| Show I i I I I I SI 8 K IC SMITH flA FLAYS FLAYS' S ZION BANK fADI HEAD fAD AT AI nus Declares Effort Is Made to Annihilate Gray Tours Company OFFERS RETRACTION TION I S City Co Commissioners missioners missioners' R Resent Re- Re sent Accusation The Zions Zion's Savings bank Is prejudiced against our company compan and Is doing everything in I its power to annihilate us dec declared ared San Sam 1 K Smith who represented the Gray Line Motor totor Tours campan corn cam pan pany Inc Tuesday at a a. public hearing before the city commission commission commis- commis sion relative to that b dys dy's t refusal re- re to grant bu bus stands at 6 East South Tempts Temple and 5 West est South Temple streets The bus stands were de- de nied by the commission t n days ag ago In his opening remarks Mr 11 Smith sId that his company was entitled to at least the same rights the commission and the department department de- de of public safety give to bootleggers conducting soft drink parlors somewhere on the V vest t side before beCore revoking their lIcenseS license The statement was strenuously objected to by Commissioner 4 J. J Moran I 1 think that's an attack on tire commissioner of publIc safety and a slam slain on the city commission commis- commis sion and I do not Intend to stand for It said Mr Ir Moran Commissioner T. T T. T Burton of aC the public safet safety de department r referred re- re to the matter as follows BURTON EXPLAINS r r think Mr ir Smiths Smith's conduct is III unprofessional and I resent It ThE Thebus bus stand permit wa was not revoked re- re It expired t the e first or orthe orthe the year and the commission refused refused re- re fused to reissue It A little lIt while later Mr 11 Smith stated that he desired to retract certain of his statements which the commission hd objected to The permission was granted You gentlemen know that our aur company continued Mr Smith has flied filed suit against the president dent of oC Zions Zion's Savings bank for tor certain alleged Interference with witha a certain railroad contract Whatever Whatever What What- ever the Zions Zion's Savings bank Insists insists In- In upon regarding our bus bu stand is based upon prejudice and not on any desire to correct traffic tic fic evils or protect the tenants H Heber He- He of the Templeton building ber bel J J. Grant Is president of the Zions Zion's Savings Bank and Trust t 4 company The president of Zions Zion's SavIngs bank told m flu a year ago that wo had made a mistake to ena engage e eIn In the sightseeing business in Salt Lake and as far as Ire re was concerned concerned con con- We were not going to got away with it These are his exact ex- ex act words We are willing to profit b by our own mistake but it It J seems that his gentle gentl words were hidden behind a mailed fist In Ina a thunderstorm lightning may l strike an anywhere where BIGOTRY CHARGED We e did not realize when we we engaged In the sightseeing business that we would be subjected to the kind of narrowness bigotry bis intolerance and preJudice h- h seems to have been our lot Tire action of oC the public safety department department de- de in revoking our license without giving g us a chance to be heard i Is so 50 crude that I feel personally personally per per- a reflection on the gence of the men with the business of oUr com company pan Willard Smith cashier of oC the Zions Zion's Savings Bank and Trust company compan was Informed by C. C Clarence that the commission corn com mission was Interested In nothing but facts relating to the controversy contro- contro vers versy as It affected bus stands when Mr took the floor and apparently started to to Mr l Smiths Smith's statement e to the presIdent o of Zions Zion's Savings bank D. D Dt t II Smith attorney for the the bank stated that his clients were Interested only in the Continued on Pa Page e In 8 S. S Pla PlaS S Zion Bank Head Hea at Bus He Hea ii Continued from page I from the standpoint of su more parking space for of the T building ad ILd two buildings recently on oct the block lie JIe WI Gray Line company had t. t sed stand for tor a waiting station mI mInever never moved the bus f from time It was once parked ther te morning until night patrons were received th transferred to other buses buses' 1 z trip about the city Mr S Si said The city commission tooK matt r under advisement |
