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Show FOURTEEN ATTENDED THE LONG TALKED OF WEST SIDE MEETING LAST NIGHT. They Were So Disappointed at the Lack of Interest with Other People Manifested ia Irjlnj rinmote Enterprise, that J They IId "ot Kven Come to Order. i After nearly three weeks of advertising; booming, thrcateuiug and cajoliug for the 2Tt-at AVe.-t Side meeting which was to be held in the chamber of commerce last night, only fourteen attended, aud those fourteen looked mors? dejected than a flock of hens which Lad been exposed to a drenching rain. Hardly one of tbe S10 people living in the .city, and who. .arc interested in the "U'est Side, put in an an appearance. Of the speakers, Arthur Prowii was in the cast, Judge Powers was in Ogden, and other men who were expected to make addresses did not show up at all. There were some X) people living at i Brighton who wanted to come in, but the Kapid Transit company refused to run a train for them and they were forced to stay at home. The fourteen who did attend saw that their efforts to awaken a spirit of inter-esl inter-esl uud enterprise were unavailing, and giv-up giv-up in disgust went home without doing anything. any-thing. " To Eevise the City Charterv . There was a meeting in the chamber of commerce Isst night of the members of that body and a committee from the city council, i It had been called for the purpose of consid- eriag the levision of the city charter. It was composed of Mayor George M. Scott, City Attorney Hall and Councilmen Lynn, fcilanl and Young for the city, and Fred S:uo;i, Col. Donnellsn and Messrs. Meloy, ; - and Cobn for the chamber of commerce. Mr. Scott was elected chair-man chair-man aud lie explained the object for which the meeting had assembled. lie referred to the charter-- of sonic of the eastern cities and said he thought oue might be drafted from them which would meet the require-' luetds of this city. After considerable di-' cussion of the matter it was decided to send and get copies of the charters of the cities of Denver, Omaha, Kansas Kan-sas City, and Helena, Montana, and a committee composed of City Attorney Hall. Councilman Young, Parley AVilliatas and E. B. Wicks was appointed to examine these charters when they arrive and report on a plan for the revision of Salt Lake charter. As the cxsiaina'ion of these charters char-ters and the framing of a nr.v oue will in-1 in-1 volve a coiisidf ruble amount of clerical la bur, the committee was authorized to eru-I eru-I ploy a. clerk. brief liujint-os Items. M.S. Asrhheim, the Tark City merchant, is-iu the city today. If. G. Button, one of Leadville's business men, is iu Salt Lake. Fred A. Hale went to Park City today to inspect the First National bauk building which i6 nearly finished. The Wasatch Asphaltum company and Ihs Mountain Stone company have been awarded a contract for paving Kichards street. A new piece of asphaltum sidewalk is, be- ing laid ou Main street between Kahn Brothers store and the Progress building. The Pacific Paving compauy are ready to commence their contract oa State street as scon as the city engineer sets the grade stakes. The people w ill have the consolation of knowing that if there is a very bad w inter, they have better sidewalks iu Zion than they ever had before. The Odd Fellows building will be under roof next week and will be completed so as to dedicate it witu a grand banquet and bill ou January 1. The question is often asked by the local papers and thousauds of limes a day by strangers, why the streets of tho city have pot some sort of sign which will indicate their uarre. A certificate has beeu issued by the school board iu paymen of the new Seventh district dis-trict school on l ifth South street. The building build-ing has been fully completed and will be opened for the scholars of the district tomorrow. to-morrow. Theii' was a meeting of the joint couny and city building committee yesterday afternoon. after-noon. The appointment of J. C. Dowlin as superintendent of concrete work iu place of Percy Kamsden, who had resigned, was about the only business done. There only remain a few stones to be laid on the McCornick block before that building as far as the walls are concerned, will be hnished. .Workmen commenced to put on the copper cornice yesterday afternoon and by today they had nearly finished the cast end. . m |