The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-28

charged his plan as a job He favored
lighting the city more effectively than
is now done, but he wanted the cost to
be borne by the general fund, as the
expense of maintaining the police and
fire departments is borne, increasing
the general tax levy sufficiently to re-
plenish the hole in the treasury.
Before taking his seat, O'Meara moved
as ali amendment, to substitute the
committee on municipal laws for the
committee on improvements, to be as
ISOLATED with the city attorney in
drafting the proposed ordinance.
Cohn stated that if the motion pre-
vailed he would withdraw from the
committee on improvements, of which
ne is chairman, because he considered
the motive behind the motion an insult
O'Mearas amendment was lost, and
on roll call vote the report was adopt
ed, only Hardy, Mason and O'Meara
voting iii the negative.
FURNITURE COMING.
The committee on fire and police re-
niture for the old city hall,
where the chief of police and the
board of police and fire commission
ers' quarters are located, to the effect
that the desired furniture was in the
joint building and would be trans
feIred to the proper quarters.
WANT A NEW STABLE.
The same committee recommended
that the board Of police and fire COM
missioners be authorized to erect
brick stable for the use of the police
department, the cost not to exceed
$500, to take the place of the old lum-
Der shack now in use.
The report, after a protracted debate,
was referred to the committee on
prison.
SPRINKLING TAX REBATES.
The finance committee recommended
that the sum of S956S7 be appropria-
ted to the city treasurer for repayment
by him, as per his list, of the amounts
due to sprinkling taxpayers, who paid
the illegal tax levied in 1882. Adop-
ted.
FURNITURE CONTRACTORS IN
CLOVER.
The city members of the joint city
and county building committee recon-
mended, in view of the fact that the
furniture placed in the city portion
of the building by the contractors, A.
H. Andrews & Co., had been checked
up and found satisfactory by Expert
Kinnersly, that the sum of $4,000 on
account be appropriated to the con-
tractors, leaving. some $4,000 still due
them.
An insinuation was made by O'Meara
that the contract was let in an I'M
businesslike manner and for that rea-
son he moved the report ought to be
laid over until Councilman Cheeseman,
of the committee, signed the report.
Lynn and Watson, the Signers or the
til iT1Ci
and the motion to defer action on the
report was lost The report was then
adopted and the amount ordered placed
on the appropriation list.
AN ORDINANCE PASSED.
Bill No. 12S for an ordinance levying
the tax to defray the cost of extending
the sewer lateral on the south side of
Brigham street from Sixth to Seventh
East street, at the rate Of 1920 per
front foot on the aybutting property
benefited, was read the requisite num-
Der of times and passed.
AN UNSOLICITED SINBCURE.
O'Meara offered a resolution for the
appointment of Deputy City Recorder
Hull as secretary of the council COM
mittees that meet in the committee
rooms every Thursday evening, and to
be allowed the sum of SIS per meeting
for his services to the committee.
The resolution was adopted.
Cohn offered a resolution for the fill
ing of all official papers now in the
possession of committeeman of the
council in the filing case in the COM
mittee room, and it was adopted.
A COUNCILMAN'S KICK ON WA
TER RATES.
The following resolution was offered
by O'Meara:
Whereas, It is well known to this
council that a great calamity has been
saddled onto the residents of this city
by reason of the enormous increase in
water assessments, and it is not the
intention of this council to increase the
burdens of the taxpayers; and
Whereas, Notices have been
sent out requiring payment
in twenty days and the taxpayers wish
to be heard before paying their rates;
therefore be it
Resolved, That this council sit as a
committee of the whole Friday evening
next to consider the question, and that
an invitation be extended the property
owners to be present and submit their
grievances.
O'Meara believed his resolution was
in the interest of Greater Salt Lake,
but Corum and Lynn criticised its form,
and the latter moved as a substitute
that the council sit as a board Of
equalization on water rates, on the date
named in O'Meara's resolution.
Lynn's amendment prevailed. and
after passing the appropriation list, ag-
gregating $21, 1872 AZ, of which amount
$40 coo was in favor of the furniture
contractors, the council adjourned.