The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-27
FERNSTR0M EXCEPTS TO
PRESENT STATE STATUTE
Anti-PoOl Selling Ordinance Not
Touched for Lack of
Time.

NHeH inc auIOmODlle ordnance wa
r reached Mr.. Lyme called his measure
: drafted BY the city attorney in response
to the councilman s resolution and di
rccted chiefly at the Buena Vista rae,
track, out Of committee of the whole
but several councilmen were opposed tt
and strict enough and for the further
reason that the city attorney haC
drafted another ordinance much broad
er and covering the grounds better anc
when this was explained to Mr.. Lyme he
consented that his measure should be
laid aside to come up regularly under
the head of ordinances later in the
evening, but it was almost midnight be
fore the automobile ordinance was
reached and nothing was attempted
along the line of anti-race gambling
legislation.
The auto ordinance, which has been
before the council in one shape or an
other for year or so, was passed with
only two or three minor changes and
Will go into effect as soon as the mayor
approves it, which may be today. The
section barring persons under the age
of 16 years from operating automobiles
WAS amended so that no person under
the age of l6 shall operate car alone,
Persons under the age of 16 years. ac-
comDanied by parent or guardian, how
ever. may secure n permit from the
chief of police to operate cars upon q
proper showing of efficiency.
Responsibility for Accidents.
To enable the police to place The re
Sponslbility for accidents, n section was
placed in the ordinance requiring own
ers lending cars to keep a record of
the name and address of the borrower,
Owners or drivers of cars for hire must
| procure permits from tenants TO stand
in front of buildings
Mr. Fernstrom voted for the ordinance
but before doing so voiced criticism of
the state laws on the subject and cX
pressed the opinion that trouble will be
met with in enforcing the new meas
ure, Mr.. Fcrnstrom also thinks that the
nasSage of this ordinance will hinder
efforts to obtain repcals and changes of
Objectionable state laws in the legis-
lature.
Barge for Dredging.
The city will build its own barge for
the dredging machinery. The board Of
public works, upon resolution by Mr..
Mulvcy, was instructed to reject the
bid Of the Silver Brothers Iron works
of upwards of $1,000 for building the
barge and installing the machinery and
the city engineer was ordered to pro-
coed to build the barge, under the di
rection of the board of public works,
with a special committee yet to be
named from the council associated
Several protests haye appeared
CuNau q retail liquor license on West
Second South street in the nelghbor-
hood of the old county jail, Mr.. More
ton of the license committee said but
the applicants claim that the protests
are from other than adjoining prop
erty owners and the application went
back to the license committee for in
vestigation.
The petition of George T. Odell that
Fourth East street was filed, Mr.. Hall
being the only dissenter.
The contract with the Salt Lake G
Ogden railway for the removal of the
city's garbage for $3.50 for the small
cars and $3.50 for the steel cars was
approved.
The engineering and sewerage com
of +. A. McDermid and others fer the
replacing of the old and defective side
walks on the south side of Third South
street between Third and Fourth East
streets that the clty engineers recon-
mendation that a sidewalk district be
created to include all the defective
walks beween State and Tenth East
streets and First and Fourth South
streets be adopted, the cost to the city
to be not more than 5000, but the mat
ter went back to he committee to see
if waivers of claims for damages can
not be secured from the property own
ers on Third South street between Third
and Fourth East streets, as the grade
there will have to be materially !
changed.
Water Taxes Uncollected.
The bill for $72O25 of Arthur L.
Moreton, son of Councilman Moreton,
for making out and delivering close to |
1000 water tax notices for 19l0-19ll, |
which the city auditor returned as un-
verified, was referred to the water COM
mittee, with the city treasurer asso-
clatcd.
The treasurer reported uncollectible
water taxes for 1908 and 1909 amount
ing to S10,62l. The total uncollectiblc
from 1904 to date amounts to So ,200. &c,
the treasurer says.
The city health commissioner was Civ
en- authority to go ahead at once with
the rebuilding of the city's garbage
station. destroyed by fire Sunday morn
ing, He also was authorized to employ
ten additional men to load garbage.
The city engineer is to prepare plans
at once. The cost is not TO exceed
$1,000. In this connection Mr., Fern
strom took occasion to deliver himself
of criticism Of the health depart.
meut.
A. n. Fleckenstein and William
Crowther were confirmed rs city fire.
men III the places of G.. w. Young and
John A. Rafferty,, resigned.
Twenty,six arc lights, mostly in the
new territory, were authorized.
The tax levy must be fixed yet this
month and as the board of estimates
and appoftionments will meet in the
mayors office at o'clocs this after
noon to take up that matter a recess
was taken until Thursday evening. The
levy likely will remain in the same
Tor this year as last, 13 mills.
Cool breezes-Waudamer