The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-03-11
Pandemonium Relgned at Last
Nights Council Session.
FIGHT OVER A CONTRACT.
The Expenditure Of s1,65O Approved
by a Minority Vote.
The Fifth South Street Sewer Pipe Pur-
chase characterized as a Needless Ex-
Expenditure of Funds-A Boulevard
Resolution Passed.


important business interests of this great
city have been placed met at the council
chamber last evening and remained in
session until nearly IL O'Clock. There
has not been Just such meeting held in
the city before and the public interests
would demand that such a one should
never be held again. With the exception
of perhaps twenty minutes. the meeting
was nothing but farce-a disgusting
display of boyishness. Evans acted as
chairman, and early in the session fool
ish discussion arose over the report OF
contract by the sewer committee for the
purchase of water pipe, and from that
time out pandemonium reigned. Several
times decisions of the chair We're ap-
pealed from, with different re-
suits, and every form and variety
of motion, and point Of order was made
and raised. Over a half hour was spent
upon the report OF the committee re-
ferred to. 1t was suggested that an admit
lance fee be charged in the future and
quietly limited that the patronage oil the
Peoples opera house would thusly fall OFF
at an alarming rate.
Toward the close of the session mo-
lions to adjourn came thick and fast, but
they were defeated until the third motion
was put and carried and the council ad-
lourn ed. 1t was great meeting.
PETITIONS AND REPORTS.
Arthur P. Ferl petitioned for the lease
of land for taking out stone, sand and
gravel. Referred to committee on public
grounds.
L. S. Clark offered to work out water
main assessment. Referred to committee
on waterworls.
1,t DE-, g., A. 1xyo-.a,.,, T,o;I,r-,x- co,,,
pany asked privilege to connect its shops
with the city sewers. Referred to COM
mittee on sewers.
The city engineer reported adversely
npon the petition of T. G. Weber ct al,
relative to the opening of Second street
between Canyon road and State street,
owing to the cost, which would be about
SIS, 200. Filed.
LIQUOR LICENSES GRANTED.
The committee on licenses recommend
ed the granting OF liquor licenses to the
following persons: Frank Monroe, N.
Livingstone, John Loln. Engensperger
Bros, w. j.. Shields, G. S. Holmes, E.
F. Foster & Co., A. Elmer, E. L. Boureti,
Henry Sadler, Rhoda Murphy Guernsey,
Finando q Radellot. Jacob Alt, Louis
HoIbin, Hogle Bros, Ed. Kelly, Raleigh &
Smith, E. Jonowitz & Company and G. T.
w hlbtemOre. Adopted.
The CONN lit e on finances reported ia
vorably on 10 .eph Lippman's $50 bill.
Adopted.
The CONN tit e on license recommended
that the c. ST of license for employment
offices be rel iced from 500 to $50 per
year. Ad' pt and referred to city attor-
ney to dra / ordinance.
CAUSE OF THE ROW.
The committee on sewers submitted
contract in triplicate entered into with
Gladding, Mclean d Co., of California,
for the purchase and delivery of 5 300
feet of 14-inch sewer pipe for 81 $50, and
recommended its approval.
The pipe is for the extension of sewers
in the center OF East Fifth South street,
and Hardy vigorously opposed it upon
the grounds that it was a needless ex-
penditure OF funds and at the present
time would only benefit very few
people.
Alter an exchange of views POLAND
called attention to the fact that
the sewer committee had recon-
mended the extension in question and
that the council had adopted the report,
hence the only matter before the council
was the purchase OF the pipe.
NOT MAJORITY.
Lawson then moved to adopt the COM
m ttee's report, and upon roll-call vote
there were seven yeas, three nays and
three excused, and the chairman declared
the vote lost, owing to the fact that the
yeas did not constitute q majority of the
members. The decision was appealed
from, and IL was with great difficulty that
order was restored.
II was moved that the regular order of
business be resumed, but the motion was
lost and Moran asked for the reading OF
the contract. The contract having been
read. the question. stshall the decision of
the chair be sustained, - was putand lost.
REFERRED TO THE MAYOR.
After wasting over a half hour on the
matter the contract was referred to the
mayor for his approval
After this action had been taken mo-
ton to reconsider was made and carried,
and Lawson moved that the contract be
approved and referred to the mayor for
his approval. and the motion was lost.
The committee on streets recommended
that the names of A and B streets be
changed to Blaine and Wilson avenues, in
harmony with a petition presented at the
last meeting. Adopted.
The committee on streets reported adj
versely upon the petition OF Philip Ad-
ans for permission to run boot black
stand on the Godbe-P Pitts corner. Adopted.
BIDS FOR HYDRANTs.
The committee on waterworks reported
that the following bids had been received
for the furnishing of 2S1 hydrants and
valves according to specifications:
Michigan Brass and Iron Works 81 5ii. 81
Chapman Valve Manufacturing Co., 8. 903. "A
Rhodes Bros. SsOH- 90
Watson Tube WORKS. z, 1873. 90
They recommended the acceptance of
the bid OF the Michigan Brass and Iron
Works, on the ground that the next low
est bid was incomplete and unsatisfactory.
The report was adopted and the commit
tee was instructed to draw up q contract
and submit it to the council for its ap-
proyal.
Appropriations were made as follows:
Joseph Lippman. .........---.--S % co
S. NJ. Stenhouse ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 266 90
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WI W
BOULEVARD RESOLUTION.
Lawson offered the following resolution
in the matter of the proposed boulevard:
That it be the sense of the members Of the
city council present that the city should con-
struct the proposed boulevard from Capitol
Hill into city creek canyon and cut onto the
north bench as contemplated by the est mate
already made by the city engineer, when the
@ items give The council proper assurance that
they Will build the remainder OF said boulevard
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