Show IMA MAYOR J S SC BRANSFORD ENTERS ON SECOND TERM T v vf f 4 S Sp f p 2 l t J 4 x xi xi i i i 7 i fi e ey I y V i k 4 I i W MONT FERRY MAYOR JOHN S BRANSFORD i New President of Salt Lake City Begin Beg na new term as mayor of Salt I I Council Lake I I Et EtL L 4 1 1 ii I i ir t L LL Lr r r L if LT r i I I irIa i it r J t I 1 I a aei t ei J h if L h hA A J DAVIS Retiring president Salt Lake Ci City Coun U fJ I NEW NEVI COUNCil COUNCIL HEARS A STRONG MESSAGE Many Public Improvements Are Bee Rec Recommended for Coming Year WHAT THE MAYOR WANTS 4 Improve Improvement nt of b 4 4 the or of a 4 I lighting plant In 1 Parleys Parley Cyon 00 to toI I 1 bk run by the In the Cot Cotton 4 I 4 ton wood conduit 4 The e establishment ot of a col 4 If tion department 4 To create a city de department 4 I 4 and city stable and tore store 4 4 department 4 4 To hundle the garbage e of Stilt Lake 4 I 4 ii the street department but lea leave 4 I 4 the tle inspection with the board or of 4 hEalth 4 4 To e establish public comfort sta 4 4 thins in the bus Deu d district The enlargement and betterment 4 of the city elty jail jaB and an increase In 4 tM th pollee and aDd fire The new Ore Ma 4 tt tl ns for tor the tho Po o dis 4 4 General in ia the salaries of 4 all of he I 4 4 More public playgrounds Con Conservatism In granting Ivan fran 4 4 with the au that th 4 city receive compensation for the 4 rights granted to corpora 4 LIons 4 4 of the city ordinances t 4 t j Mayor John S entered upon his second term as aa mayor of at Salt Lake at noon ye and cut out a lar large slice of work for the new council to at attend attend tend to in ida hi message to tIe city council U which wu was read to the n w governing body when It convened T business of the old council had just ben beit finished Witta wilen the new body was call to order and In a few minutes s tie the mayors message wa wac read The ot of Mayor Brau ford will bl be segregated and sent to the ne various committees and copl copies s ur o othe thE messagE will be printed One of tie tLe most Important recommendations Is that the dt city build a municipaL lighting plait In parleys canyon near Mill the reservoir for the thO e ot of all ali lights lighte for the business and most ot of n lights for the residence portions of the city This has been a hobby or of the may mayr ever since he has been in office and it 13 a believed action will be taken by the ell by spring looking to the appropriation tion of at least for this It will ill be one of the matters to come before the committee on estimate and apportion apportionment ment at an early arly meeting The message ot of Mayor Bran ford to th council is as follows Message of the Mayor Salt Lake City Utah January 3 l To the Honorable the Predent aid af Members ot of the City Council Salt Lake City Utah cycle rf events has again brought us to the close ot of another year It has been a year marked and distinguished by many iny events in our municipal life tife some of which ha haI have been fraught with great Importance to I Continued on Page Eight I MAYOR J J S BRANSfORD y V ENTERS SECOND TERM TERL I Continued from Page One the wela development and pro I It Is therefore wih with great encourage merit as to the future that I geet greet you YC gentlemen who have been chosen by b the U People ot of your several constituencies to ther them In the tho legislative depart depar department ment ot of our YOU are doubtless In the ti larest largest deree degree Wih with the work which has hasben th ben been and possibly no less Ie with that which Is b In contemplation it I Is therefore unnecessary for mo to enter Into any lengthy or r detailed statement of the work of the past year I The of our city rIty and It ils phi phe phenomenal growth have brought us In con COl tact wih with many phases of civic life to I which I might say wo we al almost a most flOt One tranger phase f this tIIS growth Is Ia the extent to which our ot population ha has kept on Increasing We V have therefore ben been impelled In wih with thos those various problems the thu one last mentioned In conformity with the advanced Ideas or of modern ety cit and In to cary carry for foi ward vard the tho many Improvements Institute to the expenditures In the vari various var ous departments Yet department that prodigality Is more fatal to the life of a cit tItan than the utmost conservatism we have at ataU aU alL times endeavored to crry carry out the til w rk of our administration In a and wholesome manner with a view to conserve tho financial resources of the tF tty Ity as far as that may b be done dono In carr carrin IS Ing in out the wishes of the tho people In their the demands for Increased Improved condi corn tons Street Lighting One Ona ot at 11 questions demandIng the UI most flOSt thorough attention and care Is that th of If the of our streets I It Is a far from oil lamp and candle of our o and grandfathers 01 times to the Ui modern system of providing light for our city So rapidly has title research gone forward In bringing into fx existence tenc the various forms of 1 I for streets and an buildings that tle the highest degre of skill and cultivated energy have td be cUed called Into requisItion In i adopting and putting Into efficient use m those varIous means of lighting In COT con Junction with this Is the problem of pro pr sufficient power to produce the Ui required for a street lighting sy tern tem In a city undergoing so vast and an n transformation as ours it he l rapid a I necessary wIth a view to saLt safe safeguard guard guardi the Interests of our citizens to nr an Increase In the number of street lamps 01 more especially Is this thi of the con com comI conI L r of the business portion porton I I should therefore suggest that possible may be done to pro pr de a system of lighting as efficient as a possible and which may b be consistent with the requirements and demands of c In with these re requirements r th wih pEople and demands is 15 to tho for an increase In the number of lights In our expanding business district district Our is fortunat In being possessed possesse which might be ut of a water power C Pt iNt it utilized toward that end to fur fill the necessary energy for the operating mg ing ot or a system of lighting I It might therefore be expedient to build and op or C a plant which would produce a sup sur supply ply rat of electric sufficient for street lighting and tl tile operating of the pump pumpIng Ing plant for the intercepting sewer The city has the tho right under the terms term pf of the franchises heretofore granted to t build and construct a system of convey conveyance conveyance ance of electric power such as would be b sufficient for all needs and require requirements requirements ments of the city al so far as a system Is concerned I It mut must be In mind however that the institution of 0 such a plant would demand an expendi expenditure ture of money mone that would have to be met me meby by the city If however we should shoud de I tide Id to carry out the Improvement herein suggested In the course of a few years year the cost of installation and the Incident thereto would son soon be b expEnses paId I have no doubt that your honor honorable able ahk body wi will give this mater matter your ear and earliest attention I would rec recommend earlest that a committee be to make investigations upon the subject and report their License Department The licensing department In the mater mattei of I am please pleased to state liw hWi beyond our Th amount colete collected has hns exceeded during during th car that of the previous year yearby 19 lv by about l This Is a splendid show 1 g abut and Is strong material evidence of 01 tte tle growth of the city during the same som period growth It mi might ht b be wel well to state In thIs thi regard that I the auditors office Is be oming of greater importance year ear by byar greter ar an anI the work of that office Is In rasing g to such an extent that I should he be in favor faor of placing the mater matter of col coI cf f licenses In Iii a department sep separate separate arate ald and distinct from that of the audi I office It should be no part of the I of the I auditor to have the dutes tion of licenses In hand an ordinance ton I the office of license coletor should be passed and a responsible per person person son placed In charge under such bond as al might be deemed advisable to properly safeguard b the Interests of the city Un Under der the present system the city treasurer ts is the coletor of dog taxes and the su supervisor of streets the collector of pol po taxes In the event of the creaton creation of ol the department of e such depart department meat ment shOUld assume the functions or of tin the and street supervisor so far as ast a at t appl applies to the of licenses Purchasing Department The Th purchasing of supplies for the vari van ou oils departments of the city government Is h freighted wih with n a large degree of responsibility so much so In fact fact that I it would that this seem to me t to be advisable function In order that I it might be con on a proper business basis and an therefore more efficiently handled that It ii should be placed under capable and Intelligent Intel control control Experienc Experience has taught both lare and smal small that thai the only proper and method of ot this part of the business Is Isto h to have I it taken care of under a and distinct head bead thereby effecting a r savIng of time and money I should therefore recommend commend the organization ol of suCh such a and I it Is my convie that an honet honest and fair trial wi will demonstrate ton I It to b be n a valuable t tto to our municipal go City Stables and Supply House J Ti my mr annual message of one yer year ago I called attention to the fact that there aled should be a city stable and store depart department department ment centrally to met meet the re requirement and needs of the tho city In Iii Inthis this respect I m more convinced than ver that this be done and would again submit the mater matter for consideratIon your Auditing of Accounts At the close of ech each year and more at the clos close or of an tion there should be a very careful audit auditing auditing ton ing of the bok books and accounts of al all the of the city In view or of the new system inaugurated In keeping the In the several departments little time should be consumed consume In this work I would recommend that some one b be designated dozi to go carefully Over al all the de department department book books and report their findings at as early a date as possible Health Department Is Impossible o 0 overestimate the value I to the community of a thoroughly organized and efficiently handled health department I It be the duty of the administration to safeguard the health and to promote the comfort of our people I I I therefore becomes necessary in conducing to these ends that the In Epe of foo food be e carefully ca led out much care are should therefore be exercised In securing men proper properly 1 qualified for this class of work work Needless to say that all al rules and regu looking towards the promoting of wholesome healthful surroundings should e rigorously enforced and that wherever Je and possible the proper sewer connectIons should be made In this con I should deem I it e to say that our citizens should ap a far as bI assist this by a strict wih with the provisions of the law applicable to the tho department under consideration During the year thu department In the matter of oC t tio 10 Inspection of food product products meats met et etc ha has been such as to commend Itself to the tho highest regard of the tho community Garbage Department One item Iem regarding the preservation of ofte te the health of the people and one which L f 1 should not be underestimated Is te the re removal ni moval of the garbage and It Its proper d position During my Incumbency as r mayor maor of the city I 1 have given this sub sul jec my careful and thorough consider ton tion and I hava have reached the that the hauling of the garbage should be placed under te the control of the str ct department By reason of te the fact that th this department ha has deputes deputies In al all parts part of the city they cn can the more observe the attaching to the ti collection of refuse and Is its and In many instances ashes and might be used by the street department use wherever lare large fUs fills are beIng made By 0 placing the hauling of the garbage under the care of the street department beter better opportunities wi will be secure for giving a closer inspection of pre pren where garbage Is collected Ie I large Should the change herin herein suggested be institute I would further suggest that teams used use usein In thi this work Ie be paId a per diem Instead of by w as at present I am thoroughly convinced that the proposed wi WI secure beter better saniar sanitary conditions and rc that It t be effected Public Comfort Stations One of the Improvement improvements ofa oa cl city and one which I would suggest shout should receive your best consideration Is tt ot e public comfort stations or lavatories Public health conditions ad and a due reg r for the convenience and comfort of ou ou citizens and the traveling public who are ar coming coining here In number every year have created a demand fe these Im Institutions I It may be true that up ii to the present time few are possess possessed ed of these places yet et that Is no rason reason or c cat at least sho should ld not b be a reason for over overlooking looking such an Important necessity I would recommend that this subject be b brought to the attention of the Board of c Health and the Sanitary committee fo for proper investigation Improvements I have In a former porton Portion of thi this mes me message sage alluded to the rapid growth our city Is sustainIng This has br about a lar large dege degree of confidence In the th future of the city and the consequent development of our resources has brought forth It Its natural result In the Increased Increase desire of the people for public Improve Improvement Improvements ment ments of every kind At no time In the th history of Sal Salt Lake Cly City has there thero ben bee such a widespread desire for the con of sidewalks and the paving of c streets as has been shown during the year yea which has just been closed The exten extensive sive alve construction of sewer sewers likewise Is an a evidence of the desire of the people for I thoroughly modern ad and wel well governed city So geat great has be ben n the demand upon the pat part of the people for these Improve Improvement improvements ments ment that the cost to the city from the tho granting and constructing of the th Improvements is so geat great as not to the granting of al all applications I It Is to tole t le be regretted that the law Is such a as wi wi not permit perit of the total cost of tese these Im Improvements i provement bing being bore borne by the owners of c the property abutting on the street sought to be Improved I It Is within your recollection that the state law this mater matter was amended by the las legislature which amendment the cost for all of such to be charged In I full to the property al owner When the law ia ful was finally finaly submitted to His Governor Spry for his consideration he h did not consider i It advisable to approve the sae same I would again recommend the that tile the mater matter be brought to the atterton attention of o othe the next session of the legislature attention has ha hasben During the last year my been repeatedly caled called to the need of hay hav havIng ben lug Ing men properly qualified to act as In Inspector inspectors In al all cs cases where pubIc public In ml were being carried forward and it would seem seeni to me from what has ha woud i observation that tha come under my personal some form of 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