The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-10
Tie President of the City Council
Announces the Names.
TWO yETOs SUSTAINED.
THOSE OF THE TELEPHONE FRAN
CHIsE AND APPROPRIATION LIST.
An Alleged Discrepancy of $4,000
in the Accounts-The Recorder
Names w. w. Taylor for Dog Tax
CoIlector-The ONCE of Sanitary
Inspector Abolished Pro Tenn.

The city council met last evening il
regular session, all members but Dial!
were present, President Mccormick oc
cupied the chair.
A large number of petitions and com
munications were received and dispos
ed Of in various ways.
The customary wall was received
from the Culmer-Jennings Paving
company over the fact that their est
mates had not been paid by the city
which was referred to the COMMITTEES
on finance.
The recorder notified the council tina
he had appointed W. w. Taylor a:
deputy dog tax collector. The ap
pointment was not confirmed, Council.
man O'Meara stating that when the
proper time came he would move thai
the office be either abolished or thai
! it be consolidated with some other OF
flee.
The mayors veto of the Hobson tel
ephone franchise was taken up ano
the veto sustained, Newell and Rem
ington being the only two dissenters.
The mayors veto of the appropr1a-
ton list passed by the old council or
Dec. Is was next acted on. 1t was
also sustained, all voting in favor OF
sustaining the veto but Remington
who was excused. The grounds OF tbs
veto were that the amount appropria-
ted exceeded the debt limit.
The mayors appointments Of A. w
Raybould as auditor was referred tc
the committee on finance and that OF
j. G.. McAlliSter as provision inspect
or to the sanitary committee
The office of sanitary inspector was
declared vacant by the resignation OF
Mr.. Shovel and it was resolved that
the duties of the Office be discharged
by the board Of health in the mean
time.
Councilman Remington said that in
view of the rumor that there was a
discrepancy of $1,000 existing between
the auditors and the treasurer's books
that for the vindication of both gen.
tlemen an expert accountant should be
appointed to go through the books.
Councilman O'Meara said there was
no foundation for the rumor, that 1t
had been traced to one man and that
man was the one who was after the
job of examining the books. The mat
ter was referred to the committee on
finance to investigate and report at the
next meeting if they deemed it advls-
able to employ an expert.
The matter which will have the
greatest bearing on the future OF the
council was the appointing by the
president of the members of the vari-
Gus committees. 1t would appear
from a careful scrutiny of the differ
ent committees that the control of the
important ones. finance for example,
had been thrown into the hands of the
Republicans and that the president
20 1acf nj "a
fact that the council was elected on a
non-partisan basis.
O'Meara distinguished himself by
registering big kick against a propo-
sition that the council meet on Friday
evening. He said he didn't approve of
the system of increasing the number
of meetings and thus increasing the
expense. The previous council had
been in the habit of meeting two, three,
or even four times a week, and each
session cost the taxpayers $50, the pres
ent council should not, thought the
speaker, pursue any such methods,
let the adjournment be till next Tues
day evening and let the council sit
till the business was done and the table
cleared and show some economy at
their end of the administration. The
evident propriety of Mr. O'Meara' s
views was such that they were adopted
by the council.
1t was expected that the question
of reduction Of salaries would come
ND but it was stated that the council
caucus had not yet decided on the
course to pursue but would probably
do so by next Tuesday evening.
Considering that last nights meet
ing was only the second one of this
council and that they have not yet
xy0t i,a<O
fair amount of business was done
O'Meara gives promise of becoming a
leading spirit in the assembly Cohn,
LeGrande Young and Bache took ac-
tive parts. Our Remington who &C.
cupies Rich's seat appears to have fall
len Rich's mantle and he promises to
be the kicker" of the council with
Newell as q not very good second.
An aged gentleman named William
Woollev who was present as a spec
tator made bolt for the rostrum i'm
mediately on the adjournment of the
council and proceeded to give har-
rangue on the necessity of self-deniaI
and every one in the city government
from the mayor down submitting to a
reduction in salary of % per cent. He
talked in that strain for while in an
excited manner and as nobody took
any notice of him stopped when he
ran down.
After the adjournment the council
went into caucus for about five minutes
but did nothing of Importance.
The Proceedings.
Houlahan. Griffith & Morris asked
that s1,765.O5 be placed to their credit
for the payment of taxes and deducted
from their December estimate on the
joint city and county building. They
also asked that 1,2S4.95 be placed to
their credit for a similar purpose, to
be deducted from their November es-
innate. Referred to the committee on
finance.
Susanna ]. Hansen prayed for relief
from tax sale for sprinkling.
Referred to the city attorney.
Isabella McEwan asked for a re-
duction in her license as employment
agent.
Referred to committee on license.
A communication was received from
A. L. Hobson, accepting the telephone
exchange franchise which was re-
Gently granted him. and more recently
vetoed by the mayor.
Filed.
The Diamond Kyune and Castle
Stone company asked that $1,195.99 due
them for stone, be placed to the
credit of ]. r. and NJ. H. Walker for
the payment of paving tax.
Referred to the committee on finance
H. NJ. Mccartney ct al. accepted the
street railway franchise as recently
granted them.
Filed.
GRADE STAKES.
Fred Trimmer ct al asked that
grade stakes be set for the roadway
along the side of City Creek CANYON
from the south side of the boulevard