The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-29
SOME FIGURES
FOR TAXPAYERS
What Salt Lake Is Valued at
Upon the Assessment
Roll.
COUNTY ASSESSMENT IS
APPARENTLY VERY LOW
City Pays Taxes Upon One and
a Half Million
Dollars.


IS working night and day to get them
out and taxes arc PAYABLE now, and
upon November l5 become delinquent,
if not paid on or before that date.
The County Auditor has completed
his figures from the Assessor 8 rolls and
they are as follows:
Taxes assessed for Salt Lake
Abatod by County Board OF
Equalization ...,..... 1878. 90
Net total for Salt Lake City .sl,4se,2 60
Taxes assessed for Salt Like
county outside of city ,...S 1864 65
EouaIizatEon .....,, 572. 90
Net total to collect from entire
county for 1906 .r,,,...,- S1,762,5 52s %
The figures are an interesting study.
For years the county outside OF salt
Lake has demanded two of the County
Commissioners and their demand has
usually been complied with. But why
should they have two7 The Assessor 3
roll shows that while the assessment
is 81 ,250 ,000 the county outside of the
city is assessed at .S323,062- This as
sessment includes the smelters, IheY
represent an assessed value of $3.50
900, leaving a balance of but $4,000.
As the smelter interests are owned and
controlled in the city and their interests
are allied directly with the city, why
should the county outside of Salt Lake
have two Commissioners Salt Lake
City pays the taxes Why should not
its people demand how those taxes
should be disposed off
Willard Snyder did not resign the
chairmanship of the American party
State committee at its meeting Tues
Nod ho MT oF
resigning Both the morning and after
noon organs of Smoot have been print
ing statements that Mr., Snyder
would retire and neither Of them had
any foundation. The wish was father
to the thought. Willard Snyder is
fighter, hence the Smootites would be
delighted should he step down and out
The church Democratic City and
County committee has been called to
meet on Thursday evening, At this
meeting Chairman Martineau will re-
sign 1t Will be remembered that he
succeeded Simon Bamberger as State
committee Among those who are
mentioned to lead the church crowd
are ". H. Dale, Will Ray, Thomas f.
Thomas, Joe Stringfellow and Will G.
Farrell, the present secretary. Ii he
Will accept, he can have the position.
Early last week Judge Bulge of
Idaho paid visit to Zion. Naturally,
he found his way TO church headduar-
ters None of the Bulge family ever
come to Salt Lake without calling
there. His mission here was to secure
aid for the Borah crowd in Idaho. In
Boise there ia printed the Capital
News, ostensibly a Democratic paper
It's removal or purchase by the church
would, the church crowd in Idaho hg-
ure, take away a valuable prop from
DaboIs. Bulge was the medium chosen
TO negotiate, first with the church, then
with the paper. The former has the
funds. the latter was for sale, The
deal has been completed and the Nor
mon church is said to have gained con-
troll OF the Boise Evening Capital
News. Judge Bulge visited Boise last
Thursday. after his visit to Salt Lake,
and is presumed to have brought about
the deal which is to end the Brady
Sheridan suit won last winter by Sher-
idan and appealed by Brady to the Su-
preme court This suit developed the
fact that as chairman of the Repub-
lican State committee of Idaho Brady
had given Sheridan s partners $500 for
the support of the Capital News, in
Idaho's last State campaign. By the
terms of the present negotiation Frank
Martin, one of Smoot IS witnesses IN
Washington, is to become president Of
the Evening News, Sheridan secretary
and probably G. 0, Broxon Of Pocatello
the editor This deal means the early
passing Of Sheridan from the paper,
and opposition in the present campaign
TO Senator Dubois and the antiMor-
mon features of the Democratic State
platform. In an editorial last evening
the paper came out squarely for tho
election to the State Senate from Cas-
sa county of Bishop John L. Smith,
ID ,1.1 Ill
of his church and all that it stands for
By this deal Boise has two Republican
papers, the Statesman, morning, and
tho Capital News, evening. 1t remains
to be seen how the Statesman will take
TO this arrangement, for most of the
people connected with the Statesman
have some pronounced views on the
Mormon question.
p. J. Moran has the contract for do
ing the paving for the city. The city
has ordered the street railway company
TO pave between the tracks with as
sphalt. Moran has the privilege of
charging the company what he chooses
to do the work and the company has
the privilege of doing the work itself
and refusing TO give the work to Mo
ran, 1t makes no difference to the city
who does the work for the street car
company or whether it pays ST OF So
yard for the work, so long as it is
done according to specifications and is
accepted by the Board of Public Works
The Smootite organ, however, advances
the theory that because the street car
company pays taxes to the city that
the city has committed a crime in
letting contract for paving to a con-
tractor who exercises his right to charge
Il corporation whatever price he sees fit.
The street railway company has asked
the Board Of Public Works to be al
lowed to pave between tho tracks with
vitriGed brick. The board has CON
sented to. allow the company to put
the brick in on West First South street.
paved with asphalt There is nothing
unfair in the proposition at all and
when the Utah Light and Railway com