Show PROTEST OP THE CITY COUNCIL Against Converting the Industrial HomeInM a Public Building The following protest against the propose conversion of the Womans Industrial Homebuilding Home-building into a government building was adopted adopt-ed by the city council committee yesterday SALT LAKE CITY March 191890 The undersigned a committee appointed by the city council of Salt Lake City at the regular meeting of the council March 18 respectfully represent thathaving information that legislation legisla-tion Is being urged before Congress to convert the Womans Industrial building in this city into a general government building beg respectfully respect-fully to represent that there are most serious objections to the scheme viz 1It would be an unprovoked wrong to the government and to an institution founded in charity and for the public good and which Is yet but half tried r 2 Tlie site Is entirely impracticable being A nearly sixsevenths of a mile from the present i v official and business centre of the city 3The building is entirely unfit for such a purpose and cannot ba remodeled hi a way to meet the requirements 3The inconvenience to our people by making mak-ing such an arrangement would bo intolerable and would Increase as the city shall expand Hence we beg in the name ef the people of this city to most respectfully protest against the consummation of u schema that would be looked upon here as a public disaster We beg further to say that the business of the United States urgently ur-gently requires a building in this city and hi our judgment live hundred thousand dollars will be needed for the purpose Signed GEORGE M SCOTTMayor Mayor HERBERT PEMRBOKE L E HALL WM F JAMES JAMESCouncilors Councilors Copies of this protest and of the proteasv adopted by the chamber of commerce will bo m mailed to the following gentlemen today Hon Seth H Mllliken chairman House committee on public grounds and buildings Hon Daniel Kerr chairman House subcommittee on public grounds and buildings Hon A S Paddock U S S and Hon John T Caino M C |