The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-29
STATE ENGINEER
| WILL HELP CITY
Council Votes TO Benefit by His
Advice.
AFTER THE SMALL THEATRES
ELECTRIC STREET SIGNS TO BE
REGULATED BY ORDINANCE.

State Engineer a. r. Doremus viii be
the consulting engineer to city En-
stneer George W. snow during the inn
provements to be made in the city wa
ter system. A communication was sent
to the city council last night from the
special committee that has been at
work all spring. summer and fan on
the water problem, saying Mr.. Doremus
had been cooperating with the com
mittee with the sanction Of Engineer
Snow. and that he had beer called for
this purpose by the committee The
recommendation was made taat ne be
employed as consulting engineer while
the work was in progress. The COM
munication was signed by Dean, Fern
strrm. n J. Davis and Wells, and con-
CURED in by Mayor Morris. The report
was adopted.
Regulate Electric Signs.
An ordinance was adopted by unani-
nous vote regulating the placing Of
electric signs over the sidewalks in
front of business houses The ordinance
was drawn by Fire Chief w. II. By
water and Building Inspector f. w.
Lewis. 1t provides that these signs
ulaH not be over four feet wide, that
they shall not be over ten feet long,
that they shall not extend beyond the
curb. and that all such signs must be
placed under the supervision Of the
building Inspector. The ordinance also
regulates the placing of lights on these
signs and fixes a tax Of Is cents per
square foot for the Illuminated sur
face of the signs. CHEZ Bywater was
present IN the council and when called
on to say whether it was acceptable
to the fire department and the board of
fire underwriters. said ii was. He
said it had been modelled after the
ordinances Of Chicago and Cleveland.
The original ordinance permitted
length of thirteen feet for the signs on
the motion of Neuhausen this was
changed to ten feet.
Small Theatre Exits.
Hartenstein introduced a new ordi-
nance providing for the protection OF
the people from accidents. and fires in
theatres. He explained that it was
practically identical with the ordinance
adopted by the council some time ago.
except that the new ordinance is made
to apply to small theatres with a seat
ing capacity of 200 or more persons.
There are some small theatres in the
city, the councilman said, that are fire.
traps, and in mis- opinion they should be
made to comply with the same regula-
tons as the larger places. The Ordi-
nance as it now stands applies only TO
those theatres having a capacity of 500
or more
The Odd Fellows. through their secre-
I tary S. w. Darke, filed a protest
against MeElroy's Federal Bar saloon
on the corner of Main and Market
/ streets, opposite the new federal build
! ing. The place was styled a nuisance
that should be abated.
City Will Pay the Claim.
Minnie V. Conner will receive .s4.4OS. O6
from the city for her injuries. A report
was submitted to the council by city
! Attorney {, c. sDey setting f1rth that
the supreme court had affirmed tbs
Judgment against the city for the
amount named. He recommended mat
IT be paid. Affirmative action vas TAX
en- by the council by unanimous vote
An effort was made to give Health
Commissioner Wilcox an assistant. hut
1t did not meet with much favor The
matter came up in the form of an urdi-
nance introduced by Hartenstein to
/ provide an assistant at a salary OF $50
per month. f. II. Davis tried TO kill
| II by having il received and filed. This
failed and it was, finally, after some
] sparring, referred to the municipal
laws and the sanitary committees.
An effort was also mede to pass an
! ordinance regulating the license fees
on brokers' and all such, but il was
/ laid over for a week. This ordinance
was introduced by Black in the absence
( Of Holiday. 1t was explained that it
/ had been modified 20 meet the objec-
/ tons of Mayor Morris who vetoed a
! similar ordinance some time ago be-
cause he did not agree with some of the
| provisions. This statement Of the may
/ or's concurrence was questioned. and
I the ordinance was sent TO the munich
pal laws committee.
Another Damage Claim.
Eugenia Kimball and others filed a
$500 cleim for injury done North Main
! street property by change eff grade
| City Engineer Snow asked for $500
/ to defray the expense of revising street
/ and sidewalk grades. The city engineer
also filed his report for ten months,
| showing receipts of s4.S10.39
4 Two sewer ordinances vetoed BY
! Mayor Norris were amended TO meet
objection and passed.
/ The claim of DR.. G. NJ Benedict. pay
| Tor emergency calls from Mach u to
! Nov. /. 800, was filed.
| The council took a recess till 7:3O
/ O'Clock Wednesday evening when it
will meet to consider payrclls Hew-
| lett Tuddenham and HOLIDAY were alb
sent. Barnes was in the chair