The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
Petition Against Knox Petition
Being Prepared for the
Council.
NAY BIZ PRESENTED AT
THIS EVENINGS SESSION
Second West Paving May GO to
the Engineering Com
mittee.

That petition Of Frank Knox, the
banker, and others for thirty days Of
horse racing in Salt Lake City in the
spring and II similar number of days
in the fall is likely 10 run up against
great big snag,
Many representative business men of
the city are against horse racing and
several of them arc getting together
and agItIting a movement against the
sport This movement, it is said, VIII
take the form of petition to the city
council to deny the petition of Mr..
Knox, ct al. This petition already is
being drafted and may be circulated
among the business men of the city
today, in which event there is a prob.
Sbility that it will reach the council
tonight. The petition, it is declared,
will not go begging for signers,
The proprietor OF the Heidelberg. in
which Will Jefir'es shot and killed
Timothy Churchill shortly before :
o clock Friday morning, likely will be
summoned before the council TO show
cause why his license should not be
revoked for violating the closing ordl-
nance in keeping open after midnight.
This was the second murder IN three
days in Il saloon open after mdnl"ht:
Lenord Pro having been shot and
killed in james Tedesco s saloon in the
and Mr.. FcrDstrom said Sunday night
that he is going to bring in a resolu
tlon calling upon the chief of police TO
explain why the saloons are being al
lowed to keen open after midnight.
Mckinney May Get Busy.
Mr.. Mckinney brought in resolu
tion last Monday night directing Te-
desco TO be summoned in 10 show why
his license SHOULD not be revoked for
violating the midnig ight clause OF the
closing ordinance, and Mr.. Mckinney
may taEe hand in the Heidelberg
matter tonight.
In p. J. Moran's bid on the Second
West street paving, accepted by the
board of public works Friday evening,
the price for asphalt paving. including
concrete foundations. is S24j square
yard, whereas the price last year was
only %l.95-fifty cents less-and the
contract may be referred to the eugi-
neerip" and sewerage committee before
of materials and labor is the reason
assigned by the contractors for the
higher charge this year. The paving
at the price of last year would cost the
city $4,000 or less. one member Of
the engineering committee says.
On the engineering committee S rec
ommendaiion the master plumbers pc
JIIlbH LOT LHt lcDtdI VI IHt
permitting the use of vitrlfied as well
as iron pipe in house connections lNely
will be denied.
Must Pay on Clocks.
The Self Winding Clock company IS
petition for the repeal of the ordinance
imposing a tax of 50 Il year on each
electric, sef.winding clock in operation
in the city. will probably be denied,
on recommendation of the license com
mittec.
Brock avenue, with watermains and
paved sidewalks. probably will be ac-
cepted by the city.
Sewers probably will be authorized
on Cottage court from Sixth to Seventh
South street, on Hawthorne avenue
from Fifth TO Sixth South, on Coty
avenue from State TO Second East, on
Hazel court from Fifth to Sixth East,
and on Elm avenue from Fourth to
Fifth East street.
The resolution providing that the
council shall determine what gravel
pits are suitable for leasing and en-
powering the city recorder to adver-
tise for bids, with power to reject any
or all bids. likely will be adopted