The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14

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Mrs. Geiger, whose dark eyes were
| flashing with Indignation, demanded
| do you mean to say that protest ol
]. NJ Browning will be null and void
The Mayor-Yes, madam, When the
protest was made he legally had nc
interest in the property.
Mrs. Gelger-The engineer, we see
has eliminated everything.
The Mayor-Oh, no. he has giyer
you the benefit of every foot to which
you are entitled.
The Engineer-In every case | gave
protestants the benefit of every doubt
We merely eliminated Implications anc
illegalities.
Mrs. Geiger-We should have a com
mittee meet with the engineer and
see why these frontages were elimi1at
ed. how so many were duplicated. Ac
cording to our figures we had sur
plus of 342 feet.
The Mayor-You will get all you are
entitled to and not a foot more mol
less.
Seth Thomas demanded a reading oil
the legal opinion. The gist of it was
that a remonstrant who conveys his
property legally cannot be counted In
the protest.
Mr. Thomas-It seems the whole
question hinges on the Browning pro
tests?
The Mayor-Oh, l don't think so
but
Mr. Thomas-We understand thai
property was conveyed to other mem
bers of the Browning family. II Is
unfortunate the deed was recorded al
the time it was, but the Brownings
are opposed to the paving. II the
Brownings who now own the property
were to signify their protest, would
that mean anything
The Mayor-No, l think 1t Is toe
late.
Mr. Thomas-Yes, technically, we
are up against IT.
The mayor-If | were you, I'd get
legal advice on It. We should be glad
TO hear from anybody.
Mrs. Geiger-The Brownings pro
tested that paving. If they decided 1t
over to other members OF the family
each is doing the best for the other il
remains in the family and your objec-
ton to their protest is a technicality
pure and simple. Moreover, this looks
like a personal fight against us by the
commissioners. The property owners
have to pay for the paving and it is
up TO them, not to the commissioners.
A year from now, perhaps, you gen
tlemen won't be here, but we will have
this big bill to pay during the next
ten years. (Mayor Haywood laughed
at the reference 10 politics, which ap.
parently stirred Mrs, Geiger's wrath
There are some pretty hard rumors
afloat about this matter
The mayor-What would you have
US do?
Mrs. Geiger-There is no necessity
for you TO use this technicality, You
are supposed to be lawyer. You as
sured us, in Mr. Flygare's presence
that you would be neutral, that there
should be no technically.
The mayor asked Mrs, GeigeT to de,
fine just what she meant by techni
cality and she did so in clear terms
The turning of this property over to
ones wife was a mere teChnlcaiity.
"Oh, no, the grantees were perfect
ly advised said the mayor blandly
"and there was no technicality. Meth
er of the commissioners had anything
TO do with It, And I'm sure there
isn't soul in this room that doesn't
know that if this thing were TO be
done over again, many names on this
protest would be Withdrawn.
Mrs. Geiger-Then they are moral
towards, or what? They all signed
the protest in good faith
Mayor Haywood launched into an
appeal for public improvements, tell.
ing how to start preparations for the
1919 celebration by first paving the
approaches to the city and increasing
the paved area as much as possible
In his peroration, Mayor Haywood re,
fered to Mrs, Elizabeth A. O'Neill a
venerable lady who sat in the audi,
ence who had known him thirty-five
years.
Yes, forty years" said Mrs. O'Neill
"and, Mr.. Haywood, you are doing me
an awful injury in letting this paving
so on. 1t means the loss of my prop,
erty perhaps"
Mayor Has Been Hungry
Vigorously defending himself from
this charge, Mayor Haywood declared
he had the advantage of more eXpe,
Tience lin business, in life, in career
than Mrs. O'Neill adding an expires.
sion of his sympathy for the poor.
1--WE walked the streets Of this
town hungry, myself" declared the
Mayor. 81 know what it means to be
poor. l am impatient of friends who
imagine | am out of sympathy with
them, that I do not know life as it Is.
I've been through the mill. I've had
all kinds Of experience. | know how
it is" He told story of the pioneers
which caused all eyes to shine with
appreciation, but he didn't succeed In
his adroit oTatorical effort to divert
attention from the main point, He
warned his hearers that if the policy
of protest and obstruction is persisted
IN, 1t means abandonment of the Third
ward sewer and other projects. that
the city would be paved "only here
and there a block" He spoke Of l..
A. Friedman, the Nevada millionaire
who was here yesterday, who has
promised to invest much money on
Twenty-eighth street, and said it was
good policy TO attract such investors by
making public Improvements. (Mr
Friedman owns about 1,100 feet of the
proposed paving area and Is ardently
In favor of the Daving.)
At this point Mrs. Geiger. Mr.. Thorn.
as and others demanded TO know why
the commissioners framed UP a plan