Show I MESSAGE OF MAYOR I 1 Thompsons First Communication Communi-cation to Council I NUMBER RECOMMENDATIONS I Tho New Mayor Deals with the Subject Sub-ject of Protection of tho Public HealthInsists Upon Having Pure WaterSuggests Vote of People on Question of Issuing Bonds to Increase Water Supply Favors Increase In-crease of Wages of Laborers He I Wants Harmony I Mayor Thompsons first message sent to the Council lost evening is as follows fol-lows I I Mayors Office Salt Lake City Utah January 2 1DQO Gentlemen submit herewith my first message to you At Rome future time I will transmit the report of tho heads nf the departments for the fiscal year endIng end-Ing December 31 IM9 and also a statement showing time financial condition of tho city HEALTH Ob THE CITY The health of the poopln of Salt Lako City IB of the highest Importance In the municipal government Our city blessed with a most excellent climate should suffer suf-fer very Illtlo from contiiglouu diseased Such diseases In tho llrst Instances are usually traceable to Infractions of sanitary sani-tary laws nnd afterward tho spreading of these diseases results from a lax enforcement en-forcement of the quarantine laws as provided pro-vided by ordinances The first requisite to good health In our community Is to keep the city thoroughly cleun and If thoro Is neKllgence In this respect legal steps shrill bo tukon to compel obedience Every citizen owes a solemn duly to Limo city is well us to hlmslf to keep Ills premises clean and froo from causes breeding diseases The sanitary laws II statutory as well JUM municipal nnd the rules ami regulations of our Board of I Health must be rigidly enforced without four or L favor To decrease disease will necessarily lessen the death rate of our II cliy 1 earnestly recommend that time officers charge with the administration of our laws of health l > e not clrcum scribed In their work for want of necessary I neces-sary means PURl WATER I The citizen has the right to demand pure water Our various sources of wator must bo kept strictly clean Whenever there I Is any contamination or pollution of water wIthin thc city limits vigorous measures must bo taken under tho ordinances to abalo tho evil Any net befouling our water system outsldo of time Jurisdiction of time city may bo proceeded against un der section 4271 of Limo Revised Statutes oC Utah making It a misdemeanor to befoul be-foul any stream of water used for domestic do-mestic purposes I shall Instruct tho persons per-sons having charge of our water depart I nttont that If I any offense of this kind Is I being commItted to secure Limo fads and at once Institute criminal proceedings through tho proper prosecuting oftlccr TIlE QUESTION OF WATER Our water supply at certain times of tho year la I wholly inadequate to meet the wants of tho Inhabitants Tho city Is rapidly Increasing In population and before be-fore very long we will number a hundred thousand people With an Increasing population pop-ulation and extension of tho sprinkling districts from time to time It Is selfevi dent thai we must havo a larger supply of water 1 think Limo limo has come Lotus Lot-us to act effectually on tho situation as It exists Tho longer this subject Is postponed post-poned the more expensive it will finally provo to Salt Lake City Various plans havo been siiKKcuted from limo to llmo to Improve tho citys wntor system The plan which I consider tho safest and beat for all concerned Is to acquire tho water rights of Big Cottonwood This might bo accomplished by an exchanco of part of our present waior system with tho owners of said rlichts and also by purchase where It would bo necessary I am aware that tho present condition of the citys finances does not warrant cxtenblvo Improvements Tho latter part of section 1 of article XIV of the Constitution of Utah permits a city to Incur Indebtedness In excess of time debt lImIt for tho purpose of improving Its walcf system Such a proposition 1 must bo submlilcd at a special election to the taxpayers of tho municipality for their acceptance or rejection If tho result of such an election would bo In tho affirmative affirma-tive bonds could bo sued I to fund the indebtedness In-debtedness This plan would be better than direct taxation I most respectfully ask you gentlemen to Investigate this water question carefully and obtain an estimate of tho probable coat of tho Improvement Im-provement as contemplated I earnestly urgo an early consideration of this Important Im-portant subject PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THE CITY Whatever rights tho city may have inlands in-lands and waters controlled by 1 the city must bo firmly protected Wo will defend those lights even IC It Is necessary to go to the highest tribunal for adjudication 1 respectfully recommend that the office of Txind and Water Commissioner bo ereatrd and that the duties of such a commissioner com-missioner be to look cirofully after tho properly and water rights of the city and also to keep a full and complete record of our titles to the same The suit of Salt Lake City m Salt Lake City Water and Electrical Power company Allan G Tam son et al now pending In court strongly suggests the need for this office The ox pehcs to the city In this suit alone will bo far greater than the salary of a Land and Water Commissioner would amount to for a number of years ASSETS OF TJIB CITY At present no records art kept In tho City Auditors ofllce showing tho correct volta of any propertv real or personal owned by tho city 1 recommend that at an early date tho CIty Council have a value placed upon the same This suggestion sugges-tion 1C earned out would enable tho city to mako a proper statement of UB assets as well as HabllllScs when time occasion requires re-quires It SALARY FOR INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS BUILD-INGS I suggest that an ordinance ho passed fixing a definite salary for the Inspector of Buildings and requiring him to turn nil fees of the oftlce into the city treasury CONSOLIDATION OF TWO OFFICES 1 also recommend that tho offices of Oil Inspector and Sealer of Weights and Measures Mea-sures be consolidated and a fixed salary bo provided for such officer and that the fees of tho ofllco bo deposited In tho city Ucasumr REVISION OF CITY ORDINANCES rime ordinances of our city have not been rovlhed nnd compiled blnco 1S32 This work ought to bo dono without unnecessary unne-cessary delay ttclnSTREET STREET PAVING Third South between West Temple and Stato streets should bo paved us soon as practicable WAGES OF DAY LABORERS I further recommend that day laborers In the employ of tho city he paid 52 a day Instead of l7C tho I present flits of VUKLU and that Limo ordinances be so amended as to carry this suggestion Into effect Prices of till necessaries of life have risen considerably con-siderably slnco tho latter amount was fIxed unit It la I but just to Increase wages accordingly For similar reasons 1 suggest sug-gest that men with teams be paId 550 Instead In-stead of 13 3lLIUlONY Harmony and efficiency arc absolutely necessary for tho best internists v of time city Every appointment that d shall make during my term of office will bo 1103110 with tho distinct understanding that time appointee must work In harmony with the wholo city government 1 am most r lectullEZRAr1l0MPSON EZRA THOMPSON Mayor |