The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-09
INTERSECTION BILL
IS POPULAR MEASURE
Representative Citizens of
Salt Lake lndOrse the Pro-
posed Legislation.
MEANS MUCH TO CITY
Heaviest Taxpayers Among
Those Who Favor Pass
age by Lawmakers.

Improvements BILL" now pending be-
fore the house OF representatives. The
list of those seen include some of the
heaviest taxpayers of Salt Lake City,
as well as men whose real estate hold
ings are confined to the homes ID
which they live. Several of them OK
pressed themselves as believing that
the pending measure offers the only
method by which the cities of the state
may hope to keep their public i'm
provements up with the growth of the
communities.
1t is expected that the bill will be
reported by the sitting committee
early in the week, and as the measure
has already passed the senate by
unanimous vote, its supporters belleve
that it will be passed by the house.
Views Expressed.
The interviews given last evening
follow:
GEORGE M. SULLIVAN, lawyer fa-
vor senate bill No. 90 because it avoids
the difficulty that this city has eI-
| perienced and that other cities will
experience in all different sections
of the city wanting street improve"
ments at the same time. Only por-
tion can get such improvements be-
cause of lack Of funds with which to
pay for intersections. The plan or
senate bill No. 90 is practical, it is
equitable, it is progressive and it is
Just because it permits the people,
by majority rule to make improve
ments for themselves.
GEORGE A. STEINER, American Linen
Supply company-If / have property
and want it paved and am willing
to pay for it and my share in the
intersection I think | should be al
lowed to make the improvement, and
/ favor senate bill No. 90 because it
permits mo to do so. / cannot SEQ
why there should be opposition to it,
as the matter of improvements is op-
tional with the property holders con-
cerned.
F. A. DRUEHG. Druehl- -Franken Drug
company-If the citizens wish to
| bear the expense of intersections
see no reason why the bill should
not pass. The city has only GER
tain amount TO spend for such work
and after that is gone improvements
must stop. I think such law will
help the city and the general public
| and ] am in favor of IL.
FRANK B. STEPHENS, lawyer.-I
think on principle the city should pay
for intersections, but from a practical
standpoint and in order to get the
| improvements we want and should
have I am in favor Of the bill.
FRANK S, MURPHY, president F. S.
Murphy Lumber company think the
bill should be passed because it will
enable the city to do paving they
could not otherwise do. / see no
reason why the legislature should fail
l., ,6,u oif
themselves are willing to assume the
expense TO improve the city.
F. G. RICHMOND, president Richmond
Machinery company-Absolutely and
| heartily in favor Of this bill.
B. F. BAUER, Sal tLake Hardware COM
| pany-Very much in favor of this
bill. 1t is the only way We can
get greatly needed improvements.
N. H. BERTRAM, Bertram Motor Supply
company-The legislature has appro-
priated money for good roads in
about every part of this state except
Salt Lake, and it seems they at least
ought to let us spend our own money
in improving Salt Lake roads,
HARRY MoRLAN, manager Postal
Telegraph company have seen the
proposed law in operation and cannot
recommend it too highly. In Kansas
| City we had such law and there
was not this contention about one
street getting improvements to the
detriment of all others. The sec.
for them and those that wait do not
pay and that is absolutely the only
Just and equitable way. am tired Of
paying for something that I cannot
enjoy.
H. V. VAN PELT, lawyer-Certainly in
favor Of this law, as it is the only
way to improve our city.
e. II. O'BRIEN, manager Citizens Coal
company-By all means get our roads
fixed up; they are a disgrace to a
city Of this size and are responsible
to a great extent for tho high cost Of
living.
LOUIS SIMON, Paris Millinery company
Il am heartily in favor of this bill.
To my mind it offers the only means
| by which the cities Of the state can
get the Improvements they neeo.
There are so many demands on the
state that they cannot meet their
share of the cost Of Improvements
under the present law and We cannot
afford to be without improvements.
SAMUEL WEITz, manager Kahn Bros.
i am strongly in favor of this bill, ]
have been a property owner else
where under a law similar to the one
proposed and I know by my own ex-
perience that it mems greatly i'm
proved city. I hope it will pass.
N. j. HANSON, manager Granite Lum-
ber company-The paving which would
follow the passage of this bill will
reduce the cost Of delivery in Salt
Lake, J. believe, 100000 per year,
and this will go to the man who pays
for the paving. This is direct inter
est which he will receive, besides an
increase in the value Of his property,
which, to my knowledge, has been
two and three times the cost of the
improvements. I can't imagine why
any man should oppose it.
GEORGE E. MERRILL, manager Nor
rison Merrill Lumber company am
in favor OF IL from every point of view,
/ can see in its advantages from the