The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-29
LIQUOR ORDINANCE
IS Quickly KILLED
ogden Council Postpones Action
ON Measure Until January
2, 1910.
WOULD WORK HARDSHIP
On POOR MAN, is PLEA
Admitted That Weber Club Is
Selling Booze After Clos
ing Hours.
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OGDEN, June 2S.-Bv a majority
vote OF TO 4, the city council at TO-
night meeting gracefully side.stepped
inc passage of the liquor ordinance, in.
troduced several weeks ago, providing
TOT an increase in all retail and whole,
sale liquor licenses IN Ogden City Ac-
non was postponed until January ,
lSlo, when the term of office of every
Eemper or the present council except
i've, VIII expire
-. After being pigeon"holcd for some
,ime' the license committee, In whose
nands the ordinance has been lying.
merely reported il, recommending that
1T be placed on a second reading. Coun.
cllman Powers offered an amendment
1nat actlon be postponed until January
next year. In doing so, he declared
that the council had done considerable
good during its administration. and
mat ne was not in favor OF increas-
ing me licenses, which would work
haroshpp on the poor man, and build
up what he termed ''whisky trust
IN the CITY, giving the entire liquor
business to chosen few able to meet
the raise IN license, and causing less
fortunate saloon men to go out of
business President Browning declared
that he was not in favor Of shirkinp
the shoulders Of n future council. He !
SAID that he was in favor OF regulat- |
ing saloons, and that the increase of |
llcenses, as provided by the ordinance. |
We're not unreasonable He declared |
that postponement of action would |
he undignified, and that he was in IA
For OF setting the matter now.
Mr.. Peery's View.
= Councilman Peery said he was in
favor of high license and a stricter
regulation of the liquor traffic, and in
favor of the measure being settled TO. o.
night. Unless the ordinance were
passed, Mr.. Peery declared, there
would probably be an effort to obtain
prohibition for the city, to which he
is opposed.
Mr., Peery was asked by Councilman
Dana If the liquor ordinance, under
which the sale of whisky is now CON
trolled, is not being violated by the
Weber club, by the selling Of liquor
after closing hours. Mr.. Peery frankly :
admitted this to be true, and while a
member of the club, did not condonc
the violation of the law, Councilman
Humphrles, and other members of the
council, spoke for and against the or.
dinance, after which Councilman Thorn.
as called for vote on the amend.
ment. ,
The result Of the vote was that Coun. '
eilmen Austin. Dana, Flygare. Powers, s
Thomas and Wilson went on record as I
favorlng postponement of action until
next January; and Councilmen Brown =
ing, Dickson, Humphries and Peerv h
voted that the ordinance be placed on
ITS second reading, as recommended by J
the license committee
This disposes of any effort to increase !
the liquor licenses, at least during the :.
present administration. :
L.
the procedure arose before the vote t
was taken.
To Paint Bridges q
Upon the recommendation OF the a
street committee, the contract for paint r
ing the bridges over the Ogden and G
Weber rivers was awarded to Ingebret + !,
son & Wadman for S345, that firm being y
The lowest bidder. The city auditor Z
was instructed to draw a warrant for I
s10,l25 in favor of the Chase National i
bank Of New York for interest due July );
on water works bonds, upon the rec !,
,mmepdation of the special water com
nittec.
An offer from ], 6, Lewis to sell the ;
water rights in Cold Water canyon to
The city for S250o, TO supplement the 7
sity's water supply. was referred TO the +
council as committee of the whole, i
% visit this locality next Friday, with T.
TO the city engineer TO
make a survey Of the property in the Il
meantime. City Attorney Devinc sub =
nitted an opinion to the effect that the y
contract entered into beween the city v
ma the Morning Examiner some time ii
lgo for the publication Of city notices. q
II 35 and % cents, was valid notwith ],
standing the contract was made with c,
Bill'' Glasmann the former owner -
II the paper. d.
A. r. Bowman. The president OF the
,ew company. which took over the te
slant. was present aud offered an oral :,
BID OF 80 and 30 cents. with the under
standing that if the city refused this ,,
offer hn would contest the contract
made BY Glasmann The matter was ki
'cfcrred 10 the engrossing committee. er
!. number of petitions for extension of d.
he sewer and water mains were re.
eivcd and referred TO their proper COM ., .,
uittces Other routine business com r.
,lcicd the session. u,