Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-26
TO START AT ONCE
TO CLEAN CANYON
Officials AZ Meeting Decide That Work
Must Begin soon 10 Prevent
Disease

At meeting held Saturday I'm the
! office of Mayor John s. Bransford.
attended by city. county and state Of
hciais, as well as a number Of property
owners In the canyon. 1t was decided
that me work Of cleaning Big Cotton
Wood canyon from the mouth TO a point
above Brighton shall commence early
this week and viii be- made as thor
ough as II is possible 90 make it.
Dr. T. r. Beatty. secretary of the
state board of health. stated that Il
was imperative that the canyon be
cleansed of all matter that might be
dangerous TO health and urged that
thg work commence before the late
IdI rains or the early frosts OF winter
set IN A. +. DOremus took "A similar
view and insisted that there be no de-
Jay Mayor John = Bransford took
the stand that anything which might
placc the health OF the people Of the
city in danger should be removed
Who Is TO foot the bill" was the
question asked by u number OF proper
y owners present. Commissioner Muir
doch said that he did not care rap
VINO looted the bill 40 long as the work
was done at once. as the matter of re-
sponsbiiity could be decided on later.
commissioner Burton said that the
property owners. la proportion to the
amount of work done on property
owned by them He called attention to
sections ?, ana iS Of an ordinance
passed by the county commissioners
on July last, which read as follows:
Section IN. Any person violating any
OF the provisions of this ordinance shall
be deemed guilty Of misdomcanor.
and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by fine In any sum less than
$500 or by imprisonment IN the county
jail for not more than six months, or
by both such fine and Imprisonment
Section ?. II shall he unlawful for
any person 10 deposit or throw into
any creek or stream situate in Salt
Lake county. outside Of municipal cor
poratons therein, or place or permit To
be placed upon the banks of any such
creek OF stream. any boxes, cans, bot
ties, barrels, garbage, manure or other
substance. which would in any manner
obstruct the flow of such creek or
streams.
Section g. II shall b. unlawful for
the owner or occupant of any slaugh
ter house. market, meat shop or other
place wherein any animals are slaugh-
tered. kept or sold. In Salt Lake coun-
". outside of municipal corporations
therein. TO permit the said premises or
yard connected herewith To remain un-
clean to the annoyance of three or
more persons, or In any state or con-
dtion detrimental 10 the health Of
three or more persons.
The final action OF the meeting was
to decide that the fixing of responsible
ty for the cost Of the work be left until
the work was completed. The land
owners present expressed themselves
as wanting the canyon thoroughly
cleaned James II. Moyle suggested
that an officer be placed in the canyon
TO see that the law was not violated.
Among those present at the meeting
were Mayor John $. Bransford, DR. T.
p Beatty. Dr.. 7. O. Odel, DIT II. 7.
Ktrtley. DR. Woodruff. Bishop Brigh-
ton. Judge T. ID. Lewis, n. w. Young.
James II Mcyle, George T. Odell and
A r. Doremus.