The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-10


veto being sustained the company
dropped 10 $3.50 and that price is in
corDorated in the present contract.
L am as confident that this price for {
moonlight service is too high as / wa:
that the previous ones were.
The published lists Of prices i'll other
parts of the country is not a reliab
data on which TO base an opinion regard
ing the subject of prices, because many
of the contracts were made years age
when electrical material of all kinds and
labor was much higher than at present
careful inspection of the more re-
cent contracts will show that the average
! price Tor 1000 candle power lamp, al
night service, is less than 500 per lamp
per annum.
Under the contract this price per an
mum for the same lamp. moonlight SER
vice, is $lO2. The number of hours to be
lighted according to the Philadelphia
schedule from April 1st to December 31st,
nine months, is 1888, or an average of
l7Ois hours per month. and at this aver
age for twelve months, the length which
said contract runs-2.0H hours.
The total number of hours of an all
prices placed in my hands by Messrs.
Hayward and Moffat, agents of the
Electric light company, are taken to be
The difference between this number of
hours and 2,044 hours contracted for on
the basis of the Philadelphia moonlight
than the all night scedule.
The fair price for all night service be-
ing not to exceed 500 per annum and
the price fixed in the contract being s102
per annum for moonlight schedule il
Is at least 10 per cent. above what it
ought 10 be. Respectfully submitted
r. N. BASKIN. Mayor.
Debate Galore.
Mr.. Young made an unnecessary
motion that the contract pass, which
was seconded by Mr. Cohn, who re-
cited all the ancient history in con-
nection with the affair, at his COM
mand, until the members grew weary.
Mr.. Cohn admitted that the mayor
was right regarding candle power, be-
cause 1000 candle lamp canont be
definitely described anyway, Mayor
Baskin may be good lawyer, a good
landscape gardener and a good horse
man, but he knows no more of cleo
tricity than the average councilman.
Waits, aGnperes, volts and on1ns were
then juggled together by the speaker
in explaining the positive and mega
tive points involved, but finally he
finished, not however, until he had
classed the mayors opinions as
Childish and nonsensical." If he
voted to sustain the veto he should
ask to be recorded as an ass.
McCOrnick's Little Speech.
Mr.. Mccormick, calling Mr.. Young
to the chair, INDUCED in a little
speech on his own account.
Mr. Mccormick said the MAYOR
sought by comparison to show his su-
perior business qualifications This
contract is a good one, despite the
executives notions. In the opinion of
the speaker, every member of the
council realized it was a good one.
Mayor Baskin's reference to a former
speech by Mccormick was then com
vigorously denied. He the speaker,
was sure that lights could not be fur
nished at $50 per annum. No city in
the United States similarly situated.
got its lights for $3.50 per month.
I like consistency" said the presi-
dent. Whoever heard of a veto
where the expenditure of money by
the mayor was concerned? I don't
remember ever hearing of one. Either
for necessary or unnecessary pur-
poses. We have a $4,000 clock which
chimes to the accompaniment of the
water which FLASHES in the $4,000
fountains on a $685. lawn; ST, 900 more
to be expended and no veto. Go with
me a little further and look at the
art medallions on the west side of this
building, which our friend from the
Fifth irreverently dubbed mugs" On
top, away up on the roof, there are
/
Higher up on a pinnacle the goddess !
of Liberals for no other use than
to hurl flying challenges to Moroni
and his horn. All this passed muster.
This veto was made to belittle the
council L hope that every member
will vote against it and rebuke the |
author
O'Meara Crates.
". P. O'Meara lifted up his voice in
saying that the mayor had exceeded |
the bounds of propriety in presuming
to criticise the council or any member
thereof from newspaper reports OF
speeches. He thought the contract a
fair one.
Bache criticised the mayor for his
language, enumerated the number of
miles between Salt Lake and st. Louis
and declared for the contract.
Young also defended the measure
Clawson said he should vote to sus-
ain the mayor. although he disap-
proved of his criticism upon members.
The contract passed-ayes 10; noes, /,
Clawson voting no, Mason absent.
Routine Business.
Among the many petitions presented
we're the following, which were re-
erred as stated:
Fruit Tree Inspector Price called at
.ention to the fact that many of the
rees on city property need spraying.
Referred 10 the committee on public
grounds.
Lipmann. Wallerstein e Co., asking
or a refund of the uneXpired part Of
heir licenses. Committee on license.
Sells & Renfrew asked to use the Pr
,neer square May q. % and %, for cir
us purposes. Public grounds with
power to act
Knights of Labor Assembly No. 1924
prayed that convicts be not allowed to
york on the streets but in gravel pits
MY. Committee on streets.
Reports of Officers.
City Attorney Hoge submitted re-
uest or report in the matter of the
ase of Samantha Sullivan vs.. Salt
AXE city in which one witness. j.
'resnaIl. is in Indiana. Judge Hoge
as this man is ma
erial witness, that the matter be re-
cred to a committee ITO report at once.
Irs. Sullivan sues for $4,000 for the
cath of her husband. who was killed
I the gravel pits three years ago. At
pr 90 minutes discussion. the matter
ras referred to the committee on MUM
ipal laws with power to act.
The board of public works an
ounced the completion of the sewer on
irst South and submitted the
ngineer's estimate of $1.611.9S which
Dailey's requisition
II supplies for the waterworks de-
artment was referred TO the water
orks committee.
Superintendent Dailey's report for
pril was submitted as follows:
Vouchers and payrolls, S3.13477.
vided as follows:
aintenance ....................$1,S 1898 II
improvements ......--..-...... 523 81
pen accounts III 67