Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-27

big MI ought TO have time to settle.
Adopted.
BRANCH FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
The committee on fire department
recommended that three district fire
houses were needed, stating that the
estimated cost Of the three houses
fully equipped would be 81 $40, aud
they recommended that this amount
be appropriated. The d., A. q NJ. So
oiety, they said, would donstc a site
for the station house Ia the southeast
ern part OF the city.
Hoiss said tho locations as selected
were. The southwest district sta
ton ut Second West aud Sixth South;
northeastern station at Fourth and l.
streets and the southeastern station In
| the southeastern corner OF the block
owned by the u. a. 4 NJ. society. The
detailed estimates were. 3Outhwost,
S7o3l; southeast s6dO5; northeast,
| s7635.
Lawson wanted to know why 1t was
that the station proposed 10 te ertolul
Ia the southeastern part Of the city was
| going 10 cost less than tho others. lie
wanted fair deal. Unles. his part oi
| the city was equipped with tbs same
apparatus ms the Others and nj the same
cost he would oppose The whole propo-
sition.
Horn-.This man Lawson has again
shown his small soul and personal
selfiehness. He IL marrow minded
"llap, rap" went Simondi's gavel
with the words "you must not be per-
sonal, Mr.. Horn"
Horn-Well, I'm going 10 say what
| | think.
Lawson said that no was willing to
concodu that his -1iud was narrow anu
| contracted; that he was incapable Of
c0mpfehending ~ much IN Mt. Horn,
the broad minded, intellectual giant
from the Fourth precinct, whose under
standing was without bounds aud
whose charity had no limit; that he
/ did not live on an aristocfatic boulo-
| ward, but he was ~ much a council
man NJ Mr.. Horn aad bis vote would
count Just as much.
iticn zaid that the adoption Of the
report meant an outlay Of So, 900 and
tu annual expense thereafter OF about
$4,000, simply to protect the in-
suranco companies. He believed,
however, that the northeast station
Should DO built. II was needed, but ho
| didn't think the other two We're this
4
lions could be built later. He moved
as an amendment that the northeast
station DO built aud equipped this fall,
and that action on the other two sta.
uCns be deferred until next year.
POLAND said that there Were various
reasons why the report should not he
adopted. Competition bids had not
been asked for the erection OF the
houses anu because while the council
had no information ns to the exact
location Of the houses, men had gone
around and secured or tried 10 secure
options on grounds where II was said
the stations would be located. lie
urged other objections 10 the adoption
u the report, tnat nothi definite bad
been reported by the committee "a 10
the cost OF maintaining the stations, as
to plans, etc. The report asked Tor the
| appropriation OF So, 900, anu without
knowing definitely M 10 where the
money was to be spent.
Hardy said he Ind figured out that
the present departments cost annually
/ fihO,O0O. The city taXea amounted to
S.6O,00D. The question was, could they
raise the balance OF the money from
other sources? II the CITY Council
kept on ut It's present pace they would
bankrupt the city. Appropriation after
appropriation was asked for. He
couldn't SEQ where the money was
coming from. Business men anu prop.
erty holders were asking him daily
when the CITY Council WA going 10
stop It's exttavagance aud when tho
Gnu would come TO the present reck.
less method of handling the peoples
money. The situation was becoming
alarming. II was time to 30 slow.
Mainland intlmated that the mi
norlty THE Democratic members) were
talking for the eighth day Of Novem'
Der.
This caused Messrs. Rich ami Horny
TO spring to their feet simultaneously
aud resent the imputation. They
wanted It distinctly understood that
they were not making political
speeches; II was their accuser who was
guilty OF that wrong doing. He
Mainland then took It back and
apologizei.
On motion OF Horn the report was
adopted by tue following vote:
Beardeley, Bell, lielss, Horn,
Kelly, Lawson, Moran, Simonli,
WRntland--D.
Nays-Folland, Hardy, KarflcS,
Rich--i.
Evans excused.
10 PUSH PAVING.
Wantland moved that the report OF
the board Of public works, presented
Tuesday night ana recommending that
no asphalt or concrete paving on Man
or First or Second South streets be laid
this fall, be returned and that II be de.
olared the sense Of thB council that the
work DO prosecuted vigorously accord.
ing TO the terms OF the contract. Car.
Tied.
APrROPRI ATOMS.
The following appropriations were