The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-22

ice bv the Wasatch and White Lake
Ice companies, stated-"Your commit
tee has personally inspected the Jen-
sen ice pond and find the conditions
precisely as charged by the health ae-
partment. We fail to see the necessity
of making an analysis of the ice, when
we know from the testimony adduced
from the owner Of the hog pen referred
to in our former report that the same
conditions existed last winter as DO
now We have the honor to report
back our former recommendation and
respectfully recommend the Adoption OF
the Same
The former recommendation was that
the sale of the ice from the Jensen
pond be prohibited for culinary pur-
poses as the pond was polluted by per-
colations from a pig pen.
Adopted.
CREMATORY REPAIRS.
Cohn offered the following:
'Resolved, That the committee on
sanitary rules and quarantine is herepy
authorized to make such repairs to the
crematory as will prevent hre from the
furnace to the floor above.
Adopted. ~
SECOND SOUTH SIDEWALKS.
Corum submitted the following:
Resolved, That the city treasurer
for the construction of cement side
walks on both sides of Second South
street between Eighth and Tenth East
streets, in sidewalk district No 4, that
third of said tax must be paid TO
the treasurer on or before the 10Th day
of September; one-third on or before
the 18th day of October, and the re-
manning one-third on or before Noven-
Der 49, 1894, and that said payments
will become delinquent if not paid as
above provided. Also be it
Resolved, That the board of pubic
works be directed to proceed in the
right manner for the construction of
same"
Adopted.
STREET LIGHTING.
Mr.. O'Meara's resolution providing
for advertising for bids for lighting the
city was called up and the report or
the committee on improvements read
which advised that at the present time
bids be not solicited for the reason that
the committee could not see their way
to bind the city for period of three
years, because it was improbable that
the city could keep up the present ex-
penditures, and that the lighting of the
city might have to be partially aban-
doned.
Cohn opposed advertising for bids on
the ground that there was no company
here but one who was in position 10
bid, and others doing SO would simply
be working on something which they
hoped to obtain.
OMeara, as a substitute for his orig
inal resolution, offered the following:
Resolved That the mayor advertise
for thirty days, soliciting bids for light
ing the city for a term of three years
from January 1, 1895, said bids to be
accompanied with a, certified check for
$40, 900 payable to H. T. Duke, treas
urer, said check to be forfeited II bid
is accepted and not complied with; all
arc lights to be of not less than 2,O0O-
candle power and to burn all night and
every night when necessary, the city
to reserve the right to discontinue at
any time any number of lights and only
pay for the number Of lights in use,
and the city will reserve the right to
| reject any and all bids"
| OMeara urged the passage of the
resolution and argued if the city
gained nothing it would lose nothing
| by adopting it.
/ DEFENDS THE LIGHT COMPANY.
| President Mccormick called Mr.. Ma
| son to the chair and stated for the ben
! eft of Mr.. O'Meara and the public gen.
| orally that he was not a stakeholder
! in the company and never had been,
and could therefore speak with free
dom and without prejudice in the mat
! ter. The mayor had stated that the
present contract with the electric
| light company was an outrageous one,
and that instead of supplying lights
! of 2,000-candle power they were only
about 1,000-candle power.
This was altogether wrong, as Mr..
Mccormick said the power supplied
was much greater than even 1.500-can-
die power. The company, he main
/ tanned, had always treated the city
well, to the extent even of letting the
bills run for eight months without
grumbling. The price charged was he
considered very moderate, compared
Portland (OD, Denver, Nebraska City
and many others, taking the price of
coal into consideration, were lighted
on less favorable terms than Salt Lake.
He said If any company wanted to
bid they ought to come along and
build their plant, spend $25O,OO0 and
show that they were in position to
carry out any offer they might make.
Under these conditions if their offer
was the lowest he would vote to let
them have the contract. Any way, he
was of the opinion that the electric
! lighting would be paid for by special
assessment very soon.
Bache opposed binding the city for
three years and thought the electric
light company had done very well by
the city.
MR.. O'MEARA TALKS.
O'Meara wanted it understood
that he had nothing against
thought the interests of the city should
be attended to and that the light
should be got as cheaply as possible.
The city was now paying an eXorbitant
price, $3.50 a month per light, notwith-
standing Mr.. McCormick's carefully Sc
,lected figures. The lighting could be
done and should be done for much less
than is now being paid. He didn't see
how any member who was so staunch
an advocate of light company or any
iother company could have the inter
tests of the city at heart. Mr.. McCor-
mick had rejoiced at some small re-
i trenchments which had been made ir
salaries and reductions in the severa
departments. Here was a grand op-
portunity to retrench on big scale
land the members ought to seize it, bu
when big corporation is concerned
members come along and say we can
lido, anything to hurt the big company
They will, however, cut off rs cents {
Iday from the salaries of a few under
lpaid laborers, and then say: Ha. ha
We have retrenched!
On motion of Newell further consid
Grafton was postponed for a week
ANOTHER LIGHTING PROPOSITION
Mason introduced a resolution whicl
read as follows:
!, Resolved, That the city enginee
cause a survey to be made of Cit,
ICreek canyon and the waters thereo
with all convenient speed SO as 10 en-
2 able his department to furnish to thi
5 lcouncil such information as may b
r requisite and necessary to form an in
tallinent Judgment as to whether. th