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Show Candidates complain about city tax base I I t fhP elderlv. and those who don t are made rbik, , the elderly, and those who don't drive cars. "We may have to adopt a mini bus system or cut down the Fiat Taxi size," he said. He further noted that "23 percent of the households in the U.S.A. have no family automobile (as compared with 20 percent in Salt Lake City). In central Salt Lake City, 35 percent of the households have no automobile, and of households in Salt Lake City where the head of the household is over age 65, 50 percent have no automobiles. Over half of the families with annual incomes under $4,000 have no car. 4500 ride the bus to and from work daily in Salt Lake City; of these, 44 percent have no car. In all, 10,500 individual trips on buses candidates was Z o increase govern Harrison said , feral funding aJe are appraisal "'f tn P'0;' value of property inSal,af had kept up with l wouldn't be shor ( he said. 0t mneVr Mr. Cam said the snl. , V2 c: th's way, tourists and ' would contribute 7 !" t creases on onlyt' City residents. The hi ' be on the users 0?C' as the residents," government is not set up to supply municipal services, and a great deal of revision is required. Combining city and county government "can be expensive, he said. In response to the question, "Why hasn't Salt Lake City i.mn-plemented i.mn-plemented a mini bus system? Cam responded by saying the City doesn't run the bus system-the system-the Utah Transit Authority does. "Mini buses are expensive. In 1948 30,000,000 regular passengers used the SLC bus system as opposed to 3,000 last year," said Mr. Cam. "The theory is fine, but in practice we are a mobile society and like our cars." Mr Harrison said a transit system is "a must" for disabled persons, By GERRY HASLAM Chronicle Staff Finalists in the Salt Lake City mayor race, E. ). 'Jake' Cam and Conrad Harrison, spoke to students Wednesday at Mark H. Greene Hall on "City & University-Friend or Foe?" Mr. Cam a '59 graduate from the University Business College, said the city and the University "certainly must be friends and work together to solve mutual problems. One-sixth of the Salt Lake City population comes each day to the University." Concerning Salt Lake City, Cam noted, "We have a great deal of overlapping of services. In Salt Lake City we have a decreasing and unequal tax base." According to Mr. Cam, 40 percent of the property in Salt Lake City is tax exempt (including University property which is the second highest-valued district next to the downtown area). Cam called for less duplication and overlapping between county and city governments. Salt Lake City has a transient population of from 350-400,000 people each day," Mr. Cam said. "Eighty thousand people come to the city each day to work, and leave it at night.. .Residents of Salt Lake City pay a part of the taxes for the University, but assume all of the Fire department service responsibility for the University." Mr. Cam said he favors a proposed amendment which would allow counties to change their form of government if they wish. Under present conditions, all Utah counties have identical county commission organizations even though Dagget county has a population of 700 as opposed to a 450,000 population is Salt Lake County. Candidate Conrad Harrison pointed to City-University cooperation in past years in such matters as security and traffic problems, and building construction. con-struction. "One area where more cooperation is needed between the State and the University," he said, "is in planning and perfecting per-fecting the access road system to the University on the North Side in the area of Penrose Drive and the Federal Heights Community. Perhaps First South could provide the adequate north access to the campus we need." Mr. Harrison said county |