The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-14
MORE TALK THAN BUSINESS
THE COUNCTLMEN FIERY LO0UA- CIOUS AT LAST NIGHTS SESSION.

Councilman Shepard's Reasons for City
 Newspaper-Conference Committee on
 the Matter Called For-Nine Newly
 Elected Councilmen Sworn In by the
 Mayor Changes in Building Ordinances.
 The proposition of Councilman Shep- ard for the establishment of city newspaper again bobbed up last night at the meeting of the board of council men. The resolution for the appoint ment of a committee to consider the ad- visibility of establishing a city paper which was passed by the councilmen at a previous meeting and tabled indefi- nitely by the aldermen at their last meeting was laid before the councilmen last night and Councilman Shepard moved to adhere to the former action and call for a committee of conference. He said in making his motion: T meant business. I am not visionary. Eighteen years of business life has taught me to approach any question in the light of hard facts and figures. I believe that a city newspaper is prac- ttcable and that from the profits of a paper published under the city govern ment, we may establish a sinking fund which will go long ways toward pay ing the bonded indebtedness of the city. Such a paper would be gladly received I,yy+ 1,o cha ind edly would give correct reports of the doings of the city government, which the public would like In the past the public has received only garbled reports in the papers, whose highest ambition is to roast some one connected with the city government, Ihope that the commit tee will he appointed. If the commit tee reports that the scheme is imprac- ticable then I shall be satisfied" On vote being taken MT. Shepards motion was carried.
 Although the session of the council men lasted nearly three hours, very lit- tie business of importance was trans acted, the greater part of the meeting
 being devoted to talking matches be- tween various members, as was sug-
 gested by one of the members at the close of the meeting, perhaps to duly
 impress the new members from the
 Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
 wards with the weighty importance of the matters considered. At the opening
 of the session these new members
 were sworn in by Mayor Farnsworth,
 who was present for that purpose.
 L,.
 as to what manner of questions the new
 members from the outlying wards
 would be permitted to speak upon.
 President Burton of the councilnren last
 night when the question as to the right
 of these gentlemen to vote announced
 that he would rule that as the charter
 provided that the new councilmen were
 entitled to vote on matters in which
 their wards were interested, they had a
 right to vote on any matter which ef-
 fects the city treasury. President Bur
 ton also said that he thought that there
 were few matters on which the newly
 elected members would not technically
 have a right to vote. They voted on
 every question that came up last night. After the board had concurred with the aldermen in referring various pe-
 titions to suitable committees, the mayors veto of the action of the court of common council in voting to pay the Andrew J. Condon claim of about S23 for overpaid taxes came up. The mayos gives as @ reason for his veto that the claim was not legal one against the city. Ur;,, I,o board adhere to the previous action. Then the wordy warfare, which lasted
 through the evening, began, Council man Tsbell calling for rising vote Af-
 ter considerable sparring for points by various members 8 vote was taken which resulted in 25 for the motion and 6 against. President Burton declared the motion to override the veto lost, tWo-thirds of the 45 members of the council not voting in favor.
 A notice from Director Beecher stat
 ing that sewers on Newhall, Mason, Huntington, Goffe, Foote, Stanley, Fill more, Poplar and Pine streets and on Shelton avenue were completed, and ready for assessments, was tabled for printing.
 A recommendation from the commit tee on the revision of the ordinances for certain changes in the revised build ing ordinances as reported by the spec ial committee on building ordinances was adopted. These changes are those | made necessary in order for the build ing ordinances to read in conformity
 with the new charter. The change also provides that until an inspector of buildings shall be appointed, as is pro- vided in a previous section, the fire mar shal shall act as such inspector, and be vested with all the powers, duties, responsibilities and authority hereto 1 fore or hereinafter given such inspector of buildings.
 In the building ordinances as propos- ed by the committee which drew them
 up no fees for issuing building permits
 are provided. The following fees were 1 recommended last night and adopted: | The fee for permit for each building 1 costing $5,0G0 or less shall be $1: for 1 permit for each building costing from
 S5,000 to $10,000, $2; for permit for each 1 building costing from $10,00O to s25, 900, 1 B; for permit for each building costing ] from $25,000 to $50,OOO, $4; for permit 1 for each building costing from $500 1 to S75 000 S5: for permit for each huiId