The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-24

that the city nc ,eei 10 :aae possessi. n
of the roadbed and control the same as
If the said franchise had not been
granted
LeGrand Young opposed the adoption
of the resolution on the ground that
the company and the bondholders had
some rights which ought to be respect
ed. The theory of jumping on bond
holders because they had money was
all wrong and was nothing but a spe-
cieS of anarchism.
O'Meara said the council never
jumped on the rich; it was always on
the poor man. and him they gave par
ticular hell. He understood the MEM
bers of this council were expected to
look after the interests Of the taxpay-
ers and citizens of Salt Lake and not
| those of the eastern bondholders. The
company had altogether failed to COM
ply with the terms OF the franchise;
they had failede ito operate the road,
and there were no prospects of their
doing so. In its present state it is an
injury to the property owners and
should be removed.
Cohn strongly favored the re-
moval of the tracks, which
were an unmftigated nuisance
injury to the property-owners.
Lynn, as a member of the committee,
said that the committee had done their
best not to infringe on the rights Of
the company and at the same time to
look after the rights Of the citizens.
The recommendation gave the company
so days to bring their tracks to grade,
and if they didn't in that time comply
with the terms of the franchise, the
people whom the tracks were injuring
had a right to expect that something
be done in the matter.
Hardy said If the property-owners in
front Of whose houses the Union Pa
cific, the Rio Grande Western, or any
other railroad, had their tracks, had
their way they would all be torn out
He thought the petition for the tearing
up of this road was gotten up by real
estate boomers. The committee had
brought in the report worded as it was
for the purpose of letting down Mr.
Cohn as easily as possible. He didn't
think the tracks would ever be torn
up and didn't wish to see them torn I'D.
Hardy moved that the portion Of the
report referring to sections 2, and 6.
be stricken out and the report of the
committee thus amended was adopted
by a vote Of 8 to 4.
THE NEW PATROL WAGON.
The bill Of $3.50 for the new patrol
wagon came up for payment Clawson
| opposed placing the amount on the an
preparation list for the reason that it
had been ordered without the authority
of the city council.
OMeara said the board of police
and fire commissioners had ordered the
wagon. They, like the board of public
works, were running the council.
Cohn thought the practice of Mater
lals of all kinds being bought without
the sanction of the council should be
| stopped. 1t appeared as If the council
was simply g. dummy whose duty was
to pay bills and hear the odium of
extravaganza
Young said the members OF the police
and fire commission claimed the right
to purchase whatever materials thew
deemed necessary. He did not know if
it was SO, and suggested that the bill
be referred to the committee on NUM-
| cipal laws to inquire and report ON the
| powers of the commission to order
goods Of any kind without the sanction
of the council.
FURTHER RESTRAINT.
Mason stated that he understood the
| commission had advertised for bids for
supplying 1900 feet of hose for use in
the fire department, the bids to be
opened on October II, and suggested
| that some means be taken to stop the
order being given until the question of
authority was decided The recorder
was instructed to notify the secretary
of the commission not to let the con-
tract for the hose until the matter of
their authority to do SO was settled.
President Mccormick remarked: I'VE
can send the notice, but I suppose
they will pigeon hole it."
Cohn thought if they did SO the coun-
Gil ought to repudiate the bill and
notice should be given to the mer-
chants, so that anyone taking the Or
der would know what they might eX-
pect when their bill was presented.
A LIVERY BILL DISAPPROVED.
A bill for SIS for livery incurred by
Inspector of Provisions McAllister
called out protest from Young, and
the amount was stricken off the ap-
preparation list.
STREET SPRINKLING.
Young inquired if there was any
street sprinkling going on now.
O'Meara, as a. member of the COM
mfttee, replied: only what our
ably little about Main street, ordered
by the supervisor Of streets"
THE PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION.
The special committee to whom was
referred the question Of reduction or
consolidation Of the clerical forces in
the various departments, reported that
owing to the short time before remov-
ing to the new joint building and the
uncertainty OF the location of the
various departments there, the COM
mfttee believed 1t would be best to de-
fer this matter till that time. The
committee recommended that the
president of the council appoint spec
ial committee Of three or five members
to locate the departments in the new
building and old city hall with a view
to having the clerks do the work of
more than one department and avoid
the necessity of heating and lighting
offices that may not be required.
Adopted.
STATIONERY REGULATIONS
O'Meara moved that the matter of
providing stationery for the different
departments be referred to the COM
mittee on enrolment with view of
effecting a saving by providing one
form of letter heads for all the depart
ments and buying pens, ink, etc, in
larger quantities and distributing them
among the several departments.
Carried.
O'Meara also moved that the
recorder be instructed to notify
the heads of departments not
to purchase anything in the line of
stationery, and further that the re-
corder act as storekeeper for all such
supplies, charging up to each depart
ment the quantity used and making a
report to the council quarterly of the
quantity used.
Carried.
PAVING REFUNDS.
Clawson offered the following:
Resolved That the recorder be in