The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-19

the city but lasting memento of ths
| event which made Il possible that We
| should now he in position to celebrate
| II: Undoubtedly the sons and descendants
! OF the pioneers would willingly def-a.r a
great deal of the expenses for labor ftl1e
Whole matter being no expense worth
! mentioning. except for labor and tools
Tor cutting and laying the stone.)
| The railroads no doubt would as they
always do-maintaln goodly share of
the burden by Transporting the granite
| at q very low rate-if indeed they made
any charge whatever No doubt some
would willingly donate his time superin-
| tending the construction of the arch
| for the mere honor of it.
The location OF the arch could be de-
| cided by popular vote. l would sug-
| gest as possible places for its erection the
! following points. viz: First-The north
! entrance to Liberty park Second-At
! the head of State street. across the street
/ from Eagle Gate. the arch 10 span the
! entire street Third-At the head of Main
! street. from the southeast corner OF
/ temple block to the News office. Other
/ points would no doubt suggest them
selves. perhaps more appropriate than the
| ones mentioned.
/ think the arch should be 70 to 100
/ feet high; and be so built that several
panels of rough stone should be left for
sculptors in the future to finish. and that
/
! should be hereafter placed.
/ ! consider that the fact that only q
small amount of money is necessary. and
/ that a great many otherwise idle men
would be put at work, should make the
/ project feasible.
| should be pleased to have expressions
Of opinion sent in to The Herald from all
To the Editor of The Herald:
| Now that spring is here why not have
the city council and the board of county
commissioners provide few more seats
upon the grounds at the capitol building
There are plenty of people who would
be glad TO sit there a few hours in the
without being removed by the Waterman.
! would suggest too. that the Municipal
] league ask the commissioners to cause
all the lights TO be lit on the south e.
after dark It would ueuu TO :rcres -
the morals of the city -cz.a>-hat. AT
present when only one or two are lighted
young folks who are not exactly walking
in the straight and narrow path. Why
not light all the lamps; il costs no more.
The service is free. OBSERVER.
To the Editor of The Herald:
The Herald and its able dramatic critic
are entitled to the thanks of all theatre
goers for the protest agains the practice
of admitting women of the town to all
parts of the theatre. Nothing could be
more humiliatins to the gentleman than
TO escort his W1f3 or daughter TO the
theatre and have them seated in the midst
of lot OF prostitutes. This is an ex-
perience that / had recently. and | con-
slider it a gross outrage that the man
agement of the house permitted such
thing to occur. Other of my acquaintance
have been subjected to the same indignity-
The plea has been made that these
cOurteSanS resort to tricks to get tickets;
that they send messengers to the box
Office and the management cannot tell
for whom the tickets are purchased. This
defense IS simply selfish. If the man
agement of the theatre wishes to stop the
practice. all il has to do is to put forth
the edicf that no prostitute will be 2d-
mitted TO the ground floor of the theatre.
That Will settle the whole business in
u hours. and the theatre mama cement
knows it. After the edict Is issued. should
any of these women of the town appear
with tickets to the dress circle a refusal
to admit them Will have the desired eff
feet. The theatre management which
was willing to resort to extremes to eX-
exclude respectable colored poole. and now
fear being mulcted in damages through
refusing to admit harlots. the law. public
sentiment and decency is on the side of
the management. THEATRE-GoER.
. 9 a
Ed. Herald: Already a number of lots
in good locations have been offered.
Prospects for giving a goodly number of
Salt Lakes poor an opportunity to help
themselves are bright. Spring is here
and whatever is going to be done must
be done quickly. Do not let good land lie
lQie Nnen so many SEdnO IN neeO OF me
things that can be raised on this land
We propose to keep directly under our
own control enough land on which to
raise vegetables. etc. for the Shelter
We are devising plans by which poor
families can get a living out of the lots.
when necessary. blowing the ground and
furnishing the seed. IN some instances
il will also he necessary to furnish such
farming implements as are needed.
The very things we need are no doubt
lying idle in various parts of the city
We need a good pillow. cultivators har-
row. hoes. rakeS. ShoVels. etc. A team of
horses and harness viii be needed. One
thing We do stand very much in need of
now is small house, with garden spot.
TO be occupied by man and wife VINO
will have direct oversight of the vacant
lot scheme. This house and lot should
not be too far out. For further informa-
ton apply to Staff Captain Egner, 60
West Second South street.
Ed Herald: It seems to me that the
Municipal league should be encoura ged.
While the impression prevails that the
organization has been manipulated by
few enthusiasts. not to say fanatics. and
while the original plan. as indicated
by the talk may have been altogether too
narrow. superficial and impracticable to
accomplish any lasting good. it would
appear now to be moving on broader
scale. and that all who are interested in
good government and better morals may
Join the organization. or at least attend
its meetings. without feeling. as we did
heretofore. that We were intruderS- The
Municipal league is all right if given the
support of the people and will be OF great
benefit TAX PAYER.
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