The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-25

their presence here has become a source
Of dread to their more peaceable coun-
trymen and to the Six Companies in
particular.
The people and the press of this city
are now busily devising ways and
means for the alienation OF suffering
amongst the deserving poor. Not oniy
are there thousands of such unfortu-
mates amongst the bona fide population
but all the tran1ps on the coast seem
to be headed for the fair. Their ia
vorite plan of travel seems to be to
tackle a freight train in strong force,
and under such circumstances the
train men are too polite to challenge
the tramps' passes, a courtesy seldom
accorded the passenger who buys a,
Scalper'S ticket AS a means for their
radiance of the self-invited tramp the
people here are proposing to establish
a huge rock pile, the privilege of smit-
| ly for his deft, lily white hand, and
there can be little doubt of the efficacy
of this plan as a disinfectant in his
case. But for its own needy population
the popular plan seems to be to raise
a large fund by privae subscription
| for the carrying on public improve
mentS which the board of supervisors
does not have authority to pay for with
public funds.
The Salvation army seems to be
possessed of a very large share of pub
| lie confidence, as people of all classes
and conditions are contributing to q
Christmas fund.- the dispensing OF
which shall be the duty OF the Saliva
| tionists. The donations are in the
shape of cash, clothing, food and toys.
Thirtyfve hundred poor people will be
given Christmas dinner at the army
| hall, while those who are physically
unable to go there will be similarly
remembered and the design also is to
provide a present for every poor child
| in the city. The Examiner is aiding the
great cause of charity with several
columns of encouragement daily, and
the benevolent side of the sordid city s
heart has asserted itself in a. Surpris-
ing way. The whole plan was origi-
mated by the Salvationists, and its
complete success indicates the conf
dence and esteem in which those hum
BILE enthusiasts are held by the general
public here.
The city is now defendant in a suit
! brought against it by one of the street
railway companies for the removal of
its track from Bush street not long
ago. The charter, which was granted
by the board of supervisors in 1885, pro-
vided that work should be commenced
within a year and completed within
| three years. 1t was finally completed
! but the company did not furnish a ser
vice that was of any benefit to the
| public, merely running a car once a
week or at such long intervals as suit
ed it's fancy or CONVENIENCE, the COM
mon understanding being that it was
| holding down that narrow street for
! the purpose of excluding any Compel
| itor until such time as it should serve
as a link in an electric system. The
! defense which the city makes is that
that work was not commenced within
the specified time; that it was not fin
| ished within three years, as required,
and that as it was not operated in the
public interest the rails were an OBJ
struction and a nuisance. Therefore
they were torn up by the city, and now
the poor lawyers are burdened with the
duty of finding out whether or not
it should be fined for it's tear.
Strange faces and costumes from all
portions Of the globe are multiplying
on our streets, indicating q full repres-
entation of foreigners at the opening
Of the fair OF course "a number of
! buildings and exhibits will then be in
complete, as at Chicago, but the con-
sent of Mr.. Gallagher to allow the fes-
tivities to proceed will not be with
held on that account, as every thing will
be in complete running order very soon
thereafter. With each day confidence
in the complete success of the enter
prise steadily grows. The word comes
from San Diego and Los Angeles that
those places are now full of strangers
from the east, and very soon the full
tide will set in for San Francisco.