The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-30

E. B. Tyson threw large COB of
taffy at the county court yesterday in
the shape of a letter inviting the mem
bers thereof to give him some more
work in the future. Tyson, it will be
remembered, has just had to abandon
a contract with the court for correcting
the plats of the county collector and
making them conform to those in the
assessors office, because the latter Off
cial would pot permit him to have ac-
ces to the documents in his possession.
1t appears that there is a time when
the assessor does not have control of
the plats. Between the first day of the
year and the first day of the March
following the plats are in the posses
sion of the court and not of the asses
sor. Tyson recently discovered this,
and realizing that the early bird is the
fowl which catches the caterpillar, de-
termined to make a ten strike, which
he did.
His communication to the court yes
| terday was a cuckoo in all respects. 1t
began by stating that the court when
on the stump had promised the tax
payers that reform should sit in Judg-
ment on all occasions when expendi-
ture was to be considered He re-
minded them that later on, in COM
munication to the citizens, they had
reiterated this promise. Tyson declared
that he felt that the court should have
the confidence and the assistance of all
good citizens in work of this kind.
This hypothesis being stated he made
an offer to bring the plats down next
year for the insignificant sum of $500
and make the corrections begun but
not completed for 500 more. The let
ter wound up that if the court in its
profuItdity saw fit to give him the job
he was certain the taxpayers would
rise up in glad acclaim and rejoice for
several minutes, inasmuch as this
would be a great saving.
The court filed the communication
without any action and it will stand, a
monument, or sign post for bidders
who want the job. All will know how
to bid next time in order to shut Ty-
son out
c. e. Allen, attorney for the sheriff,
appeared with his client in relatiOn to
the fixing of the salary of that official
But the court did not take the matter
up. 1t was referred to the session of
the perpetual caucus which meets in
the privacy of the selecrnen's room
every once in a while. The matter was
under discussion at lunch time and af-
ter the selectmen had fed their re-
spective countenances. 1t is said The
court will announce its decision at the
meeting on Friday next.
The court did some routine business,
among which the following items of
Importance appear:
License to dispose of intoxicating
liquor was granted to 2. J. Hannigan
and A W. Forman at Bingham.
A petition was received from A. 8.
Dunford and Mrs. B. e. Schettler, ask
ing to be allowed to connect with the
artesian we'll at West Temple and
Eleventh South street. Both requests
were granted to continue during the
pleasure of the court.
The city's request that the county
turn over to it the sum of $4,53S.12 due
on sales made on non-payment of
taxes was too deep to be considered
at the session, so it was referred to
the county attorney and the selectmen,
who viii Yrestle with it in secret.
A communication having been re-
ceived from the managers of the in
sane asylum to the effect that one
Fritz Doe who has been there for
some time, is sane once more, it was
ordered that the superintendent of the
infirmary transfer the said Doe from
the asylum to the infirmary at as early
a date as possible.
The court then INDUCED in the lux
ury of making a few appropriations
&C oil