The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-19
NO LEVY MADE.
FINANCE COMMITTEE NOT READY
TO REPORT.
City Council Meets But Does Little
Business-Lengthy Debate on
Trivial extraordinarily Sewer
FIushing-Other business.

1t was expected that the finance
committee would make a report to the
city council last night regarding the
tax levy, but when the report was
called for by the chairman, it was an
nounced that the matter was not yet
definitely agreed upon and that an
other week would elapse ere anything
was dene.
Councilman O'Meara said after the
meeting that the committee had virtu-
! ally agreed upon seven mills, as stated
/ in The Herald.
! All the members were present except
Bache. There wasn't much business
transacted, the major portion of the
time being consumed in debating the
! question as to whether one Jones
/ should be paid for labor on the gravity
sewer out of funds held back from
! the principal contractors, Jones hay
ing worked for Harkins.
! The city attorney reported adversely
on the claim, and Mr.. Hardy moved
/ to set his recommendations aside.
The report was adopted after an hour
and fifteen minutes of debate.
Reports of Officers.
| Chief Pratt filed a requisition for
supplies needed at the jail, which was
referred 70 the committee on prisons.
City Attorney Hoge reported on sew
eral matters in relation TO tax sales,
all of which were adopted.
The fire and police board returned
the bills of Gilbert, Mowers, Clark and
Mcmillan with a recommendation that
they be referred to the city attorney.
The suggestion was adopted.
Gravity Sewer Flushing.
The committee on sewers reporting
on the proposition of the engineer to
construct another block of gravity
sewer for flushing the conduit, reported
in favor of building 200 feet at cost
of s., 300 The cost of building an en-
tire block, in the committees opinion,
is too much.
Mr.. Cohn, stating the committees
position, said that if 200 feet was not
enough the extension could be COM
pleted. There are $4,000 gallons of
water each "a hours from the city ard
county building and Market street; 500
feet would hold all this, but by flush
ing every six hours the committee
thought the sewer could be properly
flushed. The report was adopted.
Palmer Confirmed.
L. P. Palmer was confirmed as spec
ial tax collector, vice E. G. Hitler,
died.
miscellaneous.
The cemetery committee. reporting
on the matter of copying the cemetery
records which was asked for by the
health commissioner, was reported
back favorably by the committee on
cemetery, the work to be done under
the supervision of the health commits
sioner.
The Wallace consolidated shows
were granted a license to exhibit on
Pioneer square, June IS and 10, for 500
for the first day and $50 for the sec
ond day.
Clawson objected. Circuses take lots
of money away and ought to leave
some of it in the city. he said.
Liquor licenses were granted G.. S.
Halines, Hogle Bros, Phil Margetts,
Benjamin B. Nesbitt, r. NJ. Rumsey
and company, Reach & Lavine and
Jacob Gollstein.
The report of the fire and police
committee which recently inspected
both departments, was read. The re-
port is somewhat lengthy but COM
pliments the chief of the fire depart
ment on his account, the chief of po-
lice on the system of discipline. Desk
Sergeant Macintosh receives mention
for his criminal record The recon-
mendation of the committee that
fund be provided for the chief of
police for kilograms, and that officer
Talbot of Liberty park be allowed So
per month for horse feed were
adopted.
The board of public works filed a
report on the condition of sidewalks
in the paved district which the chair
man of the board explained at some
length. Mr.. Clawson moved to In
struct the recorder to notify all own
ers of defective walks to repair them
at once, which was adopted.
Clawson's resolution, providing for
the immediate repair of all dangerous
sidewalks reported by the board of
public works, was opposed by Cohn,
who said the adoption would strike
terror to the hearts of all the business
men of the city. Newell, Cheesman
and O'Meara Joined in a general de-
bate on the question which was
finally settled by the adoption of the
resolution.
Appropriations to the amount of
$3.379.07 were made and the council
adjourned.