| Show MESSAGE pF OF MAYOR am Review of Operations for fortne Year x 4 i NEW EW TELEPHONE SYSTEM SY TEM TEMI t I PETITION FROM STROM SALT LAKE LAh COMPANY Mayor Thompson Thomp on submitted to the tho city council last Jast evening his nd d annual message ge in which Is reviewed briefly the work accomplished by the administration a during du the past pa t year and references to the revenues and disbursements Some Somo recommendations recommendations of the needs Ju are mentioned but for the most part the then n message Is a summary of the reports sub submitted submitted to the mayor by the heads of the several departments That it is not In Intended Intended Intended tended to be e all that IB is I expected of the executive In the way of recommendations Is evident from the concluding paragraph which states tates There are several mat matters matters matters to which I wilt will call can your attention in inthe Inthe inthe the near owing to the length of 01 this report I will send other communications thins ti ns bearing on these matters to your honorable body A general statement of the finan finns financial cial transactions is given as follows Cash on hand Jar Jan 1 1000 1900 47 Receipts nil all sources 07 Total 6 4 54 Warrants outstanding Jan 1 1 1300 6 Disbursements for all 11 purposes es 73 Total T tal 35 Excess of receipts over dis disbursements disbursements 1093 19 Add warrants warrant outstanding Dec D c 31 35 1500 1 76 Total cash in hands of trees treas treasurer uret Dec 31 M 1909 85 t The above cash on hand band includes 28 S of oC the bond sale which WAS consummated during the latter Jatter part pat of the year The cost of public improvements made during dining tho the year is reported at for or the reservoir water pipe extensions and new sewer laterals It Is estimated that 2 fiO 78 will be required to com corn complete completo pleto the contracts Water Problem Unsolved Referring to the question of water sup supply supply supply ply the mayors m message states Owing to the unusual light rainfall in inthe Inthe the Ute latter part of 1899 19 and in the year fol following following following lowing our water supply during the sum summer summer mer season has been 1 1 t extremely tremt l low Present indications point poh to another dry drys s during the coming summer The city has built a reservoir on Thirteenth East Ea t street which is designed to utilize the overflow The rhe reservoir will vill prove very serviceable at different times How However ever eve in the of July and August we w will be confronted again gain with a short shortage tort age ag In our water supply The question qu Uon of an adequate supply of water nate for Salt Lake City will never aster be solved satisfactorily sa UP until HI the city secures the water rights of Big Cottonwood stream The Tle city ct administration a Stra tion hat has ha taken the thep p to toi have the United States t nm tr those lands which th the of f the thc various vailous supplying in city a forest foret re reserve reserve reserve serve Mr John K E Dooly chairman of the heard board of public works made a special trIp to Washington n presenting th the nut mat matter tor ter to t tho president and the secretary S of the Interior The result wa that the United d States land office issued an order or withdrawing from public Uc entry c t number of ot sections of land An Au agent of the gov government go will soon visit the city in refer reference reference ence enco to thIS thid matter There is no desire on the part of ot the Ute city cHy to t have more land Iced landset landset set apart as a forest St reserve than what is absolutely necessary It is recommended that the dead daid ends en s In the Ute water pipa system be connected and that the smaller pipes be replaced by larger feed teed mains as urged by the water waterworks waterWorks works Works superintendent nt Sundry References With reference to the report lE ort of the health department the th executive cites the following extracts Dehs D s from all onuses causes CRU In the year er 1900 1000 K 4 annual death th rate per l 1100 1000 i 77 from all aU causes In the year 18 1 1815 51 annual death 1 to per 1000 1 it J t is gratifying to state hint tha the death rate from contagious and preventable diseases la less leas than in aGY ny OY preceding year of which the city hasa hisa b record reco In 1899 there were cases ases of scarlet s let fever and end twelve deaths and eighteen eases rases of diphtheria and seven deaths In IJ 1300 there were cases canes es of scarlet fever tev r and two deaths and cases of diphtheria and eleven deaths A summary of tIEi lh ia annual reports of the police and ana departments d depart J which have hove heretofore bea published is given Attention is directed to the tion don of the fire tire chief tor an increased al lowance for tho the department for ance this year and for needed improve improvements ments meats and ana a higher salary schedule but nothing is said ld about the needs of ot the pollee nolice department However it is men honed that the plan of working city pris prisoners o ers has proven n successful Attention is directed to the need of re t building the old White bridge across the river Nothing else is said about the 01 of the street ana irrigation lt pan mentIn ment In order to avert the tile necessity of paying several hundred bundred dollars a year r taxes on the acres of oC water shed lands purchased from the Union Pacific rail railway railway railway way but upon which a It third of the pay payments payments ments meats are yet vOt y t to be made the ma mayor or rec rt recommends that the legislature be appealed to for relief References other departments of the municipality are confined to A men mention mention mention tion of revenues ind disbursements The Tho annual reports transmitted tran d with the mayors message were referred to the th several department committees and the enrollment committee was directed to so 10 solicit solicit licit bids for printing the reports in the usual form orm Telephone Franchise On behalf of the tho projected Salt Lake Mutual Telephone Telegraph company compan Charles Webster applied for a franchise to construct and operate an Independent telephone system in the city The peti petition petition petition tion was referred to the committee on streets and municipal laws Jaws Accompanying the petition pt was wan the draft of an ordinance granting the usual privileges s to telephone and telegraph companies to erect and maintain poles and wires in the streets Mayor Thompsons veto of Councilman Thomas resolution declaring the Intention intention tion lion of granting no more licenses licensee to per persons persons persons sons commencing anew in the saloon bust busi business bustness ness was sustained by unanimous vote The veto was baaed baa upon an aD opinion from trout the city cit attorney that tho thea resolution re could have no legal effect whatever S I The mayors maor objections objection to the forn for i f I the tb renew renewal U contract with the I Utah tab 1 L it t Fo rower Power er company for lighting the M t l H s were taken up fr for con A r some discussion tile the veto was sustain Buckles Buckle It x va a t only one une in p I o 0 S I The I he f nn i t VII i now tow be am anit Sd ti d tied ed ei to r meet i et t the mayor maor mayors ob ol tiona b by r h he s committee on improvement 1 ith the thc t lv 0 attorney associated 1 and s m t the he council for adoption I The he board of ot public work works was van direr dire ed to advertise for bids for cn ot in tn iron picket fence and ai a a i tight r b ru fence fenee around the 11 East fit net tt reservoir I Thiet Chiet D tits of An Anna Amos r s a it it a t member of th the nt nl to 10 i i tam dam Fitzgerald re resi t d dand dand dand and Captain C U E B Wood av iiI of or orthe o othe the t t and opera or of the a Jf m service in pi a e 0 of L M larl Harl resign d I were confirm confirmA 1 5 A resolution by Buckle w was aas as adopted dl I r the tho luef hief of polke to ih th dw dwI owners of all til houses not already alread u aim im I bored to have them n numbered |
