The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-06
RED LIGHT PLAN
COMES BEFORE
SCHOOL BOARD
Resolution introduced DeClar-
ing Establishment of District
on West Side Is Menace.
COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE
INTO PROPOSED SCHEME
CITY TO FURNISH FREE BOOKS
AND MATERIALS FOR THE
DETENTION HOME.
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g Whereas, Definite plans have g
@ been devised by certain indivi- O
@ duals for the removal TO the west =
@ side of the women OF the under @
@ world: and. q
g Whereas, Certain buildings Pc =
g culiarly adapted 10 the immoral g
@ purposes contemplated by those 9
@ plans are nearing completion: and. f.
o Whereas, This rendezvous OF i'm @
g morality, drunkenness and crime .
@ is sought TO be planted in a resi- o
@ dence district, and between the q
g only two public highways leading @
@ directly to and from the Fremont 9
@ and Franklin schools. east and @
@ west, and In the midst OF the q
@ homes Of hundreds of school chill @
g dren. whose lives and morals can g
(. not but be endangered and Sc q
@ riously affected by the contain @
@ minating influences that would =
@ emanate from such place: and.
@ Whereas. The parents of these g
O children and the children OF the p
@ Salt Lake High school. also stu o
@ ated on the west side, have petit @
@ toned the city council to prevent @
@ the invasion into their midst of @
@ this vile class and bad Influences. @
@ and so far no redress having been q
@ granted them: now, therefore, be q
@ 1t %
g Resolved by the board OF educa- 8
g ton of Salt Lake City that we de- @
@ nounce this scheme as pernicious o
g and subversive to the interests OF %
@ the school children living west OF @
@ Second West. and do now COM o
@ mend the efforts OF the parents In @
O. doing what lies in their power 10 90
@ check the progress OF this scheme. %
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That the board OF education Views
with alarm the proposed establishment
OF the so-called red light district on the
west side is evidenced by the action
taken by that body at its meeting yes
terday afternoon, when it considered
resolutions denouncing the scheme 10
remove the outcasts from Commercial
and other streets Of like character u
the new site. The school board. as in
dicated by the resolution which appears
at the beginning of this article, feels
that 1t has cause TO believe that the
erection OF the buildings now in course
OF construction portends serious evil.
The resolution was introduced by A
j. Giauque and was seconded by Ma
thonihah Thomas. Owing to the fact
that some of the members were not
ready 10 vote on the resolution, ii was
referred to a committee consisting OF
A. J. GiauQue. e. d. Hammond and
Mathonihah Thomas. This committee
will report at a meeting to be held
Tuesday evening.
For New School.
Bids were opened for the erection OF
W
street. between Ninth and Tenth
South. These were the tenders: Lester
& Dean, ss7.50O; A. & ]. Mcdonald.
S92, S73; Miller e. Jensen. $4,000; Fred
Dryer, 1913, 1856. Bids were also received
from Lewis A. Geisler and Timms &
Son, but as there were no checks att
tached they will not be considered 4
committee Will make an investigation
and report on the bids at the Tuesday
evening meeting.
The new building will contain eight
cen rooms and will be completed in
time for the beginning Of the school
term next year. Plumbing. heating and
lighting are not included IN the bids
received.
Much discussion was aroused by the
introduction of a resolution providing
that the board supply books and ma
terials for the detention home. Mr..
Moyle OBJECTED 10 the city supplying
the detention home on the ground that
It was not a city institution.
Professor Byron Cummings advocat-
ed the adoption of the resolution, say
ing that II seemed TO him to be duty
TO the children. Inasmuch rs the
school board had already recognized
the institution by turning over to II the
old Uintah building. he believed it no
more than just that that recognition
should be extended a little further.
Mr. Moyle contended that If the de-
tention home were supplied, the board
might just as well furnish all OF the
private schools of the city and the
schools OF the Latter-day Saints.
Judge Henderson said that the
county was paying the expenses of the
school. and Mr. Oberndorfer said the
city was getting its per capita for all
children sent to the school from Salt
| Lake.
On a vote the resolution was adopt
ed:
Ayes-Cummings Hammond. Obern-
dorfer. Thomas, Henderson.
Nocs-Moyle, Newman Giauque.
Hon4;pu.d IN D,ne