The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-19
EMINENT DOMAIN
IS TRUMP liant
SmeIter Bill of Many Ups and
Downs Succeeds at Last in
Passing the House.
LIMITS ARE RESTRICTED
NOT OPERATIVE BEYOND FOUR
MILE RADIUS.

Right Of eminent domain for smelters
uas finally granted by the house yester-
hay. after a spirited discussion. Inc
uuestiOn, which had once gone down 10
defeat, was resurrected by the lnJrouuS-
ton Of house bill No. 307. by the conIL l!.,
tee on mines and mining. The ne" "
Is Identical with senate bill NO q, $3.50
measure that failed after conIeI'e.nD'
agreement, save in the essential pdi eiCs
lar that the area within which tIe 81 -
Of condemnation may be eXerclseu y ". u
fled to a radius Of four miles Iro li ~
Emelting plants. That provision was ~, ~,
Eerted by the house on the occasion " NJ -
The matter was considered before. itS eI-
feet is, and it is so specifically sIaleu; 'i "a
the exercise Of the right OF eHlI. 4 -
main shall not extend beyond thd' @Oii0'
All Should Be Considered.
KuebIer moved to strike out the on
acting clause. Mr.. TOlton NlsoiVusly Up
posed this action, sJdiue lHdt tlle TIltlI
lin should not be killed because weber
county alone did not want the smelters
other counties wanted them and would
7-eIcOroe them Let Salt Lake and Og-
den he excluded SAID MI IOltOn Out
give the other counties fair considera-
Nj Parry. of Iron. put in good word
fer his county. as he never fails to DO
He was ast0nished at the attempt to
strike down great tnduStry-mIning-
only i'm its infancy. The result of con-
timed harrassing legislation would surely
drive the smeteTs into Nevada or other
states where they would be eagerly vel
romed Iron county wants those smell
fers" said Mr. Parry earnestly. we
have vast areas that will afford the very
finest sites for reduction works. We
have iueXhaustible beds of anthracite
and mountains Of minerals that need only
Development
Basis of Population.
In the bill there is a provision that the
law shall not operate in counties having
q population of more than 1900.
Jensen Of Salt Lake, moved to make
TINS figure $1,000 as there was a remote
possibility that Salt Lake did not have
geo population. Mr.. Jensen's remark
brought him a laugh of ridicule and a
stern rebuke by Mr.. Mcmillan. WestphaI
wanted to make it $500 and then Mr.
Marks, on behalf of Mr.. Kuchler, offered
an amendment fixing $4,000 as the basis.
Mr. Jackson. of Utah county. bitterly
opposed this amendment. Utah county
would be shut out entirely" said Mr..
Jackson, and Utah county wants smell
tiers if ii can get them. We have a fine
welcome the coming Of these great indus
trial establishments in no half-hearted
way, II you seek to kill this bill, kill it in
the right way, do not make it a silly
makeshift."
Mr.. McRae spoke in opposition to the
bill. He denied that he sought to drive
the shelters out of the state. but he did
believe that there was another way out
Of the difficulty than by permitting them
10 spread their poisonous gases and fumes
pver the whole state.
Mr.. Joseph called attention to the fact
that If the smelters were driven away il
would be up TO the state of Utah to re-
Mace the revenue that is now coming in
This revenue amounts to $4,000 annually
TO saw nothing of the taxation Of net DrO-
ceeds Of mines. Nevada, Colorado and
San Pedro in California, are holding out
Inducements to the Utah reduction COM
Ianies. and it is time TO move with cir
inspection