The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-03

| dilemma.
Mr.. O'Meara said there We're a great
many who had hitherto objected to pay
ing for sprinkling who were bowling
for it since it was ascertained that it
might be paid out Of the general fund.
DAILY was of opinion that the contract
with the sprinkling firm could be can
celled by the city at any date.
| O'Meara-The contract is let for two
seasons; we can cancel it for the bal
ance of this season if we wish.
| The whole matter was finally referred
to committee of the whole council to
meet on Monday evening in the council
chamber.
| MEAT ORDINANCE PASSED.
O'Meara then called up the meat or
dinance licensing and regulating the
sale of fresh meat in the city. The
rules were suspended and the ordi-
nance read three times.
| COrum suggested that the licenses be
made payable quarterly instead of
annually so as to allow the small deal
ers to have a chance. Bache said there
! people who came from the country and
went into business for a few months in
the winter without having any refriger-
ators or proper appliances and gave up
! in summemr. Il was to keep out these
that the ordinance was framed
The amendment did not prevail and
| the ordinance was passed.
MACHRAN TURNED DOWN
Cohn called up the matter of the ap-
pointment of DR.. ]. J. McAchran as
health commissioner to succeed DIR.
Beatty and moved that the majority
report of the committee recommend
ing that the appointment be not con-
flrmed be adopted. AS an amendment
Mr. Nauyal1 T1aOvad U
report recommending that he be con-
firmed be adopted.
Young thought the majority report
should state why that DR.. McAchran
should not be confirmed. eff he is in
competent" say so, ''if he is turned
down because he is a Democrat or a
Republican say So said Mr.. Young
Cohn-The majority of the committee
had the interest of the city in view
when they made the recommendation.
We felt a delicacy in stating our rea-
sons. Newell said DIR. McAchran was in
every way a good man and was en-
dorsed by the Salt Lake Medical So
ciety and ought to be confirmed.
Corum and Daily held that DR.. Beat
ty was the best officer the city had.
During the heated term it was unwise
to make any change in the health Off
Ger, and although they had nothing to
say against DR. McAchran they
thought DR.. Beatty was the better man
for the place, from having greater ex-
perience in that particular branch
Newell-Dr. McAchran is a capable
man and endorsed by the Medical So
ciety.
Young-There are about three medi-
cal men in this city who want TO run
everything and these three want to
keep DR.. Beatty as medical officer. Let
US cut loose for once and do as we
choose.
The question of adopting the minor
ity report to confirm was lost by a
vote of to Z. Yes-Bache, Cheesman,
Morris, Newell, Watson, and Young. g..
Nays-Cohn, Corum, DAILY, Lynn, Nc
Cornick, O'Meara, Mason, Z. The mo-
ton to adopt the majority report, turn
ing down DR.. McAchran, was carried,
Z to 6. Yes-Cohn, Corum, Daily, Lynn,
Mccormick, O'Meara, Mason; Z. Nays
Bache, Cheesman, Morris, Newell
Watson, Young; 6.
INVITATION TO THE FIRE
CHIEFS.
Cohn offered the following resolution:
Resolved, that the city recorder is
hereby instructed to address COM
munication in the name of the city to
the fire engineers in convention assem-
bled at Montreal Canada, inviting
them to mold their next annual conven-
ton in this city and that Chief Devine
be authorized to be present and submit
the same in person" Carried.
GRAVITY SEWER APPROPRIA-
TION.
A communication was received from
the gravity sewer contractors asking
that the council devote twenty minutes
to the hearing of their attorney, P. L.
Williams, on their behalf in the matter
of their request for the appropriation
of the balance (S15,G0G of the $4,000
allowed them for damages.
The communication was referred to
the committee on finance with the I'M
Outstanding that the contractors and
their attorneys appear before the COM
mittee and state their case if they SO
desired.
POLL TAX.
The following resolution offered by
Corum was adopted:
Resolved, That the cash collected for
poll tax is to be used by the street de-
partment under the direction of the
committee on streets"
MILK ORDINANCE.
The revised milk ordinance was called
up, read once, and laid over.
TO RELEASE THE COPPER PLANT
COMMITTEE
Newell offered a resolution providing
that the action of the copper plant trus-
tees in delivering the % $1,000 bonds to
City Treasurer Duke for sale be ratified
and that the trustees be eXonerated
from any further liability on account of
the custody of said bonds.
Laid over without action.
STREET LIGHTING.
The committee on Improvements re-
porting on O'Meara's resolution for bids
for the lighting of the city for a term
Of three years, submitted that they
could not see their way to bind the city
to three-year contract; and it was
conceded the city could not keep up its
present expenditures and it was not
sure but the lighting of the city may
have to be partially abandoned at the
expiration of the present contract. 1T
therefore recommended that the resolu-
ton be not adopted. Laid over until
the next meeting.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Appropriations We're made as follows:
w. w. Taylor .......S IS 80
Police court witnesses fees.. % So
j. w Farrell & Co.. 26 90
James Shore & Son Al Il
S. L. City Water Works. "a 30
Pay rolls Joint building. 2.S7S 80
Pay rolls Eighth Ward square. 1876 80
Pay rolls conduit and boiler
house ....-.............. III 75
Supplies for fire department. 103 6S
Supplies for police department. 22S 10
Jake Heusser.. .-............... %
Sears d Jeremy Co....--........ 16 Is
Solomon BroSs .-............... s so
w. II. Clayton ................. so
Benjamin Blake. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IA rs |
Total. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. s., s63 "a
Adjourned till Tuesday evening.