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Show Now that Marcus Loew and tho Herald-Re- " publican have been relieved of the custody of the famous diamond ring, let us proceed as if nothing unusual had happened. Chief Grant sounded a note . that met with it responsive chord in many when in a recent interview in-terview he recommended that the legislature take up the matter of uniformed messenger "boys," who in many instances are grown men said to have criminal records too long to chronicle. There should be an age limit on the birds employed In this service and careful restrictions as to where they may be alowed to go during their runs. As it is their free access to many places is merely a means of promoting crime, and it is high time they should be sat upon. What a hullabaloo the proposed new traffic ordinance is creating, because those who are framing it propose to restrict the time an automobile auto-mobile may remain in front of a place of business, busi-ness, a restriction that is insisted upon in cities, and which would mean the most good to the greatest number of people. Several prominent promi-nent citizens who have been interviewed on the subject have expresed the view that the streets are broad enough foi; machines to remain against r the curb indefinitely. That would be all right we believe with anyone if the only thought were the passage way up and down the street for traffic, traf-fic, but that isn't the point. The merchant with the high rent under a big office building hasn't got a chance If the curb in front of his place is congested with machines, and further, the one who would like to trade with him is put to great annoyance and inconvenience if desiring to stop for a few moments to make purchases. The objecting citizens are doing it for the most part through selfishness, and it is up to them to realize that as this place assumes the proportions propor-tions of a city, its citizens must adjust themselves them-selves to the new condition. It Is to be hoped that Mayor Park and the other commissioners Avill insist on putting it through. Tho resignation of Paul B. Sawyer as vice-president vice-president and general manager of the Utah Power & Light Company, together with his announced acceptance of a fine position in New York, has been received with regret by everyone with whom he has come in contact in business or socially during his stay in this city. Regret that he is to leave, though the fact that he goes higher up is a matter of sincere congratulation. Mr. Sawyer, though comparatively young, is r one of the big men of the country in his busi, ness, and combined with this, his personality creates a new friend every time he makes a new acquaintance. It is with genuine regret that his many friends will bid him good-by. Mr. Sawyer will be succeeded here by C. B. Groesbeck, who for a number of years has had large experience with public utility interests on the Pacific coast. |