The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-10
NEW FIRE LAW
IS ACCEPTED
Council Passes Ordinance for
Better Protection in Places
of Public Gathering.
PROTEST AGAINST RAISE
PROPOSED WATER RATES NOT
SATISFACTORY TO ALL.

The ordinance introduced by Council
man Reedali, providing additional re-
quirements for fire protection for all
places where people congregate, was
passed by the council last evening. The
ordinance amends the old ordinance con-
siderably and its passage is direct re-
suit of the recent fire in the Electric the
atre on State street and the school horror
at Collingwood, Ohio.
The ordinance applies to theatres. ho-
tells, churches, schools and all other places
where crowds assemble. 1t applies eSpe-
cially to the moving picture theatres. The
old ordinances covered only places where
the seating capacity was 500 or over. AS
a result, these picture show houses saw
to it that only 499 seats, or less, were
provided. and thus escaped the provisions
of the ordinance.
In the first place. it is provided that all
doors must open outward. There must
be twenty-four inches of exit room for
each 100 people for whom seats are pro-
vided The aisles must be free and must
be at least three feet wide. All doors
must be unlocked while there are people
in the building. Over the stage in the
aires there must be proper ventilators
and on the stage must be stand pipe
with hose attached. Each place must be
provided with fire alarm and there
must be no steps on the ground floor. All
seats must be securely fastened to the
floor and all exits must be indicated by
a red light. The usual asbestos curtain is
provided for. as well as separate gallery
exit, and moving picture shows must
have the projecting machines encased IN
a firepFoof booth. In these theatres il is
also provided that exits on each side must
be provided at least thirty-five feet from
the machines
Brewery Company Protests.
h. Gel T 81 4
in lengthy communication protesting
against the proposed increase in water
rates.
1T is a business rule that they who buy
by wholesale always get better rates than
he who buys at retail" says the letter
signed by jacob MOritz. 1.-THE same Just
rule should apply to water users in this
city and we certainly belong to the
wholesale users of water"
The protest is aimed against the pro-
posed increase of the water meter rate
from a sliding scale of from 3i2 to 10 cents
to flat rate of 10 cents per 1000 gallons.
The company enjoys the benefit of the
Sla-cent rate and should the increase ne
made it would have to pay approximately
$1,000 year for water instead of $4,000
as at present.
communication from the license as
SCISSOR was received asking what action
he should take in the case of the Greene
valid Furniture company and the l.. & A
Conn company. In the former case he
says that the return made to him showed
a stock valued at $4,000. while the return
10 the county assessor showed a stock
valued at $4,000. In the case Of the Cohn
concern he said that he had been inform
ed by that company that its stock was
worth $l1,600 and that the same people
mad returned TO the county assessor a
valuation of $50 800. The license commit
tee will investigate
The regular monthly report of the CITY
treasurer was submitted to the coun-
ell and ordered filed. A synopsis was
published in The Herald last Saturday
A communication from the city attor-
ney. accompanied by a letter from SEN
ator Sutherland was read. 1t proposed
that congress be asked to payy a bill
allowing the city to run pipe line across
the reservation.
License Is Revoked.
On the recommendation of Chief Pitt
the license of the Nice and Easy saloon.
loo North Third West street, was revoked.
The chief stated that the proprietor had
recently pleaded guilty to a charge of
allowing minors to frequent his place.
Three contracts for sidewalk extension
awarded by the board of public works
TO Frank Doran were approved. These
consist of extensions Nos. 90, 80 and 90
The communication from the board of
park commissioners asking that notice OF
intention for parking districts Nos. |, 8
and 4 be advertised for was referred to
the finance committee.
Bills amounting to Sal .0l2.l7 were passed,
having been allowed by the finance COM
mittee.
Frank Mathews. land and water COM
missioner, was directed to submit all
deeds TO city property to the auditor in
order that they may be reconciled with
the records in his office
increases Turned Down.
The finance committee reports turning
down all applications for increased pay
were approved. This includes increased
pay in the fire. police. streets and wa
terwOrks departments, and also increased
salaries for the building inspector, sedier
of the board of public works.
The alleged special auditors asked the
passage of resolution compelling all
heads of departments to refrain from en-
tering on their voucher registers any
vouchers until they had been approved
by the council This was done.
contract was entered into with the
Utah Light & Railway company for fur
nishing 600 arc lamps at s. each per
month. This was passed unanimously.
A resolution providing that Eighth West
street should be graveled from Second to
Eighth South street and that Fifth South
should be graveied from Fifth West to
the Jordan river. and that a viaduct be
constructed over the tracks on Fifth
South street was referred to the streets
committee.
A resolution by Raybould asking that
50 900 be appropriated to pave the inter-
section of Third South and Main streets
went to the finance committee.
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