The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-02
MEN ARE
AFTER LAB0RERS
Alive to Great Shortage in State and
Appoint Committee.
MANY WORK ON PAvEMENTS
MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS ONE
OF CAUSES OF SCARCITY.

THE Salt Lake Real Estate assQcia-
ton took action yesterday on the
matter of the great shortage of
labor, skilled and uuskiued. and APP
pointed a committee Of three To confer
with the Utah FEDERATION of Labor,
and, II needs be- 10 advertise I'm papers
in large eastern cities for worllingmen.
The committee was appointed by
Chairman Edgar 5. Daring ON motion
OF oscar f. Peterson. and consists of
the latter, as chairman, j. 81. Anderson
and \. Richter.
NJ. Peterson brought the matter 10
during the regular b.-Weekly meeting
Of the association by calling the MEM
berS attention 10 the great scarcity 81
labor in every line He said tttat be
mad found it impossible 90 60 ain aad
with the erection of certain ,Itt2gcs
because Of the unusual shortage
Mr. Anderson also spoke ON Mr.
Peterson's motion, pointing out that
labor was al present being paid even
better than the union scale he said
that masons were getting $3.50 per day
while carpenters We're getting $3.50. or.
in the case of the latter. Sl.I0 more
than the union wage schedule. lie az
counted for the shortage by 5he un-
usual demand that the erection IL sew
enty-dve cottages at Suuuyside had
made on carpenters and laborers in
other lines.
Hundreds Work For City.
Again, it was pointed out by others
at the meeting that hundreds of men
are employed 0u public improvements,
building the Big Cottonwood conduit
laying sidewalks and paving streets,
and doing other work laid out under
Mayor Morris progressive admiuistra-
tton. As one member afterWard eN-
pressed il, If We are going to do all
our street paving and sidewalking IN
one year of course it's going TO create
a scarcity of labor"
II was shown that the vast amount
of sidewalking planned by the present
administration was only partially un-
der way. i'm fact that OF the work
authorized but - per cent was in
cOurs- of completion.
Sidewalks, the Big Cottonwood con-
duit. the new smelters. the Western
Pacific, the unusual activity in nome
building circles-all these We're pointed
10 as causes for the shortage, and in
cidentally as evidences of the city's
prosperity.
The sentiment of the association was
that in view of the obvious need OF
more skilled and unskilled labor action
should be taken TO relieve the present.
conditions and allow municipal I'M
provements and great private enter
prises planned i'm the mast y1ar 10 be
/ pushed ahead rapidly
Looking to Future.
J Following the appointment IF the
committee. plans were informally dis-
cussed. The members agreed that
with the opening of spring The demand
for labor would be even greater. The
committee was given authority TO OBJ
tain relief by whatever means ii
thought best The opinion was eN-
ments already planned by Mayor Nor"
pressed that after the first OF the year
I'm case nothing occurs 10 prevent the
carrying out of municipal improve
ris' administration. from 5000 10 5.ouo
men would be given employment IN and
about Salt Lake.
This is evident when il is taken into
I consideration that i'm addition TO the
Ideslre Of the municipal administration
. to proceed more and more rapidly Win
( the work. there Will soon be sprlnSlnE
Up al Garfield a city. At present only
the smelter buildings are being erected
bur hundreds OF homes must be erected
for those who viii be employed there
+ Plans already announced by tht.
/ smelter Deoule provide for a city Of
( 5000 persons.
At Yesterdays meeting recommend
4. alton that "a standing committee on
manufactures be appointed was ap-
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