The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-02
Railroad Activity Indicates
Faith of These Enterprises
in City.
ARE READY TO HANDLE
VERY LARGE TRAFFIC
IdiOtiC Criticism of Owner Of
City's Largest Office
Building.

One of the live real estate men Of
Salt Lake City, a man who has been
a consistent booster, has rccitcd the
fact that the railroads have moro faith
in the future Of the city than do the
average citizen He directs attention
TO the fact that both Of the great sys
TENS nre establishing immense yards
here for the care Of business of a very
large city-that they go ahead laying
the foundation for an immense traffic
that is certain TO require every mod
ern facility to properly care for 1t.
These great industries are wide
awake. They guess Mt q crty's impor-
tancc with marvellous accuracy. They
have the ability TO build city here
and they intend to do 1T. The late
Mr.. Hartman predicted Salt Lake
would become one of the five great
cities Of the continent. Ho purchased
tho old street railway system and com.
pletely reinvcnated it. He talked
Salt Lake City as did the city's most
ardent citizen. The Rio Grande people
caught the fever. and-the result is
there bnvc been improvements IN the
local yards that are simply marvellous
There is no doubt of the future Of
this city. The money market may
cause temporary lull, but the ultl-
mate growth is certainty
The greatest drawback to the city
is the presence of lot of mossbacks
and chronic grouches, Salt Lake City
would have a population of 100000 to.
day if there were "a pull altogether. -
IL
mics are men of the type of Walter
G.. Tuttlc. This man is an uncompro-
missing foe of the American party and
of The Tribune lie fairly breathcs
hatred of both and neither has ever
done him injury nor caused him a dol
lars loss. He apes bishop Of the
Mormon church who is n member Of
his firm. He devotcs n great amount
of his time in abuse and criticism of
the American party and of the news
paper that has done more for the ma
terial development of the city than
all other causes combined.
He one time tried to array the Real
Estate association against The Tribune
and was without success. He at an"
other time thought il a proper thing
for the sons of the bogus prophet to
put The Tribune out of business, and
when his attention was called to this
nc cTaWHSneu IKE ~ CDHlUloH craven.
His last outbreak was In criticism Of
former Senator Thomas Kcarns for
building his skyscraper. This, Tuttle
declared. was taking a large sum Of
money out of circulation at time ii
was most needed.
If Senator Kearns is to be criticised
for improving the city with n magnii.
cent Office building the same would
apply to the Newhouse enterprises, the
tnL hot AL Il,
promoters of the material improvement
of the city,
Some men listen to this chronic, but
the average treats him with the con
tempt that all such knockers should be
treated.
One thing that is especially crafty
ing to the Supporters of the American
party is the splendid record that has
been made in carrying on street i'm
prOVements at n remarkably less eX-
pense than that Of former administra-
tions. A mile Of street paving prior
to the advent of the American party
cost. on an average 1922, 700, while the
average under American rule has been
but $4,000.
Sewers and sidewalks have also cost
considerably less under American rule,
and the people have had the full bene.
fit of the amount collected in the way
Of licenses and taxes,
Some enemies of the party are tell.
ing that the increase in the local taxes
is due wholly 10 American rule. They
adroitly refrain from telling that the
appraiscmcnt Of property is made by
4 church Republican assessor. The
American party has nothing to do with
the valuation Of property. The city
tax levy is but 10 mills. or an equiva-
lent Of SB on the $1,000 valuation.
The Americans have nothing to do
with the city school, county, state and
other tax levies.
If YOU are assessed on valuation
to the city administration. The bal
ance is not an American charge The
recent raise Of two mills in the city
to liquidate lot of Improvement debts.
such as street improvements, water
main extensions, otc., means an in
crease of only So on the $1,000 valua-
ton. 1t was absolutely necessary to
the city. and no real friend Of the city
should be misled by the falsehoods Of
the hirelings and supporters of the re
dictionaries. Figure your tax rate for
yourself. The city levy is but Is mills,
or little more than one. third Of the
total levy,
The city gels great value for its
taxes, as every ono can see by the I'M.
provements. The county and state have
little to show for the vast sum an
nually collected The greater part is
to keep the federal gang and members
of their families on the payrolIs.
Those who are acquainted with the
printers Of the country will not believe
the Los Angeles Times Outrage can be
properly charged TO the Typographical
unlonists, The Times has been bitter
against union labor of all kinds, and no
doubt incurred the dispeasure of some
bastard who may have thought he was
serving labor by such an act. We do
not believe any real friend of union
labor had to do with that outrage be
cause if he were a real friend he would
know that such methods arc labor's
most serious handicaps.
Why doesn't Judge Erickson chal-
lenge Joe Howell to joint discussion of
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