 get dry enough. When they are
partly dry they are ridgy, rutty, and
humpy. They have no tins 10 be-
smoOlhad down, have come up the
FUN Est street drive when man or
boast could hardly stand upon II,
through excessive sprinkliug, When
a road 10 Waturel all over the vehicles
pillow Il into ruA and ridges; the ridges
soon become dry, and tho road
quickly becomes dusty again-mOfe
dusty than before IL wRs spriugled.
Then Il must be- sprInklud agaiu, be-
fore the bed VI the road II dry, Hence
kNN NNhN NththAA " NINNNH NhENIt AuA ]
rain mREvs 10 an avenue Of muck, 1t |
IL does rain, no matter, tue spIinkling |
musl 10 GU. Neat day after heavy
rain the Internal -prlukllug wagons
arc out again, Why2 o, 10 Is paid ouJ
Of the taxes, aud there Is no bottom h
] the heap OF tax money 10 be spent.
! All such work b. tOmiO1lery, pure anu
simple. 10 II virtually criminal, anu
| IL a sCnndalnus waste OF public money.
/ One time there wac -ptnkling every
day but SUNDAY. lhru W. mad dry
streets 10 travel on one day week,
! aud Il truly seemed like heaven upon
earth ON that DAY. But that good time
has gone, lot us hope not forever, Tor
dry road ~ travel on ia u delight to the
heart OF thuIrayelur, % tue road Is not
| too dusty,
ia road must bs spfinkled every
day, It would be- better 10 sprinkle one
side OF 10 one day and the other eide
the next day anu U1 on. Then vshi-
Giles would not be- obliged to run Ia
mud all the Tine and the Hprlnkled
mari would have Time to dry before IL
was used much, aud, ~ II would not
gel dry s0 soon rs II Travelled upon