Show Y Will TOLERATE NO MORE DRAY DELAY Citizens of West Side Want Streets Opened and W Want ant r Them Opened Quickly COUNCIL COU GETS A CHANCE WILL BE WAITED ON BY COM COMMITTEE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE OF TAXPAYERS J There Is reason to believe that unless Councilmen Wood and representing representing the Second municipal word ward w rd wake up and do something quickly they will hear something drop with a 1 dull and sick thud thull Unless the whole council of ot Salt Lake wakes up and does something It will hear something drop also per perhaps perhaps haps with even a duller and a more sick sickening sickening sickening ening thud The populace on the west weft side Is aroused nod aid a ld it claims It has u a right to be aroused A AA r a mass meeting last night In the t fifth i ward meeting mouse house which is at 43 South on Eighth West Vest street more th thUI in ui a hundred citizens property owners all of ot them therm ard and taxpayers met to protest against the closing of streets which th the hold to be public thoroughfare connect connecting connecting ing Ing their section with the th city dt proper They rhey protest None Moue of them was violent all nil of them were earnest earnet What the Council Did DidIn DidIn DidIn In January Januar 1901 1001 the th city council grant granted ed rd to the Rio Grande Western estern Railroad company compan the right to close ose certain streets streets are Third South and Fifth Firth South It is said that at the time the coun council cil II granted this permission to the rail rall railroad road load company it was represented to the city elty It board that more ground was needed for tracks and for shops But say sav the citizens who dwell yonder onder way their wishes In the matter matter were never noor consult consulted ed J and when the coun lImen who represented represented SE them ought to have been most c 4 alert they were fast fat asleep and the rall rail raili V i road company got fot what It wanted At that time there were few very few houses In the neighborhood affected Now there are hundreds of ot them Then cows were herded where whee now are costly homes and beautiful lawns and streets and good water and all the eon con conveniences of modern living in a city ex except except except the opportunity of employing rapid transit Property Is Depreciated When hEn the Rio Grande built hullt board fences across the streets and shut off communication by b vehicle between the city and the west side It did a thorough job of oC it according to the testimony borne by those who are vitally vitali concerned about this mat matter matter ter Two protests or petitions have hae already alread teen been sent s nt to the city council in regard to the opening of the streets again These petitions were in the form Corm of appeal appeals signed by b a l number of taxpayers but butt t tile they ej did no good Some of the men pres present i ent Int at last evenings meeting declared that their property had decreased In value to ro toan roan toan an outrageous extent by reason of o the closing of the streets whereas on the theother other ther hand the taxes were all the while Increased So the people called a mass meeting to discuss the matter and see what was best to be done Committee to Act Some of ot those present said they had tad rad 1 ad personal per onal interviews with the council councilmen councilman men man representing the precinct but had been told that we cant do anything for Cor yo oj The street is closed and will stay sta cl s d Patience was das as counseled and It was at nt 1 l l decided to give the council another ran anie e to Jo do the right thing as seen by bye f tr c e property owners and likewise the then n v another chance to get et busy busyA A V t cr rr there had been much discussion discussions s was decided to appoint a committee of c to t draft a protest against the clog clos g rd f r the streets to be presented to the thet t h next Monday Monda This commit of ot William White sr AV W J JM JI JM M I Donald John Sullivan Pitt i 1 Fred Schmidt J 7 I t addition to presenting the protest in t i 4 ling the members will back it up in InSl Sl 0 I t 1 is not speedily i i acted upon declare d Clare Vople down there an appeal will be ber beto r t c to the courts Already advice has hasi i received that the action of the count coun i t granting the railroad permission i d i 1 xe ise e the streets is illegal and can be bei I aside i Sl ide I IC To the Supreme Court Courtr r wo we C do not get satisfaction from the nIl theu oun u il said one of the prominent mem J TS present at nt the meeting last night we will certainly certain I take this matter to the th courts We e are told that we have a good case ase and we are determined to go the 1 att I hope It will not be necessary but we W will not stand for delay for every day da we Wi are losing valuable time Tle inevitable solution of the problem lem said another is the building of ot a The viaduct could be bt built on any 2 of the streets street but flut the opinion seems tj to t be that Fifth South is the most practical practical practical I 1 think that there will willbe willbe 11 be viaducts in ample number but at this tO we certainly need one very veT badly It is a condition which the people face tace J A that those living in the affected district must go a distance of o three blocks for a Ii car ar line or to find an en entrance entrance entrance trance with vehicle v Into tie the t e city they say sa The meeting adjourned to await a call can for reassembling to by the committee com committee committee At last nights gathering William Villiam Mitchell was wa chairman |