Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-01-01 | Page 80 | Special Edition, Divided on the Water Issue

II DIVIDED ON THE WATER ISSUE I Real Estate Association I Votes. Thomas Homer's Substitute Resolution Is Just Carried. Vote Stood 10 to 14 Former Opponents Oppo-nents Are Now Strong-ly in Favor of Bonds. I While the meeting of the Real Estate ansoclation held yer.lcrday did not result In unqualified Indorsement of tho water fcnd sewer bonding proposition. It did ro-Hd ro-Hd suit, after very lively discussion of the . natter. In the adoption of a resolution commending tho changes recently made In the proposed contract between the city and the farmers and suggesting that mil! further Improvements In details of the proposition might be accomplished In the Interest of the taxpayer It was said by evoral members, fallowing the mooting, that a largo majority of the twenty-live iijombors present WU really In favor of withdrawing objection to the bond preposition, prepo-sition, but that thr were ledTto veto as they did tecauso of a misunderstanolng of the resolutions that were presented. Resolution and Substitute. Soon after the meeting had been called to order J T,. Perkcs Introduced tho following fol-lowing resolution: Whereas, The objectioru h"rctoforo presented present-ed to the voting of rater bonds offcrivj by this association have in their most important features fea-tures been eliminated by the modifications se-Hn se-Hn p cured from th-s farmeni; therefore, be it Bff i Resolved. That this association now wlth- Hf K draws Its objections to the bonding proposl- tlon, commends those who have mcutM the Hfttj modifications to the faulty contract, and fa- Bifi ors the lssu of bonds on tho amended terms KTS proposed by the. new contract nnd such further concessions as may be securod hereafter. Btjj; This was followed by the Introduction Blrl by Thomas Homer of the following 3ub- M btitutc: Hi' Resolved, That the Salt Lake R"sJ Etae VL Men's dssoclatlon commnde the action of tho LB H City Council In securing the modifications tn RJ iu the contract between tho city and the farmers a jff of Big Cottonwood, and Indorse the securing B x of further modifications In tho interests of U Rd the city. , Favored Indorsement. ti j Among thoso who 6poke in favor of un- Hr , ouailfled Indorsement of the bonding H' proposition s now presi-ntrd were .1 1... d . Perkcs, S. li Tut tic. W. P Tuttle. A. I Kleiner. E. S Hubbard, J. K Shaw. W M i J. llalloran and O. F. Peterson, while H,l y thoso who talked In favor of the non- H j committal policy wero J. W. Houston. A. Ht ' A Robertson, Thomas Homer, A. C. Sad- Hl let- and K. S. Darling KfK When the Ilumer substitute resolution Hrl was linallv voted on It was passed by a HjYI vote of ten to fourteen. It Is known that HjfS siveral of those who voted for It wero Hp really In favor of re-commending to the U3 people the Noting of the bonds. E. S. Hff& narling. one of the members who sp..ke Knij In favor of tho substitute. Indicated after H the meeting that tho proposition as it HBj now stands is worthy of purport. It will H he noted that the men now favoring it Hft j who wens before at the head of the ticht B1 t against It nro such men as W. J Hallo- ran, Glen Miller, 10. 8. Hubbard. 0 F Hftjj Peterson end both the Tuttles. Mr. Hub- Kl bard said last night: HE "I wish to say that I will work and HI vote for the water bunds, and I believe HJ It was tho duty of the Real Estuto aa- HBI soclation to support the Council after HKI the concession ton which the association HI had contended had been secured." Unions Favor Bonds. S To the Citizens of Salt Lake City. TTtah f 1 j We, tho members of the various branches x of union labor, in general meeting as sembled, do adopt the following resolu-t resolu-t 1 tlon and authorize tho secretary, in our li j; behalf, to place his signature thereto: )j f Whereas. A sufficient and lasting supply of pure water, coupled with on ad.u:uo ewor system, Is absolutely necessary for Ui health of tho peoplo and tho growth of this city; and 'A m Wlvreas, Th City Council, with the ap proval of the Mayor of Salt Lrtko City, did. MX a Council meeting held November 1, l'.04. formulate a plan whereby Salt Lake City can fee lesured an adequate rupply of pure, water by on extension of the water system to embrace em-brace the waters of Mill Creole and Cottonwood Cotton-wood canyons; and Whereas. The City Council has decided to submit the Question of l.-ulng bonds to the extent of $1,000,000 4 per cent IntervjTt-besxlng bonds, and believing that the extension of the wator and sower sjEUms will be, a greater Incentlvo to the progress and health of the j popla of Salt Lake City; now, thercoro. Resolved. That we heartr.v Indorse th Issuing Issu-ing of sold bonds and p Jgo c ur Individual and unltod efforts to ee. ur.- the approval of said bond issue, to the end thBt Salt Lake City I shall be tho most advanced city In the Inter- mountain region for the health of Its people and for facilities Whereby the, manufactories in various Industries may be established. Stone Masons No. 2 of Utah, Fred Parrr-moro. Parrr-moro. Recording Eecretsry Journoyman Plumb, J. "W. Dudley, sire-tary. sire-tary. O. P. I. A. No. W, A J. Everett, Recording Eo-retoiy BroUiLrhood of Carncn.TTt end Joiners, J. Richardson, Recording Secretary. International Brotherhood of Elctrl-al Workers, Local Union No. 07, D. Heard, Recording Re-cording Secretary.