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Show I!,' . CITY COUNCILMEN f !j LISTEN TO REQUESTS I ' Idght and Telephone Companies and 0 i t i j Pawnbrokers Considered by j I 1 ! Committees. 51 ) jiij : . , "jr AYO RABLE action was taken by jj . ' 1 U the street committee oC tho City 1 ' ' A Council last night upon the peti- l ' "'j tlon of the Utah Light and Rall- 1 ; , . .way company aoklng permission to ' eroct poles In the center of the street I I l !'; between F and O street." on Third. The I ' ,) company. set out that It was necessary j f ' : -to erect tho poles and that If permitted , to do to they would pull down the ' poles along tho curb line on both sides J I, ,j of the street. They also agreed to use i the one set of poles in the center of the i . - j Htreet light, trolley and feed wires, and I , ' said that telephone wires, too, could bo ' ) . stretohed on the poles. Although oon- i i ''. trarj' to tho ordinance the committee V -will recommend tluit a special privilege be granted In this case. Manager Murroy of the Rocky Moun- . i tain Bell Telephone company appeared. I us (before the municipal laws and linprove- i j 3nentn committees In the interest of a 1 , i 3'cnowal of the contract between tho . compjmy and the city for telephono ' i service. The contract provides that the ! company furnish tho city with forty S " iree telephones in Hou of paying a 11- l I " cense. Tlio advisability of the city's re- I, ' entering into a contract of this kind or V j collecting a license and paying for the I i . telephone service was discussed at some I ", ' 1 length. The coir.mitteen finally decided l that the city enter Into tho contract. I "but amended It so that tho time limit j was cut down from three to two yean?, j The city also reserves the- right, of ex- I 1 changing with the company one tcle- Plume for free poljce alarm sorvlce. I Before the liccnso committee np- , J jK-ared a. number of pawnbrokers in be- ( I Oialf of their petition to have their II- . 1 cense cut down from S20O to 5100 per I ' 1 annum. The pawn brokers were reprc- , ' sented by Attorney Joseph Lipman, ' ,-who explained that the license had been i Arbitrarily raised In the revised sta- k tutes from $100. and that the brokors 1 could not afford to pay it. It was also 1 pointed out that there are numerous , money lenders in the city, who practically practi-cally engage In the same business, but I1 i pay no license whatever. It was fur- i ther shown that in the revised ordi- S1 jinnces the license of junk dealer was 1 ' f cut down from ?30O to $50 per year. The i committee recommended that the peti- 1 tlon of the brokers be granted and that 1 J the ordinance be amended by the city attorney so as to Include the" private , ' money "lenders. The city attorney M ill i also amend the junk dealers' license by 1 "a substantial increase. |