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Show THE OLD SILK FACTORY. It is Ltciled Directly la ths Entrance tothe Proposed Ktw Park. mix it v.v, liKMovr.iu llilcf SUnton Uniili It I'ohTPrlru Info a llote and Itrel lloun-. Pell- tloni of rlllxrna. Theqiifrtlon of tbo removal of tbo old Mlk factory at the month of City Ottek canyon now moroccmpllcat edUiancrtr. It will m rrmemUrod that ncldeuUof the nettfhbotbood In which H la ettuated aeknd tlio Oily Council many month Ago to remove ltt alleging that It was & rrndczvjjua for tbletei and hard cltaractera. For rcuotii tpahly plal n, however! how-ever! no definite action vra taken In the matter. Aa winter came on other I Ulllo in were tent In In which It wan itatcd that tho place wai a menaco totho community Itatj-eedy rem or. al wairpupfctfully rfjuMtcd, but the I raver of tho ttltloticts wai practically unheeded. At a recent council mretlnc of tho new municipal ndmlnltratlon the commllleeon puldlo Kfoun rtrora mended Ite removal tot the reaaona evt forth by the reildenU In that locality. The recommendation wae unanimously unanimous-ly adopted. "At a mitacquent meeting, however, Councilman Kvans moved that tho rote by which tho factory had leen ordered removed be couildered, a tlioro wire two fanilllia Jlvluglu it, ami that they rented It from the city. Coramenlinctirxm Mr JWatia' re mark a, Mayor Jiatklu RilJ fcellngljri "Wecannot tear tho atructura down over the headaofournwii tenant." In nniwor to thla Mr. Ulch ipokeai folio wn, after which thero waa a denie and painful eprll of alienee, which waa net broken until Mr. I.vaiii renewed hit motion I u n form that carried: (,I am rery eirry that mylrlend J.vana hat bruutcht ihla matter up,ai thern la an ugly itanip upon It. It need not be atated for what purpote tbo bulIJItifC wni rented; that ! generally known, Ileferenoe to the fact that It waa a rendexvoua for hoboa who went thero early lu January, to remain until n given time and perform a certain work, la quite aufflclent. If llio matter iiU'tieil ftutler I ahall demand a full Itivcetlsatton andaik that It be extIalne J In on council. I Am Jurormed that tho preient tenanta rent tho proi-erty frum tho chief of the fire department." The matter wai referred back to the commllleeon pttbllo ground!, onil't Ins of Kwlnc, Jhnrdaley, Klmmidl, IWana nnd Hloh. At the Ut meeting nf the City Council. Chief HUuton, of the flrotlepnttmenl, aked that the htilldluitho remoJetoJ nud ret ajiart for a hoie nnd reel houae, Thla ictl lion waa referred to tho committee on flredejuttment. Councilman Kith waaoppoaedtofx renJImtnny monvy ou the oll turn bin down think" m ho tor ma Inland In order tn Inauru Its remraJ latroducvd the following resolution: Whereat, An ordlnauco waa pasted by the City Council on J uite filh. 1 vy nrttlnu opart certain jwirtlona of bind In tho iiortliMitern iorlIon of the city for the tino nf public parka, romuiencinu from a point on tlio north aide of Third street, thcurft wet 11 210 rods lo the weit aide of Canyon road. therefore be It resolved, That the en trance to tbo aald iark ahall t elearet ofatl obstruction' and a bultablo brtJso be placed mer city Creek al then trance thereto, as designed In the abate ordlnnncu. Tills was referred to the committee on puhllo ground, who. It la claimed, are all In favor of catabllthlntt a nark In that part of tho city. Hhould they report favorably on the matter, the old factory will, of courie, have to be torn down, as It l situated directly In the entrance to the proposed new t ark. It will thuabeseeu that Jtlanow In the hands of two committees, eadi of which will probably report In fvor of the departments they represent ou the ommlttuts named. |