The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-15
OGDEN NEWS.
Ogden Office, 524 Utah Loan and
Trust Building. Telephone IA.
Ogden, August Is.
SALOON MEMS COMPLAINT.
Want Permission to Kesp Open Front
Door,


The following petition was introduced
in the city council last night:
We. the undersigned. citizens and tax
payers of the city OF Ogden, respectfully
represent to your honorable body that we
nave TOR number of years paid 10 this
city, in addition to our ordinary taxes.
the sum of $500 each for the privilege of
carrying on liquor business. and during
that time have conducted orderly places
and have carefully abstained from violat-
ing any law. We respectfully show that.
although there is an ordinance of the
city or Ogden forbiddIng the sale of liquor
on Sundays. that there is no effort upon
the part OF the police force or the mayor
10 enforce the same, except as herein
after set forth, although il Is notorious
fact that almost all the saloons are kept
open on Sunday and liquor sold therein.
our petitioners respectfully represent
that believing that there should be no
discrimination between the business men
OF this city in the administration of the
for doing what the authorities permitted
others 10 do, your petitioners called the
attention of the mayor and the police au-
thoriues to the fact that the ordinance
was being openly and generally violated.
and stated to him that they desired MOTH
ing but justice and an impartial admins
tratlon or the laws as they stand; that
If this ordinance is TO be treated as u
dead letter. il was only fair 10 them that
they should be permitted to keep their
PAGES of business open on Sundays as
well as other liquor dealers: that there
upon the mayor informed them that if
they did so they would be Immediately
arrested and prosecuted, and at the same
time refused to prosecute others violat-
ing the said ordinance or to direct the
police to do so, unless your petitioners
would make complaint and furnish evil
denCe against such others.
Your petitions do not believe that II is
any duty of theirs TO act as detectives
for Ogden City, but are informed that
the police department is employed under
the direction of the mayor for the purpose
of enforcing the ordinances.
For the reasons stated herein. your Pc
titioners having no other means of re-
dress. ask that your honorable body do
protect them in the enjoyment of equal
privileges TO which the payment of your
license entities us. or in the event that
this cannot be done. that your honorable
body remit such part of the license fee
will compensate them for such exist
ing inequality. Respectfully submitted:
b. F. LIVINGSTON.
j. II. MYERS.
Attorney Maginnis and the petitioners
appeared in behalf of the petition and
Mr.. Livingston spoke to the council.
basins his complaint upon, the fact that
neither he nor Mr.. Myers had back
doors to their saloons and that unless
they where allowed to sell through the
front doors they would haye to close
entirely on Sunday.
This, they contended, was an injus-
tice, as it permitted all bat the two
saloons in question TO do business, and
asked the council to permit them to sell
or to close all Of the saloons. In either
case they asked that unless they were
permitted to sell, that the council re-
NIT a proportionate amount of their
license.
The matter was referred to the COM
mittee of the whole and the committee
went into executive session for about
one hour. but when they rose no report
was made. %
The committee on claims reported,
recommending payment of bills
amounting to SS36.26. The same COM
mittee recommended that the claim of
E. p Hulaniski be referred to the au-
ditor for investigation
The committee on license recon-
mended that the petition of H. c. Bige-
low and others. asking for the repeal
of the merchants license ordinance. be
filed for the present, but that before
the end of the present year the mgr
chants license be repealed. The reppft
is made in this way in orde rnot to al
feet the tax rate for 1899. -
The committee on streets recon-
mended that work be done on Jackson
avenue; also that the bill of F. c. Aus
tin for 5000 be paid. D.
Fred j. Kiesel presented deeds to the
city for the property now known as
Butler avenue.
The city recorder read an invitation
from the secretary of the League of I
American Municipalities. inviting the
mayor and council TO attend a meeting [
of that organization at Syracuse, MY, I
Sept. II.
William Adamson, receiver of the !
company, presented a |
claim for 5000 for repairing water ny
drants. 1t was ordered paid.
The matter of the appropriation of |
$500 to the widow of the late CAPTAIN |
Brown was tabled indefinitely.
Payrolls amounting to $617.3l were or
dered paid and the council adjourned |
for two weeks.