The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-17
THIRD PRECINCT
IS GIVEN NOTHING
American Council Won't Vote
improvements Because PeO-
pie Vote Against Party.
PETITIONS ARE DESTROYED
Taxpayers Pay Share of Improve
ments Made in All Other Parts
of Salt Lake.
PETITIONS ARE DESTROYED

Peculiarly overlooked in the matter
of improvements, residents and prop
erty owners on the west side are max
ing protests against the American par
~ management OF the city's finances.
In some of the improvement work
paid for out of the general fund, the
west side has to stand its part OF the
expense, but complains that all Of the
money is being spent on the east side
of Main street.
Though the protest is general on the
west side, it is most noticeable IN the
northwestern part of the city IN the
Third precinct For here, with the
exception of some sidewalk extensions
in the Oakley addition, there has been
practically nothing done by the city,
and scores of petitions for improve
ments which have been filed with the
city are still in pigeon holes of the
improvements committee.
In the broad expanse in the north
western part of the city the need or
electric lights is most apparent but
the administration has consistently re-
fused TO give the lights asked for-or
any considerable percentage OF them.
Instead, the new lights have been
installed in the southeastern and
southwestern parts OF the city, and
the Third precinct gets the laugh
The answer is written in the fact
that the Third has not been good
TO the American party.
Until we can get something in the
bloody Third they get nothing here,
is a statement made by a prominent
member of the city council shortly
after the last election in the city.
Petitions AIte Destroyed.
Co4TnafTf7aar, Tnbn 4ollaxr and = s.
Fernstrom from the Third, have often
charged upon the floor Of the city
council that many petitions which
have been forwarded TO the council
from the Third, have either been de-
strOyed before they reached the coun-
ell chamber, or have been sidetracked
there without having been read. And
there has seldom been an answer 10
the charges.
7 know of a dozen instances" says
Councilman Holley. where petitions
have been presented to the city, some
of them taken in person 10 the city
recorders office and others mailed 10
the council, which have never been
read TO the council. l cannot under
stand what happens to them. but they
certainly have been sent in But II
might be just as well, for they would
From the council records, il is
shown that there are scores of large
and small improvements on the wait
ing list now which have been there
for the last three or four years. And
these are almost all from the Third,
The fact became so notorious some
time ago that Councilman L. E. Hail
from the Fourth made an attack
against this system. but without avail
More west side Improvements were
held up, with the promise that they
would come next in turn, and east
side work was taken up.
Always Upset Protests.
Adding insult to injury. the council
has granted many franchises for side
tracks which have been protested
against by the west siders Through
one franchise the Rio Grande railroad
now owns most of Sixth West street
and in a more recent one, the Ameri-
can party has given practically all OF
Fourth West street TO the Oregon
Short Line company. Coming on tor
Of the hoodwinking of the council IN
building the Viaduct twenty feet mar
rover than had been promised, and
in running the foot bridge loo feet
north OF the line originally specified
the west HiuS4S nave bNNA -Ao-N S----
angry
They have not been able TO get i'm
prOVements. and on top of this, have
watched what property and rights
they did have become hedged about
by restrictions and Instructions sci
there by the party in power.
In building up the streets IN the
Third precinct, there have been some
little thanks. and this has all been OF
fered to Jake Raleigh, street super
visor. And, incidentally, il has called
down the wrath of many members OF
the council and American party upon
the street commissioner. The work
has not been much. but what little has
been done has been gratefully re-
ceived.
Many protests have been made by
councilmen against gravel carried into
the Third precinct for the streets, and
because of this fight there have been
many times when practically nothing
was done with the streets.
The failure of the administration L
spend the money promised on the wes'
side-especlally of money promised by
the resolution passed before tbs
100000 bond issue-has outraged
the residents there, Injured as they have
been for five years 10 this treatment
and the feeling will likely be shown
in the vote cast during the election
next mcnth.