Show MAYOR VETOES THE FORESTRY CONTRACT City Will Be Under Too Great Expense as Matter Now Stands Believing that Salt Lake gives way away too many rights to the government un under del der the proposed forestry reserve con COll contract tract Mayor John S rd yester yesterday yesterday day vetoed the contract passed by the city council ten days day ago and the mat matter matter ter will be returned to the council Mon Monday Monday day Mayor Bransford says the city have to stand too great an expense under the contract as s It Is now drawn and will wUl have too tittle to say of the work done on the watershed in Parleys and City Creek canyons He says he is in favor or of replanting thee lands for the conservation of the city I watersheds but does not approve of the present contract Tue mayors reasons for vetoing the contract ct are contained In the following letter which accompanies the contract on Its return to the i iI I return herewith without my ap approval approval the report of the committee on municipaL laws which report was adopted by your honorable body De Dc 27 1909 and recommends the approval of a contract between the cIty and the United States through the de department department or of agriculture forest service My reasons for disapproving of this contract and are arc as follows The contract provides among other things that Salt Lake City shall turn turnover turnover over for a period of ten years to the tha department of agriculture all the lands owned by th city and within the boun boundaries darles daries or If what is i known and designated as the Wasatch national forest The Tue conditions under which the department desires the control of said lands are The city is to give over the absolute right to the control of said lands for forthe forthe the period ot o ten years In consideration of which the forestry vIll patrol the lame came but the expense or ot of the patrolman ranger r guard will have to be borne by the cit city The department further agrees to replant said lands within seven years with trees ot of such quality as it deems best but the expense In doing work will have to be paid for by the city However the department agrees tha for each acre or of land lahd replanted on the city an equal number of acres will be planted on the United States lands adjacent to the city lands The contract provides that the for forestry forestry estry department Is to be the absolute j judge d e of the uses or occupancy of such lands and said department Is not In any manner limited as to the uses to which said lands may be applied ex excel cel ceLt t that In no particular they bo be open to prospecting location or dovel devel development of the mineral resources there thereon on art without the permission of the city This seems to be the only limitations as asto asto to the uses of said ald lands The city Is not permitted under the terms of the thee e to make suggestIons or recommendations as to what the lands may maybe maybe be used for nor Is the city permitted tv t tuse us use any of said lands for municipal purposes without the consent of the tor br estry department Under the terms of the contract the forestry department Is to select eighty acres of lands for lor headquarters and a aI as asI I understand the matter eighty acres will be selected In ParleyS canyon anyon The fencing and ot of the Uie head headQuarters headquarters Quarters Is to be paId fr Jr by the city WhEn the lamis were ere purchased by the city the In view was to release said lands as much as possible from habitation and the opening ot of head headquarters headquarters quarters by the department would be bein in to that policy Hr r V the replanting of raid lands but believe It should be ut un under der m mOre re equitable terms to the city For the reasons I return the report and contract t without my ap approval Respectfully submitted J r S B BRA oI |