The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-09
REQUIRES CLUBS
TO PAY LICENSE
Council Passes FernStrom'S
Resolution Directed Against
Commercial Club.
AMENDED TO INCLUDE ALL
OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTED
AT THE REGULAR SESSION.

clubs with bar or buffet must now pay
the city for the privilege. at least the city
will Try TO collect for a license from them
and the city attorney has advised that
such can be collected. The council at
the meeting last evening instructed the
license collector TO collect and in case of
refusal to notify the chief of police that
ts may proceed to stop any Illegal sale
OF liquor
councilman +. 5. FernstrOm was behind
the move which was intended from the
start as a slam at the Commercial club.
councilman FernstrOm is an ardent adj
t1.ste Of prohibition and didn't like the
stand the club has taken on that ques-
lion. His resolution as at first intro
duccd read as follows:
Whereas, The board OF governors or
fre Commercial club passed resolution
i..t saturday, Feb O. 1903, a portion OF
which reads as foiioWs:
Heartily favor the most stringent
regulations of the liquor traItlc u TINS
gitv and state, and,
Whereas The board OF governors Of
trs Commercial club arc now, and have
been Cor many years, operating a liquor
business in their club and have failed TO
rIrl.urp q license from The CITY, although
tHev have always paid a government IL
rsrsg. and as such they are now conduct
ing "A Hau1r business in defiance OF the
t,-slent rules and regulations or tie IL
ai1or traffic of this city, both as lar a.
license is concerned and also as Tar as
the Sunday closing law IS concerned
therefore, ne IT,
Resolved. That the license collector be. |
and Dee is hereby instructed to nouty sald
Sub TO procure Il license at once; and II
-r.-, NEGLECT 10 procure sucn license That |
b.. thc1 notify the chief of police, that 1
t.o chief may proceed to at once close up |
iag illegal liquor traffic of said club
Made Broad in Scope.
Then Councilman r. r. Black got in line /
and -croudcd the resolution il Nh Fern |
sfr5m would agree to an amendment IN /
Guiding ali clubs. Air. FcrnStrOm Vas i
Wiling aud the resolution was so amend
shortly after during the progress Of the /
debate Councilman john H0lley came 10 1
tr. front with another amendment that \
lilo resolution include all persons VINO I
have taken out a federal license Tor the
sale of liquor. This also was dcSeAttu-
Councilman L. ID. Martin was the only /
ore who was at all warm in opposition
he ~cpudiated the notion that liquor was
being sold at the Elks club to any but
members and insisted that the bar was
nun tbcrr at a loss as he believed IL was /
al the Commercial club. He warmly /
uraised thce Commercial ciuD and COM
mended the work ii was DOING Tor Sdit L
Lake II was he said folly for the Coun- L
tho good Of the community by requiring 1
"a license of Sl9o year Anyway II I
would do no good as it could never be
collected. and the members OF the council /
i'm his opinion would only make monkeys /
az themselves to pass such a resolution.
Councilman FefnstrOm insisted that the /
Commercial club sold liquor every day 1
iu The week and 1t the same prices as any
saloon. He said II sent in a resolution
on prohibition to the legislature while tt
was using the liquor business to make
money TO carry on the club and help out
with the expenses
The resolution as amended was passed.
only Martin voting against it, after COun- /
Gilman r. r. Black had made some re-
marks about defending the liquor traffic
in high places
Will Try SsIoonkeepers.
Two saloonkeepcrs will appear before
the council next Monday evening to show
cause why their licenses should not be
revoked. One Of these, William Strong.
Of Sc Commercial street, was reported by
Samuel N. Barlow, chief of police, who
wrote that the man sold liquor last Sun
day and asked that mis- license be re-
Nokcd. The other summons is at the in /
stance Of Councilman G. II. Raybould and
is directed to the proprietor of the. Lion
bar al 40 South State street
An ordinance permitting pawnbrokers to
file a personal bond instead of a surety
bond as at present was disposed of by
s-IEfhlDE out N4t endEtlnE clause on mo-
ton Of Councilman Martin.
The council finally passed the ordinance
licensing salary loan concerns on payment
Of 500 They are ten of these places
which have hitherto evaded the pawn
brokers' license because they do not take
nle0Ees of personal property as security.
This means an additional S1O90 revenue
10 the city.
An additional steward at SO a month
was asked by the health commissioner for
e isolation hospital and granted. This
was because of the smallpox epidemic and
1n account of a delirious patient at the
hospital
The health commissioner wrote that the
leans hauling garbage at the hundred /
pound rate did well at s cents per num-
lredweight during the months from NO !
smber TO April inclusive, and he suggest
"a mat the rate be fixed for these months
and increased to cents for the rest Of
ne year This went to the sanitary com
The request Of the citizens Of Fourth
East for paving with parking in the cen
er went over for another four weeks be- {
'auSe the council has not ha0 time vet / !
O. 80 and look the street over =
IT, J. Dininny. city attorney. having dis {
0Vered that the councils custom Of | L
fahsierring LIQUOR licenses when place 7
y Soid is illegal SO told the council. and / :
il the applications for transfer were sent
o him and 10 the license committee.
Alter ncbhing up at intervals for months G
ne request of the Real Estate association ?
nat Pioneer park be parked, polced and
pened to the public slipped through with
lI comment on recommendation of the :
srN committee.
The board of works was instructed to
l'ertiSe for bids for sewer extension ei9 v
M Linden avenue. the engineer reporting c