The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-09
RWERT0N WANTS
PART OF DRAPER
Strip Asked For Includes Rio
Grs1de Road.
WOULD DECREASE TAX LEVY
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BITTER FIGHT Is PROMISED Be
FORE COUNTY BOARD.
WOULD DECREASE TAX LEVY

A large percentage. of the residents
OF the Riverton school district have
DetitiOned the board Of county com
missioners TO extend their eastern
boundary line so that IL viii take in
a strip of land through which the Rio
GTande Western road runs. The sec
ton IN question now forms the western
end OF the Draper school district, and
as might be imagined the major por-
non OF the taxpayers of that subdi-
VISION do not care TO lose that portion
OF their Jurisdiction.
lust what action the county COM
mssiOners will take in the matter re-
mains TO be seen. Each member Of the
board refuses to discuss the matter.
When approached yesterday relative to
probable action. they declined to talk
specifically, giving as an excuse that
the matter has not been discussed at
board meeting.
Draper People Enter Protest.
A verbal protest was made yester-
day by n resident OF the Draper dis
trict against any changing of the pres
ent boundary lines. The man in Ques-
ton is resident of the strip of land
which, if the petition is granted, viii
be transferred TO the RivertOu dis
trict. The Riverton district is bounded
on the north by South Jordan and on
lilt SDUln DE BUN Ddle- NE eastern
boundary line is the Jordan river.
That stream separates Riverton from
Draper.
The proposition to change the east
ern boundary line which does not con-
tain the least reference to the rail-
road matter, proposes that the east
ern line be moved over a few miles
until ii shall be north and south
continuation of the eastern boundary
line of Bluff Dale.
AS the subdivision now stands. the
Jordan river is the line Of demarRa-
ton between South Jordan and Cres-
cent school districts. The southern
boundary line OF those two districts is
q mere continuation Of the one or the
other. That makes the South Jordan
district the northern boundary of Riv-
erton.- But If the proposed changing Of
the eastern line is made, as peutiOned
for, Riverton district viii be bounded
on the north by both South Jordan
and Crescent districts It's southern
boundary would stiu be Bluff Dale, and
its eastern one Draper.
Draper Assesses Two Roads.
The Short Line and the Rio Grande
Western roads both run through Dra-
per, Neither I{iverton nor South JOr-
dan districts derive any benefit from
railroad taxation because the roads do
the secret OF the petitiOned changing
of the eastern boundary line of River
ton is merely to take i'm that portion
of the Draper district through which
the Rio Grande Western road runs. Al
though the mileage is not very long. the
taxation for school purposes would 1t
is said. materially reduce the percent
age levy now made necessary fer the
farmers to bear because they must tax
their own individual farms TO meet
their legitimate school expenses.
The Draper people protest against the
subdivision because il viii decrease
their assessed valuation in the same
ratio that the change would increase
that of Riverton.
Tt is expected that when the matter
comes up before the board of county
commissioners there will be some enliv-
cninE speeches made on both sides, and
considerable underground political
work INDUCED in by both factions 10
win their respective ends. So far the
Rio Grande Western road has not said
whether 80 would favor or disapprOve
of the proposed change in school dis
rTiCu boundary lines