Show TOM PUT pit pi T T IS NO C I 1 T AMERICAN PARTY LEADERS HAVE A FALLING OUT quarrel guarrel over the red light districh Distri cc cr tile the mayor favoring belle lon dons new quarters quartiers tirs salt Lake Dec 8 tom D 1 pitt chief achler ot 01 police was removed from office bast evening by mayor jolin john S bransford in a communication to tho city council the council confirmed tile tho action of nf tile the mayor but following tho the vote councilman J J stewart gave notice or of which gives chief pitt an additional lease of ono one we week ek on the position the removal of 0 chief of police pitt from office Is the culmination of friction between the mayor and the chief ot of police with reference to the new restricted strict ed district distri ett 1 chief pitt declined to consent to the removal of the women of the underworld from tile the business I 1 district to tile the now district on tile the vest cst side and tile the mayor asked for hn his resignation chief pitt declined to r re and his fits removal followed with the letter of demov removal tl of the chief of police cornea comes tile the announce moat by the mayor that the plan to move inove the women of the underworld to the west side of the city has official sanction the mayor has never before announced his attitude on tho question of the now restricted district distri 0 t now he has made public the fact th that at he Is 18 behind the movement to remove the district to the west side from its inception and it was bee because alpe of ills his representations that tile the project Is nap commenced mayor Drun Bran teford last night save gave a hi history t 0 ry of the case and defined his position PS I tIon after my appointment as ma mayor y last spring said gald the mayor in his private office this red light busine m naturally came up it simply had to bo decided upon and some action 1 cn it was a disgrace to have this element in the business district lind it was imperative that it should be moved it was certain that some tiling had to bo done shortly after this myself and tuddenham donham Ji lilvy abid holley i took a trip through girtho the awit to look into in to the matter of street lighting and the subject of moving the red light district naturally came up I 1 discussed it with them and got their views as to what w at should be done and each man was was firm of 0 the opinion that it should be moved besides inspecting the lighting systems ys of the eastern E cities wo we also alo investigated the tenderloin districts of the cities of the east and later I 1 made a personal investigation of the manner of conducting this e evil vil in the cities along the coast and in the western cities J after exhausting several months of investigation I 1 came to the ohp co conclusion that the west side scheme was the only feasible one I 1 could see no other way out of it we had to move that hat district and the present was the only time when this could be done salt lake is growing fast and it had ha d to be lone done at once we had to get it cut clit of the way out of the business busl ness portion and after looking salt lake over thoroughly I 1 came to the con chiscon that the west side proposition was the only feasible one 11 then the proposition came up as to 1 how ow to finance fleance it two or three companies took tho the matter up and then let it drop but finally these ogden people took hold of it they have put their money into tho the scheme and agreed to go ahead they promised to make certain restrictions and I 1 agreed in a way may to do my best to soo see that the red light L feht district was moved to tho the vest ve st side just before election sheriff emery carne came along and chased all of tile the women out of commercial street and did they go some of them went out of town but others are scattered from thirteenth east street to tile tho rio grande tracks they are liv ing in ill private residences in every part of town in rooming houses and anywhere they can I 1 went to the chief and said wo we would have to do something about it well he replied what la sheriff emory emery going to do about it that the question we hail to do 10 something and do it in a hurry so I 1 told tile the chief we three would have a conference and see what was ilir best thing to be done I 1 tho thought aught I 1 that by getting E emery anery pitt and my illy solf together wo we could work out some plan this was last friday I 1 arrange a meeting friday but bilt did fix it for saturday afternoon when sheriff emery called to see me hut unfortunately thero there was wag 4 niec meeting ting wit with certain members of the council on another matter and sherlf shei if 1 elmery went after waiting for moro than an hour so I 1 call pitt over at that time sunday pitt was pick and I 1 could not see him but I 1 learned that chief pitt had said eald that he would not allow a woman to go down to that district then wai when I 1 determined that something had to be done and that at once achl chief of pitt and I 1 had had several talks about the matterand lie ho had not opposed tho plan wall in fact you will remember that he be was vas tho the first jerst ono one to suggest tile the plan for a stockade to protect this le led light evil so I 1 went to police headquarters mid asked him if that was his ai lude on oil tho matter ho said it was mis abul 1111 that ile ho would arrest any woman who started into tile tho place in view of our agreement to hold a conference to see what could be done I 1 thought it out of place that he should make mahe any open statements pitt told ine G that so long as he b as in dij office T he 0 would carr carry y out his big plin plan and would refuse to alow allow tho west side district to bo be opp opened ned ill resign before ill back up said caid pitt well then you had bettor better hinl hand in your our resignation tom I 1 told lafill M he tile then declared lie ho would not turn tum in ills his resignation and I 1 informed hin him that I 1 would turn it in for him |