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Taxpayers Declare Com* mission Ignores Them in Appointments; Meeting of Protest Next ThursdaySMOLDERING indignation ol taxpayers' oh., the west side of the .city at* having no representative on the committee which will assist George E. Kessler inthe task or zoning Salt Lake City, burst into 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 i rights .as property owners, insisting upon the pi;ivite'ge. of representation In the move which will Involve their future prosperity, the dodgers make the following appeal:To the Taxpayers and Voters ofthe West Side:“Do you know your money is paying for the zoning of Salt Lake City?“That you have no representa-; tive on the eommittee that has ; been appointed?“Are we so buried tinder railroads and coal yards that we have no further rights?Thursday night, May 23, 1918, a mass meeting wijl be held in the Seventecth ward meeting house at 8:30 o’clock.“If you are alive, be there. Immediately following the announcement of the personnel of the 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 be .will receive $3000 a year, protests were heard from residents, taxpayers and voters of the west side of the city. It was claimed tiiat no bona fi'de.represcntative of that; district was named on the committee and that the discrimination, even if uny eonseious^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 ini 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. ICessler, 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 tb« 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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