Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-12

| uuirlng an assessor to forthwith assess
| the lots and property for building tho
wall OF the city, David Chandlsnd was
| appointed assessor 10 assess said
| properly.
Al a meeting held August 20 h "the
committee on municipal laws pre-
sented resolutions fsv ring the rspor
OF the committee on survey, an tbs
| will o the people In relation to bull
Ing the oily wsII, sgfesable to thu
instructions Of tho last council. Tn,
council accsptei the rssoiusi ms"
COST OF CONSTRUCTION.
The dimensions, of the wall anu e.
timated cost OF construction were r..
ported to the Council on September
q and OF It the record sayf:
Prof. Darlington OF the committee on
city wall reported as follows: "The es-
| Inmates for the wall around Great Salt
Lake City, 27.70 cubic yards TO the rod,
at 90 cents per cubic yard, 1t will cost
| sl2 3J-lU0 per rod.
"Leng b of wall exclusive OF Jordan
| river, 2,73l rods, which 10 average sl2 90
| 100 per rod will cost S33, 500 75-l0D. At
20 cents per cubic yard 1t will cost "a
95-l0o per rod and whole wall si3, 523
| 81 100; at 80 cents per cubic yard 1t will
cost 81 42.l00 per rod and whole wall
| $50, 2S5 SG-100; at 40 cents per cubic yard
IL will cost 50 90-l0O per rod and whole
wall s26, s47 S2-l00.
Allow $1,000 for bastions, oulverts and
plain gates, with one tier Of portfolios on
the straight face and more tiers on the
round face-bastions to be forty rods
apart"
David Candand. the Assessor, to as
sess the properly in tho city, presented
his report or comparative approximate
| report OF city wall, which WAS accepted.
| On motion of the Mayor this council
gave David Candland vote OF thanks
| Tor his diligence In assessing the differ
ont wards Of the city, which carried.
A resolution was adopted providing,
That David Candland, assessor, de-
liver to each of the Bishops of the wards
| Of the city the amounts assessed, and
| the amount of TAX appended to each In
dividuai's name ut the rate OF per cent
on the amount assessed, which carried.
"DEsEREr NEWS" COMMENT.
The DEsERET NEWS Of Ost. 1, 1853,
had this 10 say OF the building OF the
wall: CAT 4 O'Clock p. m. OF the 23rd
inst. the Bishops Of all the wards o.
he city mot In the State House with
the City Council, and reported ali
their wards unanimous for walling In
the whole city, with q good ditch upon
the outside OF the wall; wherein pc the
| CITY Council appJinteI Aibert Car.
rinpton. Farley p. Pratt and FrauE-
lin ID. X o lar1s, committee to loo AT Q
the line OF said wall, and report there
n Saturday, the 9Th, from which
date the wall and ditch are to be lat
ored upon with diligence until com.
pieted. The wall Will be built OF mud
taken from the ditch, and mixed with
straw, or hay anu gravel aud laid up
IN COURSES ss deep as the consistency
OF the mud will allow, to bs repeated
when the previous curse is dried, IN
I'll The wall is flushed. This 10 deemed
to be the cheapest, and in the end,
most durabls method that we can al
present adopt"
THE WALLS COURSE.
Under tue heading "City Wair' the
DEsERET NEWS of the same date pub.
Iisnui Inc ioiI0wiu,:
To the Honorable Mayor and City Coun-
ell Of Great Salt Lake City:
Gentlemen-We the undersigned com.
mittee appointed ut your last sitting on
the 23rd inst. to determine the line Tor
the con emplated wall around the city,
respectfully present the following
REPORT; = We recommend that the
inner line of The wall commence Al
point eight rods south of the east corner
OF lot three In block one OF plot q, theme.
due north 636 rods, including two block,
and two stress north of the present sur.
vey, thence due west about 40S rod
to the east line OF First East Temple
rods to point near the southeast corner
OF the block upon which the pubic bath
house Is located, thence due west abou
472 rods to the river Jordan, thence M
the east bank OF said river to poin
where said line would intersect The ives
prolongatIon OF the north line of the Ave
acre lois, hence due east about l,02S rod
to the point of beginning, making in al
about ISL rods, exclusive OF the west, Of
Jordan river.
The soil on the south and east line
and on the line west OF the bathhouse i
very suitable Tor easy digging aud max
ing into wall, though small portions ar
somewhat swampy. From the n. i
corner OF the proposed enclosure to tn
N. Il. corner of the bathhouse block
there will be more or less gravel, bu
your committee Judged there would b
sufficient soil for making mud In tn
part OF this portion OF the line.
We also respectfully recommend tina
the inner edge OF the wall be on tn
above described line, and the outer edg
DO from 20 TO 36 inches from the break
ing of the ground for the ditch, accord
ing to tho condition Of the soil and in
clination OF the surface; that the wall b
made twelve feet high and six feet thicl
at the bottom, carried up with an equa
slope ON each face so as to be IN tee
! thick, and rounded on the top; that 1t b.
made OF the earth taken from the ditch
which should be- properly moistened
mixed with weeds, sage brush, small
willows, grass, cane, bullrushes. or what
ever like vegetation Is handiest 10 tn,
portion under progress, and grave
whore convenient, and placed on tn
} ground for the wall at depth suited Il
its consistency, and when the first laye
I Is dry, repeat the operation until thu
wall Is completed; that the ditch be du,
large enough TO furnish the earth for thu
wall, with proporlionsle width an,
depth, and properly sloped sides.
OF necessity there must be gates an,
bastions, and we recommend that Their
be one gate on the north line. to be oil
the street next west OF the bath house
one gate at City Creek; one where tn
railroad crosses the line; one on tn
street that will best accommodate tn