Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-02-17 | Page 16 | Rooming Houses Denied Licenses

111 DE1EDJHSES In Refusing Renewals Recommendation Rec-ommendation of Chief Is Not Acceded To. VOTE IS THREE TO TWO I Contract for Sewer Awarded; West Side Residents Are Heard. Recommendation of tho chief of polico that a license bo granted the Touraine hotol, 42 East Third South street, was not 'acceded to by tho city commission last night and tho liconso was denied by a voto of three to two. The same action ac-tion was takeu on tho application applica-tion of Mrs. V. P. Spraguo, 225 y South West Tomplo, which the chief had recommended for a license. Commissioners Lawrence, Morris and Shearman voted down tho rocommon-dation rocommon-dation of tho chiof of polico in both cases, basing thoir actions on the ro-port ro-port submitted by tho chief. Chief Grant reported that tho Touraine bore n, bad reputation uud that known disorderly women resided there. Gamblers Gam-blers mako it their headquarters, ho said, but he was unable to obtain sufficient suf-ficient evidence to warrant denial of tho license and therefore recommended that it bo grantod. A similar report was made on the application of .Mrs. Spraguo. Ordinances adjusting tho licenses imposed cn dancing teachers and danco hallB wore passed last night. Tho danco hall ordinanco wns amended so as to exclude dancing academics, though all others will bo forced to pay $400 a year. Tho dancing teachers' teach-ers' liconso was reduced from $50 to $25, but it was extended to includo all classes of teachers, amateurs or professionals, profes-sionals, who charge for their services. This amendment will affect a number of young women who have lately started classes in tho tango and other modorn steps. Delegates Are Wanted. A letter was received from the National Na-tional Association of Unemployed asking ask-ing tho city to sond delegates to tho convention of the association this year in order that conditions in Salt Lako with reference to lack of employment may be roportod. The ordinance providing for the issue is-sue of refunding bonds to rodeom an old issuo was amended so as to reduce the interest tho bonds shall carry from 4 per cent to 4Vi per cent. Tho old bonds carry 5 per cont interest. Ryberg Brothers, contractors, were awardod" tho contract for tho building of tho Ninth South storm sewer on their, bid of $15,295. The estimate of tho city engineer was $20;000. On recommendation of the city engineer, en-gineer, $400 was appropriated to dotray tho oiponae of making surveys demanded de-manded by the war dopartmcnt at Washington in passing on tho city's application for a reservoir site on tho 1 ore Douglas military reservation. Major Ma-jor UJine, of Fort Douglas, has informed in-formed tho city engineer that tho war department requests that the city determine de-termine whctlior or not it is possible to obtain a reservoir Bite outsido the reservation. If this is not possiblo, tho war department wants a complete survc- of tho site and all adjacent of tho land, before passing on- tho 'city's application. West Side Protest. A delegation of west side residents appeared and protested against tho Tiracticn nf f.hn T)nnvnr R: T?.in firmirlft railroad in blocking traffic on First and Second South streets' by switching cars across tho street and allowing them to stand for long periods. They declared that dozens of workingmon bad been forcod to mgvo from tho wostern part of town because they were delayed so ofton that the' found it impossible to retain their jobs. Instances were cited of 'man losing their positions because be-cause of being delayed at tho crossings. cross-ings. Street cars, it was charged, are ofton held v- ton and fifteen miuutos by strings of cars. Tho delegation asked that tbe railroad rail-road bo forcod oithor to build viaducts at tho crossings or else exercise due caution to observe the traffic regulations. regula-tions. Tho commission promised to take tho matter up with the railroad at onco and patrolmon will bo placed nt the crossings with orders to arrest all train crows who (tied up traffic needlessly need-lessly or without regard to the traffic regulations.