The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-09
Would Close Thlrty-two Saloons.

Wouio close tnlrty-tWo odiooHs'
Should the ordinance, as agreed upon
outside of the council, be passed, it will
practically eliminate % saloons from Salt
Lake. There are 132 saloons in the city
at the present time, and it is believed that
the census to be taken this spring will not
show a population greatly exceeding
100 600.
One of the crumbs thrown to the saloon
men in the new set of ordinances Is the
extension of closing time TO o'clock IN
the morning, instead of midnight. The
usual Sunday closing feature is included.
The new set of laws Will repeal the en-
tire chapter, XIV, passed by the city
council April 8, and approved by the
mayor April Z. 1903. The most stringent
clause in the new ordinance provides that:
= mo retail liquor license shall here =
= after be granted to any person, firm, 4
= association or corporation, until the Z
= place where such business is pro- =
y posed TO be carried on shall have first =
= been inspected and examined by the =
= chief of police. No license shall be =
= granted If it shall appear that such =
= place has within it or in any manner =
p connected Herewith, by stairs, ele- Z
= vatOr, dumb waiter, speaking tubes, 4
= electric apparatus or other means of =
= communication, any wine rooms, card Z
= rooms, lunch rooms or booth, not =
y having an opening at least two feet >
= six inches wide and six feet high, =
y facing the main room or passage y
= way and visible therefrom. whether =
y the same Is under the control or the =
= applicant for license or not" y
The applicant for a license must put up
a bond of $1,000 with the city, which binds
him to prohibit gambling of any kind in
Guiding with cards, in his saloon, or on
the premises. The applications to be re-
ferred to the chief of police, before action
by the council do not include the whole
sale liquor license applications. The chief
of police must investigate the condition OF
the premises wherein the proposed saloon
is n he teOIHnrfR6
reputation of the applicant, and upon his
recommendation will rest the fate Of the
license. The chief of police, in this way,
is vested with great power.
Well Supplied With Saloons.
Although there are 1S2 saloons in Salt
Lake, no attempt is now being made to
appOrtion the saloons according to popu-
lation. The new ordinance, however, pro-
vides that there shall be one saloon for
each Leo in population, and no more, ana
that when the United States census shows
there is greater population in proportion
to the saloons, then additional licenses
shall be issued. Not more than three IL
censes shall be issued each summer to re
sorts that remain open no longer than SIX
months.
Until the population Of Salt Lake is
shown TO be 800 persons, for each drug
gists' liquor license, no more licenses shall
be issued. Also, there shall be no more
than thirty-five restaurant Keepers IL
cenSeS, until II is SHOWN tnat IHeIe are
more than $500 persons to each license
making the limit in this case the same as
that in the case of druggist licenses.
The license fees fixed by the proposed
new ordinance are: Restaurant keeper, $40;
druggist, 500; reta4l dealer, Sl,Ae; whole
sale dealer, $500; manufactures, brewing
malt liquors, $500; manufactures distiiling
spurious liquors. $40
The ordinance calls for closing OF sa-
looms Saturday night at midnight, open
ing at s O'Clock Monday morning, and re-
naming closed between the hours of 2
and o'clock each morning on week days.
In order to facilitate detection OF illegal
selling, the following clause is provided:
= 1T shall be prima facie evidence =
= of the violation of this section II any =
= person, other than the proprietor or +
= regular employee, during such re =
= stricted period, goes in or comes out =
\ of, or is within any saloon or bar :
\ where any spirituous, vinous or malt
= liquors beer, or other intoxicating =
> liquors are sold, given away or other +
J. wise disposed of, or kept for sale or 4
= disposal, either at wholesale or re- =
4 tail =
Free lunch is tabooed.
After setting out the various provisions
hinder which saloons shall operate, and
many of which are now in force, The Ordi-
mace provides that.
at shall be the duty of the chief of
police of this city, and he is hereby di-
rected to enforce strictly the terms of this
ordinance, without regard to the tnstruc-
lions or directions of any committee or
the Individual members of the city cOun-
ell of this city"