Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-27
The Question Again Comes up Before
the City Council
c,LlIsTRR's MOTION CARRIES



something with the slippery eide
walks, the increase of the chairman OF
the bonrd OF public works. salary
three hundred per cent, and on the
question whether or not the city
needed a new jail.
Debate en- the Jail question was
started by Callister Introducing the
following resolution and Afterwards
moving Ito aJoptlor:
Resolved, That the prison committee
be and is hereby instructed 10 ASCERTAIN
and report to this Council the approxi-
mate cost Of tearing down the old city
Jail and building now one in lis place,
also to submit any recommendations
deemed proper.
O'Meaga moved es on amendment
that 1t be referred 10 the board OF po-
lies ana fire commissioners.
Dale was In hearty sympathy with
the resolution, but thought II too
loosely drawn or that iiB provisions
were too wide.
Diehl then offered the following as
substitute to Callister's resolution:
Whereas, For nearly quarter of a
century grand jurles, mayors, health
commissioners, tho public press and all
classes of citizens have condemned the
Jail OF this city, and
Whereas, Tho present City Council
considers tho jail disgrace TO humanity,
ard the housing of even evil doers IN u
place worse than the "bluck hole OF Cal
cutta," foul blot on civilization, be it,
therefore,,
Resolved, That the board OF public
tnyn rla I'M M IA I'm cd ol
vertise for plans and specifications for a
new city jail with all modern improve
mouts, for the humane treatment and
sale keeping OF city prisoners; provided
that II The plans and specifications al
ready in possession OF tho board answer
the purpose in view, that it may adver-
tise Tor the erection OF the building on
said plans, ETC., at once; and be it further
Resolved, That the said building shall
be erected on tho ground Of the present
city Jail, that the cost of its erection and
all necessary equipments shall no. eX-
coed $4,000, anu that it shall be finished
and ready for occupancy by the first day
OF October, 1897.
The substitute eglted O'MearA all
right, but he wanted the clause au-
thor.zng the board VI public W orks to
advertise for oids stricken out and the
police and fife coBmitBicn substituted.
Romney-I am satisfied that we
need iail, but where are we going to
get the money with which to build IL?
The city ir now, as everybody knows,
nj, rt of iunds, and venture TO ssy
,hat inside of three monthe there VIII
not be dollar In the treasury. The
people OF Salt Lake CITY are already
taxed TO Death, many OF them have
mot been able TO pSy this years tsxes,
and | take 1t that certain gentlemen oil
this Council are loOking for an excuse
to raise lhb taxeB still higher. Ii this
city 10 going 10 grow, as 1 want tO
see it, | tell you 1t must be under
a lighter taxation. Wise business
men always look ahead TO find out
where the money Is coming from
before starting new enterprises. A
man earning Sl00 q month may spend
Sl50-as many doubtless do and think
they can--bul, sooner or later, no will
come to grief and find out 1t can't be
done. II It would lower--or not even
Taise--the taxes OF the people, would
favor the proposition anu say 20 right
ahead, but want to say that the
people OF this oiiy--nsny OF them
Iesstways-are discouraged at the
prospects, ahead OF them, and we
should lot discourage them Sill more
Mulvey--I favor the CallisIer reso-
luton and ehall vote for It. The talk
OF the city being hard up I've heard
ever since became member OF this
Council, Are wo any worse off now
than when we commenced? | am
prepared TO say we are not anu seq the
uebIs, contracted by the previous
Council, we've paid of. II this ques.
ton Of building n new jail was lett TO
the people 1 know they would Say to
us Ego anesd and build It by all
means,"
Romney-I don't believe 1t.
Mulvey--l say they would, for no
man living in'this city would say that
that old rat trap should remain there
any longer than the time II would take
to pull 1t uown.
Diehl--Mr. Romney 10 always Bay-
ing the city is going TO ruin, but the
city will be here after Mr.. Romney is
dead. (Laughter.)
Romney-Yes, when both OF us are
gone.
Diehl (contlnuina)-If you do not
build q new city jail every one OF you
viii be sent to Jail within Inc next six
months, for the grant Jury viii indict
us, including the MsyoL
tiho W Hpiht VI
OBJECT to having member ooerce or
inliuoidats the rest OF us In this man.
ner, on u question he is 80 deeply in.
tersstsd in. cloud laughter.l
President Newell--The pointis well
taken. (Rsnswed iaugbter)
Diehl livery earnestl~-l have got
within me a warm hsart anu l feel Iof
the poor wiotches who 5ave to go in
that hole. 1 viii not Dnss through the
pearly gates with the thought OF tina,
jail on my mind. l sRy the jail is
disgrace ANA lie not Ill to put dog In.
Callister--l didn't know Couu Gil
man Diehl had a similar resolution TO
the one have already introduced. IL
only goes to show that minds OF great
men often run in the same channel u
thought. l want TO 60 on record al
wanting TO remove that eye-sore.
O'Meara at tnie point Withdrew his
amendment.
DAle-I think friend Diehl has
worked himself mp to an unnecessary
frenzy In his alluslon 10 the poor men
having TO 20 to jail. There's no par
tlcular necessity for any man, that be-
haves himself, going TO jail. don'i
care to increase Immigration by offer.
Ing nice comfortable quarters In a jail
no an inducemsnt.
Ste1art--I don'l bslievo in this
grand niann tatap m IN Hty anna nf the