The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
CITIZENS ARE IN
FAVOR OF BILL
Many IndOrSe Proposed Placing
of the City in Control of
Commission.
WOULD EFFECT SAVING
,r,tFvE IN PUTTING AFFAIRS
ON A BUSINESS BASIS.

--,o, there Is sweeping public senti-
-, IN favor Of Benner y. Smiths bill
..ti,sbine a commission to govern Salt
-. is evident from the many opinions
-, The Herald and to which more
= amended today. There are. OF course.
90, onuoged. and a few differ i'm de-
..us hut the great ma jority Of business
- are heartily ion accord with the put
,t,g NJ ths city government on a bust
IS basis and believe that a very con-
siderable saving in taxes will result.
The following expressed their views yes
terday:
q, favor OF "A commission in Salt Lake
instead Of the present mayor and COun-
ID; I believe the salary offered will at
tract better class OF men, who will give
tbeir entire time 90 the city affairs and
tbst the result will mean much for Salt
Picbard p Morris former Mayor am
heartily i'm favor Of adopting the Calves
ton plan for Salt Lake.
r m smith, am i'm favor Of the es-
.tablishmpnt OF the commission for Salt
lake n has been found 10 work sue
cossfuIlv I'm other cities. and there is no
reason why Il should not here IL will
certainly cost less money. which viii mean
reduction Of the present rate Of tax
r. J. Evans-lf we could get the right
men 10 serve the city would DE i'm favor
M the proposition. But there are so many
o+her things i'm local politics needing re-
form before this scheme is taken up.
am convinced this is not the time TO at
tempt us inauguration.
81 = Clark believe a commission in
charge Of the destines OF Salt Lake
would be a good thing for the city. 1t
would result IN a more economical ad-
ministration and along general lines be
a great Improvement over the present ar
rangement
James l. Galacher-I am i'm favor Of
the election Of a commission TO take
charge Of the affairs of our city. | be
lieve that If good men can ne secured
such a move would be productive Of
much good: would mean a saving to the
taxpayer and "A better administration Of
the affairs Of the city i'm every way.
F. ". kelly-lf three representative
men Of Salt Lake can he secured to take
over the management OF the city / am
in favor Of it. The plan has succeeded
In other cities and ! see no reason why
10 should not i'm Salt Lake.
r h. ThOmas-ln my opinion the eS-
adjustment OF such a commission would
be a good thing for the city. / believe
% is easier 60 keep track of three men
than Of fifteen. and If the right sort OF
men get the job / believe the thing will
be = success.
J. G. -Murphy-ln my opinion the es-
tahlSnment OF commission in the in
ierests of the people Of Salt Lake would
work well. II would undoubtedly be
more economical and / consider that the
Experimental stage I'm such matters was
lassed when such cities as Galveston and
Washington found the plan success.
Captain A. &. Tibbitts-While / have
bot gone into the matter very closely.
an Of the opinion that 10 would BE- y coed
move and result i'm much good to the
city.
4 r. May-So far as 1 have studied
the subject ! am Of the opinion that the
establishment of a commission TO have
charge Of the affairs Of the city is a
step IN the right direction. The elimina-
ton OF politics in municipal affairs is
an important point. and I believe that
such q plan would go far toward ac-
compshing this
g. 3. jack fail TO see how the es-
Enlistment Of commission Of three to
do the work Of the present mayor and
council could result in any particular
saving. nor do / believe that il would
eliminate the political feature from the
cltNs administration. AS far as / have
gone into the measure I am against it,"
Lester ID. Freed-T thoroughly believe
that tho election OF a commission at
large would be a good thing for Salt
Lake CITY. The matter would not be in
the nature Of an experiment for the rea-
son that i has been tried I'm other cities
aud found 10 work we'll ] believe that
80 would result I'm saving to the city
ara ] am I'M favor Of giving il trial
Dr J. j. Snider-It is a good thing and
snouid be given every encouragement /
heHeNe II viii result i'm, a saving Of the
city money and will be for the best
good Of the people