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Show DESERET EVENING NEWS SATURDAY DECEMBER 22 21 1917 Salt Lake Must Budget .System in County Reveals Assests Permanent Roads and Concrete Bridges Open Up Many New Arteries of Travel Cut Expenses' i! Which Puts Big Balance On Books work undertaken fey the. easier grade end shorten the distance state read commission on state between the two cities. highways within the eounty, road Straighten Canyon Hoad. Improvements in Salt Lake counParley's canyon road is being cost the past year during approxity straightened, many of the dangerous to a lack of Owing curves being cut away. All but nine mately revenue, road Improvement work by miles of the road is now completed, - was ' the eounty proper necessarily" and the improvement will cost about limited, and the year was largely on E7,00, according to present estimates of .malntene rather than extension. After being graded, the road Is being Improvements of a minor character, surfaced with shale and rolied, givhowever, put many miles of roads In ing It a hard, tough surface which a first elans condition which will tend wilt held ns under heavy traffic. For NCLPDINQ eluding the cost of turning oltjr water Into the county mains which was done on Nov. 1. This became necessary to Insure an adequate supply ot water for the remainder of the year. There are 135 buildings connected with the county system and 'the tax revenue from this source will this year amount to 51,315. Twelve new watermain connections were made , during the J The cost of new connections year. is now borne by property owners. The county has 780 street arc lights on tho main arteries of traffic. A majority of theontracts for furnish ing power and supplies for those lights expire with the end of this year and 1 . Or Raise 7 axes Op the first time, perhaps. In Its history Salt Lake county, this year, found out where It iu at" financially. And in spite of a materially reduced tax levy, the eouDty will dose the year in a satisfactory ound material incream over those of ,U,way '.perea ,"i 1816. and the fact that a con- considerabie liability must be carried over amount of improvement into next year foreshadows the neces- - ,aiterable un e on, A further destty for strict economy. There must'. n.Xt year ed'aahlTm either be curt aliment of expense toreeani In view year or another Increase of the tax 1 tbe burden whichprobable the war is im- levy, and all members of the citv com- - j m fusion have expressed themselves as Posing. The commission has made It plain that 1818 will be a year of curopposed te the latter. The city spent during the first 11 tailment of expenses in every way possible. The commission consists of months of 1817 a total of $1,812,323 Taxes Collected. 40 as against 11,610,423.44 for the cor- Lafayette Haticbett, chairman, C. K Stillman and J. 8. Lindsay. apparent big difference between Thi theThe responding period of 1316, an amounts of receipts and disburseThe increase terms of office of the last two com- ments of $201,708-96.- is due to the fact ihut hut was the missioners In the street department expire with the end wil1 those of all other court ? largest, amounting to 899.624. This waa caused mainly by theTlnereased rempleTe h?k lost of labor and by tho heavy vex-- ! financial condition waa brought about the installation of budget agetenie pDM to which tho department was J were revealed put last winter and spring for street itn the result that the conditio cleaning purposes. The public safety i.wlf m a decidedly bU department showed an Increase of, than had been anticipated. On Jan. when the administra-mmtwo are the depart-,present 847,(88. These in which, ths heaviest increase. jToTSSSL ZuZ aTppre . occurred. tions brought over from the decrease of revenue i ar amounted to $11,634.45 Inprevious excess Despite th Salt Lake St Utah Intsrur-baof ths available revenue. A from liquor licenses since August 1, report of special auditors subsequent comxuonly known mm the the placed th revenue for the yesr considerably deficit at $170,449.38. With a Orem Una tut enjoyed a the Inexceeded that of 1816. The revenue stallation of the budget system, which jmmt, with a steady fowsa one of the first things undertaken from all sources for 1817 was ot Craight and paawrTigiir trafthe new administration; the light while tbs revenue for 3816 by fic, but particularly ot fraiffbt. Th dawned, however, and the county was tax Th was $1,823,623.78. levy found that instead of facing a deficit road operate between this city and Increased 4 of a mill, the total city it had $18,040.46 to the good. The Payaon, a distance of t7 tnflim. f auditor found that in past years the rate this year being 6.75 mills on the county bad to a total population of ltt.460 the merely actual regarded dollar as against 6.5 mills last year. cash collections of ths current year people. Tbe road connects directly This resulted In an ineredb of about as the total revenue for that year. A with the Bamberyer elocuhj, and con 354.049 In revenue on an assessed val- total of $17 9,7 24.16 tn revenue was eequentiy at Ogden with the found whloh formerly had net been uation of 8177,490.640. regarded as revenue. This amount Logan St Idaho fotenzrfaaa 00 that included uncollected taxes of previous fotenxrhan can can run from Pmyaon Unexpended Appropriations. Preaton, nearly miiea The At th close of business Now. 34 ths years, amounts owing to the county for Oram's equipment include 17 motor of school taxes, amounts appropriations collection total unexpended five two obeervation trailer, owing from the city and state and care, three baggaye care, three loco amounted to 8314.589.87 as against other accounts receivable one line When the budget was repair car, SI tool 8247.742.41 last year, a decrease of Install- motive, gondolaa, 14 beet, wood ed it was found that thsfinally eounty faced care, 38 2.203, 24. Th unappropriated sur nine 14 box an overdraft In the poor fund refrigerator. of and three fiat car. Hie company plus amounted to 813,371.41 as against had been liquidated. operates 24 trains ever the main itn of decrease Also 55.283.11, a 825,254.71, approximately $45,904 worth of and 14 over the new Magna branch, or from 1916 were 44 train dally. The electrical There was $133,422.73 brought over claims brought-ovepower at paid the beginning of year. is furnished by ths Utah Power St R a v anus Revenue for Tear. Light company, delivered to the foor funds... 447.341.08 1.453,585.33 substation Balt of the The ft total estimated revenue Utah, for this at 44,046 from 1314 Into 1417, but th amount .year was $865,683 63 and volte, alternating omreuL ths expen- There, to be carried over this year Into 1318 ditures for ths first eleven by means ef rotary converter months end will be about 185.400, it la estimated, amounted to $827,884.32, leaving an to generator eeta, it la transformed 1,666 volts direct current distribbalance of 337,998.26. provided non of th aforesaid lia- unexpended Since a large part of th Deoember uted by feeders to points along the tine of the road. bilities ar liquidated. business mum. of deceaslty be carried Of 'the estimated revenue $947,341.-4- 8 over Into the new year uni ta more Kew was collected Dec. 1 as against than sufficient to meet the county's The 00m pony needs. At the close of business Nov. meat and additions to Its There last year. 11,063.585.34 34 the assets amounted- - to 8743,238.16 the current year, mined at equipment tat:. 444; mained 31,158,404.24 uncollected and the outstanding warrants to 9 via, $144,060 for new equipment. In84. Since a large part of the cluding two electric locomotive of against 11,152,082.93 last year. Most of this was general taxes which did assets consisted of uncollected taxes 1,400 horsepower each; three new moat that tor 444 coaches of waramount ths of large horsepower each, not become delinquent until Dec. 1. rants date, geared to 72 mile aa hour, and two outstanding is accounted for. sad a considerable part of that which Tbe physical fenprawtoroti The county's tax rate this yesr waa trailer. was collected had not been appor- 2.8 mills on ths dollar including a .3 of a mill stats road rat In tioned. The outstanding - warrants 1916 was . 2. 8 3 Billit1tax.on .Tbs tha. doUar Nov. 39 amounted to- $1,034,911.91 a reduction this year amountshowing as against $842,121.32 Nov. 30 last ing to .22 of a mill on ths dollar of assessed valuation. The rats was diyear, an increase of 819L890.69. This was due largely to th decreased col- vided as follows: Indigent fund, .4 of a mill; county purposes, interest on lections. Th total receipts in special and bonds and bond sinking; 1.89 mUle; exrevenue funds for the 11 months hibits and farm demonstration, .91 ef amounted to $1,757,131.45 as against a mill, state road tax, .8 of a mill. The total assessed valuation of proplast year. The dis$3,159,533.75 bursements amounted to 82,234,633.-5- 4 erty tn the county inclnding the city as against 52,413,073 75 for the was $277,428,171 as against 3234,32$.-979r- n 1916. The tax rats tn Balt Lake tame period last year. City was 29.29 mill, tn th Granite Receipts and Disbursements. district 12.6 mills. In tbs MurA tabulated statement, issued by school ray school district, 2LC and in ths the city treasurer, showing a com- Jordan school district 12.1 mills. The parison of receipts end disbursements assessed valuation of each of the four by months for the first 11 months of diet nets and the net tax In each folthe' two year follows: lows: Valuation. Net Tax. Receipts. R L City. .$176,866,865 82,689.948.48 1917 88.011.811 Granite 477,989.17 287.654.74 $ January 196.421.97 4.959.941 Murray 200.413.66 February ... Jordan 696,166.17 57,699,454 March . . . 121.421.88 138.997 43 April Total ...8277.428,171 $4,866,(18.79 93,701.11 May 89.192.18 The apportionment of the tax to ths June . . . . 154,868.27 various taxing funds follows: July . . . 132.436.77 August 884.292.18 State 118,123. 92 September. 119,726.15 County, poor fund...... October . . 154.247.05 620,451.9 County, general fund.... 269,474.44 November. and exhibits County, demonstration. farm 5,526.18 . Totals .$1,757,181.65 82,159,522.76 State, (for county road on Cash 83,452.11 work) hand Jan I 044.429 88 1 665.(1$ 61 Salt Lake City corpora1, 194.996.92 tion 2,816.146.36 2,891.561.53 1, 048,077.27 City schools 189,(74.(7 812.249.09 Granite school district. . Bond sales, 34.488.60 Murray oily, general schools 84,488.69 793,797.36 Murrey city 899,790.57 fund, . Jordan school district. . . 258.945.61 F E a small part of ths taxes ar apportioned prior to Nov. 80, sines the tax was not delinquent until noon. Dec. 1. Of the net tax the eounty treasurer collected 64.563,278.16 before th time of delinquency, leaving delinquent, $257,340 43. This may be paid with publication of the delinquent tax liM and before Jan. IE, wheo Bale of property for delinquent taxes begins. During the year the county retired $ 3 5 , lb u worth of general bopda, re- ducing Its bonded indebtedness to ths sum of $280.004., The county license assessor collect- first 1 months of the year as com- - V" - , -- include the new Magna branch, nine miles, leaking the mum line tflx miles below Balt Luke, five additional beat dump tracks two at Magna, one between Lehi and Kirkh&m, one between Provo and Hpringville, and one beThe tween Spanish Pork &n48alem. company has also located two new and canning factory spurs, car house 16 Hpringville; and built a by 20 feet at Payson, besides increasing the Payaon shop capacity 60 per cent. The official staff of tbe Balt Lake A Utah, or Orem interurban is as follows. W. C. Orem, president and general manager; James G. Perry hill, vice president; Henry L Moore, vice president and general attorney; V. M. Orem, secretary and treasurer; Rose Beason, traffic manager; W. L White, general freight and passenger agent; and D. Nauman. superintendent chief engineer; Joe H. Brown, auditor; M. B. Mitohel, purchasing agent. n, proa-Paran- minlifr-terfof- Committee Plans For Home Social Service 0dn Womans Taking ear . SILICA SURFACING ON VINE STREET. te reduce the cert of maintenance! several months about 10 county pris- next year. The.blg Improvements were oners were kept at work on this road. made under the direction of the state Three and one-ha- lf miles of repairs road commission. were made on the Magna-Tooel- e road a cost of at and 11,754, improvements Under an. arrangement or's office show that road work undertaken by the county cost about 3158.040 thi year. Supervision cost 315,144.14. repairing roads, $68,816.-4repairing and building bridges, culverts and flumes, 330,648.56; connew , roads, $8,244.44; structing new sprinkling roads. $31,373.36; street signs, $108.41; repairing of road machinery and equipment, and cost of new equipment, Street lighting cost, $8, $1,588 15. 343.52, divided as follows. .Maintenance. 12,465.82, patrolling, 1771.84; electrical energy, $5,111.80. Improved Roods. There are now approximately 844 miles of Improved roads in the county, making access to and between cities end towns comparatively easy. In working out-U- x plan of improvements, the county is seeking to se distribute the work as to provide good roads In all parts of the county. Side streets are being given attention as well as main arteries to give farmers better 5: perfected to the Salt Lake-Cta- h county road near the point of the mountain cost ion assumed office the beginning of 31,404. From Midvale to the point of the $ear, the position of county road the mountain the state roid was scariand rolled. supervisor was consolidated with the fied The road tax for state roads office of eounty surveyor. Accordingly within special the county this year amountthe road Improvement work this year ed to .03 of a mill on the dollar and has been under the direct supervision netted about 381.040 in revenue. The county this year opened a new of R. K. L Collier, county surveyor, road through Union one and end the general supervision of Coun- miles in length, and also a new road lf one and miles in length fromf ty Commissioner C. F. Stillman, chairman of ths committee on roads and the Redwood road iq the Sugar facat West Jordan. tory bridges. The consolidation of ths roads Three new bridges were completed sad bridges, department- - with the sur- in Little Cottonwood canyon, and 15 new bridges were built In the"TTBIon veyors office resulted in the employment of four leu emp.oyees end a district. Repair Highways.' consequent saving to the e-- anty. lf Twenty-on- e and miles of cost proportionately old roads varying In width from 18 Road work when the present county administrat- one-ha- lf one-ha- one-ha- . . . 5 g - -- - ., i' s" - J - t's ' v r 'V i - . fi.'t I, a ifik . - r- A V' -- r- ' - 67. -ci art - J r- -. - A.' - , 5 i - s -- f 1 ' ' t :p . iff J , ' ! v i 1 S' '' ft ' J b -- j.it r meinteoane li 485.-23- Special j at th s' Pacific The Line of .... .... . $1,757,131.(5 ' Cornell of National Defsnaa. A feature of Oris work will be tbe seeming ef volunteers to taka the place of persons withdrawn tram so, etal serrio agenotea by war rmi twil tie. This will be dose largely by means of (be registration for service bow being token a, by tbe woman', committee. Mrs. Philip N Moore, of 8L Lee to, chairman ot the department, will send out a queetlonaire to ejseertoto the needs of th Individual philancountry. She thropic age idtt of the will find out what ta being done la district nursing, day nursing, th work ot etvlhaa hospitals, philanthropy, charities, and social aerrieo. Ths result of this survey to to be tabulated by th state chairman of the women's committee, and the needs of charities and p rot active associations -- ..... f ot tfa (oiks at borne" tbs deertneat far the of sods. m tIoi agencies ef tbe women's eommttte ta ... ... . la (be work of $14,-419.- newtontraets,ar now being prepared. The records of the county survey- l 1916. The collections were segregated as follows. Street car tax. $110 for each y ear. motor bus license, $3,109 in 1917 and licensee, $1,936 in 1918; merchants $6,779.66 III $6,250.10 in 1917 and 3 016; butchers' licenses,- - 6487.60' - in t a 1 7 and $712 in LSI 6. -- I State TU I 1 o'nsouX. Inter urbans Span Two Hundred Miles of j k -- V V 32, 159,511.76 54.880.518.7 Total Increase Taxes on Mines. 1916 8 478.322.75 The big Increase hi taxes result 351.444.66 largely from assessment of the net 164.318.42 proceeds of mines, affecting the Jor116.972.04 dan school district more than any 157.872.27 other. The increase from this source 164.082.89 in assessed valuation amounted to ap204.344.99 proximately $21,009,406. 210,745.47 The total assessed value of real es191.16 (6 tate tn Balt Lake county including the 149.760.89 city Is $86,971,705; Improvements ' 216.471.75 $64,841,735; live stock. $794,885; personal property other than live stock, $2,412,073.75 $62,202,935. The value of property aaccaeud by the county s ns res or to of that assessed by and $215,810,240 . 442.072.61 the slate board of equalization. Disbursements. X. i v, . W-- v ' M- , '.; - if" i. yfj. i 1 v V! - ". . . c --xii t r..c.X t a-- - ' - r; , V January due to' the Increased cost of materials and labor. The 'wages of supervisors, teamsters and laborers was increased 34 per cent last May. One of the largest Impro lament made by the eounty this year wee the concrete construction of a bridge over the Jordan river at Fifty-firSouth street coating 17.644. The work undertaken on state highway within the eounty under the direction of the state road commission .. coat In the neighborhood of Slate The concrete paving of street between Twenty-firand Fifty-firSouth streets was completed and 3 miles of bitulithic paving was laid oa west Thirty-thir- d South street The latter work will 'cost completed about 154,400, It Is estimated- Important' road Improvements are aew underway on the Lincoln highway hi Parley's .canyotf and when completed. will furnlzhan excellent .highway between Salt Lake City and Park Chy, a distance of about 32 miles Above the city's new reservoir, a new road has been constructed high on the mountain side reaching to Lambs eanyon, a distance of about four and miles This resulted la sa VV'- - st 1118,-444- st one-ha- lf L st to 66 feet were graded, and 5 35 miles of newly opened roads varying in width from 18 to 66 feet were graded. Eighteen miles of old road. 14 feet wide were surfaced with gravel, and 1 miles of. roads 16 feet wide, were surfaced with gravel. . Ten miles of old roads 10 feet wide, were surfaced with shale, and 1 2 miles of new roads 12 feet wids were surfaced with shale. One nineteenth of a mile of old road, 12 to 18 feet wids was surh ot faced with silica, and a mile of new road, 20 feet wide, was surfaced in the same manner. The silica was placed on sduth State street of and Vine street. About a mile of the Highland driv was surfaced with tarvis This road varies from 16 to 18 feet In width. During the year the department repaired 250 culverts built 264 wooden culverts repaired five concrete culverts Installed 27 concrete culverts laid 17 sectional concrete culverts installed 21 galvanised culverts repaired 87 wooden bridges repaired fire concrete bridges built 18 new wooden bridges 28 new concrete bridges and three new steel bridges There were 4T2 feet of vttrtfled pipe, varying' In size from 3 to 36 inches In diameter, laid for drainage Also there Was Installed purposes 1,454 feet of concrete pipe, varying In shn from 8 Inches to 34 inches In diameter. County Waterworks System. The county waterworks system was operated at a cost of $1,214.64, in- newly-opene- d one-fift- one-ten- th . February March .... April . . . . May .. .. f!v - NEW BRIDGE OVER THE JORDAN RIVER. more than heretofore .. tacilities for bringing their produce to the market. There are about 844 miles of roads In the county, about of which are In constant use. The work of the county surveyor's department Includes the designation of lines grades and cross section stakes Fence (or all road improvements line stakes and sidewalk grades are giveh to property owners free on request. During the year a number of miles of section lines have been retraced and corners reset where missing. Ail roads which have been opened or widened during the year have been monumented. The total expenditure of the surveyors department amounted to $5,874.16. The office is endeavoring to make more accessible detailed information regarding property in the There is available an Indexed county. ownership map of the county, consisting of 64 sheets A section corner map shows at a glance all known section corners with a card index showing where the description anfl connection to the corners may be found. Permanent bench marks to conform to Salt Lako City data have beea established throughout the county and the renumbering and renaming of streets to conform to the city's system was - completed. The surveyor has created a right of way department which has obtained right of way deeds for all roadt opened up within the eounty before Improvements war made upon them The department also la proving own erstaip of county lands which havt been held through neglect by p rival parties. one-ha- June July Aug .or,. . . September. October . . November $ 1917 714,949.81 268.603.29 92.329(8 135.029 77 112.172.1 115.252.77 132.377.10 200.963 91 172.054.68 142.658.01 152.342.23 Totals ..$2,234,829.54 lf on Cash Nor hand 14 .. .. 566,737.9 $2,801,541.53 Venus funds .. 1.252.403. 0 Bond funds 8p e1nI 32.819.74 funds .. ........... $2,234,883.54 82.815.144.36 .. 1.21155. 83 $25,313.89 148.129.14 $2,411,472.71 The citys bonded Indebtedness Its limit of amounts to $5,248,044. bonded indebtedness ta $14,189,099 or valuation. It may 8 per cent of th bond for aa additional I L.832 48 for general purposes, and aa additional $7,988,844 for water, sewers and lights. Unma Oollerted. With a loss of $10,044 from.JDqner licenses since Aag. 1. when the statewide prohibition law became effective, th city lice nee aaeceaor and collector, Charles W. Lawrenca. collected dur$141,130. 4$ aa ing ths It months, against $334,1(3.43 for ths whole of last year. This was segregated as fol; low: ' Liquor DcenM, 3124,3(2.81: merchants license. $11,592.99; miscellaneous licenses. $(1,15.48. In the alter the collection showed a material Increase, those for 113 arnount-n- g to $J2.802.38. Merchants' licensee aat year amounted to 86.281.96 and liquor llranaes, ta $325,275. Reductions fat Aaocnsmcnta. The red uciion made by the county board of equalization in the assessment aa made by County Amassor A. H. PerThe sona amounted to $59,227,743. main reductions were those of the Utah the of Copper money surplus company, which could not be taxed under the law ainoe th money was Invested outside of the state, and the sun m m r nl on insurance companies, which also was found to be unlawful. A total of $19,844 tn cash abatements was allowed to wide e In incorporated cities sad towns of Balt Lake and Murray cities town levies were ee folthe toi(f sot-sid- lows: , ' Midvale, 19 mills: Sandy, 12 mills: Bingham, 4 mine; Copperfield, 4 mills; Phoenix, 4 mjlla. A comparative statement ef reeleven ceipts by months for the fuel moettie ef the years 191$ and 1917 follows . -- $ January February March April .. May .- -, - -June - - -- -July -- .... August..... 191$. 26.656.26 20.965.83 27.965.83 11.178.99 28.938 43 8.976 25 20.936.87 19,343.91 tv Special Excursions To California Dec. 20, 22, 24, 29 Limit . p Feb. 28, 1918 a F. E. SCOTT, F. & P. 203 Walker Bank Bldg. Salt Lake CSty, Ut&h. ' "Was- .- ' f3 1 ,'1 6610. " il ! 1917. 15.195.24 $3,897-1- A' i 4 34.878.9 8.311.73 63.498.14 15.257.48 89,845.11 8,363.61 til if' T V'JIT i 'JPMi |