Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-28
REDUCTION AND INCREASE.
luslasF Special SsaICe Of The City
Council, Saturday hight,
> THE SALARY CUTTING FARCE.
i, ,bollshed Onicer Decorated
rbief sianton's Pay Raised.-Ihe
uealth Commissioner Roasted.

Alteration orthe report Of the hnance
committee recently subnitted.
ifEAG1H DEPARTMENT.
Tha. part Of the rcrort referring to
,he health department was frat read
.nd discussed. II stated that the de.
,.hment consists OF health commits
,Ioner ut $500 per year n sanitary
Inspector at $500, city phyaician ut
siio, a clork ut 5000 aud three mem.
tem atsloo, q total Of $500 ISr year
or s9sS.33 l.3 per month.
Ewing moved that that part Of the
report recommending the abandon
meni Of the Office OF city physician be
not concuued In.
The motion was seconded by Horne.
Bell WIS Ia favor ot combining the
offices Of city physician and health
Commissioner
Ewing doubted u n competent
physician could bo employed Tor slhJo
pcr year
He'll was Of the opinion that that
would no, b. dicicult as II would not
require more than one-iourth Of hia
time.
Horne said II was a well.known fact
that the ptesent health commissioner
had been dlrclici; every member Of The
Council knew that. II he had been
faithful the sanitary condition OF the
city would be better than II IL.
Bell believed that tie present IN
cumbcnt did not spend more than
hf,rcu hours month Al NE WORK i1r
the city; that time WAS devoted 10 pre-
pairing hH report.
inspector was the man who wont Into
The highways aud byways and II was
he who attended 10 tho aOailug oil
nulsanccs.
Wantland opposed the proposition 10
combine tho ON G., saylHg tnnta come
pele.t physician would not to both.
cred with ten.ceni. Cases about town.
Ewing again spoke against abolish
iuH the Olllue.
POLAND thought that the health com
missioner should ho gwen an Object
lesson; no had not neard u him p0r-
forming single duty pertaining 10
his office. Such an officer SHOULD b.
an inspector in the full sense VI the
term.
Ewlug's motion finally prevailed.
FOlland moved 10 reduce the salary
Of the health commissioner from $1,000
70 $1,000 Iur year. lost.
on motion OF Moran, the section re-
iefrng 10 the sanitary Inspector was
referred 10 tho sanitary committee. The
remainder Of the report was adopted.
wATERuAsTEE's DEPARTMENT.
The next item was the watcrmaster's
department.; Il provided for n water
mister nj $500 per year, five deputies
ui $500 per year.
On motion Of Wantlaud, the salary
% the Matchmaker was reduced 10
5000.
ON motion Of Moran the salaries OF
the deputies were Increased TO $1,000
each.
FIRE DEpARTMFNr.
The report read: zone chief at
$4,000, five meu at $50 per month,
twenty-five men az So per month,
twenty call men at $50 per year, q
total Of SAi,2OJ per yeaG OF Spo3.3d' s
~ hANhNis
On motion OF Bcardsley, Chief
Hlantnn's salary was gaisrd 10 S2lll.
a communication was read irOm
Chief Stanton. Among other things
Il recommended that the salaries Of the
fremen be Increased. In ease the
recommendation are adopted, tho OK
Tenco NJ maintaining the department
will be $3.50 per month more than at
present. Referred 10 the committee
on fire department.
On motion Of Moran the office Of
Aisl,tant city jaller Mas abolished.
Atthis Juncture OF the proceedings
Mayor 9Rskin called Councilman
AOOfbouTOw to the chair and lch the
council chamber.
The question u diHrenolng with the
guards Tor city prisoners was referred
10 tile committee on prisons.
The accommodation relating 10 the
engineer OF sewer construction, was on
motion Of Moran, adopted.
ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR,
The Recommendation provided for
on assessor and collector vt - per
year, one assistant ut $500 per year,
and two assistants at $1,000 each per
year. Referred to the finance commit.
Tee,
MISCELLANEOUS.
Recorder Stanton then road the fol.
lowing recommendation Of the com
mittoo. That the office Of nssistan-
city laller be abolished; that the guardt
ior Prison labor he discharges for the
present, that the duties OF the enc
llueer Of construction OF sewers nj s.
Der day, ami his assistant at $3.50 per
day, he performed by tho permanent
employees IN the city engineers de-
pAt,ment; that there Ice created the
uiloe Of water and land commissioner
~ asalaIy per aununi fixed by the
council, WHOSE duties shall be 10 ur0-
iect the city's rights and titles 10 lEnd
aud water owned by The city, md
thall nlso perform tho dutial now per-
formed by the Matchmaker said water
hld land commissioner he allowed one
clrfl al "a salary no, tu exceed 5000 per
hhrun, and one deputy for csch pre-
olnol NJ provided In the wRtsrinasl1r's
department now; that the CITY Coun-
ell TX the cOst TO The citizen Tor fumov.
ing each dead animal, each load Of
garbage, aud tor cleaning each close,
aud ceaspOOl.
The iollowing amendment was aided
10 THE report;
Ihat tho duties OF land and water
commissioner be performed by the
.uperintendent of the J0rdRn ana Salt
i-Abe canal az a salary Of 50 per day