Show LIGHTS DISAPPEAR Stealing Lanterns From Excavations Excavations Excavations Gives Contracts Contractors rs Great Worry Contractors who arc engaged e In work that thal public imbue tile aro complaining lanterns are arc being stolen stol l by Iy tho lie wholesale thus laying ouch open all nil kinds hinds of dangers to tho the public The contractors con con- tractors place lanterns over vei the trenches and holes they thoy have made male In the tho streets as a warning to the lie public pub puh- lie lic and dt despite tho the patrol of watchman watch watch- man n. n tho the lanterns red lCd globes and allme all are arc disappearing with such sueh m that the thc contractors are aro un UI I in lii arms arm A great groat amount of or public Improvement Improve m mont ment nt Is 18 being done bile on 00 tho ho Mi streets eels of or Salt Sail Luke Lake City antI and half a dozen contractinG contracting contracting con con- are aro engaged In Iho tho work worl All kinds of oC excavations aro are being made mad and anti in each Instance there Is great real danger unless tho the hole hol or 01 trench I Is properly Indicated by hy a ared ted red light lIht On First South and nod Fourth South streets as well welt a as aM other streets long Ions lines of red lights aro am placed at al night without which a u. ped pedestrian or vehicle might moot meet with accident The contractors pay PY regular men muco to place the tie lights and amid employ to d the work at al night However How ever evol It H Is not this expense which makes them complain Danger of If c. Accidents An accident would probably mean hf tiling of or a LL claim or Cm fot damage damus against the city or against time the contractor con con- tractor doing the lie work and tho lie absence absence ab ab- sence of a light makes make tho the po possibility of or injury greater grenel TIme The theft of lanterns ims Is an act net that s goi-s tar far out of or oft orthe t the hI range of oC petty pett crime and unless I the practice ceases I tho lie contractors will appeal lo to the thc tie police for Ul t tion I on Through thu the constant lunt robberies ries contractors say that that that- lie tho stock o of lanterns III In Salt Lake Lako I U Is entirely exhausted ex ex- hausted anti and that It Is h almost impossible im Im- possible to procure e lanterns One contractor rotates relates that a n l Isad ad adof of hay was wal upset thE thit other i evening g on oIl First South I street tJ l. l I The 1 he accident was WaN c caused h by a lillo- lillo of din dill 1111 in iii the highway The driver was WS thinking about aboul claiming damages from remit the contractor when a wreath reath of ot smoke c curled up from flom hl his 1110 of hay and und soon the Iho whole load was In unities flames The lantern could prove au an alibi for Cor Il was H-was was on Johnny spot shot The TheOre Ore department was wal called out but the the load of hay was ruined I f S I. I J f L' L i r 5 9 |