Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08

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abollshes the office of chief of police
and continues in office the present
members of the fire and police depart
ment until the new Council shall meet
ana enact an ordinance re-creating
those departments. The ordinance can
be repealed by the next Council at
any time, If 1t so desires"
Calllster dnterrupting)--Wh don't
you abolish the office of the chief of
the fire department also?
Dale-"Miy reason is because there has
been turmoil and trouble in police de-
partments for the past two years and
we do not today know whether we
shall have chief OF police or not. Mr..
Pratt is under suspension and want
to give the next administration an OPP
portunity to pass upon this matter and
not be embarrassed by any hnld-over
officers. We have had several hold
over officials in this administration
against the will of the Council, and
do not want 1t to happen again.
want the members of the next Council
to understand that this ordinance con-
tains nothing undetermined and Is pre-
scented with no desire to handicap the
next administration. 1t means what
II says and says what IT means. moth
Ing more and nothing less"
OMearu-I believe Mayor Clark
doesn't need the assistance of some
members of this Council. He will know
that Chief Pratt is a holdover and II
he Is not competent, Mayor Clark can
remove him. Dale comes here and
says the Democrats nominated good
man and the Citizens and Republicans
nominated poor men. The voters made
n mistake and elected Il man not com
petent, and he, Dale, will have to help
him along. Talk about egotisml Dale
and few others are afraid of the hold
overs and must remove them to defend
the incoming administration. If you
are going into the business of removal
put more on the list.
The motion to refer was lost and the
ordinance will come up at the next
meeting of the Council.
NEW MESSENGER SERVICE.
The joint committee on municipal
laws and Improvements returned
substitute ordinance for the one intro
duced granting G.. S. Holmes fran
chise for the purpose of establishing
a messenger, niCht-watch and fire.
alarm service in Salt Lake. 1t provides
that no poles shall be erected under
the franchise except outside the paved
districts; 1t being the intent that all
wires and other appliances erected in
the paved district shall be affixed to
poles belonging to corporations now
operating within tho same. As part
grantee agrees TO supply to the city
free of charge five messenger boxes, lc-
Gated In the offices of the superlntend-
ent of waterworks, recorder. mayor.
treasurer and attorney, and no charge
shall be made for serving the city. The
grantee shall have the messenger ser
vice in operation within the paved dis
trlcts by April l. 1898, and the maxi
mum charges shall not exceed so cents
per hour, when the service Is on foot or
80 cents If on street car. The grantee
shall execute and deliver TO the city "a
bond in the sum of 5000 with two sure
ties, to indemnify the city against dam
ages. etc.
THE ordinance was put on It's third
reading and passed by unanimous
vote.
PIONEER COMPANY's CONTRACT.
The petition of the Pioneer Electric
Power company. which asked that its
franchise be transferred to the Union
Light x Power company, was
reported on by the committee on
municipal laws and Improvements
The committee recommended that the
consent of the Council be given to the
assignment and transfer of the con-
tract for lighting the streets of the
city. when the sureties on the bond
given for the faithful performance of
the contract have filed with the city
recorder their written consent to such
transfer Adopted.
A communication from the Mayor
announcing his appointment of Will
liam Igleheart a member of the library
board. vice Rev. a. j.. Hudson re-
signed. was received and on motion
the appointment was confirmed
Police Court Clerk Shoup reported
the business of the police court for the
month as follows: Prisoners disposed
Of. Isl; fines and forfeitures, s,260.5o
Filed.
The superintendent of waterworks
recommended the payment of the sum
of s176,59 to the Salt Lake Transfer
company as freight and drayage on
carload of 6-inch cast iron pipe. Placed
on special appropriation list.
Margaret b. Salisbury asked permits
sion to connect rain conductor pipes
at hor residence, with sewer at corner
of First South and Sixth East streets.
Referred to committee on sewerage.
j, +. Heath offered to pay $50 per
year for the lease of gravel beds on
the east bench. Referred 70 committee
on public grounds.
George Olson asked for an extension
Of watermains ON Fifth East street
south of Ninth South street. Referred
to waterworks committee with power
to act.
Dale introduced resolution pro-
vlding that the committee on control
of city building are hereby instructed
to confer with the board of trustees of
the city library with n view to arrang-
ing for rooms for location of said IL
brary In the city and county building
The resolution was referred to the
committee with power to act.
Kelson Bros, doing business on wes.
Second South street, called the Coun-
ellis attention to the dangerous condi-
tlon of the street in front of their place
OF business. Referred to board of pub
lie works.
John #. Anden petitioned for re-
lease Of n tax sale. Referred to COM
mlttee on municipal laws.
Adjourned.