Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-20
CITY COUNCIL FORECAST
elmer Circle" to be Present by It's
Delegated Authorities, the
Patriot" Councilmen.

One of the matters to come up be
fore this evenings session of the city
council is the protest of the congrega-
ton of the Westminster Presbyterian
church against the opening of a saloon AT
the corner of First South and Fourth
West streets, within so yards of the
church building. There was formerly
drug store in this location, but re-
quest for liquor license was made for
the place ana was granted by the
council
At meeting of the Westminster con-
gregation held yesterday to protest
against the granting of the license, the
following petition to the council was
unanimously adopted: We the under
signed, do hereby request your nom
orable body not To grant a license for
the establishment of a saloon on the
corner or First South and Fourth West
Streets"
The board of trustees of the church
held another meeting during the aft
ernoon adopting the following resolu-
ton:
Whereas. we are informed that a IL
cense has been granted to open saloon
on the corner of First South and
Fouth West streets, we, the members
of the board of trustees of the West
minister Presbyterian church, in spe-
cially called meeting, do hereby protest
against the granting of such license,
and ask that the same be revoked
forthwith, because of its nearness to
the church and Sunday school and in
the interests of decency and morality.
This board believes that the license
must have been granted under u mis-
apprehension of the facts in the case
and ignorance of the nearness of the
proposed saloon to the church and
Sunday school, and request that the
city council take immediate steps to
Investigate the matter and act accord
ingly."
Another matter which will doubtless
be brought up in tonights meeting is
the proposed appointment of Mrs
Bero as matron at the city Jail. This
appointment has been urged by the
American" patriots at every session of
the council for several weeks, but each
time the matter has gone over. The
proposition is to replace the present
matron, who does the work all right
and who has held the opsition for many
years with absolute satisfaction % the
prison and city authorities-her only
fault being that she is not an "Ameri-
can" party member; and the patriots"
want to install at higher figure per
meal than is already being charged a
woman who is of the same political at
iilation with the majority of the coun-
omy and satisfactory service.
The matter of awarding a fat plum to
eX-Chief of Police George Sheets for
all his tribulation and suffering in pos
ing as a martyr" to the McWhirter
robbery affair, may also come up this
evening. George no doubt needs the
money and the office of chief of the
detectives" OF Salt Lake city has too
long remained without an incumbent, in
the minds of the gang"
The matter of readvertlsing for bids
for the paving of east First South
street will probably be decided. The
muddled-up condition OF the matter at
the present time will no doubt neces-
state doing the preliminary work all
over again, as the city council, the at
torney and the mayor have attempted
to revise 1t so many times that nobody
knows head or tail to 1t by this time
And meanwhile the paving of the street
continues to be held up, and the pa
thence of the residents is being taxed to
the limit.