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Show iSEPAH W USE i BIG MOUNTAIN TMIL r City Commission Declines to Recede From Action in Matter. KORNS ENTERS PROTEST - West Side Residents Object to , Franchise Granted to. Interurban.. i The city commission by a vote of three to one refused last night to. reconsider , its action In giving shcepmon the right . to drive flocks over tho '13Ig Mountain trail," although the state hoard of health submitted a strong protest against what 1 It styled "the inevitable contamination of tho atrcam" which furnished a, por-' por-' tion of the city's water supply. Tho - communication was referred to th water i committee. buL Commissioner W. .11. ( ICorns Insisted on Immediato action. Lie presented the following, "f move that the petition of the state 1 hoard of health be concurred in aud Hied 1 j and th permission granted sheep to trail i over Dig Mountain trail he withdrawn and i the resolution effective for the past" eight yours be enforced." Commissioners Ivwrcnce, Morris and Keyaer voted against the resolution, al- though Commissioner Korns warned them j thut the state health board probably would resort, to the courts to enforce tho order. : Letter From the Board. Tho communication of the state board of health, signed by Dr. T. B. Iieatty, secretary, is as follows: The state board of health bus in pursuance with Its duties endeavored i to protect tho wator supply of the Mirious communities of the state and I has given special attention to that ! utilized by the city of Salt Lake. Having been informed that it is proposed to permit the trailing of sheep for a distance of two miles along the banks or the tributary of Parley's creek, wo beg to direct your attention to tho inevitable contamination contamina-tion of the water of the stream which would result, and recommend that the said permission be withhold. If you so desire we shall be pleased to appear beforo you for the purpose of discussing the matter. A large delegation of residents of First Went street appeared to protest against the recent grant of a franchise for the X'tah county interurban railroad to operate op-erate on their street. Tho members of the delegation talked for one and one-half one-half hours and strongly urged the commission com-mission to take such action as would result in placing the road on another street, Stephens Is Heard. "When they had finished thoir plea, a representative of the promoters pro-moters npoko In favor of the Intel-urban, telling the property owners own-ers that tho valuo of their holdings would be enhanced instead of depreciated. The commission again promised to take the matter under advisement. Three streets, hitherto included in tho new paving district, were withdrawn from the aroa to bo paved tills year. The city engineer reported that T and U streets property owners had not petitioned for the Improvement, while on R street between be-tween South Temple and First avenue, tho board of education owns a block which would be assessed against the city. A petition from members of the police department asking for an investigation Into charges mado byv J. J. Morris, the recently executed murderer, was tiled with the commission and will bo considered at today's session. |