The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-06

this as the proper reference inasmucn
as the chief is the sworn officer of the
law, whose statutory duty it is to en-
force the laws and the ordinances.
Just why Mr.. Clawson should have
taken advantage of the occasion to de-
liver moral lecture to his fellow coun-
cilmen is not just apparent to Mr..
ClaWson's mind.
Concerning the further charge of the
chief Who, replying to the statement
that prostitution is carried on in his
property, retorts by saying of the trust
company, Of which Mr.. Clawson is an
active trustee, You're another" Mr.
ClaWson make the following statement:
The company owns $50 lineal feet of
real estate on Commercial street and
from there through to State. The COM
pany came into possession of the pro-
| perty in 1890. at whicht time. as now,
the. great bulk of the property was
under long term leases.
soon after acquiring the property
the company learned from the police
court records that two of the houses
on ITS property were used for immoral
purposes. The company had earlier re-
solved as a fixed and immutable policy
That 1t would use every means in its
power to rid its property of prostitution
and gambling, being led to adopt this
policy for the two-fold reason that it
would neither consent to have its prop
erty defiled by unlawful and immoral
traffic on moral grounds nor could it
afford to permit this in Justice to the
financial interests of the company
This determination led to acutely I'm
friendly relations with those lessees
whose lease-hold property was being
defiled. In the end the company was
compelled to spend $4,000 to buy out
the lease and building upon which 1t
had been receiving a good rental, but
which has since remained vacant. In
addition to this outlay the company
has constructed a 100000 building, de-
signed for mercantile purposes, which
has largely remained untenanted since
its construction and which will be rem
dered wholly proftless if prostitution
is to be permitted to lodge in Commercial
and adjoining streets
Moreover said Mr.. CIaIwson, '"the
company has adopted a very rigid
lease which it insists upon in every
case, and which provides that the prop
erty shall not be used for immoral, IN
lawful or disorderly purposes"
Concerning the charge made by the
chief, that some of the property of the
Trust company is now being used for
immoral purposes, Mr.. Clawson replies
THAT Sucn a Statement - untrue VI ally
piece of property now in the hands of
the company and not under lease so
far as he knows or has any informa-
ton; that as to other pieces, held by
tenants under long term leases where
the latter have built and now own the
buildings, Mr.. Clawson says he knows
nothing and does not believe the COM
pany Is responsible, morally or legally,
if they are used as Indicated; he says,
however, that if the police department
will disclose the information which the
chief intimates is in its possession, or
will procure definite information, the
company stands ready to take every
proper step to purge it's property of
! the offenses.
Chief Pratt disclaims any desire to
COLOMBO the women on or adjoining
commercial street, or to afford them i'm
munlty in any other part of town, and