The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-27
GREATER CITY
GETS A BOOST
Commercial Club Backs Water
and Sewer Plan.
BOARD OF GOVERNORS ACTS
MAJORITY AND MINORITY RE-
PORTS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH.

The Commercial club has given its
sanction to the city council plan for in
creasing the water supply Of the city
and the construction of main sewer
for the lower section of the city. After
discussion of over two hours yester-
day. and by a vote of six TO two, the
board of governors of the club voted i'm
favor of the proposition. This action
viii place the matter in a good light
before the business men of the COM
munity and add materially in having il
favOrably considered by the property
owners who are TO vote on the bond
issue Jan. 3.
At the meeting of the board of gov
ernOrs of the cluD yesterday there were
present Mayor II. p. Morris, John +.
Dooiy. ]. W. Houston. J. @. Mcdonald,
Charles y. Strevell. Joseph A. Silver
Simon Bamberger and Governor Heber
NJ Wells, all members Of The board. In
addition 10 these. Attorney Franklin
S. Richards. State Engineer A. F. Dore-
mus and Councilman T. :. FerHstrOm
were present.
Two reports We're submitted TO the
board from the special committee Of
the club chosen 10 investigate the mat
ter. The majority report was signed by
Simon Bamberger. Joseph A. Silver
George c. Lambert and s. II. Love. The
minority report was signed by John T..
Dooly- I'm the meeting of the board
these reports were discussed i'm all their
details as was also the general propo-
sition of city Improvement as adopted
by the city council BY invitation At
torney Richards and Engineer Doremus
took an active part i'm the discussion.
When the matter was put 10 a vote at
the close Of the discussion Governor
Wells. Mayor Morris, J. G. Mcdonald,
Charles y. Strevel Joseph A. Silver
and Simon Bamberger voted in favor
OF the adoption of the majority report.
John +. Dooly and J. w. Houston
voted ina favor of the minority report.
Text of Majority Report.
The majority report addressed to the
board OF governors, and dated Nov. 20
Is as follows:
We members of your special committed
appointed for the purpose of considering
the following resolutions. offered at The
meeting OF your honorable body held Nov
p 1904:
Whereas. The necessity Tor an ihcreas,
I'm the water Sunply of salt Lake city is
most imperative. and
Whereas The heath and comfort o
the residents OF the lower part OF the city
require the sewering Of that part of th'
city: aud
Whereas. The plan proposed by tn,
special committee of the city council fol
the accomplishment Of these purposes
commends itself TO this board as beins
the most available plan tending TO a com
plctc aud permanent solution of this grea
problem; now. therefore, be ii
Resolved, That the board Of COVER
nors of the Commercial club does hereb!
endorse said plan and recommend tina
IL be adopted by the city council AlsC
that the question of issuing bonds to thu
amount of ST. 0C0O00 for the purpose o
carrying out this plan for increasing tn
water supply and sewering the lower par
of the city be submitted 20 the taxpayer.
with favorable recommendations.
We have to report as follows
We have carefully examined into tn
plan for the Improvement of the city
water supply as proposed by the com
mttee of the city council. and recon
mend that YOU adopt the above resOlu
tion as the Judgment of the board
Very respectfully.
SIMON BAMBERGER,
JOSEPH \. SILVER,
GEORGE c. LAMBERT.
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