The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-04
The Bill Increasing the City's
Bonded Indebtedness.
TEXT OF THE MEASURE.
HIS HONOR FAyORS AN ISSUE OF
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND.
Selling Out DeIfnquents Advance
of Time Checl<s-aTortuary Report
for February-The Board of Pub
lie Works-Reports from the VAR
iOus Departments.

Mayor Baslsin returned from Wash
lington yesterday, and as is his usual
custom, at once buckled down to bust
ness with vigor. Although the accu-
mutation of business was somewhat
heavy, his honor was at liberty for a
short time last evening and gave a
Herald reporter an account of his visit
to the national capital and its remark
able success. The mayor returned with
certified copy of the bonding bill in
his pocket and allowed the re porter to
copy it. The full text of the measure
is as follows:
An Act
Fixing the limit of Indebtedness which
may be incurred by Salt Lake City:
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Unit
ed States Of America in Congress as
sembled, That Salt Lake city, in the
Territory of Utah, may become indebt-
ed to an amount in the aggregate, in
Guiding existing Indebtedness, not to
exceed six per centum on the value of
the taxable property within said city,
to be ascertained by the last assess
ment for territorial and county taxes
previous to the mourning of SUCH in
idebtedness; and all bonds and obliga-
llO1S IN excess OIL SQcn amount given
by said city shall be void.
Approved February q, 1894.
Department of State, February "a,
1894
IA true copy.l
W. w. ROCKKILL,
Chief Clerk.
Il reached Washington on Sunday
night" said the mayor, when the news
paper man had completed his copying,
and although it was not a business
day l laid my plans and was ready for
the campaign on the following morn
ing bright and early, having seen Sen
ator Faulkner in the meantime and
secured his promise to call up the bill
Immediately upon the opening of bus
mess IN the Senate, should the indica-
tons point to its favorable reception.
Together we interviewed Senator Platt,
who had been antagonistic to the
measure, and secured his pledge of non
interference. AS soon as the session
of the Senate opened Faulkner called
UP the bill for its passage and, as we
had caught the House at a very oppor-
tune moment. the measure went
through without a dissenting vote.
Tuesday being national holiday,
was unable to secure an audience with
the president, but on the following day
had a personal interview with him.
was received very cordially, but cur
conversation was confined entirely to
the matter in hand and when l had
said all that in my opinion was neces-
scary 1 withdrew. The next day the
bill was signeu.
This ended my mission in Washing
ton, and on Friday 1 left for the west,
stopping over one day in Lexington,
KY, for the purpose of visiting some
old friends. another at Louisville, on
account of snow blockade, and still
a third at Denver, reaching here this
morning"
When asked for an opinion as to the
size of the first bond issue which the
city will be forced to make at once,
his honor stated that the matter would,
of course, be left entirely in the hands
of the council, but naturally the issue
would be governed by the needs of the
city. 1naSmuch as there are already
outstanding claims of in the neighbor-
hood of $S50,O00 and fully $500, 900 will
be required to complete the improve
ments already under way, not less than
100000 worth of bonds must be placed
upon the market at once 1T is no
longer a sentiment which confronts
US, said the mayor, sit is a stern real
ity and while, as / have said many
times before, it is a, deplorable state of
affairs this administration is RESPONSE
bic for no part in it, but upon it's
shoulders rests the responsibility of
Fighting a number of wrongs There
are improvements which must be COM
pleted. chief among which, of course,
are the gravity sewer and the Joint
city and county building. Our present
sewer system is entirely inadequate to
carry off the sewerage and the gravity
system must be finished UP at once. I
am in favor of disposing Of the bonds
at once. or as soon as the necessary
arrangements can be made, for in the
event Of next years assessment falling
off materially our limit would be cut
down again