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Show Boulevard About City to Be Discussed This and tho Matter of Street Signs to Be Taken Up by Commercial Commer-cial Club. Two matters of public concern nu.l of especial Interest to real estnte dealers will be taken up by the Commercial club committee on public improvements and parks this week. Tho commltteo will meet nt tho club rooms at 1 o'clock tomorrow to-morrow afternoon, at which time It will t.-ikr up the subjeol of a boulevard about the cltv The boulevard was discussed three years ago and the club went so far ns to spend a good deal of money on data. At that time the club wns not Btrong enough to bring the matter to an Ir-sii"., but the riatii was nil preserved, and i ow that the subject of public Improvements Improve-ments i- being taken up with rem wed Interest In-terest the labors "f former years maa) become be-come of practical value Question of Street Signs. Street slgnfl Is the other matter Which this Important committee will take up The condition of the signs on tho street corners is ,( constant source of humiliation humilia-tion to the salt i-ik. r when he Is enti r-talnhtg r-talnhtg visitors from abroad 'lie system of naming Htrcets is always confusing to 'i stranger ami when ho h subject . the additional annoyance of finding the signs dismantled and obliterated he s llk.-ly to pronounce Salt Lake an easy village to get lost In. The Common-lal club com- mittee rll.es T.Ot hope to UCI 'Dm pi I S ll .'U1V- tbine; without the co-operation of the City Council, but It Is thought that body will welcome all practical suggestions for th proper and artistic lab. ling of busl-rtl busl-rtl BS and residence streets. E O. Howard How-ard is tho chairman of the committee He Is anxious f..r a full representation at the meeting Wednesday afternoon Freight Rates and Transportation. Some time early this week the committee com-mittee on railway freight rates and transportation will come together to take up a number of subjects which have been pressing for action. Among the most Important Im-portant of these questions Is that of getting get-ting tho products Of l'tah farms to Ijts Vegai and other Nevada towns at a cost which will leave a reasonable profit for the producer, and of attracting ore from the new Nevada camps to the l'tah smelting smelt-ing plants. |