The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-16

evening
adjourned session. Councilman Evans
presided, and all members were pres
ent excepting Karrick, Bell and Loot
borrow. Councilman Rich made his
first appearance since his encounter
with the railroad engine, looking rather
pale and not quite himself
The session was a prolonged one, it
being 1870 o'clock before adjournment
was taken.
The most important matter disposed
of was the adoption of a resolution
submitted by the special gravity sewer
committee cancelling the contract with
the contractors, Messrs. Houlahan,
Griffith & Morris, on the terms indi-
Gated at the previous meeting of the
council. In this connection was taken
up the mayors veto of a resolution
providing that the work on the sewer,
as far as completed, should be put in
condition to resist the winter frosts at
the city'S expense. The resolution was
passed over the veto with one dissent
ing vote. that of Mr.. Evans
A lengthy communication was re-
celYed from the StonecutterS' union ON
behalf of the men of that craft work
ing on the joint city and county build
@~%Eo' liz S4DI VI WuICn WdS ludl luGY
wanted their pay at as early a date
as possible. The matter was referred
to the joint city and county building
committee
S. F. Walker made application for a
FRANCHISE to occupy the streets with
electric wires for the transmission of
hight, heat and power. and also with
pipes for manufactured and natural
gas The franchise was passed to it's
n no m E. i
mlttee on improvements and the city
attorney.
Sanitary Inspector Shovel sent in
his resignation, to take effect Jan. 1. in
order, as Mr.. Wantland put it. to re-
neye the incoming council of any en-
parrassment they might feel about re-
moving so valued and faithful an Off
cial, Colonel William said he had
mace arrangements to go into business
on an extensive scale on Jan. 1, and
couid not longer serve the
city Moran vigorously insisted
that the resignation should be accepted
10 take effect at once, however. action
was deferred until next Tuesday even
ing, When 1t is expected the committee
10 whom was referred the mayors ap-
polntment of Adolph Anderson as the
successor OF Colonel William when his
honor fired the latter, will report
On the motion of POLAND the city
auditor and the finance committee
were instructed to bring in statement
OF the city'S Indebtedness at the next
meeting.
A special appropriation list amount
ing to SS,24S.96 was passed, S., 900 of
which was to the CuImer-Jennings
company at the urgent request of the
latter.
Lawson created a sensation at the
eleventh hour by submitting an ordi-
nance redistricting the city 1t bore
on the face of it evidence of a jerry
mander and was vigorously opposed by
POLAND, Hardy and Moran. There
was a strong disposition on the ultra
Liberal side of the house to railroad
the ordinance through but the opposi-
ton blocked the way and filibustered
SO that all that was done was the
reading of the proposed ordinance once
after which it was laid on the table
till Tuesday evening.
The opposition developed was so
strong that those who favored the or
dinance were dismayed and realizing
that they could not carry it, anyway,
over the mayors veto, which would be
sure to be exercised, they affected to
treat the whole thing as a good joke
and Lawson disclaimed the authorship
of it and aVerred that it had been
ents during the evening and that that
was all he knew about it. 1t is doubt
full if it will ever be resurrected from
where it now slumbers.
A number of petitions and matters
of minor interest were attended to and
the council adjourned until Tuesday
evening