The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-15
MUST ECONOMIC
SAYS THE MAYOR
inexpensive Improvements to
Be FiniShed-0therS to Be
Paid for Next Year.
NO MORE SALARY RAISES
INCREASE IN TAY LEVY is PRAC-
TIcALLY 4 CERTAINTY.

There viii be no more increases Of sal
aries during the present year by the city
administration, nor VIII there be any
more extraordinary expenditures As
Mayor BransfOrd pointed ont at a meet
ing OF the board OF estimates and appor-
tiOnments yesterday. most stringent
economy is absolutely necessary. Con
saQueutlv the applications Of department
al officials. Of firemen, policemen, CITY
teamsters and OF janitOrs Of the city ana
county building were sat upon Dy the
board, and sat upon hard
The board. reluctantly. but upon the
showing of Sam N. Barlow. chief or po-
lice. that his force as at present cOnsu-
tuted, could not cope successfully VIII
the problems which viii confront II dur
ing the coming year, agreed to recon-
mend that nine more patrOlmen and one
mounted policeman be added 10 the force
chief Barlow wanted more men, ana
could use several times the number
granted. but he promised to try and
worry along with the additional ten
All the improvements that can he done
with the least expense to the city viii
be carried out this year. but il was found
ne cessary 10 arrange that some OF the
new ones viii be done this year ana PAID
for in 1910. and others will be advertised
hut the work VIII not be done until next
year.
Street Improvement Plans.
Among these latter is the paving with
asphalt Of Ninth East from South Tenn
pie street to the city limits This viii
be advertised and the contract let this
fall. but work viii not be started until
next year The completion of the asphalt
paving on First avenue from the present
pavement 20 Federal Heights will be
handled similarly
East Third south street will be paved
with asphalt TINS year from State 60
Tenth East street but VIII not be paid
for until 1910, and the same viii be done
with paving extension a, West Temple
street from the end of the present paw
ing 20 Ninth South.
Seventh East street from South Temple
to Third South street viii be paved with
asphalt, with a park twenty feet wide.
and two driveways OF twenty-siX feet
each. unless the city council upsets the
recommendations of the board Of esti-
mates and appoTtiOuments. which is not
at all likely. II was decided to do this
because the curbing and guttering is all
iu. and because it will not be possible
for the rest of the street to ask that the
parking b. extended On account Of the
street car tracks.
Twelfth East will get one block Of paw
ing with parking In the center from First
to Second South. but the block from
Brigham street 10 First South viii inc
paved with asphalt only. Here, TOO, the
parking cannot be extended any further
Sidewalk extensions 126 and 12S in the
Second and Third wards respectively. viii
ne completed These contain about forty
miles of sidewalk. Sidewalk extension
IA. on Capitol Hill the city's portion OF
which VIII be only about $500 was ordered
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Edison street. VIII be ordered a tonce.
Main street from South Temple TO
Fourth South is 20 be at once resuTfsced
with asphalt and new curbing and gutter
ing nut in. This viii be one of the im-
provements carried out
Besides the paving on East Third
South. the western portion OF that street
viii be paved with asphalt from West
Temple 20 Fourth West: Third West
street will be paved from South Temple
20 First North, and First West street
from South Temple 10 Third South street.
Eighth South street viii be paved from
Main TO State streets
Up on the north bench. a and 3 streets
will be paved with asphalt from South
Temple to Fourth avenue. The State
street paving viii be extended as far as
the Salt Palace. but this. too. Will not be
paid for until next year
These Improvements have been care
fully selected as costing the city as little
as possible and making the best possible
show for the administration. The total
cost 10 the city for Improvements to- be
done and paid for this year viii be only
about S3302653
There are very many other extensions
which are badly wanted but the city has
no money TO do more. and Will face
deficit in all probability ia carrying out
all il has undertaken
Increase in Taxes.
There is not the slightest doubt that
there will be an increase OF at least one
mills. The levy as fixed last year is Is
mills. and Mayor BTansfOr6 and some OF
the counCilmen are in favor of making
the levy Il mills. an increase Of two mills
This would add a trifle or er SiG0 000 to
the revenue of the city. which would be
available for improvements. This vas
discussed, but no action was taken the
board holding that this was a matter
strictly for the council
The levy viii be fixed i'm July and will
he thoroughly threshed out before that
time
Mayor BransfOrd said that he had dis
cussed this question OF the increase in
the tax levy with leading citizens and
with some OF the heaviest taxpayers. who
were all i'm favor of IL. the additional
amount raised TO be set aside particu-
larry for Improvement. and not TO be used
for any other purpose.