The daily sentinel., 1905-07-21
City Council
Preparing for
The Crowd

ent when the body was called to
order. but two others came in later
and there was only one absentee dur
ing the entire evening and that was
Alderman Davies, who is out of town.
David Peters, j. Stroud and others
presented a petition asking for the
granting of a saloon license. They
desired to operate a saloon in the
| building on Colorado avenue former
ly occupied by the beer hall The
mater was deferred, taken up later
by the license committee, reported
upon adversely and license refused
Many petitions for the erection of
stands. booths and tents on the
streets and on lots within the fire
limits during the registration period
we're presented l.. Jaques asked for
| permission to erect a stand near the
corner of Fifth and Ute. As this
| brought the question up for discus
| sion no further petitions were read
The question was raised as to
whether the city would be liable for
damages ii it granted permission for
the erection of the temporary struc-
lures and a fire resulted. City At
| torney Coles stated that the city
would not be liable.
1t was the opinion of the council
that, in view OF the necessity to pro-
Nlut NthllOldIN quarters LOT lne
| thousands of visitors, 1t was abso-
lutely necessary to grant the re
quests with certain restrictions, and.
| by vote of 6 to /, the permission
/ TO erect tents. canvas booths and
| stands within the fire limits was
granted. Such tents and stEuctures
must be erected with the approval of
the fire and police committee
Secretary Fisher of the Chamber
of Commerce had several requests
to make of the council He stated
| that il had about been decided to
secure the Auditorium for the loca-
| ton of the registration offices as
reasonable price had been made by
the management, and that in order
| to meet the demands of the govern
ment elaborate toilets for men and
women must be erected near the Au-
| ditorium, and at other convenient
| points in the city. He desired the
city to do this and to stand the eX-
pense. and made suggestions as to
the number of toilets. etc He also
asked that a health officer to keep
the streets in a cleanly condition be
appointed; that ample provisions for
| fresh drinking water be made: that
the city build a walk to connect with
30-foot walk the railroad is will
| ing TO build across their yards from
the depot to the city line, in order
to accommodate the incoming crowds;
/ that extra provisions for street
sprinkling be made, and in behalf
of the fair association he offered the
use of the associations sprinkler
| during the period of the registration.
The council discussed each propo-
sition at length. In regard to the
public toilets, the question of dry or
wet sewerage was presented. Final
! ~ a motion prevailed that as many
toilets as necessary be erected at the
| Auditorium, at the City park and
at other points designated by the
| Chamber of Commerce or water and
sewerage committee, and that the
city pay the bill and have charge of
the work. prevailed.
The street and alley committee
will appoint a special health officer,
The sprinkling proposition was left
to the judgment and action of the
street and alley committee.
City Attorney Coles stated to the
council that protests by several la
dies against one of the shows of the
carnival had been made to him, and
that he had been asked to present
! the matter to the council. II is
claimed by these parties that the
show is indecent and should be sup
pressed. Several citizens present,
who had seen the show. stated that
| IL was not indecent. The mayor an
uounced that the men operating this
show had promised to close 1t down
Immediately if it was declared in
decent ana that he had made investi-
cations and all who had talked to
! him had declared the show to be
| The night police will be conferred
with. and if IL is proved that the per
/ formauCe is immoral, the show will
1 be closed at once. A motion prevailed
! that. in case the carnival company
| should ask for an extension of their
! contract, which expires tomorrow
night, same will be refused, as its
/ presence in the city will make it
| harder to handle the crowds that will
come to the city to register.
The committee having charge of
| the repairs of the old City hall stated
| that the contract for roofing and
| plastering had been met and work
would begin Monday
The reading and passage of bills
was passed until the regular meet
/ ing.
The question of appointing special
police officers was brought up. and
! it was decided that the chief of po-
I lice had power to make these APP
sary.
city Attorney Coles asked if the
/ county was taking any interest in
the matter of protecting the strang
ers and citizens during the coming
weeks He was informed that the
county had been asked to appoint
special deputy sheriffs. A motion
prevailed that a committee of three,
I consisting OF Aldermen Platt, Nc
Culoch and O'Boyle. be appointed
to confer with the county commits
sioners regarding the official patrol
! of the city and county.
l A resolution stating that the sale
Of confetti on the streets would be
prohibited was passed by unani-
l nous vote.
The question of granting an ex-
I tension to the franchise of the Elec-
l trio Light Company was then brought
MP for further consideration.
/ Orson Adams. president of the
company took the floor and stated
that the committee appointed by the
council to confer with the company
had made the company two PROPOSE