Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-23
COMPANY HAS NOT REFUSED.
That is What Hen RuIsn =, Wells, ia
lscal Manager Has 10 Say
Ga Subject
But TIME TO ACT HAS COME.
The Correspondence That Passed BE.
tween Mayor City Attorney aud
The COMPANY


Mayor Morris rays there IN yet u
good chance 10 sell the 100000 special
water and sowcr improvement bonds
recently bid In by tho Mutual Life In
uuruncq company Of New York but
which II failed 10 take w, This after
noon developments which he said
could not be- made public az this time
made n clear that there was stlll hope
lor q proper contamination of the deal
The mulor X being specially considered
ana IN such a manner IA 10 onfor much
announcement IN the direction Of n
satisfactory solution
Hon Rulon \, Wells the local man.
oyer Of the company declares that II
haH never refused TO mako good its
olfoE and that II is simply waiting for
lcgnl objections to be cleared away
WHOM those arc settled ne says the
bonds win ho taken an unlll that
Is done, however mo- progress win be
made,
Tine present status NJ l0nrf is told
IN the following correspondence that
was given to the public last night
through tho city councll
TuE MAYORS REMINDER,
Salt Lake. May D. loo5--Mutuo LIfc
Insurance Company Of New York, New
York CITY, Gcnlcmcn-l desire to call
your attention 60 tho roc, that, under
your contract with salt Lake city, for
! the purchase ~ ts proposed issue ot
| Wntor and sewer bonds amounting 10
| N,OOO0OO, the first payment for said
! bonds Wns due Anrl l. 1908, l'ndor'
standing thll you desire Ia make nomo
! suggestions about the iormUlltlea at
tending the lRguunco Of The bonds, ac.
ton has been dcftuod IN the hope Of
receiving Fomo definite communication
from you ON the subject Az the city
~ now prepared TO advertise for bids
ana let contracts for the construction ~
the proposed conduit ana other Inn.
PROPONENTS Of tho water System, and,
no ita option for the purchase ana eN.
change NJ water rights VIII expire on
the first day Of July 1905, n w I'M
porptiNoly necessary thVt Immediate
and definite action should be taken I'm
the promises so that the city may be-
sure of receiving tho money before that
date Hoping for nm early reply ana
trusting that the transaction may be
contaminated without further delay !
am, very respectfully
lllCnARp r. MORRIS,
Mayor
the MuTuAL's REPLY,
Now York, May i6, 1905 Hon Rich
ard T., Morris, Mayor salt Lake CITY,
l'tnh Dear Sir-Nour favor Of May y
has been handed to me, ms the previous
correspondence IN the matter on behalf
Of this company has been between ihu
Hon =, e, Doy, your city attorney, and
myself I have already advised thls
company that In accordance with the
advice gwen 10 your representative, the
Hon, e, G., boy this company IN under
no legal obligation 10 purchase the
bonds m qlcatiOn 80 that from our
point Of vloW no moneys are due from
M, lol are I'm error IN snpposlng
that We desire TO mako eomc suggos'
tons about the form0litios attending
the issuance ~ the bonds, our Views
related to their not being legal ! send
you a copy Of lct,or ! am sending to-
day 10 the Hon. G, &, DcS ] am
very truly yours,
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT,
General solicitor
LETTER TO DEFY,
Now York May 10, 1903 lion, G, G.,
Doy Guy Attorney salt Lake Clty
ltnh, Dear Sir-l have your favor Of
Aprll 20, 1895. 1 gathered from the tenor
OF your letter Of March 81 that you de-
sired 10 write me again, from the state
mont N H. that any safeguard you
could Offer % our satisfaction 10 the end
that the proceeds Of tho bonds would
all be- used IN extending the water ana
tewor systems, and In substantial com.
pllnncc with the scheme NJ presented 10
tho voters, you are ready 10 comply
with,
I assumed you would follow this up
Nv some specific statement as 90 whit
those safeguards would bo and which
would be such aS Co fully cover the
points raised IN my letter to you OF
March 90 N naturally follows, there.
fore, n thoro is nothing further Tor
tho city 10 My upoa the subject than
what IN contained In your letter NJ
March 81, coupled with your previous
letters, Wo ecom TO have reached n point
of SERIOUS, " not complete, divergence
of vluNR Nt 10 tho legality of the pro-
posed Is3uc ~ ! hnyo gliG before, II
ia Impossible for this company 20 pm.
chase bonds about whose legality there
w amy question whatever IN addition,
n docs not appear that tho dinlcultIoi
rpfcrrcd 10 b. You IN your letter 90 me
OF March 10 have boon done away win
"a the moitur HtAudl ot present
therefore, ! could not, uA ! have said
before, advise this company 20 pura
chase bonds In question " YOU desire
tu submit further considerations I Will
ho happy TO consider thom and immo-
di0toly advise the company upon Thorn,
! ann very truly youvt,
EnNf ann iVNtAN NIIApH