Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-23
some Facts Presented ~ tn lntcrccpt-
ing Scwcr--Comcllmnn Fcrnstrom
Says Issue Is Not Needed.


of the city council; and, believing that
II tbraatans seriously the propcrtv in
60. - mt. ,,r,o,rct , ,o,,,,,itte,
he apnointed Of representative citizens
TO organize and cohauct a campaign
against the bohd ISSUE
pIrt.ES Otr,r pros
\. r. Carr was CHOSEN chairman oil
the meeting, and ne made a ruling 10
the effect that, as the meeting uad
been called to protest against the
bonds. no speechnaRlnS IN FAVOR or
the issue would be permitted. Where
upon much sadness was seen To spread
over the classic features OF one joseph
Lippman, persuader ana one JaEe
Raleigh, likewise one j. +. McGlnty.
chairman of the "Amel1can' commit
tee, all OF whom had assembled in the
meeting for the purpose of boosting the
"' Ne. pu t,e announcement of tho chair
as he was in FAVOR OF the bonds, ne
considered himself an intruder, ana
would therefore not favor ihc gathering
with any speech.
John w. Smell made an address IN
which he charged the city ddnllhlstra-
ton with paying contractors TOO mucn
FOR Inunclpal WORK. ana the secretary
"a w '''NNsA''7 '''N-'' ny 80
Cranes pointed pamphlets showing the
extraNagance and recklessness of the
present city administration
EX-AIrDIToR Talks
Charles h, Felt. who was auditor of
the city under the Norris adminlstri-
ton, made d strong argument against
the bonds. He likened the gathering
unto a company OF stockholders of
corporation who had met TO disap-
prove of some action contemplated by
the board of directors of the company.
The taxpayers are the stockholders,
Mr.. Felt, said, and the city council
the board of directors whose proposed
action the taxpayers do not approve.
The rule should be to cut the pattern
to the cloth, said Mr.. Felt, TO figure
out the absolute needs of the city, and
in by wan of luxuries.
COIrNCII,MAN FERNsTRoM
Councilman r. 5. Fernstrom then
addressed the assembly. He said that
nowhere else in the city did the neces-
sity exist for defeating the bond issue,
as II did in the Third. he called at
tentlon TO Inc tact that three years ago
the Morris administration made an APP
preparation of $4,000 for the construc'
toh OF an aqueduct to carry the over
flow from City creek along North Tenn
PIE street TO the Jordan river. The
american council came in shortly
ailefWard, declared councilman Fern,
the acaueduct. Three years ago the
city began the construction of the In
terceptins sewer; there IL Is now, use
less ana good Tor hothlhg IN us pres
eht condltlon. ne american adnilh-
istration has not kept taith with the
TeODle,' SAID councilman tCrnStrOln,
They contracted Tor an outlet to inc
lntefcepting sewer ana II should nave
been ready by the 10Th of the present
month, but the contractor has beer.
given 40 days extra by the board OF
pubic works they VIII do the SAINT
with the aqueduct, ana ii is hard 10
tell when you VIII get what has been
promised you.
poNDe NON NrpDt,D
'There Is no necessity for issuing
bonds, or / would favor them. Pru-
business mon do not borrow money
when they do not need it, The aque
duct cannot be built even If the bonds
are authorized, as there is nothing in
the law which provides for the build
Ing of aqueducts.
Capt. Fred G. Palmer said an aque.
duct would not help the overflow sltua-
ton on the west side.
Il. IL. ken, 81, favored the bonds,
and said the mayor told him the frs,
money TO be spent would be on the
aqueduct.
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WOULD RHNF No BENEFIT
Eli POLAND said the Third would
not rem any dement's. He said there
was an understanding between En-
gineer Kelsey and Doremus that the
sewer trench be used TO carIrv pp1.t
of the Jordan river flood waters until
gon short Line
William Spicer. bent with age. went
To tho chairman's desk ana mndo a
brief speech. He said he was one OF
the three mon who built the ditch
across the west side to carry on tho
overflow waters of the Jordan, rho
other two we're dead. he said. lie
also said ne knew tho overflow condl-
ton of the west side was due 10 Tor
dan river and not Ia the waters OF CITY
creek, ana that conduit would bo of
no beneat as there would MOI be
enough TO Iaii 10 IT. ,,,oo
bond issue was then passed unanl-