The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-30

ent plans, and win be the big work Ct
/ the commissioners next year, along
with more road and bridge building.
The sprinkling system of the cOun-
/ ~ is considered a model from its ef-
| fectiveness. There are fifteen water
tanks, which water thirty miles OF
roadway daily during the summer.
| One of the best ways of learning when
the limits of salt Lake City have been
reached, during summer months. is To
ride over the roads from the county
and feel the bump when the city roads
are reached and the dust begins 10
rise like a cloud.
The commissioners have spent about
$500 for pipe in the water system,
and more than SO. GOO represents the
system which now furnishes water for
the county inhrmary, sprinkling was-
Ons and for other purposes. There
are about twenty water tanks througA
the county. representing a value OF
about S20O each, and twelve wells
have been dug for these services. at
an average cost of about $3.50 each.
The canyon roads are in the best
possible condition At Bingham the
roads are in good shape. we'll graded
and sprinkled, and the county pays
the cost of the lighting of them. Big
Cottonwood is a Veritable boulevard
from the mouth TO Brighton, heavier
loads are hauled over the Little Cot
tonwOod canyon road from Alta 10
Sandy than has ever been known be-
fore. and simply made possible
7 through the splendid road running
| through the canyon. PaFley's canyon
/ is in the best shape ever known. and
Emigration canyon has been greatly
| improved for ten miles.
! Inst a LITTLE evidence Of the hilSin ese
ability of the Republicans who have
/ been in the county commissioners
quorum is shown in the old county in
Urinary site That was purchased in
I 1904 for $4,000, and is near Mill
/ creek IL was sold last year for SIS
/ $50 after it had been predicted that
the county would not be able to get
the purchase price of the property.
As a contrast OF the county and
/ city administrations in keeping up
roads and bridges, residents of the
county point 10 the condition of the
bridges over the city canal. which the
city is supposed TO maintain. under
contract. Those bridges are in de-
plorable condition, and are considered
unsafe for traffic. The commissioners
| have waited upon Mayor John $
BransfOrd and members Of the city
council time after time, asking that
! something be done to repair the
bridges owned by the city. but no ac-
1 ton has been taken, under the truth
full plea of mo funds" The truth Is
that here at least, the city cannot as
sess three-fourths OF the cost against
abutting property owners, and there
fore the work is not done and the lives
Of those who use these bridges are
theatened as a result
This Kraar. tho county fafl was pon1-
pleted, at a cost OF a little more than
$4,000, and a garage is now being
constructed al a cost OF S3,44S. The
Jail is said TO be the most modern and
most complete county Jail in the
United States.
The county furnishes more than SOC
lights on the main roads of the coun-
", especially along State street. Main
street and the roads leading TO the
towns Of the county. besides lighting
all OF Bingham canyon. On the ter
ritorial road poles and brackets are
now up, and within a few weeks an
other lighting system will be running
The commissioners purchased the
old Orphans Home and Day Nursery
this year for $4,000. spent $2.500 in
repairs, and have now opened ths
Uintah training school for boys in Z
new and modern building. The Wa
satch domestic science school for girl,
has also been opened, both of which
have been asked for by the club WON.
en- of Salt Lake in furtherance of tbs
work OF the juvenile court In Sal
Lake county.
All Of these improvements, far mors
extensive than is imagined. have beer
done without increasing the genera
taxes of the county one fraction OF
mill, and during the same time thu
city taxes have been increased NOR,
than three mills. In spite OF the fac
that three-fOurths Of the cost of i'm
prOVements within the city are pait
by the abutting property owner
!. through special assessments agains
the property. In the county ali OF tn.
improvements have been paid for on
Of the general taxes.