The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-05

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! The amendment was then carried,
4 and after motion to defer considera-
ton until later in the evening had
/ been voted down, the list was taken
up seriatim.
THE ENGINEER.
When the item of the engineers sal
airy was reached O'NIeara moved to let
/ the engineers salary remain as at pres
ent. A competent engineer was worth
/ 81. 500 per year even though there were
no great engineering works going on
at present. The motion was lost.
CHIEF OF POLICE.
O'Meara then moved to leave the
chiefs salary as at present 5000 per
month, but the motion was lost and
went down to $125 per month. O'Meara
also objected to the fire chiefs salary,
but it remained as the committee rec
commended.
PARK KEEPER.
Some one moved to restore the park
keepers salary to $50 per month Mr.
/ Stewart explained that the keeper had
/ free house rent and the committee
! though a reduction of $40 was proper.
The motion carried and the salary re-
/ stored as at present.
AS TO COUNCILMEN
Mr.. Callister broke in when the coun-
ell item was reached and moved that
] the councilmen's salary be reduced 20
I per cent. This motion was greeted with
applause from the spectators.
Roll call was demanded
O'Meara rose when his name was
called and said: Il want to vote SEN
sibly; therefore vote No This is only
a grand stand play. The council can
not reduce its own salary.
Mr. Wiscomb said he hoped the coun-
Gil would establish precedent and not
take the 20 per cent.
The motion carried, all voting Aye"
except O'Meara and President Newell
PATRoLMEN.
When the police department was
reached Mr.. Wiscomb moved that the
salaries of the patrolmen be placed at
SIS and only five men be cut off.
O'Meara was opposed to the Whole
business until the question of jurisdic-
ton, now pending in the courts, had
been settled.
The council had previously attempted
TO reduce the force of the fire depart
ment, and the court had stepped in
and decided they were illegally re-
moved and the salary during their sus-
pension went On.
Attorney Mckay said he had no
doubt that under the present law the
force could be reduced by the council.
O'Meara then moved an amendment
that the committees recommendation
be stricken out This rekindled a, de-
bate which continued for a consider
able time.
CHIEF PRATT SPEAKS.
Chief Pratt being allowed to speak
mission had met on the previous even
ing and decided to cut the salaries, but
the force as at present was deemed
necessary. If the council attempts to
cut off ten men it will cripple the de-
partment very badly.
Stewart asked the chief how many
men were on the morning relief, and
the chief responded, six. Mr.. Stewart
thought that the committees recon-
mendations should be adopted, and if
found that the force would be in
adequate it could be increased at any
time.
CHAIRMAN JENNINGS.
Chairman Jennings of the fire and
police board, then gained the floor and
read the schedule of reduction agreed
upon at Monday nights meeting of the
board as exclusively published in yes
terday's Herald
Mr.. Dale explained that whereas the
police boards recommendations only
involved a saving of $5,904 per year
the report of the committee would re-
suit in a saving of 81 IFS per month.
Both motions were then put in sue
cession and lost by a viva voice vote
and the committees original schedule
prevailed.
In the engineers department Mr..
Deihle objected to the adjustment of
chainmen and rodmen. O'Meara in
formed him that the previous council
had already by ordinance abolished the
office.
ENGINEER YOUNG.
Captain Young explained that while
these men were hired by the month
and on the pay rolls, but they receive
pay only for days they actually work
The attempt of the council to go be-
fore the public with the pretense of
saving that much money in this item
was simply a blind. Chainmen, he
said, were necessary, and must be
hired. No chairman or rodman would
receive pay for work not actually per-
formed.
Dale said it was the impression of
the committee that these men were
regularly on the pay roll and receiv-
ing pay Dy the HOHlH, WneJner Jney
worked or not.
Stewart produced the pay rolls for
eight months past and pointed out that
he failed to find single month that
rodmen and chainmen had not receiv-
ed pay for full month.
City Engineer Young wanted to ex-
plain that the gravity sewer construc-
ton during the past year had required
the full force of the department.. and
not man had been allowed salary I'M
less actually employed.
A motion to strike out all that por-
ton of the report relating to chainmen
and rodmen was lost by a viva voce
vote.
This was followed by another motion
to postpone further consideration of
the salary list for one week, but the
members were determined to complete |
the work and voted the motion down
by a good majority