The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-26
MERCHANTS MAY
LIGHT STREETS
Petition for Permission to Use
Clusters on Main Street
Is Granted.
CAUSES MUCH DISCUSSION
ORIGINAL PLAN is FINALLY AC-
CEPTED.

The Old question as TO whether or not
.he business men on the east side of
North Main street. between South Tenn
pie and First South streets. shall be al
lowed to install a system Of street lights
after their own plans and at their own
expense was finally settled in the al
fiImative last night by the city council
after an intermittent discussion lasting
something like six weeks.
The matter was first brought to the at
tentiOn of the council iu the form of Il
petition asking that the property owners
be permitted 10 have lights in the number
of five TO the pole. the poles to- be "a dis
lance of approximately thirty-uiue feet
apart Of two between each Of the troll
icy poles provided for IN the plans nt City
Engineer Kelsey. This did not suit some
of the members, however, and for weeks
discussion WdNcd warm as TO whether or
not the poles should not DE fifJy-uine feet
apart or one between each Of the trolley
poles.
Councilman Crabtrec even brought mp
this plan last night and for "a time q
looked as though the end was as iaT OFT
as ever.
Petitioners Wish Granted.
Councilman Wells brought matters To "a
head by reading a. letter from Colonel
Ncbber to the effect that the wishes of
the petitioners had been fully set forth in
thelr original petition and that If the
only iu q modified form II was doubtful
Of they would take amy further interest in
the matter Following tHv reading of the
letter Mr- Wells drew tne attention OF
the council 10 the fact that If they did
not wish To grant the petition they should
vote against il. giving their reasons for
So doiug- but that the idea OF forcing the
people to accept something they did not
want was 10y no means the proper course.
The motion to grant the petition finally
went through, tho only provIsO being th1J
all other poles. such as hitChinE posts and
the Ike. be removed. COuncIlmen Car
ter. Martin and truhtrcc recorded their
votes against the measure
Appropriation Is Made.
Two communications TO the council were
read from Street Supervisor J. n. Raj
eigh. The first drew attention to the fat
that a man named May had recently filed,
through the state engineers office, on
the waters of two springs in the Arlington
Heights addition, which have always been
regarded as belonging 10 the city and
which have for more than FORTY Years
been used by residents of the neighbor-
hood. This was referred TO the commit
tee on streets and arrigation- He also
wrote asking for "a special appropriation
of $1,000 for the purpose of defTavinE the
expense his department mas been recently
subjected 10 by reason Of flooded
condition of the southwestern Part of the
City. The appropriation was granted.
woman ASKS Dama qeS.
Mrs. Bessie Johnson asked the council
for $3.50 damages for injuries received on
Feb 6. by falling into an unprotected
hole on Franklin avenue. This was re-
IcTred TO the committee on laws
The waterworks committee recommend
ed the purchase of $500 feet of hose for
the fire department and the street clean
ing department at 90 cents 4 foot The
report was adopted.
The committee on the Jordan canal and
irrigation asked for a special appropria-
ton of $3.50 for the purpose of making
necessary repairs on the Salt Lake and
Jordan canal. and got it,
All contracts for city Improvement work /
recently awarded by the board of works
We're referred back to the board for cor
rcctlOn IN The wording. so as To comply /
with recent legislation providing for the /
payment of such work by system OF |
warrants instead of scrip. The city at
torney and auditor were instructed To pre-
pare form of warrant in conformity |
with the new law