The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-12
COUNCIL MEETING
IS RATHER CALM
Matter OF Paving Private Alleys
Is Discussed, and Action
Deferred.
COUNCIL PASSES THE
ANTl-SM0kE ORDINANCE
Contractor Moran Given One
Year Lease of Pasc0e Lime
stone quarry.

Mayor Ezra Thompson IS veto Of the
resolution of the city council, requiring
owners OF property abuttirg on private
alleys ia the business districts TO pave
such alleys within four weeks or sub
mis- 10 their being closed up as public
nuisGncea came before the council for
action last night, and Councilman Fl. G-
O'Donnell made speech upon it, He
wss the author of the resolution.
Mr.. O'Donnell conceded chat the
Mayor was probably right IL taking
the ground that it was impossible to
pave the alieys az this time Of the
year. especially in view of Tho fact
that ihe City Engineer concurred in
that opinion, He pointed out, how
ever, that an ordinance requiring ohc
alleys to he paved had passed the
counci many months age, and that on
portunitg had been afforded the pro-
perty owners TO have the work done
daring good weather.
o'Donnell Becomes Sarcastic,
'EI know, of course, that the owners
OF this property are paupers, sand
Mr. O'Donncll. while the council
laughed at his sarcasm and | appre-
ciate their unfortunate condition. But
| want TO say that if the owner OF
some $4,000 residence had permitted
thks conditions 10 exist In alleys ad-
Joining their property, they would have
been arrested - Councilman O Don
nell declared that the Mayor should
send the street superintendent around
to see that the alleys. If they could
not be paved, should at least be
clesped up.
President A. j. Davis suggested ac-
tion be delayed on the Mayor s mes,
sage ''The Mayor told me. y said
Mr.. Davis, ''that while paving might
be impracticable at this time of year.
it might be possible to use macadam
temporarily. and prevent any nuisance
existing He told me this in conver.
sation which l had with him today
Action Oh Veto Deferred
Councilman Fernstrom concurred in
the suggestion that the veto message
be laid over for a week. He referred
TO the passage of the ordinance months
ago requiring that the alleys be paved,
and roasted the property owners,
"When we tell them to pave they Just
laugh st U.S. said Mr.. Fernstrom. Ac-
tion on the veto was delayed for week
by unanimous consent. A communlca-
iion from the Commercial club. signed
by President Charles 4. Quigley and
Secretary Fisher Harris demanding that
the council require the paving of the
alleys was read, but no action was tax
en upon IT.
Antl-Sroke Ordinance,
The council passed the - anti smoke y
ordinance, drafted by Assistant City
Attorney 2. j. DAILY The ordinance
provides that to permit the emission
of thick or dense black or gray smoke
from any chimney or smokestack shall
be n public nuisance, and makes any
owner, occupant, lessee or agent of
building responsible for such nuisance
guilty Of a misdemcanor and subject
TO a fine of from $40 to 500 The or
dlnance will not 90 into effect for at
least 90 days The Mayor has five
days III which 10 sign 1T; then it must
be published for twenty days longer,
which makes twenty-five days. IL is
provided, however, that it shall not
become effective for thirty days there
after, This time, it is thought, will
cerncd 10 install smoke-cousumers
Councilman Thomas HOLIDAY opposed
the ordinance Oh the ground tEaU 1T was
200 drastic.
Regulating Restaurants
The council passed Councilman Hob
days ordinance, after IL was amended
by the Municipal Laws committee, reg
ulating restaurants. The ordinance
provides that no restaurant shall cook
or prepare food within ten feet of the
front of such restaurant, unless tue
restaurant is enclosed from the street.
The ordinance is aimed to put a mum
Der &C lunch counters around town out
Of business. These counters are out
side % area walls, usually in front of
saloons, and the food is not only
cooked within sight or smell of passcrs-
by, bu: uncoohed food is openly dis.
played. it is said that syndicate Of
Greeks cwn She lunch places which the
council proposes SC place under The
ban Assistant City Attorney t. j.
Din!ncy drafted the ordinance.
viii Lease Quarry.
The council decided to lease for one
year the Pascoc limestone quarry,
owned by the city, 10 Contractor p j.
Moran. Under the terms of the con-
tract Mr.. Moran is TO pay the city
b1525 for the improvements which it
has installed at the quarry. He is
also TO furnish TO the city itself or
20 city contractors limestone rock for
65 cents n cubic yard. He is given the
light TO use the city motor and crusher
Row Mt the quarry at the pleasure of
nc council.
Tue council adopted the report of
me Municipal Laws committee turning
uCNH lhc petition 10 dDOl1Sn the mcT-
chants LICENSE fees.
The Salt Lake Public Service COM
pany filed with the council bond for
s25.000, conditional upon the faithful
performance of the duties exacted of it
20 carr out the terms of the franchises
which il OWNS, and the bond was ap-
proved.
The council appropriated $50 as con-
tiugent expenses Of the chief proba-
ion officer of the juvenile court.
y resolution by Barnes directing the
Salt Lake Hot Springs Sanitarium
company 10 use vitrifed or cement pipe
on the streets, instead of wooden pipes,
such rs the company is using, was
adopted The City Engineer was in
strueIe1 20 see that the resolution is
carried ont.
After some debate resolution By
Gourcilman Carter, directing the City
Engineer TO prepare an estimate of the
cGse q building a new road To the iso-
!'.tioa hospital, WAS adopted. the eN-
2an'a u such estimate not 10 exceed
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