The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-27
PROVO.
CITY COUNCIL.
designations in the Fire Department Cause
Stir and Are Accepted.

designations in the Fire Department Cause
Stir, and Are Accepted.
The city council met on Monday night,
Mayor Dusen berry in the chair.
The following petition and resignation
from the members of the fire department
were read:
To the Mayor and City Council of Provo
Gentlemen: Owing to the action taken at
the last meeting OF the city council in regard
10 taking the fire team from the department
and using it for spTinkling the streets, against
the wishes OF the department, l herewith tender
my resignation as chief Of the Provo fire de
partment, and ask you to accept the same.
We, the Provo volunteer fire department,
wish to-state that we have turned in our equip
ment belonging TO the city TO Mr.terre as we
have stood the censure OF the public for the
last two years Oh account OF not getting out on
time; and as we now have good water sys-
TEN and hose wagon, and wishing to make
record second to none in the west for volun-
teer fire department, and realizing it is impos-
sible to do so and have the team working on
the streets, We notify you that we have tend
cred our designations 10 the chief of said de-
partment. Signed: Charles Doris, foreman;
Jerry Cuff, assistant; Felix Bachman, second
assistant; George a. Graves, henry Cheever,
jr.. George Ross, Isaac H. McEwan, Thomas
Osborne, a. 6. Beebe, Ed Young, Hyrum Hat
ton, Ern Buckley, j. II. Brown, Leo Halliday,
II. Mooney, Hyrum johnson.
The council was considerably fired up
over the action of the fire department and
disposed to accept the resignation and not
| bow down TO the dictates. Councillor Sim
mons asked who was ruling the city, the
council or the fire department. He thought
the boys entirely too hasty in acting as they
did.
| Mr.. Maiben thought the great difficulty
was with the chief. He believed that sew
eral members were willing to work in har
mony with the council in cutting down ex-
penses, and all that was required was
chief that would do likewise. Other mem
bers of the council shared this opinion, and
vote was taken upon accepting Mr..
Cheever's resignation, which resulted in
| his services being dispensed with. The
council viii consider the matter of CON-
petent chief and give the fire department
thorough overhauling.
The Theatre company asked for an abate-
ment of one-third of the annual license.
Referred.
Twenty-Five dollars and fifty cents was
refunded to Dunn & Co. for license paid
for carrying on the business Of merchan-
dising.
The committee on the east drain exami-
nation reported the same in very bad con-
dition and recommended improvements
The claim of j. j. Fuller Tor $40, services
as recorder, was not allowed.
The following claims were allowed:
George A. Bean, so
w h Gray & Co. supplies. .... 43 30
j. L. Clayton plumber supplies 145 %
The mayor was authorized to pay the in
terest on water bonds for the half year.
The action of the council in annulling
the contract with the electric light company
was reconsdered and tabled.
II was decided to have 151 copies of the
license law published, and when this cues
ton was under discussion TEMPEST caua