The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-25
GREAT WORK DONE
BY COUNTY OFFICERS
CONTINUED from Page One

tNoMttnucu rage Oncsb
last few years can no better be shown
than in the financial transactions.
Fourteen years ago Salt Lake county
tloated S35O,O00 in bonds at 8 per cent,
for the purpose OF building it's share OF
the city and county building. In 1906
ten years later. the commissioners re-
funded that issue Of S350,000 at per
cent and floated new series at Al per
cent. In taking up the old issue al the
close or ten years, bonus OF $3.50
was received by the county, and the
reduction of one-half of one per cent
on the interest OF the bonds made a
saving TO Salt Lake county OF s1750
each year or $1,000 for the ten years.
This, added TO the $500 bonus, made
saving 10 the taxpayers Of the county
OF $50, $50 on that one matter alone.
Then, in 1907, the commissioners took
up $4,000 in bonds owing by the coun-
ty. and took up the remaining $500
the next year This made a total Of
$4,000 paid off in two years. several
years before the bonds became due, and
| left only the $3.50. 600 OF bonds flOated
IN 1896. In paying these bonds, the
county saved thousands OF dollars an
nually 10 the property owners Of Salt
Lake county.
II was with the advent Of John c.
Mackey in 1905 as a member OF the
county board, that wholesale improve
ments began 70 be made by the COM
nIssioners- Plans which had been
started before then were given matur-
ity during these years.
II was in 1905 that the first steam
road roller was purchased for Salt Lake
county. 1t cost $3.50, and a crusher
was purchased at about the same time
for Sl,705. To this road equipment was
added five Jewelers. at S275 each. steel
drags and various other types OF road
Jewelers.. Another rock crusher was
added TO the supplies this year at cost
Of $3.50.
There are now a little more than %
miles Of Stag macadam highway in Salt
Lake county, several miles or silica
topped roads, and countless miles of
graded and gravelec roads which are
drained and many of them lighted bet
ter than the streets in Salt Lake.
First Concrete Bridge.
The first concrete bridge over the
Jordan river was constructed in 1906
at Fourteenth South street at a cost
OF more than $4,000. 1t stands to-day
as one OF the models in the west. In
1909 a steel bridge was thrown across
the river near RivertOn at cost OF
S6.2l30S, the contract price. Besides
this, the county has constructed many
concrete culVerts and bridges over the
canals and small streams. All of the
bUtments for the bridges are made of
cement concrete
The lighting OF the county roads Is
one OF the features that has drawn
favorable comment from many visitors
In Salt Lake IN the county there are
al least 500 lights along the highways
state road, territorial road, on the road
between TayiOrsVille and Murray, be-
tween MidVale and West Jordan, and al
Farmers. on the territorial road the
poles, brackets and wires are already
up and the lighting system viii be in
full bloom as soon as the transformers
are brought here from the east, which
Will be within so days.
Driveways aud Sidewalks.
In 1905 the county paid for the side
walks and driveways around the city
and county building at cost Of So
9BS.64; the county share OF the vacuum
heating plant was S2.S77.5O. In 1906
the county paid its share OF the paving
cf state street between Fourth South
and Fifth South streets. and on both
Of these streets, making total OF Sl0,-
$50.
Among the other assets Of the county
are 80 voting machines, which have
been bought and paid for.
The purchase OF the Orphans Home
e Dav Nursery and its conversion into
the Uintah Training school for boys.
and the establishment OF the Wasatch
Domestic Science school for girls are
two OF the things which stand out in
favor OF the county administration.
Both nave been in conjunction with the
Juvenile court work and nave received
the hearty support OF the best men and
women of Salt Lake county The Or
phans' Home & Day Nursery cost the
county $4,000. and improvements and
repairs added S2.337, in establishing
Lake county who become wards OF the
Juvenile court,
Modern County Jail.
Nowhere in the United States can
better, more complete or more medefh
Jail be found than the one recently
completed by salt Lake county. Lee
contract price for the jail and sherlfI
hOme is eIeQ $40 g. to which about