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Taxpayers Declare Commission Ignores Them in Appointments; Meeting of Protest Next ThursdaySMOLDERING indignation o£ taxpayers' oil., the west side o£ the .city at'having 110 representative 011 the committee which will assist George E. Kessler in the task of zoning Salt Lake City, burst fnto flame today with the issuance‘of 1000 dodgers,-which will be distirbut-ed to residents in that part of the city.Calling upon the taxpayers to as/ sert themselves In behalf ' of their ! rights .as property owners, insisting upon the privite'sc. of representation in the move which will Involve their future prosperity, the (lodgers make the following appeal:“To the Taxpayers and Voters of the West Side:“Do you know your money is paying for the zoning of Salt Lake City?_“That you have no representa-; tive on the committee that has | been appointed?“Are we so buried under railroads and coal yards that we have no further rights?“Thursday night, May 23, 1918, a mass meeting wijl be held in the SeveniectH ward meeting house at 8:30 o’clock,If you are alive, be there. Immediately following the announcement of the personnel of Ihc committee which was appointed to assist George E. Kessler, city planning expert of Kansas City, in his work of zoning Salt Lake City, for which he .will receive $3000 a year, protests were heard from residents, taxpayers and voters of the west side of tlie city. It was claimed that no bona fi’da.representative of that; district was named on the committee and that the discrimination, even If uny consclous^n the1 part of those who named the committee, should be wiped out, and the west side'given adequate representation In this important work. DISCRIMINATION FEARED. !Fears that the proposed zoning of the city 'would result In the designation of practically everything west 'ol West Temple street as being in an iri£ dustrial zone, permitting the establish--ment of Industrial plants, warehouses, manufactories, coal yards and storage buildings without restriction or protection to owners' of residential prop-' erty, seized the property owners and_ efforts were made'to obtain proper' representation before Mr. Kessler's departure from the city last Saturday.Contending that Mr. Kessler, a stranger in Salt Lake, will be largely guided In his work by the suggestions and recommendations of his committee, the west siders desire the city planning expert to hear their story before proceeding with, the zoning of the city, GRIEVANCE LID OFF.At the mass meeting May £3 grievance of the west siders will b«(Continued on page 4.)
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Salt Lake City Salt Lake Telegram
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Sat, May 18, 1918
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Harvard U.
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