The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-19

we'll spent. 1.-THE city spends without
Ia protest" said the speaker, "$5, 900 for
a. clock, thousands of dollars eor foun-
tains, ETC., and surely we can afford to
Spend paltry sum to ascertain facts
which are so important to the city. The
lighting means $4,000 or more per an
mum saved to the city, and if we can
save a large amount we ought to take
means to do it,
Young thought Parley's canyon
should be cleaned up, so that the peo-
pie would have pure water to drink,
before money was spent for any such
purpose as ascertaining the water
power of City creek.
O'Meara-There is constantly a lot
of bills coming in for small things such
as matches, soap, ETC., which nobody
seems to know anything about. If
these could be stopped. it would be a
good thing and the money saved might
be well spent in making the proposed
survey.
The resolution was lost four voting
in favor of it and the balance of the
council against it.
THE JOINT BUILDING.
O'Meara launched the following:
Whereas, The joint city and county
building is nearing completion; be it
Resolved, That a committee of three
be appointed by the chair to assist the
city members of the joint city and
county building committee in auditing
the contractors accounts on the build
ing, and also to inform this council the
amount necessary to complete the
building and the amount said building
has cost, and that they employ a clerk
to compile all papers and contracts
connected with said building"
O'Meara, in speaking to the resolu-
ton, urged that it was very necessary
for the information of future genera
tons that the records be all preserved
and kept in proper shape, so that pos
terity would know exactly what the
building cost. He contended there was
great deal of money being wasted on
the building; incompetent men were
employed, who, if working for private
individuals, would be fired in short or
der. The present committee needed
some assistance, and the speaker want
ed to know how much it would cost
yet to complete the structure.
Cheesman, one of the members of the
committee, said he and his colleagues
needed no assistance. The building
would cost yet about $4,000 to COM
plete, and he was of the opinion that
O'Meara was unduly excited and So
licitous about the joint building.
Clawson-This building was to cost
100000, but up to date over 500. 900 has
been spent on it and it will be a won
der If there is not some scandal attach
ing to the extra expenditures l think
the resolution in the main is proper.
but L believe the present COMMITTEES
should make all the reports that are
required or contemplated by the reso-
luton.
Lynn, another member of the Corr
mittee, said everything was perfectly
straight and above board and no in
vest1gation was feared, a. the same
time he thought it was II waste 10 ap-
point another clerk. The present sec
rotary of the joint committee could
and would furnish all and every infor-
nation required.
Watson said there was a good and
complete record kept, anG the members
of the committee had lone very hard
work all along. and he consid a:ed had
fulfilled their duty. The co1t.aet with
the architects was that they should re-
ceive 2 per cent on the cost CT the
building for the plans and per cent for
experimenting the work. This con-
and it cannot now be changed. He sug-
gested that the whole council should
act as committee to look into the
matters of the building generally.
Young-No one has ever suggested
or thought the committee was unfaith-
full 1t has been our misfortune to sue
coed to the contracts and plans entered
into and adopted by our predecessors
and we are powerless to deviate from
those contracts. We will get blamed
for their extravaganza although we
have been powerless to prevent it, L
think we ought to have full and COM
plete record but l think the present
committee should furnish it.
Cohn-No doubt the committee has
done some hard work but I think the
council should have been taken into the
confidence of the committee more than
they have. I would like to know how
much it would cost to complete the
structure.
Cheesman-The building is very near
ly finished now, the payrolls are de-
creasing all the time. / believe I am
safe in saying that $4,000 will complete
it, chandeliers. furniture and all, and
that sum includes the amounts now
waiting to be put on the appropriation
list
Cheesman moved to amend the resolu-
ton so that the finance committee,
with Mr. Watson added, be asked to
make the investigation instead of ap-
pointing another committee, and that