Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-22
AS TO IMPROVEMENTS.

suppositions 1t was either made 10y
one not fully responsibility one in
condition of temporary insanity, for
Instance; or, 1t was II wiful, MALI
cious and gross falsehood.
Property owners on Main street
protest against the proposed assess
ment against their property for the
repairing of the bad pavement of
the street, for which they have paid
once Their protest has absolutely
nothing to do with religious motives.
Mr., NJ Il. Walker speaking for him
self and others, says;
"The people are already overhur-
dened with taxation, with prospects
OF another raise this year. Property
owners are not in a position to meet
any extra assessments For the pres
emit some repairing could be done at
trivial cost and that would make the
street all right until the proposed
work could be done without working
n hardship. The city IS in no posi-
tion financially to pay for the inter-
sections the cost of which would fall
to the municipality
Hon. Henry Lawrence expresses
himself as follows:
There are many things that need
doing more urgently by the city ana
by the taxpayers at the present time
than the repaVing of Main street
am not opposed to any Improvement
but I believe this is one that can be
consistently delayed Weeks ago
holes were cut in the pavement. and
these have been allowed to remain,
instead of being filled in at once, rs
was the custom. The thing was evil
IDENTITY done for effect. When the
subject of resurfacing the street was
mooted. II was maintained that there
would be practically no cost to the
taxpayers. as the sale of the cobble-
stones would almost pay for the I'M
provements Instead OF that being
the situation, an assessment of more
than SO per front foot is made against
property owners. The repaving of
Main street should he undertaken
when the city and the public are An
ancially better able to stand the eS-
pense.'
Others are of the same opinion.
One prominent business man points
out trick that the administration
proposed to play In the matter, and
It should be said in parenthesis that
those now responsible for the affairs
of the City have never once made
proposition regarding public improve
ments without covering up their true
Intentions with trickery, deception
and falsehoods. And so It is in this
case, The gentleman referred to
says:
"There are many parts on upper
Main street where the street is all
right, though 1t is very bad on lower
Main street, but the city authorities
were careful not to separate the dis
trict by blocks, but put the whole
thing in one district from Brigham
street TO Fourth South. anticipating
that the lower end of Main street
where the streets are worst would
overcome the protest from the upper
end. where the streets are best. Under
the law. 1t takes two-thirds of pro-
test to defeat a project"
From the letter of protest sent to
the Council by Mr.. Crane, and from
the unanimity of opinion among the
property owners, 1t is evident that
there is strong sentiment against
criminal mismanagement of the City's
affairs. But the Church has abso-
lutely nothing to do with the protest
The Church owns no other real es-
tate on Main street than the News"
building, and a protest from the
Church would therefore be the voice
of very small minority, indeed, In
that matter why then, charge the
opposition OF citizens to an untimely
and probably Illegal assessment, to
the Church? The purpose of that
misrepresentation is plain.
The fact Is that the citizens are be-
fatal blunder when they enthroned
the consplrators who speak through
the Tribune. They have heard the
awful truth proclaimed from the pull
pit, too They know that the treas
ury Is exhausted, that there Is a big
deficit for which there never has been
an honest accounting They know
that the consDlrators are asking for
more money 10 squander on Them
selves and their political sorrs who
do not dare to call their soul their
own. They know that the PROPOSE
ton to "re-surface" the street now Is
but part of a scheme to collect money
from the taX-payors Tor partisan pur.
poses, and perhaps for the ben0ht OF
grafters. And because the people
suspect the true condition OF affairs
the Tribune feels the necessity OF
doing something to avert suspicion, IL
possible. That rs what il Is paid FOR
And, true 10 its instinct, 1t inveuA a
falsehood about the church. By the
cry of Church." II hopes TO excite
prejudices and enable the tax-squan-
derers TO get the money IN other