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Show Witt ffiiLAM TIE K 111 Fire Sri Calls ViM a Menace. II ill ? Council Committee Dislii cusses' Tax on Brig- 'Ijt ham's Grave. f .j Stato Will Be Required to Pay Uoq Ej for "Water at the Penl- 1 j Kj teutiary. ' W 1 1 Electric light signs will be strict 3 regulated by ordinance in future. Tn SO Streets committee of the City Counc'l ft? considered a communication from Fin K Chief Bywater about this matter las' W night. The Chief pointed out tlu danger that might arise from signs thai K, are too large. A copy of the ordinance j of the city of Chicago on thia subje'cl i? was referred to the Chief. He will con5- () fer with the City Attorney before next I11 Monday night and frame an ordinandi E 0 suit Salt Lake City. , K Chief Bywater Explains, H Chief Bywater was present last night itfj and explained his letter. He said thaj jies one sign to which he had parllciUifl 1$ reference In his letter was on Fasjt Fr Eifc South. It was in front of a pawnshop' Sfr and extended more than eleven feel from the building. It would b& Inf-possible, Inf-possible, said the Chief, to put a laddea itt up against the side of that house In caaj is' of a fire. The electric wlreu extended (fc the full length of the sign. He remarked eje that a man had been killed ycsrterdaj & by 250 volts, so that although mari) d people have received more than th IS and survived, tho danger was alwayj St there. t Some of the Councilmen said thai ci they would not favor the restriction iO St electric light signs. They Improved fK :"ti look of the street at night and Illunil- tfc nate the town. But It was constderet f advisable to regulate them and keej f them within proper bounds so as to h sure public safety. f! i? Taxes on Brighani's Grave. J The Streets committee is perplexed as to how It is going to remit the taa of the Brigham Young Cemetery arid; ciation. A petition was received from Hi that society, saying that it had so many j expenses that the tax was too mucbi a They feel entitled to a remission, ai . they need all their funds to keep ttiii pravo of Brigham Young in proper trim, jri Councilman Tuddenham was In favor ol granting the petition. He said that Brigham Young was the first pioneei that came to this valley and the founder of the commonwealth. He thought U " was to the public credit that his gravi '4 should have proper adornment and at tention. It But Councilman Black called atentlori g to the fact that the City Attorney had pronounced his opinion that it was no) j legal for the Council to remit taxea The Ladles' Literary club had pe- B tltioned to have Its tax remitted, and ti the attorney had rendered that de- cislon. ri Councilman Tuddenham said that wai another matter. Brigham Young wai e a public character, and it would retleci i on the town if they did not do some- n thing for his grave. Other societies 4 could take care of themselves. Beoldes r they are not entitled to any rebate, s 11 Finnllv the matter was laid over thai b the City Attorney might be consulted ( for some way of getting round the logaJ t: point. J Will Remedy Griovances. II The Streets committee will meet f 4 sistant City Engineer Zullch tomorrt morning at the corner of O and Secom streets. It will then decide on whal steps shall be taken to amend the grieyj nnces of those that have been Injured by the grade. It will probably be flhea in half way between the present lev and the former grade. A water meter is to be put In at tM State prison. Superintendent Hnea called atention to the fact that the Stata was paying the city S100 a year for, tM use of water from Parley's canyon. But the prison Is only entitled to one my? Hon gallons of water a year for thg sum. The amount it has "Ctualb using is nearer fifteen million galloig Mr. Hlnen's recommendation w"io" acted upon, and a minimum raw charged for the water actually cor |