Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-12
LIMITS PLACED ON
JULY 4 BOOTHS BY.
ACTION OF COUNCIL.
CONCESSloNAIRES MUST ERECT
STANDS ON JACKSON STREET
IF THEY WANT TO DO BUSINESS
DURING OTTAWA'S BIG CELE.
BRATlON.

There will be no more blocking of
sidewalks than necessary nor any OBJ
structing of streets July 4, when Ut-
tawa stages its monster welcome
| home and peace celebration as the
result Of action taken last night by
Mayor George V. b. Weeks and his
colleagues in the council.
Limitations have been ordered on
sidewalk vending, while the Official
taboo is unqualitiedly placed against
every person soliciting privileges for
that purpose. Jackson street. from
La Sale to Clinton, has been set aside
Tor the booths and a fiat rate Of a
dollar a front foot established as a
rental for use Of the thOroughtare by
those securing concession rights re
quiring stands.
The proposition to reduce "profteer,
ing as much as possible was injected
into the council meeting by Dr. w. F.
Weese executive chairman of the July
1 celebration. DR.. Weese requested
that the administration take some
steps to prevent blocking any of the
downtown streets and was imme-
diately successful as soon as he told
his plans for the day. The committee
headed by the doctor wants all the
streets open from curb to curb with
all traffic excluded from the loop while
the celebration is ON.
A three-foot limit along the build.
ing lines was granted storekeepers,
where they could erect shelves and
the sidewalks will be kept entirely
clear Of all distractions. This conces-
sion was granted to eQualize a situa.
ton created by the presence on tho
sidewalks of display cases and fruit
stands. The commissioner in their
determination for fair play, threw
down the bars to all merchants who
desire to take advantage of the offer
to use three feet of the sidewalks for
their own uses only.
The Jackson street 'herding place
for booths was conceived in the mind
of DR.. Weese and met with the ac-
cord Of the council That is the only
place stands will be permitted on
sreets, and then only when the con
CeSsiOnaires pay a fee into the city
treasury of a silver simoleOn per front
foot. The kind of stands will of
course, be limited There will be no.
carnival fakes allowed within the city
limits, no matter what they have to
offer in the way of fees it is now
claimed Efforts to secure a street
for a merry -go-round met with utter
failure when opposition to such It
move was stirred u by Commissioner
Bradley, who suggested that for once
Ottawans who were paving the
freight be allowed to reserve to them
selves and their own all the benefits
which will derive from the celebration.
This meant that outsiders who in
tended floating in and then float
ing" out with a fattened bank roll
were to be placed in high disfayor
The commissioner carried his point,
although DR. Palmer announced he IA
vored a merry.go-round as a plaything
for the young folks, but was not so
strong for it if it meant taking bust
ness away from legitimate Ottawa en-
ternriye".
DR.. Weese announced that the fun
and completed list OF committees
which will have charge OF the July Il
celebration probably will be published /
Saturday. After he had won all his
points the doctor left the meeting in
excellent humor at the success of his |
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