The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-17
CONDEMN NINTH
SOUTH CANAL
Residents in District Hold Mass
Meeting and Register
Vigorous Protest.
CLAIM STREAM HAS
BECOME OPEN SEWER
Aver 1t Is Nuisance and a Men
acc to Health Of the
People.

Residents along the banks OF the
Ninth South street canal and those III
that locality south of Eighth South
and west Of Main street met IN mass
meeting at the Thirtieth ward meeting
house Tuesday night and registered a
vigorous protest against continuance
Of the canal in its present state. The
meeting was largely attended and reso-
lutions were adopted asking the city
administration TO either abo1Sh the
canal or carry the waters through Il
wooden anme. Tho canal, it was
claimed by the speakers, has become not
only nuisance but menace TO health.
1t is now virtually au open sewer. the
hushings of State, Main and West Tenn
pie streets cmptying into it, other filth
being deposited therein and the stencil
has become uncomfortable. One speaker
said that some residents could not eat
their meals with their doors open on ac-
count of the stencil. and, another said
that he would he forccG to vacatc his
house if the condition WAS not rene
died.
Charles C. Cottrcll presided and W.
c. Weaver recorded the proceedings.
Among those who spoke against the
menace were Bishop II. s. Cutler, w.
g. Weaver. /. j. Starbuck and A, A.
Duncan. The following committee was
then named to draft resolutions: c. G..
Smith, |. j. Starbuck, Ex-Governor John
6. Cutler, Walter j. Frazier and Alex
auder Buchanan. .jr After a recess of
thirty minutes the committee reported
the following resolutions, which were
adopted unanimously;
Whereas: For many years the people
OF the southwestern part of the city have
borne with patience the open waterway
known as the Ninth South street canal,
ana
Whereas; This canal has long outlived
It's original usefulness and Is no longer
IN absolute necessity for the we'll being
of The residents OF that section. or OF the
municipality: and
Whereas, OF late years this waterway
has become a public nuisance by It's be-
Ing used as an open sewer, conveying
through dcnSely populated part of the
city street TushiHgs. laundry refuse ana
other filth. making IL n menace to health
and a positive detriment To what is gem
orally recognized as a healthy locality.
and
Whereas: The city authorities who
have these matters In charge have been
appealed tc time and again without hope
OF immediate relief therefore be 1t
Resolved; BY taxpayers and property
owners in mass meeting assembled, that
We regret that thus far slight considera-
tion has been granted us by the city
administration and call upon them 10 at
once abate said nuisance. either by abo1-
ishlnS said waterway entirely or build
ing a wooden nume of sufficient dlmen-
sions 10 carry off the water. street flush
ines and filthy seepage that is permitted
to flow through said channel prefer.
however. that the said canal be entirely
abolished and the water taken down Tenth
South canal, but II that is impracticabie
or impossible then ask that flume
or other conduit be constructed 10 carry
the waters,
Resolved. That a committee be ap-
pointed TO wall upon his eXccllency, the
mayor, with the request that Immediate
action be taken to grant us the relief so
essential TO the health OF the community
and the growth of the locality In which
we live.
Will See the Mayor.
Following the adoption of the resolu
lions il committee was named TO wait
upon tho mayor and present the existing
conditions TO him. The committee con
sists of those named on the resolutions
committee with the following added: A
4. Duncan, Charles c. Cottrell, Jr., G.
n. Christensen and l.. G.. Hoagland
They will visit the chief executive in
the near future,
Residents of the district arc much
perturbed over tho situation and are
extremely anxious TO secure an abate~
mcnt of conditions.