The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-08

Story Of Street improvements in
Three Administrations.
FORWARD MOVEMENT MADE
POOR SHOWING MADE BY EZRA
THoMPsoNs REGIME.

When the street work now ordered
by the present city administration shall
have been completed the grand total
OF improvements TO the credit of Rich
ard +. Morris will be greater than was
made in the entire previous history of
Salt Lake from the foundation of the
city down 20 the beginning of 1904
This is a strong statement but it is
borne out by the official records of the
city. Included in the street work
under consideration are main sewers.
pipe sewers, permanent sidewalks,
street paving, macadam roads, bridges
and water mains.
This does not include the securing by
exchange Of half the water of Big Cot
tonWood stream which means an addi-
ton of 10000, 600 gallons daily to the
water supply of the city, an amount
greater than now comes into the city
from city creek, Emigration creek and
Parley's canyon creek. Nor does it in
clude the construction of the conduit
from the Big Cottonwood to the city.
Nor does it include the negotiations on
by which the city will secure rights in
the COttonWoOds and Mill creek by
which 100000 gallons more of the best
water in America win be brought TO the
city, making a supply great enough for
80. 600 people.
Story Told by the Facts.
The figures on street improvements
given herewith and set forth more
Strlkiugly in the accompanying diagram
are from the official records of the Of
nee OF the city engineer. They tell a
story OF progress and Improvement that
should stir the pride of every Salt
l-aker Interested in the upbuilding Of
his home city.
For the benefit of voters who wish to
reach reasonable decision in the pres
ent controversy between Ezra Thomp-
son and Richard p. Morris the figures
are given for each of MAYOR ThOmD-
SON s administrations and for the ad-
ministratiOn of Mayor Morris. The
figures are hardly fair TO Mayor Morris
FOR the reason that much work has
been authorized that does not appear in
the figures OF the work completed
Much Of this work will be completed
before the close of the present mayors
first two years.
In the matter of main sewers there
were none constructed under Mayor
IhompsOn's first administration, 1900
1901. There were none constructed
under his second administration, 1902
1903. Under the present administration.
l9O4-l9O5, one mile of gravity sewer
was authorized, four miles of inter
ceptlng sewers and a pumping station.
me gravity sewer and pumping sta
lion would have been constructed this
fall but for the obstruction of the men
who are now backing Ezra Thompson.
There were o. miles of pipe sewers
laid under ThOmpson's first administra-
ton; S4 miles under his second ad-
miniStratiou, sc miles under Mayor
Morris. To this last must be added Ave
miles authorized.
When City Escaped Mud.
lu permanent cement sidewalk con-
struction Mayor Thompsou's record for
mis- riFst TWO years was g of a mile equal
eto Two city blocks. I'm his second admin
ISTatiOn there We're laid 35 miles Under
Mayor Morris administra ton there have
nteh o'.S miles actually constructed and
3J miles authorized FoI the first time
ln The history of the city residents are
beginning 20 feel that il lis not necessary
10 ploW through the mud ankle deep d
good part of the year. but that they can
place salt Lake ia the front rank of the
beautiful cities of the country
tlzra Thompson did no street paving in
his tirst two years as MAYOR. He did a
little better i'm his second administration
and got through % miles Mayor Morris.
In spite of the fact that so much energy
Was employed in oetheT directions. paved
B miles and authorized the paving of . .
miles more. The fact that Brigham street
was paved is greatly to the credit of the
present administration, especially To Col
onel T.. \. Wall, chairman of the board OF
public works. This street will stand for
all time as q monument TO the public
spirit, energy and diplomacy of the pres
cnt city administration. Already il is
regarded as one of ethe most beauetiful
residence streets of ethe enetire Weset
Ezra Thompson did no macadam paw
ing during his four years i'm the office Of
mayor. Mayor Morris put down Is miles
Mayor Morris put a steel bridge over the
Jordan at Eighth South, and a wooden
bridge over the same stream at Fourth
North.