The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02

but has 1t been expended Well. L care
/ not how much money has been expend-
led If the city has received full value
for the expenditure and never been
cheated The people connected with
the administration just closed meet
here for season of enjoyment and re-
| freshment, with those who preceded
land those who are to succeed, and all
are filed with hope for the future OF
1.-THE city and county.
| The judges remarks were received
with applause, and when the hand
clapping had subsidized, he successfully
Icalled upon the following gentlemen,
there being no set programme:
| Judge Bartch spoke of the early his
| tory of the Joint city and county build
ling and briefly outlined the policy pur-
sued in connection with that magnifi-
Icent structure.
Ex-Mayor Scott and County Treas
urer Lynn talked reminiscently of the
1S90-1S91 city administration.
G. e. Wantland was introduced as
the little man of the outgoing council
and made a neat speech, during the
course of which he outlined a plan for
the relief of the citys unemployed, who
| he declared, would know much suffer-
ing within the next ninety days unless
something is done for their assistance.
Ex-Councilman Rich, styled by the
toast master as the kicker of the coun-
tcil. when called upon acknowledged
that the title was well bestowed and
we'll deserved He felt certain that the
only man in the new city council who
could hold his seat was w. H. Ren1ing
| ton.
| City Attorney Hoge paid a glowing
tribute to Salt Lakes sewer system and
declared that the great decrease in the
death rate was due to the completion
of the main sewers. He also touched
upon the gravity sewer and asserted
that its completion was of ever more
Importance than the completion of the
| joint building.
The man whose foresight was as
good as his hindsight would be a phe-
| nomenon. Looking back over my ex-
periences with the past administration
and with the advantages l have by rea-
| son of my findsight [ can see many
things which might have been better
done. L have to say that l did what I
did according to my best judgment and
am safe to say the same of every MEM
Der of the retiring administration.
hope that the. good work of substantial
| Improvements. which made the city
distinguished from the village, will be
| proceeded with, and that the city may
be enabled to carry out such improve
ments without difficulty
| Short speeches of a humorous and
patriotic nature were made. by Select
man Norris, w. p. Noble, of the board
of public works, Elias Morris, one of
the contractors Of the joint building,
Councilman O,Meara and c. E. Allen.
Mayor Baskin was the next speaker
called upon: The mayor said in open
| ing: ut would not be fitting for me
on this occasion to say anything
which would destroy the harmony of
this mutual admiration society. While
several of the speakers have said things
which were evidently aimed at me / do
not propose to display the same i'll
manners"
During the course of his remarks the
mayor said that while he favored the
carrying on of all public Improvements
and desired to see every deserving man
supplied with work, the city has not
the money to even pay the regular run
ming expenses of the city government.
The new administration is powerless
unless it gets financial relief. There
are but two ways out of the difficulty,
either increase the taxes or increase
the bonded Indebtedness of the city
The former was irnpracticable, the
present taxes being heavy enough, and
therefore the citizens of the city should
unite with the city council in petit
ton to Congress to pass the,-bonding
bill now in the hands of the committees
of both houses, which would give the
city about $780, 900. There are many i'm
provements which must be completed,
among them being the gravity sewer
system, which would make a remark
able decrease in the death rate of Salt
Lake. His honor had the best of feel
ings for the members of both the out
going and incoming administrations
and was DESTROYS of working for the
greatest good to- the greatest number
Ex-City Recorder Stanton in a happy
manner explained the purpose of the
banquet and reunion and Toast Master
LoofbouFow wished the company a
happy and prosperous new year The
guests then sang "Auld Lang Syne"
and dispersed.