The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-15

DISCREPANCIES
ARE APPARENT
Senator Cahoon investigates the
Murray Incorporation Middle.
He ADMITS ERRORS EXIST
CITY ATTORNEY VAN CoTT OF
THE SAME OPINION.
He ADMITS ERRORS EXIST

Those who took occasion yesterday
to visit the office of County Recorder
Walter J. Meeks and carefully examine
the records and map on the Murray
incorporation, left the Office satisfied in
their own minds that the claim set
forth in Fridays Herald that the de-
scription of the city limits in the pc
tition does not coincide with the map
of the limits on file is correct.
Among those who examined the rec
ords were State Senator James CahOon
of Murray and H. S. Sanders. principal
of the Taylorsvile school. Both Sen
ator Cahoon and Mr.. Sanders said the
position taken by The Herald as re-
CARDS the map and description not tai
lying was correct.
Missing Map Still Missing.
Mr., Sanders was one of the commit
tee appointed 20 see that the original
map of the proposed city was filed with
the county commissioners. He stated
yesterday that NJ. A. Willumsen, editor
OF the Murray Eagle, another member
OF the committee, delivered the map,
which has since disappeared, to James
Anderson, as chairman Of the board of
of Harker and Horne, the other two
commissioners of the old board
Chairman Anderson yesterday adj
United receiving the map, but said il
was taken from him later by q deputa-
ton of five citizens of Murray, who
said the map was inaccurate and they
desired to change il. That was the
last he saw of il.
In letter to The Herald, Ray Van
Colt, the city attorney for Murray,
denies that he stated Friday that if
the incorporation Of Murray were
tested in the courts, the incorporation
would not hold.
At the conclusion Of an examination
lasting about three hours during which
time the map and the petition were
gone over time and again. Attorney
Van Colt made the assertion in the
presence of The Herald reporter, Coun-
" Recorder Walter J. MeekS. Deputy
Recorder John May and Clerk Moore
that the article in The Herald was
correct.
Discrepancies Are Glaring.
To the same gentlemen he admitted
that the description in the petition of
the boundaries of the CITY. and the
outline of the same on the map filed
with the petition, did not correspond:
That if one was correct, the other was
incorrect.
Attorney Van Colt even went so far
as 20 state that he would the next
day look up the law to ascertain if il
were not possible to amend the map
or description to make them comply
with the law, which says they must
agree, and thereby save the time and
trouble and cost of reincorporating
should the matter be pressed.
Attorney Van Colt did make the as
sertion that he felt confident that the
0lEpTPng We -
the whole matter were brought to the
attention of a court the Incorporation
would be declared null and void for
those reasons.
Just before he left the recorders Of
fee he said he hoped that the mat
ter would not be pressed any further,
as he had his doubts as to the out
come; that he. as city attorney for
Murray. most certainly would not take
the matter into court, and hoped that
no one who had been opposed to the
incorporation of Murray would do it.
Didn't Want to Be Blamed.
After Attorney Van Colt had ad-
mitted that the report Of The Her
aid was correct. he went over the pc
tition of the citizens asking for in
corporation and pointed out a num-
Der of mistakes in it. He did this to
show The Herald representative that
the mistakes and errors which now ex-
Est in the files were made before he
and Attorney Marks were called in to
rectify the errors of the citizens of
Murray.
1t was not until Attorney Van Colt
had satisfied himself that The Herald
article was correct, and that some one
would get the blame for the whole
matter. that he cleared his hands of
the errors. He said TO The Herald
representative that he did not want
the citizens of Salt Lake to gather
the impression that he, city attorney
for Murray. had made the mistakes
which invalidate the charter OF the
city.
AS city attorney for Murray, Attor-
uey Van Colt declined to make a state
ment for publication. saying il would
not look well for him to do so. but
as an attorney and a private individual.
he said in the presence of the above
four mentioned persons that The Her
aids contentious were correct, and
asked that his position be made clear
ag he did not want auy of the blame