Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-05-05 | Page 2 | Expressmen Ask Modification of New Parking Law

Ask Ask Modification of New Parking Law De Declare lare They Will Be Robbed of Livelihood If Driven Out Out of or Business j I District t Its It's g getting tUng to be a whether or not you will wall have have- havea a to toto top to your movIng van If U you hava have hav havea a Il top and your our truck Is large large- an and unwieldy you may be asked l to move along If It ItOU you OU have Just a ton half truck and are engaged J In Inthe Inthe the express express business there 13 la n doubt as to you might sar safely y park par yourself in an eager appeal for tor business The question came came up up before th the tho city Ity commission Wednesday when express men appeared to protest protes against a recent ordinance wInch which rules them of oft off use ine streets in th the congested district The rhe controversy has arisen risen because because because be be- cause of ot the alleged actions of th the thevan van an movers who have b been en accustomed accustomed tomed to park on West Vest Temple Residents in that tUne nav protested to the city commissi m in that the drivers and helpers on th the he vans played cards and soot shot dice die In their idle hours and that WORK were were not safe sare from the hearing hearin of obscene language when thy lh h r passed that way f The legal machinery machIner of ot the cit city was Invoked In to remedy this condition condition condi condl- tion and an ordinance n cup up not not only for tor the big vans but buttor for tor the small express men too Thesa These latter appeared before th the commission e Wednesday morning mornin and protested that they were bein being driven driven- out of a livelihood They were were old men and said that there ther were only about twenty of them then I in In the city who would be robbed of ot their means of ot making a livelihood live live- If it they were not permitted to park their express wagons o on downtown streets The matter wa was held in abeyance upon the Implied understanding that an express express- mans man's zone will be established just Jus justoff off ocr the outskirts of the congested district