Show MAYOR ASKED fOR NEEDED REFORMS Committee From Civic Improvement Improvement Im provement League Sues for City Beautiful I REDUCE COUNCIL TO FIVE Citizens Isle Ask for Night of or Streets and nul Enforcement of Side SideWalk Walk Ordinance I For Fjor the purpose of suggesting suggesting- what whit they deem many needed Improvements Improve Improve- ments monts an and reforms in Inthe the city a administration administration admin admin- and in order to aid them in their determination to make Salt Lake Tho CIt City Beautiful a committee commit commit- tee from the Civic league consisting Of 0 O. H. H Hewlett Henry W. W y Lawrence and M M. M l. l H H. Walker waited walte on Mayor 1 Thompson Thomp on to ask his bis co co- co In She hc bc matter Five Important requirements were laid before the mayor maor the of or combining the city and county count offices of or- flees and have one ona set of or officers to transact tram act the business of or both to sweep the business district of the city after atter midnight ht to enforce tho tiro ordinance ordinance ordin ordin- ance requiring requiring- property holders holdel's in outlying districts to tu keep their sidewalks sidewalks side side- walks walls clean to have havethe the fire Ire department department depart depart- ment wash the paved streets dally daily and to reduce the number of councilmen council- council men from fifteen to five who will also be constituted a board hoar of control to manage joint city and anti county af af- fairs Pot POI Chull Change In hr To To the last suggestion sugg the Idea was l id to ask the next session of or the legislature legislature legislature legisla legisla- ture to amend the ell city charter reducing reducIng reducing ing the number of or councilmen from fifteen f to five that those live five constitute constitute constitute tute a n board of or control and that they be paid good salaries an and also maintain maintain main main- tain tamn continuous sessions It t was su sug sug- that each of oC the tho five live councilmen counCilmen councilmen council- council men could be named to take tulo control of one each of the tho different city departments departments departments de de- as in this way ay better belter management management management man man- of or city l would he be obtained obtained ob ob- an and considerable money muney saved I It was also suggested that the city an amI ana county count offices coul could 1 be combined as In this wa way there would woul be need of or only one treasurer for both tho the city and county the same condition con obtaining obtaining obtaining ob ob- with tho the other othor offices This would greatly reduce leduce both city and count county expenses and would also do db away awn with one election In a addition to lo an improved management of or elt city affairs there would be an immense saving in mone money Co operation Promised Mayor Thompson said that thai this had hail long been his hiM own Idea and he would do all he be could to foster footer and her fur h r the Ibe suggestion Theio e were wele Important Import Import- ant details to be worked out he sal said but that would be a matter that would come corne up later In regard lo to o sweeping tho the business portion of the city after midnight th the mayor said paid he be had already taken ta en up that question and things would be he shaped vcr very soon toon that thal would permit of d doing so The mayor heartily endorsed tho the suggestion that property properly owners should be required to keep sidewalks clean of weeds woods HIM debt debris and said he be would see that the ordinance was strictly enforced Those ThoRe people living JIving outside the tho district of paved sidewalks have been prone to let dirt weeds am and debris accumulate to an alarming degree degree de de- e- e gree an and the mayor said sallI that t the thc dereliction de do- o- o reliction of abutting owners should be attended promptly to As to the question of having the fire 1116 departments wash the streets ho hc mayor maor was strongly In favor or of the idea but suggested that dragging the hose lose lose- through tin the sit i its t dim dim- age ago It U. but that he hp would si s i If n lt is rs I could uld nut nt bo hi d or 01 hit ha tb th ti- ti problem solved In ut other othor Ill r satisfactory to the committee I |