The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-07
ZION IS TO AAVEl
A GOOD CLEAAS||
Monday, April 1S, Is the I
Suggested by Civic
League. j
MAYOR THOMPSON TO
ISSUE PRGCLAMA1
Will Proclaim Arbor Day i
day, and City Will Bel
Cleaned.

Salt Lake Is to be scrubbed and 40
and swept. rubbish is to he mr. u
garbage removed and tho civ =,
gwen tho most thorough cIeansin1 Il
mad. The date flxed ls April ,s ~
cl'iZen VIII be asked TO assist w u
Committee Visits Mavo- b
o. II Hewlett. Judge w. n XII
harris. NJ II. Walker, 6r
% 11S ana George NJ. Bacon. a ca
called urdn me ,Ilylc Improvement L.
nee nee IN the city and countv
1nursday morning and pr.scnfad pvo
petition asking the Mayor 70
ArDor day, April 10, a nolldoy p'S
me petitioners asked further IN.
Mayor urge all business honses tns
~ III, ,ng 3lternoon. that bonnres bel
mitted for the purpose of hnS-, ~
bish and that sufficient rarSsea nins
DC furnished 10 remove ali pr. ~
cannot be burned. e"spdge.
Mayor Thompson in Hearty
Mayor Thompson is in heor,..
with the Idea and will Issue % y
ia 90 I @s requested The proclan,'
schools and given all the hIInss n,,hIIss.s
is possible and II the plans ot tLy
ieague arc carried out Salt aii she
nave cleansing such as has ne nn.s
known before. never
Several Recommendation
IN the matter of paving Second Z
street from Third East IN S,au S,n.I =
the committee recommended ~ uhan .hn
| tnat the street be macs6spf,a,aa ,ac e1'
| or being asphalted as is nop, ~ ins =
tion: The league has had a, ne ..,1 ~
made as TO the probable cost cSnl ogi
cadamizing the street and nnd, -
would be about $40 a fooI wh,Ia Hns
aspnalt VIII cost about t1L0O. Mr. a
aeportS arp It's lhat the larger cities of the
9re no" using macadam In tho resld
districts In preference to asphalt =
Would Macadamize Main strs,
1t was also recommended to tho ~
mat Main street be macadamized
Eourth South to Ninth South. It is
INC recommendation OF the comm
that the streets In question hs NJ
between the car tracks and fhdy' y
street car company take care az
grass and that the city take carr =
parking on the sides OF the sfrests,
that these macadamized streets be
Suggest an Ordinance.
The committee asked the Mayor 10
steps TO have an ordinance PASSED h
City Council making II possible IA
city TO accept streets or avenues /,
center OF the blocks that are only'
width OF thirly-three feet. JJnde,
present ordinance the city can no
cept these streets unless they are
feet In width.
Would Do Away With Mud,
AS the property-owners who oyr
property in the middle of the block
string To open up An avenue are u
In the majority of cases to dona
strip OF land sixty feet In width +
city for street, they are shut OUT
ever having any Improvements mad
the street unless It comes up TO u
quired width. AS q result there'
many little avenues all over the eli
Gated In the center OF blocks that I
be made very beautiful and X the
nance permitted improvements Il
made on them they would not b
seas OF mud that they now are
spring
Has Ten Years to Pay.
The committee OF the Civic leag,l
sire to have the public understand
they do not desire TO have a burde
posed on the taxpayers, but as
street improvements suggested are
Of much less cost than the aspt
street and there will be ten year
which to pay FOR II, there should
trouble about anyone being burdene
Wide-Tired Wheels Suggeste
1t was also suggested that as so
possible a Law be passed compell!r
owners OF heavy wagons to use
with a broad tire. This law is In
throughout the East and 1t Is found
the benefits to the roads from n
OF these broad tires is very great
To Beautify Sixth East.
AS a result CT the work Of the \
the residents OF Sixth East street
South Temple TO Second South hay
cured enough signers TO a petition
able them TO proceed with the pez
Ing of these two blocks, which Wlh.
as sample 10 show the people .
city the wonderful improvement tna
be effected, II Is the plan to macao
these two blocks, park the center
street and the sides. put In col
curbing and take all the poles qown
the middle OF the street rms 10 AZ
tended to be but q beginning OF =
boulevard leading TO Liberty PARK
West Temple Residents at Wo
Residents OF West Temple stres
getting up a petition TO nave tna.
macadamized from Fourth Sou'
Ninth South and also TO have IL
and concrete curbing erected;
The residents of Second West
also send Information that they .
work on petition to have ina.
improved In the same manner a.
way to the Warm Springs,
Mayor Will Aid League.
The members OF the committee
visited the Mayor yesterday exp
great pleasure in the manner ne rr, =,
them and feel assured that Mayor
son Will do oil In his power tU"r.
making Of a more beautlfui eait Lie
Director Of Cambrian Society
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