Show A PROPER STEP One of the best things the city coun council council cil has done for a long time was the passage Monday night without dis discussion of ot the wide tire ordinance The measure gives owners of vehicles com coming comIng comIng ing within ln the ordinance those carrying car carrying 2000 pound pounds or more until Jan January January January uary 1 1 1509 1309 09 to make the change re required required It If any fault could be found with the ordinance o it would be with re reference reference reference ference to the length of time dime before the charge from narrow to wide wida tires must be made More than eighteen months must elapse between the time of the passage of the ordinance and the date on n nI I which it is to become effective Certainly this Is time enough to enable those who are affected to make the change re required required Other cities have been alto altogether altogether altogether gether too lenient In this matter They have allowed a reasonable I a time for the change bange and then on complaint of owners own owners owners ers of traffic wagons they have grant granted granted ed extensions that have hae all but render rendered ed the ordinance of no effect The Salt Lake council has obviated this at the outset Surely eighteen months notice is enough nough for the most careless areles of men m n If all the vehicles prescribed by b law are not ready at the time is to take effect their I owners should be haled into court and punished for they will richly deserve punishment The asphalt paving must be protected from those who would con consciously consciously or unconsciously destroy it |