The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-13
WAS BLOOD ON THU MOON.
The Unpleasantness Between
Baskin and Morris Revived.
JOSEPH LIKE THE PARROT.
HE WAS INCLINED TO TALK TOO
MUCH.
Ordering Sidewalk
Pnvements On West Second South
Street Were valid-At the Gravity
Sewer-Appropriati List APP
proved-Garbage Teams Taken OFF.

proved-Garbage Teams Taken Off.
There was blood on the joint city and
county building committee anoon for a
few minutes yesterday afternoon, but
motion to adjourn cut short the en-
bryo contest and dispelled the gather
ing war clouds.
It all grew out of the recent I'm
pleasantness between Mayor Baskin
and Selectman Morris, and the ball
was again started to rolling by re-
port made by Morris on the protest of
certain parties against the employment
of an alleged foreigner on the lands
Gaping of the building grounds.
L have given the matter my atten-
tion,' said Morris, land after ascertain
ing that the statements of the protest
ants were correct, secured the dis
charge of the man complained of. He
was let out on Wednesday by Christof-
ferson. So it's all right now"
Then Mayor Baskin calmly but forci
bly, addressed the committee, OF which
there was a full membership present.
His honor repeated what he said to
Morris on that memorable Wednesday
troubles experienced in the work was
the difficulty of securing workmen who
would give the city the worth of its
money in labor. Worthless men had
been sent to the building by members
of the council and county court, and
when the superintendent of the grading
protested against the incessant loiter-
ing, he was insulted and abused by the
men, who declared that they would do
as they pleased, and they managed to
do so. In order to prevent a repetition
of this state of affairs the mayor gave
Christofferson instructions to always
show preference to taxpayers and men
of families in the employment of labor,
but when any work needed an
expert to secure him regardless
of all else This accounted for
the employment of a man who was not
an American citizen in the strict mean
ing of the term. said his honor, yet
he did not think the other members
need worry so much about the matter.
With the exception of Morris the other
members of the committee expressed
their approval of the course adopted
by the mayor. This did not please the
county member and he proceeded to
make a speech in which he denied that
he had ever sent any workmen to the
building or grounds who were not
IL.
develop a desire for soft place to
rest during work hours, however, he
hoped they would be at once dis
charged.
One of the other members saw where
the discussion would lead and moved to
adjourn but Morris. was not through
and declared that the mayors story of
insulted superintendents was the first
he had ever heard of such matters.
"An investigation on your part at
the building will convince you," said
the mayor, heatedly.
II shall certainly make it at once"
replied Morris, and further discussion
was cut off by another motion to adj
journ.
When Mayor Baskin called the COM
mittee to order at 4 O'Clock Messrs.
Bamberger, WATSON Cahoon, Lynn
Cheesman and Morris were present.
The first business considered was the
matter of claims and the following
amounts were allowed:
Utah Stove & Hardware Co.,
w p. Smedley. insurance. 10000
Utah Plumbing & Supply Co.,
supplies Ht.iu
Utah Stove & Hardware Co.,
glass ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1890
Salt Lake Pressed Brick Co..
brick 45O
Craegar Wire & Iron Works.
wire 1870
Utah Oil Tank line oil........ 17.50
Silver Bros, pullies and weights 22S.02
Sierra Nevada Lumber Co., lum-
Der Observation-Disclosures. 1920
Benjamin Blake, flower potts.. 1900
James, Spencer, Bateman Co.,
supplies 27.S2
Sears & Liddle Co., glass. ..... 249.5 so
Grading NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1900
J. W. Farrell & Co., labor. .... 1925
Theodore A. Bailey, Frank Janney
and W. J. Travers applied for the posi-