Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-10

DRAINAGE QUESTION SETTLED.
Tylra Ten FIR III II Not Allow d-JOhn
Stubs gain-MiScrllAn
eous Matters


finance com mittee. The resolution
carried by vote OF 10 .. Follow
ing ia the resolution:
Whereas. A report OF the expenditures
Of all city funds should be filed with the
Council and made matter OF record
and
called the "Mayor's contingent fund"
have flied no report for the year 1876;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That said custodians, his
Honor, Tie Mayor, and the city Audi
tor, be anu they nre hereby instructed to
furnish the finance committee de allied
statement of the expenses OF said iund,
together with all vouchers and papers
belonging there o; and be 1t further
Resolved. That the tald finance COM
mittee is hereby instructed and author
lied 10 audit same. and report back TO
This Council for record.
The resolution carried on the follow
ing vote:
Yeas-Allen. Callister, Dale, Diehl,
Morris, Rumncy and S,ewart-7
Nays - Buckle, Hayward, Mulvoy,
O'Meara and Newell
Absent-LeProhou, Lloyd and Wis
comb.
DRAINAGE CANAL QUESTION.
A majority o! the committee on
streets au1 irrigation conseung Of
Callister, Diehl, Muivey, Stewart ami
buckle recon mendsd tuat the watsr
mas or be instructed to begin the con-
struction of urRin1ge dItcnes ami dt-
yiee euch meana as may be necessary
to carry of she surplus water in the
wcttetn pgrtiOn Of the city. The cost
not to sxcee 81, 1000.
A minority report signed by Allen,
Morris and Ls PrOhon, recommends
log that the city engineer o.
instructed to construct a canal on
Ninth West from First South to
Ninth Moth, anu that street lEbOrers
be p0id the sum OF Sl.75 and men ard
teams So n dty, the cost OF all not to
exceed S40UO.
After Ameuiing the majority report
to reau that the city engineer should
set the stakes aud n& the grades anu
that tho wateTmnsler perform tho
work, the m nority report carried on
vote OF lor TO against
WHO PAYS THE FREIGHI?.
The Mayor came ia Tor further
criticism Tor bis alleged action in let
ting the contract Tor carload OF water
pine, without first submitting the mat.
Ter 10 the Council.
Some time ago the Council author
jzst the Mayor to solicit bids Tor u
car.sad Of pip, which was done. The
Mayor not only did this but accepted
one OF the bids and ordered the pipe.
The fret that the Council knew OF the
matter was last evening when SUPER
intendent Wallace recommended the
nppIopriation OF Sl66 50 to pay the
lreight. Dale moved that the matter
be referred to the committee on water
works with directions not TO pay the
freight until thu Mayor had submitted
the bus when he received.
After considerable discussion the
motion was lost.
NO MORE FIRHMEN.
The question OF increasing the fro
department, by putting once ten more
men, came up o. report from the
finnHce O. mmittte, VINO reported ad-
versely. Newell, n member OF the
committee, sulmtiei minority
report recommending that the request
Of the board OF police and fire com.
mibsioneTs be grlntsi.
OJMearn wanted the question put of
for two weeks in Or1er that the com.
mittes and the board might get
taReiheF, with view OF determining
where the men were most particularly
needed.
Romney opposed psstponement and
said ON cara could turn more M
mersaults than any man he ever knew,
81 am continually hsrping on the
financial question:" rs continued,
"and propose to regardless OF its cOn-
sequences.
"If the department is aoiuGlly in need
Of more men, let them have call men,"
Dale was OF the opinion that The
present force could 10 gotten along
with.
iMulvoy thrnght that the number OF
mon were 81 I'll ent, provided tue city
could get along without any big fires.
He referred to cities with smaller
populations than Salt Lake, but ali had
o large fire department. He wanted
all who opposed tie granting Of the
boards request to go ON record. Il,
predicted that II the Council voted the
question down 1t would result Ia
nigh rate OF insurance right away.
Buckle favored the present, number
OF meu aud took Occ Asion to make
comparIsoue OF Salt Lake City with
the cities named by Muivey.
Rompey said that the prediction
about the Insurance. rates going up
was all twaddls. He was vlce-pTesldent
of the Home company anu had not
heard q word about raising and he did
not believe II hsu ever been thought
OF. He compii nented Chief Devine
(wbo was present OF the meeting) on
Inc way ne had handled the Scott.
Auerbach fire, saying he witnessed
many fires, but never one 30 We'll man
Rgep.
O'Meara said tina. II there was any
sommersuult beii & done II was by the
fire and police board f0r they "recom-
mend one thing aud do another" The
Teport OF the committee was adopted
by vote OF o to b.
sIuBBs HEARD FROM AGAIN.
John Stubs engaged the attention
OF the Council members again last
night in IA. communication, 10 which
he offered to give series OF lectures at
S25 u lee ure.
Dale moved TO refer to the expert %
lectures, Councilman O'MearD, with
Instructions that ne fret hear the lee
lures in order to ASCERTAIN II they were
worth the sum alker.
Mulyey moved TO amend by having
II referred TO the Il ance committee
Cslli.ter m owed as an amendment t.
the anne ndmeDt that II be referred to
the iewer committee.