Show THE OLD SILK FACTORY the question of the removal of the old silk bilk factory at the mouth of city creek canyon is now more complicated than ever it will be remembered that residents of the neighborhood in which it is situated asked the city council many months ago to remove it alleging that it was a rendezvous for thieves and hard characters character for reasons palpably plain however no definite action was taken in the matter As winter came on other petitions were sent in in which it was stated that the place was a menace to the community its speedy removal was respectfully requested but the prayer of the petitioners petition ers was practically unheeded at a recent council meeting of the new municipal administration the committee on OB public grounds recommended its lt removal for the reasons set forth by the residents in that locality the recommendation was unanimously adopted at a subsequent meeting however councilman evans moved that the vote by which the facto factory had been ordered removed the be cons considered ted as there were two families living 1 i 1 it and that they rented it from the city commenting upon mr evans remarks mayor baskin said feelingly we cannot tear the structure down over the heads beads of our own tenants in answer to this mr rich spoke as follows after which there was a dense and painful spell of silence which was not broken until mr evana renewed his motion in a form that carried 1 I am very sorry that my friend evans has haa brought this matter up as there is an ugly stamp upon it it need not be stated tor for what purpose the building wm wa rented that to Is generally known Refe reference renice to the fact that it was a rendezvous for hobos bobos who went there early in january to remain until a given time and perform a certain work is quite sufficient if the matter to is pushed further I 1 shall demand a full investigation and ask that it be explained ia fia open council I 1 sm am ormea the me pre rent the property from the chief of the fire department the matter was re referred ferrod back to the committee on public grounds consisting of ewing beardsley Beard evans and rich at the last meeting of the city council chief stanton of the fire department asked that the building be remodeled and set apart for a hose and reel house this petition was referred to the committee on fir fire department zou councilman rich was opposed to expending any money on the bold old tumble down shack as he terms atland it f and in order to insure its removal introduced the following resolution whereas reap an ordinance was passed by the city council on june ath 1889 setting apart certain portions of land in the port northeastern heastern portion of the city for the use of public parks commencing from a point on the north side aide of third street thence west 11 2 10 rods to the west vest side bide of canyon road therefore be it resolved that the entrance to the said park shall be cleared of all obstructions and a suitable bridge be placed over city creek at the entrance thereto as designed in the above ordinance this was referred to the committee on public grounds who it is claimed are all in favor of establishing a park in that part of the city should they report favorably on the matter the old factory will of cobrae have to be torn down as it is situated directly in the entrance to the proposed new park it will thus be seen that it is now in the hands of two committees each of which will probably report in favor of the departments they represent on the c m mi named |