Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-05
STATE DOES NEED
BIGGER QUARTERS.
Governor William Spry Declares.
That Proposed Capitol Build
ing is Imperative.
LIGHT ON APPROPRIATIONS.
proportionatcly Salt Lake County Re
cci,cs Smallest Amount Of the
Funds of the State.

Thus far, practically the only public
opposition raised 10 the proposition for
the erection of the capitol buildiug,'
said Gov. William spry this morning,
is that bused upon the claim that the
carrying of the proposed special election
would give to Salt Lake county an I'M
due proportion Of the appropriations
and public buildings of the state. No
stretch Of the Imagination can mako
such an argument plausible AS a mat
ter of fact the effort being made to
create sentiment or the removal of
the capital OF the state is Irrelevant.
The constitution has already fixed Salt
Lake CITY as the permanent location OF
the seat of government. and the State
Of Utah has proceeded under the terms
of the land grant. which carried with it
the express provision that the grant
should become available when the state.
did fix a capital location permanently,
to select the lands granted under the
enabling act There is an open qiies-
ton whether the state would not ieop-
ardize it's land grant for capital build,
ing purposes We're an effort made to
transfer the scat Of government at this
time. ~ & sf
WHAT SALT. dIAKE GETS.
'Proportionately, Salt Lake county re-
sceives "a smaller. amountEof the funds
OF the state for The maintenance OF
state institutions than any other county
having state institutions in the state.
Proportionately Salt Lake county pays
q larger amount of the taxes of the
state than any other county in the
state The claim Is also made that in
order to secure a capitol building for
Salt Lake county, the appropriations
made by the recent legislature for roads
and bridges were vetoed by the gov
ernor. 1t is true that the governor We
toed o. number of road appropriations
from the general appropriation bill, but
1T is also u fact that under the provl-
sions of the special road bills passed
by the last legislature, which
received the approval Of the gov
ernor. a larger amount was made
available for the roads of the state
than at any previous session of the
legislature. Two years ago, the legis-n
lature appropriated the sum of sag
500 for the roads of the various ,coun-3
tre n and 4oa $50 s gS hls
SNtll tiiS ioG'Niot ~
$5S,500: and the Bridges $4,000. In
other words, the roads and bridges of
the state fare better iriassthe sum OF
$4,000 at the hands Of the leglsla-g
ture and governor during 1909 than
they did during the years 1907 and
1905. 2t
QUARTERS NEEDED.
THE rapid growth Of the business
transacted by the state! makes it i'm
perative that additional quarters be
provided for its proper handling. In
every branch of state government
there Is a crying need for better ac-
commodations.
Utah isaone of but two or three
states in the Union that has failed
to provide q capitol building for the
housing OF the state officers.
"Utah has q magnificent site. while
the state plays the role OF tenant to
Salt Lake City and county, at very
large yearly rental
1.-THE time lis opportune for the pas
sage of measure to provide funds
for the purpose of erecting state
capitol since the legislature has pass
ed three measures. which, with the
provision for a one mill levy. will ac-
complish the desired end at mini
mum expense to the people, distribute
ed over a. period of 15 years"