The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-10
CITY Council Passes New Bicycle
Alrdinance, With Only Slight
Amendment.
1fR. FERNSTR0M CRATES
ON POWDER MAGAZINES
City Fathers Will Investigate
His Tale of Horrors Before
They Act.

The new bicycle ordinance was
passed by the City Council Monday
might. Under its provisions all bicycle
riding on sidewalks is hereafter for.
hidden, except that from November l
10 May l, between the hours Of 3 and
S clock a. m. and 5 and 4 clock
y. m. wheelmen may ride on the side
walks outside of the paved districts of
the city. This provision is to permit
working people TO utilize the sidewalks
during the winter months.
The ordinance further provides that
every bicycle shall be provided with a
. bell or gong, and that between sunset
and sunrise persons riding on the side
walk must have lights. AS drafted the
light provision applied to bicycles nd
den on streets as well as sidewalks. but
this was stricken out on motion of
Councilman HOLIDAY Councilman Hol-
ley made n hard fight to strike out the
gong provision, claiming that gongs are
responsible Tor more accidents than
they prevent but he was voted down.
Couucilmen ,Holley and Barnes voted
against the ordinance on final passage.
Would Withdraw From City.
David Whitaker and several other
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river and north Of North Temple street.
sent in petition asking the Council
10 take immediate steps TO drain chat
section Of the city, which is partly in
undated at seasons of the year If this
cannot be done they requested that that
section of the city be permitted to
withdraw from the municipality and
become a part of Salt Lake county, The
petition was referred TO the Street
With ine 81 10 raka
report at the meeting next Monday
night.
; Assistant City Attorney H. !. Dinin-
ny reported to the Council that as
: legal proposition, it was impossible TO
divide un sidewalk extension No. l0s
as requested by the Board of Public
! Works. and to let the contract for the
work in sections. Accordingly, the
Board was instructed TO go ahead and
! let the contract for the entire exten-
! sion as whole. The extension in
cludes about nifty miles of sidewalk ID
the southeastern portion Of the city.
Money for improvements.
The Council appropriated s25,59o.s3
for various special improvement con
tracts now under way or completed. the
appropriations In each instance being
partial payments on such contracts. The
work includes water main extensions,
the bandstand at Liberty park, the new
garbage building, and paving of streets.
Humane Officer 7. A. Herringer noti-
fed the Council that the watering
fountain for animals, donated TO the
city by the National Humane Alliance,
has been shipped. 1t will be set up IN
front Of the City and County building
on State street.
The Council decided to replace the
present three-inch water mains on Sec
ond avenue from j to streets with
six-inch mains at q cost of S396S. 1t
will probably be decided later to make
similar changes at other points on
Second avenue as we'll as on First
avenue.
The ordinance annexing hftythree
acres of land lying east Of the city to
the city proper, as petltioned for by
A. A. Robertson and others, was passed.
Tt includes several small real estate
additions which are now being placed
on the market,
To Investigate Magazines.
! Councilman Fernstrom introduced
resolution requiring all powder mag
szines now within the city limits to be
moved outside within thirty days.
Fernstrom delivered a Swedish dialect
Grafton in support of his resolution, and
painted vivid picture of the horrors
likely To occur almost any day, Coun-
Gilman Ferry inquired if any portion
of the Third ward-represented in the
Council by Fernstrom and two Mormon
colleagues-was in danger, bis tone of
voice indicating that the severance Of
that benighted municipal subdivision
from the rest of the city would not be
an unmixed calamity. Councilman
Black counseled moderation, and finally
the Council agreed to visit the site of
the magazines Friday afternoon and
make personal investigation.