The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-17


streets OF the city. There is much worI;
stequested and needed At the present
Se SSaile that the city cannot take care OF
crnense !. mas no funds. The paving
Nponse 70 the property owners will be
.etuEhed at Il rate OF better than two
one as was shown with the I'm
ownsrr orvvernent OF Ninth East street. The
mad . Hl Ts pro properly on the side streets
on the paved street because of no nx
pense: l think 1t only fair thai those
TwhGrs INV tnto should pay their proportion OF
.ne .ne intersection expense There are no
titions for Improvements In tho hands
ot inc city. commission now and many
moro circulated and not turned in bc
49,. ~ was useless TO ask for the work
~ ~m..ch lmSre were no funds in the treas
uIy' rms city Will go ahead by leans
'nu bounds IL the bill becomes q law,
V. a. sETTllYoN, president BettIlyon
iiao.ne ia, Euilders compa any.-We need tha {
90 nere worse than any place In the
untIy because our streets are wider
?iu ? because We want TO 60 ahead dur
iIE the next two years more than VIC
ran, naNe ever advanced before In tha
bass pss,o' ssT, OK qms. II the bin does not
sroWth and improvements at least two
ears as the city cannot meet the de-
n,nInuS raIi az the present Time. II is only
lair that the property owners an iI,c
SIDE streets stand their pro rata of thc
intersection expense as they derive AL
most as much benefit aa The man di-
,..,o. .UzS on ne paved styeet and much
j. G. M,At,LLlsTes Of the state board
ol cluaiizAt!on.-Th intersection paw
ing should be handled as heretofore
III ny opinion. We who live In the
outskirts have helped the rich men
inrtS nTrS thelr co~ntoWn districts and I
mink It only fsir tina, they should do
as much for US
w q. FUTILE OF Tuttle Brothers Real
Estate compapy.-Ges: And that means
LOT every member Of the firm too.
da mere Us no other way in which VIC
demanded without increasing tho tax
levy and then some of the people
VIII not get any benefit whatever for
the money they spend. This bill does
but provides way for them 10 cet
II IL they want IL. There were re-
quests for about twenty miles OF paw
ing last year by the proper majority
or the people in the affected districts
OF funds.
HENRY J. WALLACE. treasurer Amer
otch company haven't given the bill
the attention necessary 10 voice an
opinion, but from what | understand
there are arguments on both sides OF
the question. ! do not wish TO be
quoted as speaking for the firm Willis
iavor improvements as fast as it IL
Practica6le to make them, m afraid
might be burdened with more than
they were in q position to handle
However, IL doesn't look bad TO me
from ms personal standpoint.
HANcHETT.-I don't be-
lieye there is any question In any ones
mind as 10 how I stand, inasDucl as
am chairman OF The committee aci-
taitns- the moveent, Here's the rea :
son; Last year the city received re-
guests for 1913 miles more of pavins
In, l,s.,N W. IL
OF tunds TO take care of the intersec-
lions. AS a. result. We only got about
four miles Of paving. The people MAX
ing those requests were willing TO
ing the Intersections If given an op-
portunity, which they were not ul-
Der the present law, Besides this.
tnere arc several moro petitions for
presentation, but there Nss no use
II the bill is passed IL will mean that
salt Lakes thirty-flve miles Of paw
Ing Will be doubled inside the next
request. Look at the work that will
be furnished besides the other beuc-
its derived II we take the work
done during the last few years as d
criterion, an average of about three
or four miles per year. We win be
eight or ten years doing what would
otherwise DO accomplished in two
r. GARDNER, Gardner &: Adams.
cnothlers.--iavinS no property here
am not vitality Interested and have
given tho matter 10 attention.
J, n. r. FRANKLIN, coufectloner.-I am
for the general good of the city and
can think OF nothing that leaves q.
better impression With visitors than
nicely paved streets. I ltko to walk
most everyone else does. The pro-
posed bin seems fair enough aud viii
no doubt bring about an Improvement
era era heretofore unequaled in this city.
The man In the suburbs will ONLY pay
for paving directly affecting his prop
crty. while that which nc has helped
to put In down town serves him as
Well as the rest OF the general pub
J. z. GAME, secretary OF the CONNER
cial club am for it all the time. Tho
way understand the bill IL doca not
force this expense upon the property
owner. bur IL he desires the paving
end the city is unable to meet the eTe
peRse, no then has the opportunity 10
pay his share toward the Intersection
improvement to get the work done with
cur ~aiting for the funds 10 accumu-
without the optional feature so long
2 IL takes a majority OF the owners
signatures to . petition TO have it con
sidered, believe 1t Will be good
thing, and our paving should be more
than doubled within two or three
years; I've helped pay for the paving
- Of other parts os the city, bur the
general values In the city have In
creased in much greater proportion
and I'm willing 10 take a chance on
thIs.
BEN DAVIS, Davis Shoe company.-Its s.
cheaper 10 rent than TO own property
here. SO I'm not vitally interested and
hsve given IT no consideration,
n. w. DRUEHL, treasurer Druehl.
Franken Drug compa ny.-No, 7 am not
IN favor Of the measure. ! believe
that we should continue as we have
done in the past There may be times
when the general fund is low and not
equal 10 the demand, but I think it
viii ordinarily suffice, There are some
who arc having sll they can do to
make "A home. and II they should be
in the midst Of a. bunch Of progressvey
they would undoubtedly sufrer / like
to see improvements. but ] question
the wisdom Of the movement al this
time.
w, e. FIFE, president ", T.. Fife COM
psnY. mems furnishings have given
tho matter no consideration and have
not formed an opinion up to this
time,
T M'EMAN assistant ~nsh;ar