The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-16

For four long and weary hours the
city council was in session last eve
ming, doing what any other body on
earth would have required 40 minutes
to transact. The contract for lighting
with the Pioneer Electric company was
adopted after 20 minutes of debate.
The veto of the mayor of the Heath
sprinkling contract consumed half
hour. The balance of the time was
taken UP in the discussion of trivial
matters 1t seemed as if those who
wanted to talk would never cease. Ar
guments which had no connection with
the subject at issue were used and
when the takers grew weary Of we'll
doing the president would call some
tongue-tired member to the chair and
keep the ball rolling until the other fell
low had got his second wind and
wanted to resume. Here is all there
was to make a fuss about:
COMMUNICATIONS.
The following petitions and other
documents were read and referred, or
acted upon as indicated:
The Brigham Young Memorial asso-
citation filed an acceptance of the grant
of q site for the monument to the
read and filed.
8. B. Quinn, assessor, submitted the
aggregate valuation of all taxable
property in the city at S31, SOC, 600, which
was referred to the finance committee
After announcing that it had OBJ
tanned the consent of the property own
ers, the pioneer jubilee commission
asked permission to erect tr1eunes on
State street. between Third and Fourth
rEhi cG wa
mittee on streets.
John F. Heath filed an amendment
to his bid for sprinkling, Offering to do
sprinkling on all additional blocks re-
quirsd to be sprinkled at the same rate
as provided in his bid, which offer was
referred to the committee on
sprinkling.
the flushing hydrant in Pollard court
be replaced, which was referred to the
water works committee.
HACKMEN PROTEST.
John harrington and many other
hack drivers petitioned that it would
be an injustice to enforce the Lloyd or
dinance concerning the hanging OF IL
cenSeS in a frame outside vehicles ana
requested that so far as it relates to
cabs and carriages it be repealed The
petition was referred to the committee
on license.
Frederick Heath and ]. r. Walker
offered to dedicate five blocks on South
Main to the city providing the corpora
ton would cover same with shale, light
same and keep ii sprinkled and keep
II for a boulevard only. Petitioners
set up that they have expended $4,000
already on this street. The matter was
referred to the street committee
LAID OVER ONE WEEK.
The veto of the mayor on the sprink-
ling contract of John j. Heath was
next considered. This veto was pub
lished in The Herald last Sunday and
holds in the main that to approve this
contract would be TO violate the con-
tract with ]. H Griffin.
Mr.. Lloyd was the first speaker and
alleged that he and the mayor had
come to the parting of the ways. Inc
veto was in favor of extravaganza ana
against the policy of protecting the
collateral of the people who pony up
the taxes. The speaker then debated
the legal phases of the situation and
closed by declaring the Heath propo-
sition a money-saving device. he was
against the veto.
Mr.. Dale didn't lament over the fact
that the mayor was with him, although
he was sorry the mayor had waived
high moral grounds when the legal
department had found nothing to JUS
tify his argument. He, too, was against
the veto, for he believed the council
had the right to make new contract,
and besides more work of this kind
was needed, and by letting TO Heath
nice little rake-off could be saved.
Mr.. Wiscomb thought the arguments
advanced were Democratic hoWls,
emitted for effect. The cry of economy
was all right in certain Instances
Griffin was losing money right now as
mis- contract would show.
AT this point Wiscolnb called for the
reading of 'Griffins entire contract,
which was had, to Mr.. Emery's mani
fest discomfort.
When ii was finished Mr.. Callister
took the floor and read the report of
the spfinkling committee on the Heath
matter. signed by LIE ProhOn and Wis
comb. LIE Prohon raised the point that
the report had been amended by the
council to read as per Callister's enun-
citation.
Replying, Callister said it didn't mat
ter: tine committee had reported favor
expressed several large chunks of sur
Tq-ise at the attitude of Wiscomb, de-
claring that he couldn't fer his life
understand it. Callister declared the
whole matter meant voting a whole
lot of money into Griffin's pocket
Stewart moved to postpone for
week, which was seconded by Dale.
O'Meara opposed postponement and
said from the reading of Heath's bid
written on Councilman Stewards let
terheads might mean something. Per-
hans Griffin had not been here long
enough for certain members to vote
for him.
Stewart squirmed a little and made
a point of order that O'Meara's re-
marks were not germane TO the ques-
ton CT postponement.
O'Meara. however. was sustained
for limited debate and again called at
tention to the fact that the bid was
drawn or Stewards letter heads, per
haps because the member wanted it to
be accurate
Newell quit the chair and argued in
favor of action. He thought the council
ought to quit haggling and give the
contract 10 some one and have the
dust laid. He was in favor of support
ing the veto.
Buckle talked against the veto and
argued in favor of the Heath contract
The motion to POSTPONE passed, ayes
10, noes 2. lie Prohon and Newell vot
ing in the negative.
MKAY'S OPINION.
Replying to a resolution by Council
man Dale, passed a few weeks ago.
the city attorney fled an opinion rela
tive TO creating a sinking fund for the
redemption of the bonds issued in 1885,
stating that after reviewing the law
his Judgment was that there was no
need of such fund prior to July, 1898.
The opinion of the attorney was re-
ferred TO the finance committee
The city engineer submitted a map
of the roilfe of The rolas of the Pinnanr