Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-07
MAYOR BRANSF0RD
IS APPEALED TO
Residents On the West Side En-
ter Protest Against Moving
Commercial st. Element.
THREATEN TO ENJolN CITY
Taxpayers Send An Open Letter 10
Executive In Connection With Pro-
posed Invasion of Criminals.


That the westsiders are determined
that the red light district shall not
be removed to their vicinity Is more
and more evidenced each day. Citizens
of nearly score of blocks that would
be affected by such u change are alert
and will use every means known to the
law and right of petition to thwart the
purposes of certain real estate dealers
and other persons whose mercenary
tendencies are more for spoils than for
decency.
The city council has been petitioned
in the matter but no action was taken.
In fact the opinion is widely preva-
lent that some members of that body
have personal and selfish reasons for
transferring the Commercial street ele-
ment to the west side
The latest move to stop the proposed
outrage is an open letter to Mayor j.
>. Bransford, expressing the views of a
majority of the citizens living In the
neighborhood of the district designed as
the home OF Salt Lakes social out
casts. The letter was prepared by
Atty. Il. Conway Ashton, representing
a committee chosen in mass meeting
to defeat the scheme of removal, and
reads as follows:
Mayor John S, Bransford:
Dear Sir-lnformation has just been
received that the petitions asking that
the city take some prompt measures to
prevent the establishment on the west
side of new red light district are In
your hands. 1t was confidently hoped
by many of your petitioners that the
council would assume the responsibility
of passing upon the question and that
Nrt1 ha xiyila t1t In
put down an evil, which threatens the
interests of so many citizens, But
others better informed as to the origin
of the scheme, and as to just which
councilmen had selfish interests to be
subserved anticipated that these lat
ter. refusing to deal with the question
squarely, would railroad the petitions
into the mayors office.
This circumstance your honor, has
been thought unfortunate for the rea-
son that the notion prevails, rightly
or wrongly. that your honor is CO.
operating with certain uptown prop
crty owners and that you with them
are advancing this scheme regardless
OF the consequences to property own
ers elsewhere.
VIEWED AS A CALAMITY.
Personally / can not feel that this
is So In the first place, | entertain
very great doubt that 1t is the bona
hde judgment OF your honor that inc
morals OF the CITY VIII De improved
by moving these unfortunate creatures
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