The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-15
'K|DD|ES" GET HALF
OF PIONEER PARK
Council Decides to Convert 1t
Into Playground Where
Juveniles May Disport.
FIREMEN ARE CONFIRMED
RUMoRED DISMISSAL OF POLICE.
MEN DOES NOT MATERIALlzE.

Members Of the city council stopped
long enough in their work last night
to be entertained with a moving pic
ture feature provided by the Public
Fairgrounds association. with a lecture
from A. w. North thrown in. Mr..
North told the council of the need of
pubic parks in Salt Lake, and then
the stereopticon slides were thrown on
a canvas to show what is being done
IN this movement in other cities. Mr..
North said the Fairgrounds association
would give the council 81 900 toward the
establishment Of parks and Fairgrounds
in the city.
The council decided to turn over half
of Pioneer park to be converted into a
playground for children, and instructed
the park board and the three council
men from the Second to determine what
the Improvement will cost, then to re-
port back to the council.
There was no breath of the rumored
dismissal Of policemen, Councilman L.
j. Wood was never well started in his
fight on Street Supervisor Jake T.
Raleigh. II. S. Margetts and w. NJ.
Harmon get a 200-foot gravel pit near
the Warm Springs and Strange & Ma
plant site on Fourth North street, be-
tween West Canyon road and East
Capitol avenue, as no protests were pre-
scented.
W. ]. Browning and others petitioned
the council to pave Main street with
asphalt from North Temple to First
North, and on Center street from First
North to Second North streets.
The Utah Light & Railway company
asked the council to grant it an ex-
tension of its franchise to enable it to
run the Second West street car line
from Ninth South to Tenth South
street. It went to the municipal laws
committee.
A petition was received from Charles
Cottrell and others asking that cement
sidewalks be laid along many streets
leading to the new Jefferson school on
South West Temple street. 1t was re-
ferred to the engineering committee.
The old resolution of Councilman l..
E. Hall was filed, after a struggle. 1t
provided for the establishment of a
park extension fund, into which would
go all money received from the sale of
city land.
Wood Votes Alone.
Councilman Wood tried to start a
fight on Street Supervisor Raleigh in
demanding an investigation, but the
council filed his resolution, with only
Wood voting for it, 1t was In regard
to Raleigh's failure to take the city's
rock crusher from H. S. Margetts, but
the council did not care to reprimand
the official for not getting it. The
resolution was filed on motion Of Coun-
Gilman MulVey, without a second
w. NJ. Harmon and H S. Margetts
are to get a 200-foot gravel pit near
Warm Springs. the city engineer to
set the stakes and the excavations to
be made under the supervision of the
park board, the gravel men to furnish
a bond of $1,000 to carry out the agree
ment and to pay $500 for the city's rock
crusher.
Appointments of Fire Chief W. H.
Glore in elevating Lieutenant Knight to
captain, making James Paul and David
Miles lieutenants and naming eleven
more firemen were confirmed by the
council.
The petition of Meeks & Mccartney
for the annexation by the city of a strip
Of ground adjoining Sugar House was
denied by the council for the purpose
OF drawing up new petition.
Fort Douglas Boulevard.
The letter from the Salt Lake Real
Estate association was received, call
ing attention of the council to the fact
that nothing had been done by the city
to take advantage of an act Of Con-
gress, passed in 1907, which gave the
city the right to build a boulevard
the Fort Douglas military res
ervation. The matter went to the en-
cheering committee, but it is felt GER
fafV h.
year or two because of the city's lack
of funds
City Engineer George F. McGonagle
submitted eight bids of steam-d redge
companies for dredge for the city, and
recommended that the bid of the Marion
Steam Shovel company at Marion, o.,
be awarded the contract, for $3.50
f. o. b. Salt Lake. or $3.50 at the fac
tory. The matter went to the engineer
ing and streets committees.
A proposed ordinance was presented
from Councilman James Mckinney,
making it unlawful for persons under Is
years of age to get on, catch hold of.
race alongside of or in front of .
any wagon, buggy, automobile, street
or electric railroad car or locomotive"
and authorizes brakemen, conductors,
motormen and others TO make arrests
iOI NlOldtlOn Oh lne ordnance. 1t went
to the municipal laws committee.
Councilman ]. B. Moreton called a
of the special franchise COM
mittee of five to be held in the council
chamber Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock
Francis Wheelhouse made a pitiful
appeal to the council for a Job.
and the matter was referred to the COM
mittee on fire and police. The letter
from Wheelhouse said he was run down
by the assistant fire chief of Salt Lake
fifteen years ago. When he had par
TALLY recovered he was given employ
ment In the city health department.
where he worked as an inspector for
fourteen years, until the end of last
year, when, he says, he was dropped,
and has done nothing since that time,
He had been employed at the crema-
tory. The old man is almost blind, as
q result of the injury years ago.
WoRkMAN's RIBS FRACTURED.
While attempting to put a series of
,ross- beams In position at the new West