The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-04
ELECTRIC LIGHTS FOR BINGHAM
THE FUTURE GREAT MINING
CAMP WANTS THEM.
Board of County Commissioners Will
Consider the Request-Delinquent
License-payers to Be Prosecuted.

The enterprising people of Bingham
are anxious TO assume metropolitan
airs, and if the board of county COM
mlsslonerS does not grant the one more
little favor which the Binghamites ask
they will make good their intention of
forming town corporation and turn
ing the license revenues of the town,
which now go to the county, in provid-
ing themselves with the public utilities
they crave for. What Bingham now
wants is expressed in a petition sub
United yesterday to the board of coun-
ty commissioners. 1t is signed by all
the merchants, business men, large tax
payers and prominent citizens of the
thrifty mining camp, and asks the
county to install and maintain the
equivalent of 100 thirty two-candle-
power electric lights, so as to make
travel safe in the canyon on the dark
est nights"
General Manager G. L. Hutchins of
the Bingham Electric company, whose
wires are being strung through Bing-
ham, appeared before the board and Of
fered to furnish sixteen-candle-p power
lights at 81 and thirty-two-candl
er lights at 81 each per month. He ex-
pressed the opinion that sixty lights
would be sufficient.
The petition and the proposal were
referred to a committee. 1t is the be-
lief of the commissioners, however, that
the price asked is too high by a large
per cent. When the company obtained
its franchise from the county a suffi-
Gent number of reasonable concessions
were, unfortunately, not exacted.
A PROTEST FROM GRANITE.
George Dryburgh and twenty-one
other residents of Granite precinct, in
Guiding George Thomson, chairman of
the Republicans of said precinct" rep
resented that I'VE, the Democratic vot-
ers of Granite precinct, protest against
the appointment of ]. w. Smith as road
supervisor of said precinct, as he is a
Republican, and We ask for the ap-
pointment of a Democrat to the Office
The communication was referred to the
committee on roads and bridges.
On recommendation of County Fruit
Tree Inspector Sorenson, the following
appointments of deputy inspectors were
confirmed, each to receive a salary of
81 a day for the time necessarily and
actually employed; Joseph w. Smith
Of Draper, Thomas H. Walk of Union,
Joseph Sharp Rawlins of West Jordan,
Samuel Z. Allen, Thomas A. Missing
and John Stubs of Salt Lake City.
A resolution was adopted granting to
George w. Snow the privilege of laying
a water pipe line a distance of 1900 feet
on Ninth East street, connecting with
the Forest Dale Water c<.npany's main
on Twelfth South street.
Sheriff Lewis reported a list of de-
linquent newspapers and the names
OF me delInquents and other pertinent
data We're ordered referred to the coun-
ty attorney, with directions to institute
criminal proceedings against the vio-
lators of the law.
The claim of Box Elder county for its
half of the taxes. amounting to $1SS.29,
on 1,625 head of sheep grazed last year
in that county but owned by sundry
persons resident of Salt Lake county,
was referred to County Assessor Quinn
for investigation and report.
County Clerk Dunbar reported the fee
earnings for the month of March in
the district court department at 1867 so
and in the county clerks division at
81. 207.70.
The report of Superintendent Whip
pie showed that on March 1 there were
l01 inmates of the county infirmary.
Thirteen were admitted during the
fourteen were discharged, and
three died, leaving ninety-seven pa
tients on March 81.