The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-06
ANNEXATION IS
FREELY DISCUSSED
Residents and Property Owners
South of Salt Lake Meet at
Commercial Club.
SOME FAVOR MOVEMENT:
OTHERS AGAINST 1T
Another Meeting Will Be Held
at the Same Place Oh Next
Friday Night.

Residents and property owners from
the district Immediately south of Salt
Lake City met at the Commercial club
Thursday, and after discussing the mat
ter OF requesting the extension of the
city limits, so as TO include a large sec
tion Of land on the south, decided to
call second mass meeting for the pur-
pose of giving the matter more thorough
consideration.
The meeting Will he held al the Com.
merciaI club next Friday night, begin
ming at o clock, This action was IN
keeping with the spirit of last night s
meeting, for there was diversity OF
opinion as to the adyisability of annex
alton. The discussion was for the most
part Informal, and those who advocated
the extending of the corporate limits
seemed to be about equal in number
TO those who opposed the proposition.
All of the property lying between Tenth
South and Twelfth South and Twenty
fifth East streets and the Jordan river.
except a small district which is already
included within the city limits, is in
volved in the deal
Considerable Discussion.
After the meeting had been called to
order by Fisher Harris, secretary of the
Commercial club, Addison Cain was
elected chairman and i. M. Cannon,
secretary. Earl Dunshee. who had been
invited to attend the meeting because
of his experience in matters of this
kind set forth some of the benefits of
annexation. He said that the main adj
vantage was IN securing city conven-
lences, such as water supply, and that
these were not only a direct benefit, but
increased the value of the property.
Sam Russell took Conservative view
and asserted that if annexation would
insure the expenditure of public money
ID that district the movement was de-
sirable. but if not he considered the
extending of the city limits premature,
Mr. Cain replied that loyalty to Salt
Lake City should outweigh selfish inter
csts in a matter of this kind and as he
wished to do everything in his power
to advance the growth Of the city. he
was heartily in favor of annexation.
Favored by smoot,
W. A. Smoot also favored annexation
on the grounds that he wished to see
the city limits extended and said that
he was willing TO believe that Salt Lake
City will treat the residents of the dis
trlct as equitably as the county is do
ing at the present time. 1t was also
urged that the question Of the dispo-
sition Of the present water supply
should receive consideration for in all
probability the property owners would
have to surrender their water rights TO
the city. This argument was answered
with the assertion that if this water
were surrendered TO the city il would
enable Salt Lake to return the favor
by increasing the corporation g re
sources. Another argument advanced
in favor of annexation was that it
would provide better local organization
and the citizens could carry on more
systematic improvement operations.
Others who took part In the discus.
sion were John T. Howells. n. j. Han
sen, Mr. Bennett, s. Q. Cannon, Mr..
Starrh, George Baumgarten, Mr.. John
son, Oscar Van Cott and Mr.. Marnane.