Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-09-14 | Page 1 | Council's Work is to be Strenous

COUNCILS COUNCIL'S WORK IS ISTO ISTO TO BE The matter of ot licensing or taxing the Rock Rocky Mountain Bell Dell Telephone comp com corn p uy th the tho revoking of tho the license of tho the eI n jef Commercial tret for bein being a rough house bouse pl place et the appointing and nd promoting pro pro- motin of firemen petitions for street I paving and several minor matters will be p brou brought ht b before fore the city council to night t. t To put tho the Bell company compan on a basis J like liko ko that of the Independent company C has be been n su suggested whereby the city receives cs 1 per cent of tho the gross roes earn earn- jugs ings of the company and fifty free phones which saves the city 1290 annually an ane annually Duay but some of the coun councilmen ob oh to this agreement unless a maximum maximum maxi maxi- mum mum charge for the phones is jr agreed upon and the company declares for the right to fix the tho price of the its itself f J. J V W. McKenzie will nm perhaps have an attorney to represent him at the meeting meet meet- ing jog tonight or ho may mar appear in person person per per- person son to protect his license But sinco the tho matter was first brought to the tho attention attention at at- of the tho council one murder ha has had occurred in his saloon and on account of the tho H rough houses that occur so 50 frequently in in the tho saloon Chief of Police Pitt has kas recommended that the license be bo revoked So the chances for for Candy I Bills Bill's saloon are rather slim Andrew Eikrem will probably bo ho promoted to captain George Georgc Lorenzo Lorenza to lieutenant and Rufus Smith and Frank Stanley Stanc made mado firemen These are the suggestions of Chief Glorn Some petitions for paving pa will bo ho beard heard and the awarding of contracts will conic como up for a approval No doubt there ther will bo be o petitions Js against th proposed pro posed scheme to move the red light ight toI to be bo heard and filed I