Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-18
RETRENCnMBNT.
A Move In the Direction Of Curlalllng
Public Expenditures.

The city council held a very i'm.
portant session last night, and adopted
resolutions favorable to retrenching IN
the public expenditures. This u car
rled out will help even ut this lat,
day the almost depleted treasury. Al
street work was suspended except thai
which Ia absolutely necessarily TO keei
the thoroughfates In proper repair
balariea Vt men engaged on the publ'
grounds were reduced, ana the re-
trenchment step will affect every DC
pRrtment wherein cut can posslbl.
be made. Chairman Restsll aske
that the ruler governing the order O.
business be suspended and that tht
committee on retrenchment be allowt.
10 make their report at once that bu.i'
ness may be expedited. This wa
granted.
The report sets forth that "ihe clty'r
expenses vastly exceed the income
that can be- raised by any judiclous use
Of right OF taxation, the financial CON
ulliOn OF the masses Of our citizens for
bids any further imposts, and without
tax levy that would be bufdensome
our present city government cannot DO
tons were recommended!
First-5anitafy department: Two
men and teams, sanitary insneutUf'a
hOrrv, $3.50 per week.
5ecOnd-Fire department; Close
the bench IRE station; i've men at $40
per month; horse feed, fuel, ETC., SOLO
per week.
Third-slreot department. TrAmwRy
- "A al nj
other employees and teams, SilO per
week.
Fourth-Pollce department; That
from 500 per month t. $50,
that Of Jaiior and police court clerk
from SlO0 10 SIS per month, that OF
second TAILOR from s75 10 $50 Ter
month, aud tho price paid for prison.
err board be reduced from Is cents to
l2i cents per meal, si76I per week.
Finh--CremAtofy DO reduced to one.
hail time, saving 81 per week.
Sixth-HUspital be closed, making q
reduction Of s57.03.
sevenih-Publio buildings and
gr1unds:gThat thelsalaii,s Of lRborefs
he reduced from sl.gO TO $3.50 per duy,
the number Of employees be reduced
OF gardeners be- reduced from $3.50 10
81 per Jay; anu that the sum patio
for team work be reduced from IS 10 80
per day, making a total for the week Vt
$3.50. The report further recon.
mends that no expense bo incurred In
any department., except Tor urgent re.
pairs Of machinery or bridges, without
the consent OF the mslority Of the city
council; also that the city physician
discontinue supplying patients with
drugs or medicine nj the city's expense,
combining his attention ON tue part Of
the city 10 patients All icted with con.
tagious diseases and the enforcement
OF the quarantine and sanitary trgu-
lati0ns OF this city.
The report was read section by sec.
tion and adopted or modified.
Some Of the sections were adopted
without discussion, others evoked
considerable discussion, and some
were amended slightly; and the report
was adopted rs a whole.
The committee on claims brought in
n large number Of bills most Of which
were ordered paid.
Tho committee appointed by the
waier-rate mass meeting, reported nnd
asked that an appropriation Of $500 be
made TO fight the water company
with under the contract Of jon II
r. Boutwell,, which entities the
citizens toa reduction OF ten per cent
on IL water tax. This was objected 10
on the ground that the matter was
an individual one ana did no, pertain
TO the city. A large batch OF petitions
were read, reports from the different
departments heard, and thus ended
g very important though stormy session
OF the city council