| Show PETITION FOR PUBLIC AI Resolution to Set Aside Portion of Liberty Park Presented to Council REFERRED TO One Pro l h by I Horsemen on Oil South Main Street at Itt Cost of S 1000 HUU Thorough Tare An effort to create a public speedway speed way tray for fOI Salt Sal Lakes Lake's fast horses was wall launched In the tI a city I y council last lasi as n night wJ JC J rf i Bo It JI r ting Ling aside asillo a n portion of or Liberty park parle for forra ra fast t driving lC resolution 1 ju a t storm o of discussion and was finally f re referred to- to to the Iho committee on public grounds Mr lr Blacks Black's resolution was wasas wasas wasas as follows Whereas The horsemen of C Salt SaIl Lake City at an expense o of about 1000 did build antI and provide a a. speedway speedway speed speed- way on South Houth Main Malls street which has now no become a n regular thoroughfare lot foi teams learns o of all kinds and automobiles automo automo- biles bles thereby Jy making it vcr very dangerous danger danger- ous oils to lo speed horses hores s on that street therefore be It il Resolved That Thai hat that thai of or the driveway a In Liberty park west of the center drive and north of or the tho west wesl entrance he be anti and Is hereby herchy closed to lo all vehicles except for speeding purposes purposes pur pur- poses on Tuesday antI and Thursday evenIngs evenings even even- ings bugs from flom the thc hour of oi p. p m. m to toD D 9 p. p I. I m m. The speedway on ott South Main street Is not hOt now generally used usell b by local lovers ers of nf fast driving anti and there thore II Is a U city onlin ordinance nc limiting speed in lie parks as well ivell as In public streets The speeding of horses under Iho tho present system stem Is pronounced dangerous to the lie vl visitors who throng the park and to lo those who drive at a nominal speed alon along the thoroughfares The local horsemen say ay that bicycles and autos are ent the park pant at a lively gait and that thai the fast horse holso is compelled com coni- to slow down dowis In this thc they charge discrimination Xo Xu III in Salt I ike At present there I Is no speedway In Inor or oh about Sail SUit Lake which is 15 not nol governed governed gov sov- by hy speed rules i The fall fair grounds rounds and ani the track at al Calders Calder's park are arc closed It Is said til by hy knowing knowin horsemen horse horse- men filet that many excellent bits of horseflesh horse- horse flush flesh ha have e been heen exported because o of till the lack of or a proper Ironer place tt to train U Under tho the law the council will have hn no right to tet set aside a part of the lie park paik a public place Ilace for lie Iho use uso of certain cei- cei tain alit individuals und and yet It il is ls asset as US- set ted set led by horsemen that there Is no other place A plan has hal been hean suggested suggested sug sug- ug whereby Jy the horsemen place bars bals across the driveways eways leading leading- Into the lie west hive drive of the lie h park ark on the lie nights they are arc allowed to speed their horses hone and arid also place a n. watchman In Inthe the lie vicinity to guard baft-guard the rhe public Othor vehicles will he be kept kepi off orf but hut spectators ma may crowd the lie sides and watch the thc performances of the pedigreed greed reed steppers In y years gone by several c attempts have been made to set aside a portion jf SIf the lie park pari for fOI rn fast t driving They l always failed Park lark Keeper Heath asserts that It Is almost imposible sible ible Ibl lo to stop slop the tho fast fasl driving of au- au os and fast riding of men and boys boyson boyson on bicycles VI v lie horse hurse should b bt be slopped tOppel while autos antes and wheels go o whizzing b by Is moro moio than horsemen c can cati n Mr 11 Martin was waN the lie first to oppose the Black lack re resolution last night anc and Mr Mi- II also opposed It It both arguments being that thai Iv lives s of or women awl and children would be he jeopardized and that thai th the lie city has no right to lo segregate a t part palt of the tho paik parI Mr 11 Crabtree Mr lt Black Blad a and lid Mr Mi I r. r PIe pee fn favored tho the resolution and it finally went to committee com com- by hy a i vote vole of ll eight ht to tu four tour |
