Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-16

the tenant. Sidewalks In front OF hun
dreds OF thousands OF dollars worth OF
Idle property, some Of which Is in, or
adjoining the business district, are all
lowed TO 90 from one years end 10 an
| other without being in any manner at
tended TO- Just simply lying ir walt for
the elements TO do what the owner or
agent should he compelled to do. Let us
| all join In an active crusade against
ines negligent property owners
CONCERNING NEwsBoYs.
would respectfully call the atten-
ton OF your honorable body 10 the fol-
lowing from recent message OF the
Hon. Henry NJ, DOremus, mayor OF
Newark, n. j., 10 the common council
OF that city:
"The time has come for the members
OF your honorable body to take into
consideration the subject Of the news
boys who run the treets Of Newark. 1t
Is a sad spectacle 10 see children OF
tender age subjected TO the temptations
ana Vices Of gutter life absentIng
themselves from homes where charac-
ter might be moulded or wholesome
truths impaired. Many OF these boys
are orphans, and to forbid them to earn
n living might seem a hardship were
II not for the fact that such living
Is too often earned at the expense OF
future honesty The city must look af-
ter It's unfortunate children. II Is bet
ter TO save the child than 10 send the
man TO Jail criminal.
II am In hearty favor Of an ordinance
prohibiting the sale OF newspapers by
boys or girls under the age OF 10 years,
| suggesting that all children above this
age limit who desire to sell papers be
required to procure badges from the
| city without cost, Of course and that
| such badges be distributed only upon
satisfactory proof that the applicant
| attends public or private school, It
Is Necessary for US TO prevent the COR
ruption Of youthful innocence when
such prevention lies within our power"
AS ] am most heartily In sympathy
| with the sentiments expressed In the
| foregoing communication, and, as II
seems TO me- so many children In our
own city need the protection Of the law
| against their parents or so-called
| guardians I'm this matter | will Join In
| the suggestion Of the honorable mayor
| Of Newark and respectfully recommend
| that the honorable council Of Salt Lake
give the subject careful consideration
with view to enacting just such an
| ordinance.
| LIGHT COMPLAINTS
would respectfully call your hon.
orable body's attention to the poor
lights furnished by the Utah Light &
Railway company to It's patrons, Com
| plant after complaint has been made
TO me with the view that the city
might take the matter In hand and
compel the said company to give the
people the light they pay for, 1t would
seem TO me that the franchise granted
| by the city to the said company for
| this concession is ample TO protect the
| people against the outrageous light
ing service we are compelled to put up
| with. II Is we'll known that the light
| ing company is, or seems 20 be not only
| giving much poorer light, but, II Is
| alleged, Is raising the reading Of the
| meters and thereby subjecting the peo-
| pie to not only an inferior light but Ia
| compelling them to pay much higher
| price for much poorer Hight. And
| the foregoing will apply equally to the
arc service furnished to the city In the
| residence districts.
Your honorable body's attention Ia
| respectfully invited to the facts stated
| that an investigation may at once or
dered and the lighting company be conf
| PEELED, under forfeiture Of Its franchise
to give It's patrons the light that Is
abundantly paid for.
THE SMOKE NUISANCE.
Again we are importuned to take ear
ly action IN the matter Of Kidding our
beautiful city Of the ravages Of the
ever increasing smoke nuisance. Ordi-
nance after ordinance has been passed
and attempts made TO compel owners OF
| large furnaces TO use some device
| whereby the clouds OF black smoke con-
| stantly emitting from their stacks can
| be reduced to minimum, but still
no effort, II appears to me, has been
| made IN the right direction to cure this
| growing evil. II Is my intention TO
| enforce to the very letter the present
| ordinance on this subject that the city
| may be protected against this unmit-
| igated aud Inexcusable smoke nuisance
| IN the future,
PAVING OF INTERSECTIONS.
| In cases where abutters have. by pc
| tltion resolved 10 pave their street,
| favor the city doing lts part OF the
| work, that OF paving the intersections,
| without any needless delay ! believe
| that any procrastinaton upon the part
| Of the city In such cases is an injus-
| tice to the property owners and Keeps
| back necessary Improvements or our
| streets that otherwise would be made.
| In this connection would very strongly
urge that the paving Of east south
| Temple street be commenced without
| any further unnecessary delay.
STREET CARS.
The reckless manner In which nj
times our street cars are allowed to be
run on down grades. thereby endang-
| erlng the lives OF the public. should
| be stopped. II Is well known that cars
on these down grades. and especially
| those running on the late night runs,
| frequently attain q speed OF from 10 TO
| rs miles per hour. II Is not an uncom'
mon sight 10 see one Of our cars leave
| the track and, with the vast number OF
poles set In the center OF our streets
and In such close proximity to the car
tracks, should a car. while making such
unnecessarily fast time leave the rails
and come In contact with one OF these
poles, the danger to life or limb would
| be exceedingly great
/ would therefore respectfully recon-
mend that an ordinance be enacted pro-
hbItIng any street ear exceeding
speed Of eight miles per hour, and that
! the speed be not allowed TO exceed four
miles per hour when approaching any
steam railway crossing within the dis.
lance OF one city block from the said
crossing.
FRANCHISES,
The granting Of franchise by the
city for any purpose whatever should
| be- grayely considered. and no franchise
of any nature whatsoever should be
granted unless the city receive an abso-
lutte and Just compensation therefor In
the past valuable franchises have been
given and the city has received prao-
tcally nothing In return, and by the
manner In which public sentiment Is
drifting, all these grants Will have to
Dee purchased back by the city at no
remote date and at an enormous cost
to the taxpayers. l respectfully re-
commend that the council In future ex-
orclse the utmost caution In the grant
Ing Of franchise OF whatsoever nature,
RELATED ANNUAL REPORT,
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