The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03

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u should not pass through some other
state. With a great road running east
and west and another great road running
north ana south, long step toward the
desired end would be taken. Just think of
/ the possibilities of a great transcontinen-
tai highway from the Atlantic to the Pa
ci-lcl Just think, too, of the possibilities
OF another great road from the northern
country down into Colorado.
Social and Commercial Advantages.
The establishment OF a state highway
system IN Utah would have more than
anything else TO 90 with knitting the COM
nunity interests, social and commercial
country people want to come 70 the cities
and city people want to go Into the coun-
Wy, As u Is now, wagon trip is an irk-
some task instead of a pleasure.
1t can be easily understood that, with
good roads, the country producer will be
enabled to bring his products to the city
markets at vastly smaller cost than h..
now can. The cost OF transportation being
cheaper, therefore, il must necessarily fol-
low that the Inhabitants of the cities
would get tho very finest products of the
fertile btah farms instead of being COM
piled To buy cold storage products and
vegetables and fruits shipped in from 9TH
er states.
There are three things for which
stand concluded Governor Cutler. good
roads In the country and water and sewer
systems in town
0CANt(A Ld0GTr
Neither the governor nor the governor
elect IS in favor OF the employment of >s,n-
Wet labor in road building IL would COST
the state more to keep the convicts on the
work than would be saved, to say nothing
81 bringing convict labor at least in a de-
gree INTO competition with the freemeu
1 am unaiterabiy opposed to the en-
ploymenr OF convict labor in road build |
ms said Governor Cutler. I'VE can use
the inmates of the prison to much better
a 10 -rla .,sa4 4
that requires the work of many Of the s~l
prisoners With the addition of anothe~i
IiItE acres / think il would require the
iabor OF all OF them that are not used /
about the buildings TRUSTEES. With the 4
farm and the knitting plant / think that 4
institution will soon become nearly SELF
sustaining.
II cannot conceive that the state uroui7
make any money BY placing the convi,.ss
AZ roai building work. In fact 1 think If /
would be an expensive PROPOSITION stock
ts would have to be built and large
lNmoef OF guards added 10 the force III
prisoners would have to be chained ike
animals at night, and we cannot stand for
my such barbarous methods as fhas
ne i.sy may = criminals but thex are mea
Ust the same
Would Be Expensive.
Il do not believe the convict labor nli, ,
Il work on road construction would work
ut in Utah. said the EorernOr-alecr ..In Z
he first place, the state would have 10
mploy so many extra guards that the {
aNlng would be more than offset. Then ]
90, the farm at the Denitentiarv re- [
lilles the services OF large number OF 7
he inmates. If IL were possible Ia havs 5
rock crusher near the prison some Of !
he prisoners might be used. but Ia re-
loNe them from the walls to remote
amps. l believe. would not be feasible.
ertainly / would object strongly 70 on, e
iethod OF employing prisoners as thex r
0 IN the south, either In road building /,
T leasing them out On contract like 50 I u
ANY horses, / believe the records ~ p
le southern ststes. where the conx-fcf i
Dor leasing system prevails Will show II
lat very large per cent Of the rnes, y
cape We have some in our prison who :.
e extremely bad. They were criminals e