The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-05-09

less than the estimate made by the en-
gineer.
Mr.. DAILY moved to defer action upon
the report for one week.
Mr.. Clawson. again speaking to the /
report, warned the council that IT was /
drifting into the same course or reck- 4
lessness as that which had character /
lied its predecessor, that it was moving /
at a killing pace, that 1t was piling up +
its Indebtedness, that it was reaching :
the extreme limit of the city's borrow
ing power, that every dollar of the $780, |
600 in bonds to be sold was already |
pledged and S160.000 more and 1t was
leading to increased taxation. He de |
sired that it be referred to the commit
tee on sewers.
Mr.. Newell replied that 1t had already
been referred TO that committee, (which
had unanimously recommended the J
completion of the sewer.
Mr.. Cohn's motion to lay the matter
over for one week prevailed.
DON'T WANT THE BONUS.
Contractor Morris was present and
allowed the floor. stated that they pre-
ferred the amount due them to the re-
nlittance of S25, 000 and that they Fhenl-
selves had offered the subcoutraCtors
bonus of $4,000 for the completion OF
the work.
Mr. Young stated that a few weeks
ago the almost unanimous feeling of the
council was to proceed with the compile
ton Of the sewer, that opposition to IL
had almost incurred their anger. that
the mayor had been heard upon the
question, that it had been duly re-
ferred to the committee of which he
was a. member. The COMMITTEES had
conferred with the mayor, solicited the
opinion Of the engineer, tried to bridge
over the unpleasantness, and finally
sent for the contractors. They offered
to do the work for SAT- 900, and finally
agreed to do it if they were allowed
$4,000. and no later than Saturday
Mr.. Morris had called at his Office and
expressed the hope that the council
would not adopt their offer. Engineer
Young had said that while he would
not say the contractors had not been
damaged in that amount he would not
say that they had been. IF any one"
concluded MIR. Young, can show me
how we can get out Of it for less than
this amount, then l am willing to vote
for it
AN OILY SITUATION.
The committee on markets recon-
mended the appointment of j. G. Wis
sing as inspector of oils be confirmed.
Adopted
Upon the recommendation of the
committee on sprinkling, the contract
for sprinkling Liberty park for 1884
and 1895 was awarded Frank Harri-
gan at s362.50
The sanitary committee recommend
ed that the Union Stock Yards and
the Jordan Stock Farm be designated
as the places for live stock inspection.
and that an inspector be appointed by
the council.
The report was adopted and the city
attorney directed to draft an ordinance
in conformity with the report
On the motion of Mr.. OMeara, the
sanitary committee was instructed to
present a nomination for stock iuspec-
tor at the next meeting of the council.
Mr.. Clawson offered the following
resolution:
THE BOND ISSUE.
That it is hereby declared to be the
sense of this council that the commit
tee on finance award to the highest
responsible bidder 500 of the 500 81. 900
bonds now offerSd for sale by the citv
and that the remaining 800 bonds be
held in the treasury until further ac-
ton by this council.
On the motion of Mr.. O'Meara the
resolution was indefinitely tabled
Mr.. O'Meara offered the following
resolution:
nat me CHIel OIL pollce is hereby
, authorized to discontinue at once the
working of the city prisoners and that
the services of the guards be dispensed
with.
After some debate in which the pro-
prtety of such a resolution was placed
in serious doubt the resolution was
withdrawn.
, Mr.. Cohn moved to reconsider the
; resolution adopted at the previous
, meeting denying the right of the Union
Pacific to widen its tracks on West
Temple street and notifying it TO re-
move its tracks over certain crossings
The motion prevailed and the matter
: was referred to the committee on
streets.
The following appropria tons were
made and council adjourned: