Show II SA SIGNATURES Y NOT AUTHORIZED j Property Owners ers De Deny nY Affixing Affix Affix- I I ing Names to Protests A t Against FIREMEN REMEN ASK FORr FOR RAISE Allege r They Have Had N No o In Increase In- In InTheY crease rease i in n Wages for far Decade and Hazard Is Greater I 1 r More Moore than a score of oC property owners own own- ers era on the northeast bench purported to to have objected to pavement pavement pavement pave pave- ment withdrew their protests last Jast ev evening In communications read at atthe atthe the meeting of or the city commissions commission's commission commission- s 's I ers ens rg Many of ot those whose names had hac been used In protests declared that the the u use e ot of their names had not been tAU authorized x The withdrawal of oC protests and de- de de of or unauthorized use ol of names of oC property owners in connection tion th therewith caused the tho commission j. j to regard the tho situation with renewed Interest The communications were referred to the engineering and law departments Together they will make an invest investigation of oC the petitions and andreport andreport 1 report to the the city commissioners at an early early meeting Among those who ho announced that thai their purported signatures had not been authorized was Bishop M. M S. S Wool Wool- lay ley A telegram dated Chicago was received from Samuel Newhouse In which he lie requested that his name be withdrawn from the list of oC those pro- pro testing ti Ask ARk higher r agea A petition asking for tor increase e in wages bearing the tho signatures of ot six six- seven sty members of ot the Salt Lake Lak fire department was read before beCorE tho the commissioners commissioners commissioners com com- missioners and referred The petition offered no suggestion as to the amount of oC increase but showed the pay schedules sched sched- schedules ules of or fire departments at Denver Butte Los Angeles Angles and other cities It was pointed out that Salt Lake firemen firemen firemen fire fire- men had not received an increase of wa was wars In ten years and that the hazard had bad increased materially The ordinance prepared recently givIng ing superintendents of departments of ot the tile city government full control over o their respective divisions and holding them directly responsible to the tho commission commission com com- mission was A adopted opted unanimously In a communication to tho the commission commission commission commis commis- sion Fire Chief W. W H. H Bywater announced an announced announced an- an that the renovation of oC fire stations of oC the tho t city commenced several several sev sev- er eral months ago had been completed The commissioners set tomorrow afternoon afternoon afternoon aft aft- as the date for tor official tion The following communication received received re received re- re from the committee in to charge of ot arrangements for the annual convention convention convention con con- of ot the American Institute of Banking was referred to the street department Salt Lake take City August 6 B. B To the Honorable Mayor and Board of oC City Commissioners On August 21 21 22 and 23 there will be held beld In to this city the annual convention convention con con- of ot the American Institute of Banking 1 As members of ot this organization we cherish a 8 pride in seeing that T t a a 31 welcome Is proper extended to s amour Mour aur guests and and we have made dome Some preparations to that end As citizens of Salt Lake City we 4 also cherish a civic pride and wish the delegates who are to be l in our midst for a week to got get the best besl possible opinion of oC our cit city w You gentlemen c have havo alrea already y given c tangible aid aid ald along this lin linin lino linov In that v you have havo made arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments for decorations on the ne T streets and for tor the lighting of ot the streets Now It Jt has been suggested sug- sug seated gi ted further b by some prominent citizens ens that it Jt would not bo unreasonable unreasonAble unreasonable un- un reasonable to ask that you provide I i an ern an electric sign spelling Wely Wel WeI y come across each of oC the streets 4 facing the depots with the uner un- un er that tho the letters Jetters A uA A I. I J. J B. B B could be suspended underneath underneath under- under r neath neath to by us bV-us us us Or words appropriate the c congress ress suspended by them etc The Welcome Wel Wel- Welcome come come- sign would be a permanent f 1 advertisement to the tho city and be bet t t the He means calls ot of f much comment fat fat fa- fa to our community r r ar r o eive lines along l We vre ask that You glue Ive this mat mat- matl i ter your our consideration k Very respectfully l Signed Q B B. B Kelly Utah State National r T t S Deseret 8 National Bank ank v bank Royal Barnes T. T W W. Ball Ball McCornick k Co bankers bankers' F F. W. W Michelson Utah Savings i Trust company Frank Beckwith Tutt Tut- Tut Jo t e Brothers company |