Show MAYOR WilL MILL ASK THAT NEWS MENS STANDS 7 OUT OF BUSINESS e I Draft of or a t resolution calling for the revocation of or the license of all newsstands news newsstands newsstands stands now operating on the streets of the city has bas been prepared by Ma Mayor or W. W Mont Jerry F rry and will be presented to the city commission for informal on discussion Monday morning It is probable probable able le th that t the matter may be brought up for final settlement at Monday londay nights night's meeting of ot the commission For several months property owners whose holdings the news stands have complained to the civic authorities and ind nd expressed themselves as favoring a r revocation of all aIr news stand licenses have characterized charac charac- These property owners tensed the news stands as nuisances and told the mayor that some general plan for their abolition or at least regulation regulation regulation regu regu- lation should be formed The matter was brought to a climax some somo weeks ago when David Candland Candland Candland Cand- Cand land a former owner of ot one of the stands presented a communication to tho the commission asking that ho he be granted a license and that the commission com corn mission take steps to break reak up the monopoly said to he be formed between the nine stands It is asserted and has been verified by b- the mayor that all four stands standI at Second South and Main Maln streets are arc controlled by the same person These coupled with other have prompted the mayor mayr maYOr to to prepare a resolution in accordance with th the wishes of the property owners to have the stands abolished and the matter matter mat mat- mati i ter tel will wUl then be wholly in hi the hands bands of the city commission It is pointed out that the ordinance permitting the establishment of ot the stands was Illegal and that an injunction injunction tion suit would force I the city to re revoke revoke re- re voke yoke the licenses The mayor also has been informed by magazine and book bookstore bookstore bookstore store proprietors that the news newsstands newsstands newsstands stands sell all periodicals while originally they were only to sell pers This is said to be distinctly unfair unfair un un- un- un fair to the book dealer because of the great difference in the license paid by him and the news stand proprietor I |