Show PARKING METER HIT IN COUNCIL OF WOMEN FIAT Report by y Committee of Investigation Is Adopted Hold Holding ng that the cent 5 parking fee is a discriminating tax largely to 0 increase the revenue of the city the Salt Satt Lake Council of Women Monday took a stand against parkIng parking park- park ing ng meters The action was based on a survey the co council o took among men and nd women's clubs Your committee recommends that the Salt Lake Council of Women Women Wo Wo- men protest any further Installation o of parking meters eters on our city streets said a report by the councils council's councils council's coun coun- cil's civic committee which made the he survey If the present setup is not satisfactory we recommend the removal of all Il meters Adopting the report the council decided to pres present nt its stand at a city commission hearing November 5 when a request to extend the meers meters meters me- me ers over the business district will willbe willbe willbe be aired Rep Report tt of Committee The report made by Mrs W. W H. H Folland civic committee chairman also said After making a careful survey of the business sections of Salt Lake City including Main West Temple State and intersecting str streets ets anc and also the clubs composing the Salt Lake Council of Women and a number number number num num- ber of other clubs and groups we fin find from our pur poll which to date is is' incomplete the number of people opposed to the parking meters is far greater than the number favoring them The meters have accomplished nothing that a strict regulation by bythe bythe bythe the police of the hour parking ordinance ordinance ordinance nance would not doThe doThe doThe do The congested condition of the streets is caused chiefly by day all-day parking by business and professional profession profession- al men and downtown workers Adequate Adequate Adequate Ade Ade- quate provision should be ba made elsewhere for these people Tax for Revenue The cent 5 parking fee is a discriminating discriminating discriminating dis dis- dis- dis criminating tax largely to increase the revenue of the city In our survey of the business district we find that the managers of the larger stores especially the department stores either favor or orare orare orare are indifferent to the meters Some of these ha have e provided parking facilities facilities facilities fa fa- fa- fa for their customers The smaller business men feel that the meters are responsible for the drop in their sales noticed immediately ly after installation Women are the shoppers and feel they should have some some choice as to whether they are to pay a fee each time they park a car car in the business section The using and payIng paying paying pay pay- ing public should be the ones to de de- de- de cide Meanwhile police reported that thai that collection of 82 from the meters Saturday was the largest take for forone forone forone one day |