The herald., 1895-02-24
THE SALT LAKE ROAD.
Committee Work Done
Yesterday
MERCHANTS FAVORABLE TO THE BILL
Fifteen Hundred Names to the
Memorial
ON A SURE BASIS AT LAST
No Doubt That a General Law Can Be
Ex,Mayor Workman Who Has Travelled Over
the Route Talks
The Country is Rich in Iron and Coal Deposits
and tho Valleys Are Very
Fertile
Ex.Mayor Workman Who Has Travelled Over
the Route Talks
The Country is Rich In Iron and Coal Deposits
and tho Valleys Are Very
Fertile
SIGNATURES SECURED.

few of the people interested in the
building of the Salt Lake Road started out
yesterday to secure 1000 names to the petit
ton, which will be taken to Sacramento
by the committee of twenty to fortify them
in the fight they will wage at the capitol
to secure the passage of the bill which will
make the construction of the Salt Lake
road possible. Most of the names which
appear upon the memorial are of promi-
nent influential merchants and business
men, who were pleased at an opportunity
to place themselves on record as favoring
the project
The list can be found on the counter of
The Herald business Office and every one
should sign it or fill in the blank in this
issue of The Herald. Cut it out and mail
it to The Herald office at once.
Yesterday afternoon the committee ap-
pointed at the citizens mass meeting on
Friday evening, to further the Salt Lake
road project met in the rooms of the
Park Commission in the City Hall.
Frank G. Finlayson presided and Nathan
Cole, Jr., acted as secretary.
Mr. Finlayson said that there is no
question but that the meaure desired to be
passed is special legislation, and he
doubted very much if it would stand in
the courts.
'Section of the proposed bill pro-
yides,'' said he, that the trustees and
their successors shall be the trustees OF
the said fund, and shall have control and
disbursement Of the same, etc This
seems to be in close conflict with the pro-
visions of the Constitution.
In Farwell VS.. The County of Los An
geles the Supreme Court held that the pro-
visions of the charter of the City of Los
Angeles, directing the Council to appoint
as depositor of the public moneys such
bank as offered highest rate of interest
to be deposited with such bank was in
conflict with Section 13 of Article XI.
The court then said: carrying out the
intention of Section 49, Section 16 of Ar
ticle III provides that all moneys of any
municipal corporation coming into the
hands of any municipal officer thereof
shall Immediately be deposited with the
Treasurer, or other legal depository, to the
credit Of such city, town or other corpora
ton respectively, for the benefit Of the
fund to which they. respectively belong.
the custodian of public money is usually
designated and he is public officer, and
the phrase other legal depository is
clearly used to designate such public
officer, whether he be called in any par
ticular municipality Treasurer or by some
other name."
In Davis VS.. The City of Los Angeles, it
was held that the provisions of the street
opening act of 1889, providing for a COM
mission for assessing the value of property
needed for the street, and to do other
things in connection with the opening of
street was not in contradiction of Sec
ton 13 of Article XI of the Constitution,
because it delegates to special commission
the power to perform municipal functions,
but conceding, without deciding, that the
opening or widening of public highways
within city are municipal functions, it
does not appear that such functions were
delegated to the commission. The Com
missioners are simply made the agents of
the municipalities to assist them in open
ing streets. They act under the direction
OF the city, and their acts are not binding
or effective until the same are approved
and confirmed by the City Council. There
fore the act done is the act of the city at
large, and not of the Commissioners.
sBut the board of trustees provided for
by the proposed bill are vested with pow
ers not made subject to the direction of
made for an appeal from their acts or
decisions to the Board of Supervisors, and
power to enter into contracts and manage
the construction of the road is taken out
of the legislative body of the county, and
vested in a special commission. The only
put a veto upon the drawing of money
from the fund in the hands of the trus-
tees by refusing to pass an order there
for.'' ..a
Mr.. Finlayson said that the proposed
measure would be special legislation and
the law should be made general. The
difference between the Mathews bill and
the proposed measure is that the former
provides for the construction of railroad
by county only within its own limits,
while the latter permits county to build
railroad across the whole state.
Mr.. Longley said that he was opposed
to making the law general, and that he
thought it would be as well to have the
committe decide what to do after it ar
rived at Sacramento, and it was decided to
do so.
Captain Cross stated that the proposed
bill had been forwarded to Assem- byman
Bulla at Sacramento. He was advised TO
introduce it at once, before the expira-
ton of the fiftieth day OF the session, after
which time it would require two. thirds
vote to permit any bill to be introduced.
Mr.. LOngley said that he had written
letter to Mr.. Bulla on behalf of the citi-
zens, telling him to introduce the bill,
and if it is decided subsequently to make
the measure general it can be amended at
any time.
that most of the members of the commit
tee will leave for Sacramento today, and
the others will depart tomorrow SO that
all the members will be on hand Tuesday.
Mr.. Davis appeared before the meeting
land stated that nearly every one ap-
preached signed the petition favoring the
Salt Lake road, which is to be forwarded
to the capital to fortify our representatives.
In q recent speech J. M. G. Marble dis
epssed the Salt Lake road proposition as
follows:
For years the people of Los Angeles
have been anxious for railroad to Salt
Lake, and although many of the wealth.
lest and best men of the country, infiu-
ential in railroad circles and in national
politics, and versed in railroad construc-
tion, have been trying for its accomplish
ment, they have SO far failed to materi-
ialze the railway.
California now appears to be on the eve
Of an important railroad development.
Money is going into subscriptions in the
north part of the state by millions, and
that money they will invest naturally for