The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-02
HALL PUTS BLAME
ON Chief BARLOW
Councilman Wants to Know
Why Fifty Saloons Violate
Closing Rule.

Investigation of the police depart
ment regarding the failure of the ch,
10 enforce the liquor ordinance was
adroitly sidestepped last night when
Councilman j. b. Mckinney intro
duced e resolution calling on James
TedescO TO report 10 the council next
Monday and show cause why his
license should not be revoked. The
resolution called attention to the re
port that a bartender had been shot
at 1:3O a. m. last Friday by highway
men. thus informing the council ts.at
the saloon was open after hours
l. +. Hall wanted the resolution
directed against the chief of police.
whom he inferred was the real person
at fault, saying that 5. NJ. Barlow
should be called TO show the council
why this saloon, with probably fifty
others was open after midnight. He
said he know other saloons were open
after midnight only by hearsay, and
w. 9. Lyme also said he was in bed
before midnight every night. The res
olution was finally referred to the pc
lice committee with instructions TO
get an explanation which would clear
the chief OF police.
The application Of BiancO & Curran
for retail liquor license at 217 West
Second South street came before the
council again with a report that only
two OF the rs signers OF the petition
were property owners on that side Of
the block. Councilman J. b. More
ton called attention TO the fact that
these protests were not sufficient to
compel the council to refuse a license,
and he said there was. a tacit under
standing with the license committee
that BiancO & Curran should get
license when they found a location
that was not Objectionable
Bates & Schiller, who conducted the
bar at the race track. asked for a re-
fund of $3OS.33 on their license, and
the request was referred TO the license
committee. The application for IL
license presented by Hause & Co. for
loo South Main street, accompanied
by report from the chief of police
that ii be denied, went back co the
license committee, but the council Ocn-
CURED in the recommendation of the
committee that a license be denied
Mike Ferrara at SIP West Second
South street
Mayor j. 5. Bransford returned the
dope" ordinance with his veto, saw
Ing that the city attorney had drawn
another which he believed would be
more effective, and the veto and sub
sutute ordinance We're laid over for
week
The mayor also returned the city
contract with the salt Lake & Ogden
railroad for disposal Of garbage with
his veto, saying the contract was
loosely drawn and suggesting changes.
The veto was sustained and the con-
tract referred back TO the sanitary
committee and the city attorney for
amendment The bills for printing
the reports Of the city officers, as pre-
sented by the SHELTON Publishing COM
pany and held up for nearly a month
by j. b. MOretOn and c. H. Reed, were
finally placed on the authorized list.
amounting TO S241.
According to a report from the city
auditor, p. j. Moran had charged the
city $7.O47S371 a foot for paving on
extension No. 81. when the contract
price was S6.SO4SS. and the bin for
SlS.S6l.l9 was held up for correction.
By vote OF TO 8, the council de-
MED the petition of W Mont Ferry
ana others that automobiles be al
lowed in City Creek canyon TO the
Junction with the boulevard
The council directed the street de-
partment 10 clean and flush the Ec-
cles- Browning market place free Of
charge so long as farmers were al
lowed 70 use the market without cost
Bathing at SaIfafr nevar baffsK