The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-06
ARCH CONSTRUCTED
DURING THE NIGHT
Steel Structure Rushed TO
Completion by Orpheus
Vaudeville Company.

An SJ-foot steel arch spanning See
oud South street between Main and
/ West Temple streets, directly in front
of the new Orpbeun theatcr site, was
erected in record time this morning be
tween | and 6 O'Clock. BY its cree.
ton, the Orpheus Vaudeville company
/ outwitted an opposing faction and cum
ningly cyaded a possible injunction to
prevent the construction of the arch
The arch has been matter of ser
ious controversy before the city com
mission for the last week, When the
new Orpheum building was decided up
on and construction was begun last
September, permit for steel arch,
twenty-seven and half feet above
the ground, to span Second South
street. TO be used as monster electric
sign for the playhouse, was granted the
company. When construction OF the
arch was about to begin, however,
representatives OF the Dooly block ap-
peared before the commission, threat
ening 20 start suit against the Orpheus
Vaudeville company If the arch were
built.
The opposing faction set forth that
the property west of the projected
arch would suffer in value if the arch
were allowed tn go mp. The matter
was referred TO the city attorney, who
gave an opinion TO the effect that no
permit had been issued technically
speaking. because tbe Orpheum theatcr
had applied for the permit, while the
Orpbeus Vaudeville company had filed
the necessary bond He held that the
latter company had never been given
a permit, while the permit granted the
former was still pending, awaiting the
filing of bond by the Orpheum thea
ter.
The commissioners decline 10 take adj
vantage Of the loophole offered By the
city attorney. At an executive session
OF the city commission yesterday noon
the commission agreed to grant new
permit 20 the Orphcus Vaudeville com
panv for the erection of the arch and
assured representatives Of the company
that a new permit would be issued In-
der the old bond.
A petition signed by score or more
Of property owners on West Second
South street was filed with the city re-
corder YESTERDAY, requesting that the
Orpheus Vaudeville company he. al
lowed to build the arch The petition
set forth that the arch would bcautify
the street aud would enhance, rather
than dcprcciatc the value Of property
affected.
With ORC steel coluun already in
place on the north side of the street in
front Of the new theatcr, and with the
big arch in two links rcndy to be fitted
in place over the street, tine Orpheu5
Vaudeville company SagacioGsly
planned to erect tho arch in the quiet
hours OF tho morning to escape any pos
sible injunction proceedings,
4 force OF twenty me1 WIS on hand
at l o'clock this morning Hinge seen
cry dTays and wagons quickly and |
quietly hauled the steel sections 10 the |
designated spot. AZ a signal the forco |
fell 10 its task with alacrity, and it'll
was said that before the cars were run. |,
ming this morning the big arch would
be in place, spanning the street in front |
of the new Orpheum. !. Howard Gar.
rett watched the work progress, and
pronounced IL done in record time.
What further steps may be taken by
the opposing faction has not vet beon
revealed, bat IL is thought that the
trouble 10 now over.