The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
Expenditures in Detail on City I'M
proVements in 1907,

With characteristic determination,
backed by abundant means and bound
less energy the people of Salt Lake
have spent during the past year 81, -
1919, 1853 in civic betterment. which IS
S121 ,204 more than was spent between
the ten years, 1894 and 1903, Inclusive
The detailed tables above show what
has been accomplished, but figures
alone cannot tell the story of what
has been done to make Salt Lake d
better city to live in.
There is an old saying, an axiom in
municipal economy, that a citys pros
perity is best told by the public spirit
of its citizens in improving their sur
rOundings. If this be true the record
made by the people of Zion during the
past year must necessarily stamp the
city as one of the most prosperous
and progressive in the nation. For
years nothing of Importance had been
done to make Salt Lake a modern
city. Her principal Streets were seas
of mud in the winter and carpeted
with dust during the summer. With
streams of pure mountain water going
to waste in the canyons of the Wa
satch the citizens were content with
an illy-equipped and entirely made
quate system of water distribution.
Little attempt at sewerage disposal had
been made, the old gravity sewer be-
ing the only one of any Importance,
and it's feeders were few and far be-
tween.
Suddenly the city awakened as to
its condition. Led by former Mayor
Richard P Morris, the era of improve
menJ was inaugurated in 1904, aud
since that time the people have spent
81, Cos, 1856 in making Salt Lake de-
serving of recognition as a city of the
first class.
When the City Awoke.
The desire for improvements was
contagious. The first year S241,OO0 was
spent, the next year SAL 600; then came
1906, with an expenditure of 1866, 600
and then 1907, the record breaker, with
improvements worth 81, geo added To
the tangible assets of the municipality.
But the people have not stopped and
everything points to 1908 being an
other record breaker. When Brigham
street was paved it was a great i'm
petus to citizens in other sections of
the city to have the streets in front
of their residences beautified. Second
South street citizens were the first to
profit by the example of those on Brig
ham. The pavement on that .treet
was completed early last spring. Now
liSl COulH IL " UC DdNeu, Illl TIE
contract will be let January 3. An
effort is also being made to have Third
South paved, and a petition is expect
ed for this work at any time by the
COUNSEL. The property owners on Fourth
and Fifth South streets are also known
to be willing to fall in line as soon
as the city is financially able to under
take this work.
First of the Residence BouIeVards.
Sixth East street has been macad-
amized from Brigham to Third South,
and this has led to a general scheme Of
paving extensions including the area
bounded by Brigham, Fifth South,
Tenth East and State streets. 1t is
hoped that within two years this, the
principal residence district, will be
paved from end to end.
Among the most notable pavement
paving of State street from Fourth to
Seventh South streets, Main street
from Fourth to Ninth South streets,
Fourth South from West Temple 70
Second East streets. and West Temple
from Fourth to Fifth South streets.
State street is the principal thorough
fare into the city for the farmers to
the south and Main street is also
heavily travelled. Up to recently dur
ing the winter and spring months these
streets have been impossible because
of the mud. Now they are hard, smooth
roads, and easily traversed in the worst