The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-13
CLEAN THE sUILDIHes.

TF CLEANLINESS is next to godli-
/ ness, salt Lake is a far cry in the.
other direction. Why not clean Up a
b.t2
This summer more visitors viii come
tn salt Lake than have ever been here
before. From every state and territory
ir the Union trey are coming. All Of
the large cities In the land viii be rep
resented by one or more delegates.
These people are coming with their
eyes open. They are coming to see
salt Lake, for they have heard that il
is the most beautiful city in the west.
Tt is a beautiful city, studding like
great gem the bosom of a beautiful
valley.
Can il be made more beautiful? De
cidedly yes. Cleaning viii do it. And
bv cleaning. The Herald does not mean
the carting away OF garbage, the cut
tine down Of weeds, the sprinkling of
strets. Briefly. salt Lake should have
its gace washed. It IS perhaps well
within the bounds of truth to say that
rot q single building in the city has
been outwardly cleaned since its was
erected. For years and years some OF
them have been accommodating Crime
and SCOT and dirt
They were handsome structures
when their roofs were first put on. In
all She glory of fresh white, gray and
brown stone OF pressed brick they
reared themselves in ostentatious ele-
gance above the.s smaller neighboTs.
Now the busy smoke stacks and the
variable winds nave done their work.
The virgin freshness Of the structures
has departed long since and left man
tie Of CRIME. Not a building has es-
capped, no, not one. Their owners
would no more think Of appearing in
public with unbrushed clothes than
they would think of walking down
Mail street IN bathing suits Why
should they not treat the buildings
similarly?
Salt Lake this year must put on its
most attractive appearance. The thou
sands of visitors Will not stop at seeing
things here. they viii talk about
Them. As the year closes Salt Lake is
going to be known where it was never
known before. It is going to be one Of
the best advertised municipalities in
the republic. There are two kinds Of
advertising. One is good and the other
is bad. The people OF this city do not
want any Of the latter brand. They
want t. be proclaimed enterprising, in
6ustTlous, hospitable, Clearly.
a clean, fresh-looking Office or mer-
camille building Is a better advertise
ment than a thousand yards Of bunting
OF many hundred dozens Of incandes-
cent nights. The handsomest of bunt-
ing must drag dispiritedly, the bright
est electric lights glow duly in the day.
Many Salt Lahers are even now plan
ming elaborate decorations for the Elks'
grand lodge meeting. Much money is
10 be expended in this way. but, in the
judgment of The Herald it is far bet
ter to expend it on cleaning the outer
walls Of buildings. The recollection of
gorgeous temporary displays fades as
quickly as the colors in the cloth that
Composes them. but the remembrance
Of a bright, clean, fresh city is last
ing.
IL the city is 10 be cleaned and kept
clean, however. it is necessary that the
anti-snloka ordinance be enforced. No
attention whatever Is now being paid
to this law. Chimney after chimney
throughout the city daily pours out
great clouds oe black, sitting. sooty
smoke To fully appreciate the extent
10 which this nuisance is permitted, one
nys only to look down from the north
east bench any morning and see the
cloud that hangs over salt Lake. Il
Is not necessary to specify any particu-
lar instances. Ali the owners Of tall
buildings and factories inside the city
limits are more or less guilty.
There is an ordinance which provides
that the proprietor. lessee or. occu-
pant. engineer or fireman of any build
ing in which a boiler is OF may be usel
for generating steam or electricity. who
shall permit or allow dense smoke Il
Issue or be emitted from the chimney
or Chimneys OF such building. used in
corporate limits of Salt Lake City
shah be guilty Of a misdemeanor an6
shall, upon conviction, be fined in q
sum not less than s. nor more than $50;
and each day IN which such smoke is
Sc permitted or allowed to issue or bt
emitted shall constitute a separate Of.
Tense" Isn't it about time some at.
tention was being paid tc this law,
Just now it is as much a dead letter
as the ordinance against swearing.
Nothing gives a stranger so favor.
able an impression Of a city as cleanli-
ness. not only Of streets and in a sani-
tary way, but Of buildings. Every
other large city has clean buildings
There is no good reason WY Salt LAX,
should not have them. Let less none!
be spent on decorations, if need be, ant
devote the saving to making the b1iSi
ness section of the city good to lool
upon.
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