Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-23
MOnAy'S MACHINE
RUINS A CANYON
Beautiful City Greek Drive Way
WIN be Useless Until it
Is Removed.
ORDERED OUT BY COUNCIL.
BUT Like !. street Scenic Railway 1t
Stin Continues TO DO Business
II The Old Stand.

When tho American" party came in
to power two great dotriments existed
to the creation of most beautiful
driveway which was planned to become
the greatest beauufying movement the
city had known.
These detriments were r. J. Moran,
and the lack OF bridge along the east
ern wing of the canyon boulevard,
which was almost completed when the
change In administration came
To contribute his share Of the delin-
quency, p. j. Moran operated an offens-
i've rock crusher M city Creek canyon
near the mouth It's eternal noise made
driving dangerous and the entire cam
yon unattractive. Its ever accompany
ing cloud of dust made 1t Disagree
able thing to pass, even II one drove
horses immune to laundering noises
The people rose In their indignation
and demanded its removal That was
two years ago. The city council orr
dered II removed. II remains there
today, Pat ]. Moran has continued to
crush rock there The canyon has con-
tinued in It's unattractiveness.
BEFORE THE MAYOR.
While the people have protested Pat.
to remain? Councilman Wells took UP
the matter with Mayor Bransford, IN
connection with Pats laugh when he
heard he was expected TO remove his.
] street scenic railroad. That was the
day before yesterday. Today Pat Is
loading wagons at the j street ediflce
in the same old manner. Tho canyon
rock crusher is no nearer to removal
than it was two years ago when 1t was
first ordered out.
COMMERCIAL CLUB FUND.
on City creek canyon the CONNER
cal club spent $1,000 TO build con-
crete bridge over the creek, and build
the boulevard along the east canyon
wall For other sources $4,000 was
-pent, and vet the driveway Is useless.
Those who have been over II declare
that there Is no more inspiring view
In all the intermountain country than
that coming down the east wing, out
OF the canyon to the bench land. where
the drive IL planned to run along the
hills 10 Fort Douglas.
ALMOST a DRIVE.
All that is necessary to do is TO
bridge one gulley, or hll 1t, and grade
a few rough places. The whole expen-
diture need not exceed 1000 to make
1t disable plus the removal Of Pat Mo-
rams noise machine in the canyon.
INVESTMENT USELESS.
After that. when funds are available.
the problem of planting trees along the
way. anE fencing the drive may be
taken up but 1t Will not have any
chance to take its place in popular ia
vor so long as the rock crusher re-
mains. 1t represents an Investment OF
nearly 10000 and why should one con-
tractor continue through the years to
render this Investment useless to the
public which made il to help beautlty
Salt Lake?
AN ANCIENT PROMISE.
C. s. Burton, vice president of the
Commercial club, who took very ac-
tive part In raising the Commercial
club fund which vent to bridging City
creek, declared today that he regard
ed this boulevard as one OF the things
the city could profit most by in ar
ranging it for traffic. 1T was a splen-
did idea to have It," said Mr., Burton,
and 1t should never have been allow
ed to drop out of public notice. When
the protests against Pat. Moran's gray
el crusher first went in. he came to me.
as I was one of the sgners, and as
sured me II would be removed in the
verv near future. ! recall that II was
not, and that the matter was carried
to the council, where an order was Sc
cured for Its removal, but 1t was never
carried out"