Show GYMNASIUM Council Takes Steps to Provide Rooms and Equip These in Mod Nod Modern Modem Noden ern en Style Special to The Ephraim Nov 7 At a meeting of the city council held at the city hall many matters of Importance were presented Councilman Hans Peterson called atten attention attention attention tion to the fact that the of the railroad are arc causing annoyance by block blockading blockading blockading ading the crossing Mayor Beal Beat said he had served notice on the offenders that unless they ceased cased to blockade the cross crossIngs crossIngs crossings Ings more than five Live minutes at a time the city would institute proceedings The question of installing a gymnasium and public library was taken up and the com corn committee committee on public property and grounds was authorized to proceed with the work of remodeling the upper floor and base bast basement ment mont of the Central building for that purpose This committee will pre prepare prepa prepare pare pa plans of the work to be done on the building and will then call c for tor bids from contractors Although nothing definite has been announced in regard to the I plans it Is understood that they will In Include Include clude elude the installation of a cement floor in the basement the plastering of the I walls and ceiling if the upper floor and the placing of several partitions The I upper floor will be arranged for a read reading readIng reading ing room a council chamber and perhaps a room for the use of the Commercial club Alt All the rooms ro ms will be equipped with furniture The reading room will vill contain the current periodicals and newspapers and will ill doubtless be the be beginning beginning beginning ginning of one of the best public libra libraries librarIes ries nez outside of Salt Lake and Ogden It Is expected that many ed citizens will wili donate books and read reading readIng reading ing matter to the library and the city may take advantage of cf the new library gymnasium law to Improve on this be beginning beginning beginning ginning The basement will be equipped with some appliances s of mod err gymnastics gymnastics tics and aud this will vIlI probably include at least two shower baths It Is planned to have the building ready by Jan 1 1910 The matter of making these hero rh Ee Improvements was called to the attention of the coun council council cil by W V F Murray Murrar as a delegate from the Commercial club although it is un understood understood Understood that sonic some of tha had decided to urge immediate action by the council at Mondays session |