The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-05
TO CLEAN CITY
ON ARBOR DAY
Civic Improvement League Urges
Mayor to Close Stores in Aid
of Plan.
OILING, STREETS AGITATED
PARKING OF THOROUGHFARES
TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL.

If the plans of the Civic Improves
ment league carry to completion. Salt
Lake will be as clean as a pin the day
following Arbor Day, which falls. by
Governor Cutters proclamation, on
Monday, April Is. House cleaning,i
yard cleaning and street cleaning ara
the methods urged by the league mem
bers
In a letter to Mayor Ezra ThompsorE
yesterday. President Frank b Ste
phens of the league asked that the
mayor issue a proclamation to the ef~
feet that all stores. business houses
and offices close their doors part OF
Arbor Day in order to allow the en-
ployes to undertake the campaign of
cleanliness.
Before leaving for Chicago yesterday
afternoon, President Stephens delega-
ted to OrsOn H. Hewlett of the board OF
governors of the league the authority
to appoint committee to wait on the
mayor in the interests Of the proposed
step This committee will be selected
today.
Success In Spokane.
The plans of the league for a general
house cleaning are similar to those re-
Gently carried out in Spokane. wash
ingtOn. In that city a day of cleaning
was authorized and in a manner or
dered by the city officials. During the
day a force of 10000 or more citizens
got out their rakes and shOvels and
brOOmS and cleaned the town, inside
and out. The result Of that day made
Spokane for the nonce, the cleanest
city in the world
In the coming day of cleaning. par
ticular attention will be paid to some
of the residences and yards in or close
to the business section. There are
dozens Of houses in this district, par
ttcularly between First South and
Fourth South and from West Temple
to Second East. that are in filthy and
inSanitary condition. 1t is these places
so easily seen by tourists and visitors
to Salt Lake, that the league hopes to
reach.
In his proclamation setting apart
April Is as ArbOr Day Governor Gu
Ter called upon the people of the state
10 make the day, not only one OF tree
planting and garden opening. but one
of cleaning house, yards and streets.
The ideas as set out in the governors
proclamation are the ones the league
will ask the mayor to follow, the only
difference being that the mayors
proclamation will order the city street
cleaners out to work
Parking Plan Discussed.
The plan of parking of the streets.
told in The Herald some days ago. is
the cOuncilmen have signified their in
tentiOn of supporting the innovation.
The plan, so far as worked out. is
simple and inexpensive. says members
of the league 1t is the idea of the
league to have the council pass an or.
dinanCe appTOpTiating q portion OF
each street, possibly ten feet on either
side Immediately adjoining the present
curb lines, for parking purposes. This
stretch of ground is to be planted i'm
m % side a heavy
Will be laid. so as to prevent wagons
or persons from trespaSsing on the
grass. The expense of maintaining tha
grass plots will be borne by the city
This expense, it is said, will not. ba
large The sprinkling wagons now used
to water the streets could be made to-
do the sprinkling of the grass plots
The cutting of the grass could be done
by One-hOrSe moving machine and
would be inexpensive 1t is proba BILE
that a special park commission Will be
asked for TO look after the streets
parked after the league plan Sixth
East street has been suggested for the
experiment.
Will Haul shaIe CheapIy.
Superintendent w p Reed of tho
Utah Light & Railway company has
stated that he will haul TO any point
on the lines of the company for a
nominal price per load all the crushed
shale the city or league can use IN the
plans for macadamizing the streets Al
large bed of shale is located near
Beck's warm springs, on the line of the
street car company.
An agitation favOring the sprinklins
of macadamized streets with crule oil
has been started. 1t is claimed that
this method of treating the surfaced
streets win eventually prevent mud
and dust. This experiment is likely to
be tried on Second street