Show CONSOLIDATE COUNTY WITH CITY IS PLAN Asking Ask Ask- Mayor l Ferry Feny Proposes ing irig Legislature to Create New Ner Political Division O j It PROMISES LESS T TAX A AX X Says ays Plan Has Succeeded Elsewhere and Commends Itself to Business Men l lIB coming coining session of tho the Jc Legislature Legisla T TUB I ture turc may be asked b by the city v t commission of oC Salt SI Lake to create a new count county to be known as DB the ell city EI tind nd county count ot of Salt Lake which will embrace approximately sixty square miles nilles and will have luwe as Its boundaries practically the present elt city limits Mayor W. W Mont Ferry yesterday de declared le- le dared that this Is one ono of cf t tho the means menns b by which the elt city will be be- ablo to make makeup c cup up the loss 1058 of In city revenue when wide state-wide prohibition becomes operative c While he lie has b been on considering consid crin ering cring tho tilo matter for several weeks ho lie declared that he has not as is yet yot made up his mind to ask the Legislature to proceed along the tho lines which he and others ethers have mapped out The Tho movement first frat started four years ears ago when a number of business businessmen men In the ell city took up tho the matter of ot having ha the ell city a county within itself and governed as are such cities and c counties of or San Francisco Philadelphia and ami Denver Den Mayor Ferry said that tho the creation of or such auch a city and count county would reduce the taxes In tn Salt Lake Mines smelters smelters main lines linos of or railroads ds and h heavy av indu industries are also located in the southern part of or the e county which would be cr created Into a new division and the mayor maor believes that the taxes from those would bo be moro more than sufficient dent to support Its government g There Is one way in which Salt Lake I can eRn reduce Its taxes and at tho the f same samo time make up for the loss of ot which will be brought about through the thc wide state prohibition bill said Mayor faor Ferr Ferry The Tho city should bo constituted constituted con eon into a city and count county the ame same aa ts Denver Den San Francisco and Philadelphia Tho The one sot set of ot officers could practically run the affairs o of both the city and the county governments govern govern- ments and thero there would be a hea heavy re reduction reduction re- re in expenses The t c city commissioners commis commis- could be the county c commissioners commissioners commis commis- and about the only extra extra office th that it would be needed with a consolidation consolidation consoli consoli- dation of the lie elt city and county count governments govern o ments would be he that o of sheriff The courts as the they are constituted would not hot be disturbed SO n Would Drop Droll Salt SaIt Lake Lale City is at nt this time payIng paying pay pay- Ing to Salt Lake count county In taxes Thero There is not a cent of ot this mone money that goes Into Inthe in inthe inthe the city If It the city and count county governments gov gov- were consolidated as has been suggested the city would not need this and taxes would be reduced If necessary wo we could reduce taxes materially and make mako makeup up the U Q- Q 1 lost through prohibition and aUll have bays an efficient count county and cSt city ad- ad ministration It is probable that tb-at the tho next L Legislature Legislature Legis Legis- l lature turo will be called upon to enact a aai Jaw ai W I creating creating- the city and count county of Salt Lake Lako I favor such a move mO an and I know a number of or business s men throughout hout the city who also favor ItYe it We Ye have Oe a dual system of ot government now since Salt Lake Lako takes up a groat reat part of ot the county and under the plan llan proposed we could still have tho the dual system at less cost and without so many officers er It has been found a success in Denver Oer and other cities |