Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-02
SALOON KEEPERS
! ENTER PROTEST.
,o.., 70 What They Regard as
'g Ir,in,r Discrimination Ia the
Matter of Licenses.
WANT EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENT.
:, telegraph Company Seeks a
''' r.,ochlse--B Business Mca De-
lend SOOthsoyers.

ri, city council at Its meeting last
,.ht, received petition from .oe I've, we
w against what It regards an UNI
'e"'s S,c,,mlnatIon In the matter OF
Wv The petition asks that the
p''1. ., license Of $500 year paid by
~ s,ores and restaurants, be raised
u mo year and that the places re-
"a he restricted from selling IL
W.. an sunday and from disposlng OF
y" ,ootblpg beverage to women after
wy = In the avent that this cannot
= dons then the association asks that
W.. ,laces be prohibited from en-
". .ns in the liquor business. The PEE
'''or was referred to the municipal
WV" ond license committees, and the
Ass 49, s1 vas Instructed 70 notify all
y.S concerned TO appear before
,s,' S committees on wednesday eve
nng
POSTAL WANTS FRANCHISE.
,,o,her matter TO come before the
..n"Sl was an ordinance providing FOR
,ss srantlng OF a franchise to the POS.
W Telegraph company TO erect ana
y, poles and conduits, etc, with
mu ha limits OF salt Lake city. ii Is
mn,.rIdsd in the ordinance that the life
X The franchise be Tor a term oi Ivy
Years and that the mayor ana heads OF
5spartments shall be permitted TO sehd
,sIsrrams free over the grantee 8 lines
IA me amocnt Of 500 a year. Inc
Ssnchise will give to the grantee the
,Sbt ia construct and maintain lines
~ siate Main and Second West streets
,,om tbe city limits on the south 20 the
,i,y limits on the north and along First
sSd second South streets from east TO
wss, The company's wires are to be
,lscad underground on the streets that
"a nav MAYED, but temporarily the city
sAan hermit the grantee to string us
vlrss on the cross arms, OF the Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone companys
roes 10 which the city police and IRE
alarm wires are now attached. Under
Nd franchise the right Is reserved to
me CITY to stretch wires for it's alarm
boxes on the poles or In the conduits
AZ the grantee and Il is expressly pro-
ylded that within six months from the
passage Of the ordinance that the peo-
NE Of Salt Lake shall be provided with
ulegraphic facilities TO all points in the
United States where the grantee MAIN
talns Offices, The ordinance, which
was accompanied with a certified check
FOR 500. was referred TO the committee
on municipal laws, with the city nttor-
ney associated
+. II. Davis introduced an ordinance
providing for the amendment OF the
present LIQUOR ordinance 80 as to bring
restaurants and hotels under the same
restrictions as are saloons. This also
was referred to the municipal laws and
license committees.
DEFEND soOTHsAYERs,
A petition asking the council to
amend section 3l2 Of the Revised Or
tnanees relating TO the licensing of
fortune teers, palmists and spiritual
hts reducing the license from 5000 10
l0Q year, was presented by a number
Il prominent business men, among
them George Arnold, James j. Dick
fNili " GNlllul hftNlet - NJ IVA bNhANs
H. A. Leipseger, Charles Crane, w. II.
Young, Edward McGurrin, i. l., God
Gard and Arthur A, Thomas. The petit
ton was referred
The council by unanimous vote,
passed an ordinance levyiny a tax OF
NOS per linear foot on az abutting
property not already taxed for side
salk improvement, under sidewalk eX-
tension No, g. This extension includes
10Th sides of all streets between South
Temple on the north and Fourth South
erect on the south, and between the
vest side Of Second East and the east
sac Of Ninth East streets. The amount
" the assessment will be s53,9O711.
JOB FOR PRISONERS.
b. Il Davis presented q resolution In
NIuc'lng the chief Of police TO put city
Prisoners to work In cleaning up the
!afa IN the rear Of the old city hall.
hewlett offered a resolution making II
: mlsdemeanor 10 any person 10 place
Nlpsdoes or other explosives on the
Meet car tracks, Both were referred.
NJ communication to the council,
W D. Margets asked to be awarded
zoe contract for city sanitary work at
,ue lale Of N4iO per month, Referred
" sanitary committee.