Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-05 | Page 12 | Free Truck Fee Plea Held Up

FREE TRUCK FEE PLEA HELD UP City Commissioners Delay i A Action tion on Application I cation I Applications for tree free commercial Vehicle permits for trucks used by the county relief relic committee will be seVerely severely se- se verely scrutinized by city commis- commis it was indicated Thursday when Ernest S. S Holmes manager of the committee asked for two free permits The trucks it w was s explained are being used to deliver free lunches to school buildings for needy chil chil- dren Action on the application held up when Commissioner John M. M Knight and Mayor Louis Marcus questioned ques ques- advisability of establishing a precedent by granting the thc request In some cases it was said trucks have been rented from used car lots b by drivers anxious to obtain a 1 few days das work ork with committee or on C W A projects Commis adopt adopted d the attitude that if managers of used car lots and drivers 0 of vehicles s were paid by the relief committee for work done with the trucks there is little or no reason why the city lIcense department should not get its fee for of the th truck on a commercial enter cater prise Mr Melius' Melius petition was referred to the police department for investigation gation with the thc understanding that It if the report shows the trucks are being used exclusively to deliver school childrens children's luncheS luncheS' free permits per per- rafts mits will be granted