The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-31
HOUSE NUMBERING
CAN Be IMPROVED
Real Estate Man Calls Atten-
ton to Necessity of Adopt
ing New System.
CITIES SEND INFORMATION
REPLIES FROM MUNICIPALITIES
SHOW METHODS IN VOGUE.

Although thers r. less confusion IN san
Lake than IN most cities OF the Unite6
States when It comes 20 finding g Eiven
house number. stiu there is room Tor
great Improvement in the matter Of houEs
numbering among local property OWnora,"
said e prominent real estate dealer yes
terGay. 1T Is a question, too, as ta
whether the numbering Of houses receives
the attention from local municipal of1-
Gals which II should
so far as the city council has gone 81
the putting up Of new street signa, tns
work Is cOmmendabie, but instead Of leaV-
ing the work half done as Il is at the
present time, the authorities should taxa
up the matter Of house numbering. II &
careful canvass were made, Il would Is
ascertained that perhaps only 90 per cana
OF the houses "a Salt Lake are NUM-
bered. In many cases where the number
signs have been put up they have been
located in such positions that they are
not readily discernible from the street.
This is incOnvenient for both strangers
and citizens. ] believe that the number
ing OK houses should be made compulsory.
II is something TO which the public ls an
titled"
The clearing house OF the American So
ciety Of Municipal Improvements WaS 70
quested by one Of Its members to secure
what Information It could concerning the
systems Of house numbering IN various
cities, and Il obtained replies from ~
cities 20 the following questions:
Who assigns street numbers to OF ether
wise has charge Of the numbering Of tAs
buildings in your city,
What form Of application must be msdA
and what charge paid by property OWnefs
to learn their respective house uumberst
Does city furnish the figures TO be ussdg
Does It place them? Is the size aaa
style OF figure specified IN any way
Is there any standard for asst gninE
numbers-such as distance from assigned
axes. or length OF frontage to each nuuas
BERT
City Engineers Duty.
The replies show that In the great 49,
jority of cases the city engineer or the
department of engineering has charge "a
this work, this being the case in lOs Gases
out Of the total Of lSb. The building In
spect0r has charge OF Il In eight cases,
In five cases IL Is IN charge Of the board
Of public affairs, Of public works or %
commissioners, as they are VariousIy en-
titled. IL four cases the city clerk looia
after this work; III three cases the as
SCISSOR; IN two cases the superintendent
Of streets; and a special COMMITTEES. the
Inspector Of tbs highway division, the
board OF aldermen, the mayor and oouns
ell, the mayor alone, a local contractor
and the city marshal are each entrusted
with this work IN one city OF those re-
porting. Printed forms are used to Du-
buQue Ia. PhillipsbUrg n. J.; Cleveland.
O.; salt Lake City, winnipeg, Manitoba,
and others. In Everett and Taunton,
Mass, petition Is made 70 the board q
aldermen; IN Schenectady, n. z, and Du-
luth. Mimi. 70 the common council In
Kansas City, No, and Lincoln, Eeb., tbs
number of the building Is given with the
building permit.
Ogden Charges 70 csns&
In 124 cases no charge Is mace for N
forming the owner or tenant OF his houss
number. In Macon, GA, there is q charHe
Of 10 cents for this, IN Springfield MaAs-,
the cost Of looking up the inEOrmztton5
IN Ogden, Utah, Is cents; In Lincoln, Neh.,
this is included In the cost Of the building
permit Figures are furnished and placed
without cost 20 the owner IN Boston,
Everett, Lowell, New Bedford and SOmer-
vile, Mass: IN Cleveland, O.. and WOon-
socket r. L; and IN Winnipeg. Ottawa,
Toronto snd Calgary, Canada Figures
are furnished free OF charge, but nee
placed in Concord, n, H. Reading, Pa
and Hamilton Ontario. Macon, c.,
charges 10 cents for furnishing and 81
cents additional for placing, probably
per fgure) san Antonio, Tex, charEss
10 cents per figure and does not place
them Montreal Canada, charges sQA
cents for furnishing and placing, Sc
Johns, Newfoundland, charges 3 cents PEI
figure for furnishing and placing. a
number Of cities furnish and place hfs
ures if the owner fails to do 50 after nos
tification, and charges the same 70 TIA
owner. IN Grand Rapids, Mich, tbs
/ charge is % cents per figure in place