The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-31
Much Business Disposed OF at
Last Nights Session.
MAYOR GLENDINNING'S VETO
CONSIDERATION or TT POSTPONED
UNTIL NEXT FRIDAY.
Two Extra Carthage Wagons VIII he
Kept on All winter-AII OF the
Coal Bids Rejected-Lamb's Can
yon to Be Cleared Out.

/ The city council transacted business
In business-like manner last night,
despatching a large amount of routine
business in short order.
| Action on the mayors veto Of the
ordinance abolishing the office of police
captain was postponed for one week.
The coal bids, which have been under
consideration for several weeks by a
special committee, were all rejected.
The heath department came in for
some needed consideration, two extra
garbage. teams during the winter
months being allowed.
PETITIONS.
The following were among the petitions
considered:
| Il. J. Fabian and others asked that
l mn steps be taken to connect
Fort Douglas with the Main street
sewer. Referred to city engineer.
z w. Higgins and several other
citizens asked that First West street.
between Fourth and Sixth North, be
graded
| Inc Pioneer Electric Power COMPANY
OF Ogden. Utah, petitioned for a right
OF way for its pole line from the north
ern limits of the city along Fifth West
street TO Tenth South, and thence east
cry on Tenth South to East Temple.
Referred to the committees ON munic-
lpai law, streets and improvements.
City Recorder Emery reported hay-
Ing collected 1884 in dog tax during the
months OF August and September, and
tnat W dogs were destroyed during that
! period
William larger & Co. in a. conmuni-
n. stated
vented a smoke consumer thai is com
sloered by experts to be a good thing.
ETC., and asked permission to place
one In the joint building plant on trial.
provided that If not satisfactory tb q
company will remove it without charge
Referred to the committee on control
with power to act. -
POLICE CAPTAIN.
When the mayors veto of the ordi-
nance abolishfng the office of eaptain
u poiice had been read, Callister moved
that IL DC postponed for one week.
y Meara wanted the presence of the
c3ty attorney to explain what busi.
ness the mayor had in yetoinp- the
ordinance. as under the fire and police
law, the matter of abolshing the Office
was lett to the discretion of the conn
Gil INC 'ouai-
Inc motion to postpone carried.
THE COAL BIDS.
j. ". Whitehead, jr., the "anti-con-
pine coal dealer, sent in a communica-
.ioh replying TO the charges of C.
Martln, the coal trust dealer. to tbe
effect that Wflitehead's coal was rat
good. The letter says in part:
My letter and bid was inadvertently
omitted by both The. Herald and the
1ripune, but The Herald. always fair
puoashed II the day following. On the
next day the coal combine came ont
In an article over the name of one Mar-
I'm. who is one Of its members. assail-
ing me personally because I dare on
pose that vulture which has proved 81
long upon this coal trust-ridden COM
munity, and attacking the QUALITY of
my COAL VI
AS to the charge that Mr.. White
head's coal was first placed ON the
market by Abe Gould under the name
Oh Red Canyon, the writer quotes the
superintendent of the Rocky Mountain
CoaI d Iron company, who saws: ga he
Gould never did handle any of mis-
coal from this particular mine or snv
OTTER mine of this company"
Mr.. Whitehead says Gould did handle
the Amy coal which, he alleges. is tba
same as Mr.. Martin both condemns and
offers to sell 70 the city.