The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-28
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
The Fate of the Police Uni
form Bill.
THE VIEWS OF SOME MEMBERS
Sidewalk is the Best-His
Reasons Therefor.

nQnbOAD 4hOEG1OEs
The sudden and unexpected demise
of the now famous substitute for bill
No. 7, uniforming the police force o.
Salt Lake City," created considerable
comment on the streets yesterday
Even its best and nearest friends
while aware that it was in a rather
delicate condition were hardly pre-
pared for the shock that greeted them
when they opened THE HERALD of yes
terday morning. AS it was killed by
what our esteemed morning con-
temporary is pleased to term a strict
party vote, and in consideration of the
fact that some of the members of the
Council who on Wednesday had re-
corded their votes in favor of striking
out the enacting clause, had previously
been warm friends of the deceased, a
HERALD representative yesterday
sought several of the latter, with the
result detailed below. The gentlemen
who for the nonce assumed the roles of
public executioners were Messrs. Piper,
Clark, Teasdel, Carlson and Jeremy.
Mr.. CLARK and Mr.. Jeremy were not
seen.
Mr.. CARLSON,
when asked his views concerning the
bill said he thought that until the police
force assumed greater proportions
than at present, it would be idle to talk
of, andISenseless to uniform the mem
bers. There are" he said, "but two
policemen on the street in the daytime,
and probably double that number at
night, and to my mind this solitary
couple would cut rather bad figure,
were they placed in uniform"
But" urged the reporter, "this is
the only city in the world where police
men are allowed to go in pairs; do you
not think they should have beat pre-
scribed and be kept there?"
"Suoh q proceeding would mean
doubling our present force, something,
l understand, We are hardly prepared
to do at present. Just as soon as the
city's necessities call for an increase of
say from ten to fifteen more men than
are at present employed, my vote will
be cast in favor of uniform and strict
discipline, such as is seen in other
places.
NIB. TEAsDEL
felt rather reluctant over expressing
his opinion outside of the Chamber
on matters pertaining to transac-
tons there. When the reporter
urged, however, that it had been gener-
ally supposed that Mr.. TeasdeI was in
favor of the measure which his vote had
helped to kill, he said: ~ am in favor
of uniform under certain conditions,
but was not at all struck with the bill
IS it stood when the enacting clause was
stricken out. For instance, l think,
the provision requiring that the police
should furnish and pay for the uni
one that l have antagonized from the
first. and shall fight it to the last. 1t is
unreasonable and unjust. Then again,
as have before urged, uniforming the
police means doubling the force. Some
day we shall have to come to it, no
doubt, but l really think that, just
at the present time, it is a little
premature-that is all. Sc far as the
depot police are concerned. 1 believe
better and more efficient service is rem
dered by them now than if they wore
the blue and the brass Whenever we
a'e in condition to increase our force
and the city's needs demand it, shall
take great pleasure in insisting upon a |
uniform, with the proviso that it shall |
be paid for by the city. One reason
why 1 voted as l did on Wednesday |
was because 1 thought there was I'M
due haste to rush it through that even
ing. Neither Mr. Sharp, the chairman |
of the committee on police, who re-
ported the bill. nor Mr.. Ritter, whose |
motion to strike out the enacting clause |
was tabled, was in the room, and / !
think the matter should have been de-
ferred until such time as both could |
have had chance to defend or express |
their views"
Mr.. PIPER
was found behind the police Court
bench busily engaged. Between the
acts, however, he informed THE HERALD
scribe that in his opinion the bill met |
its death through undue haste on the |
part of the gentlemen in whose care it
had seemed to lodge. If the bill had |
been allowed to remain on the table for
some time, as was intended by Mr.. Ri |
ter, he thought it would have been
taken up and passed.
MR.. WEBER
did not vote on the question, and when
seen yesterday said he thought the
police force should be largely increased
before being uniformed, and when it
had assumed respectable proportions
assignments to beats should follow.
MR. DooLY
regretted that the bill had met such an
end. and thought that if diff
ferent methods of engineering had been |
it might have gone through.
MR.. MORRIS AND CEMENT SIDEWALKS.
Mr.. Elias Morris, the builder and
contractor, writes The HERALD as fol-
lows: The subject of sidewalks is one
of considerable Importance, and the
point as to the best material to use In
, air condemnation is being DrOminentlV |