The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-03-24
PROMINENT CITIZENS REPLY
TO A COMMUNICATION y
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EDITOR NoAiNiLll llhhn
lny your issue Of the l5th inst. ap
pearcd an article under the caption o
"a Communication" signed -. j
Jones'" to which, II YOU will kindly
grant us space, We, as citizens, resi-
dents and tax layers Of COalville city
/ would like tU make reply rs lollows;--
| Who il j. J.. Jones, TO assume t'
peak for, aud voice the sentiments Of
the citizens Of Coalyille Cityg To give
two reasons only 'as TO why the people
Of Coalyille should be given the privilege
of voting ON the proposition Of disincor'
porationp" namely a. reduction Of the
taxes" aud "A reduction In the license
on the Merchants" 10 ray that "No
special benefits are now enjoyed by the
people Of Coalyille that are not equally
enjoyed by the people Of towns that
are not incorporated in Summit County.
That "City officials have repeatedly
violated the laws" That "the salaries
Of city officers are liked contrary To
law" etc. etc. ? without citing one
cintil'a Of proof or authority, other than
81 am told 70 4 have been informed
such and such" etc, Aud Ia section %
he asserts, THAT Il just what WE pro
pose 70 do" etc. ~ though WE were
the lords Of creation, all OF which re-
mind us OF n certain petition presented
to the British Parliament beginning.
fswErhspeopIe 81 England" etc, aud
signed 10y tailors living ON back
street OF the suburbs Of London.
Have the tax payers OF Coaiyillc City
authorized J.. J. JOINTS to express THEN
grievaucesy Have the Merchants oil
Coalyilla City sought out j. J.. Jones to
give their reasons Why Coalyille City
should be- disincorloraled2 II such be
the ease, and they have 10 other re-
course Than through him, then perhaps
IL may be time that disincorporation
was effected. But reyerling to our FIRST
query, who Il !. j Jones? A person
whose advent here occurred about
three years ago whose principal prac.
tice l''li.i.1oois ,esy limited has been
in IA, ,merest Of tramps and law.
breakers, aud vi no has asserted more
than ouce that he would yet bust the
Cny Character because ihings did not
terminate his way. or prrhads because
the Charter vas not made TO suit him I;
who has set himself up in opposition to
nearly every thing official since his adj
VENT Who has done nothing to i'm.
prove on 10 benefit our City; who payu
not dollar Of tax, save 1t De for poll q,
who has been constant agilator be-
tween debtor aud creditor in our com.
munily. Aud reyerting again 10 his
communication sec. 2 wherein he
slalet that at times u lady cannot pass
along the sueels without being COM
PEELED tolisten 10 vile and vulgar lang
nage" such as may liequently be heard
in aud near his own place Vi business.
such then IL J j, Jones, aud he Ia the
author OF a petition which has been
signed by number Of our citizens pray
ing for the disincorporalion OF our City.
We renol at AL surprised at hisauda-
city, nor NJ seeing tie signatures Of
several persons which appear thereon,
Who lie him have no interest IN the
City, save What they can get out Of it I;
As 10 those resident citizens OF long
standing, whore names are signed to
that document, We sincerely regret to
see them thus decoyed, and led into
such relrogrestion men who have been
Identified with the Guys growth and
development, who have taken an ap-
parent interest in it, progress aud
governments who should rather emu
late than r,taid aud depress lbsex.
am pie Of the ioundeIsoi our common
wealth, (whose ambition and pride Was
progression Otherwise they are made