The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-03
Committee of Unemployed Ad-
dress the Council.
WANT WORK PROVIDED
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY
SENDS IN A PETITION.
Memorial From the Citizens Com
mittee-A Protest Against the
Drainage Canal-Police and Fire
Board Asks For Ten Additional
Firemen-Routine Matters.

last nights session of the city council,
Councilman Allen arose to a question
of personal privilege and informed the
council that Charles Vincent, Dan
Duncan and John Stubs were present
as committee appointed at meet
| ing of the unemployed held yesterday
afternoon in the tunnel and desired to
address the council on the labor ques-
ton. There were no objections offered
and oratory was turned loose, not,
however, until John Stubs took the
! floor.
Charles Vincent was the first speaker
called upon and he spoke very briefly
referring to the number of unemployed
| in the city. He believed if the council
could create some work by the con-
struction of canals, ETC., it would have
a good effect
STUBS TAKES THE FLOOR.
Then arose the only and original
John Stubbs.
Il am afraid 1 shall have to be a
] little sharp and to the point in my
remarks tonight began John, and
then he proceeded to take the council
on his toasting prong.
Diehl looked mad and Romney's
countenance assumed an expression as
rush through an appropriation But
Stubs cared not for them and went
on:
Gentlemen, there is work to be done
on every hand. We poor mortals who
live i'm the western part of the city
have our houses floating about for
want of proper canals. They should be
constructed he declared, so that we
won't have to swim or hire a boat to
get to our homes. You, as a council,
are doing nothing to relieve the dis
tress We adopted a petition at a
meeting of unemployed some time ago
and the same was referred to the
finance committee. but it was not at
tended to- l appeared before the COM
mittee one night, but Romney, the
chairman, was not there. Now as
citizen and a taxpayer 1 say the coun-
ell should do something. You, gentle
men, should
Mr.. President" broke in Diehl, Its
question whether this council should
listen to Mr.. Stubbs. He has no right
to come here and criticize the council
or dictate to us
But 1 claim to have such a right"
persisted John STUDIOS very emphati-
cally.
Dale-I think Mr. Stubbs is getting
outside the lines of courtesy when he
undertakes to CaiticiZe us.
1lOIIluGy-l uOIl llhS lHS OlCldlOi icl
tone in which the gentleman is speak
ing. Amy man has a right to be heard
at the proper time, but Mr.. Stubs
should confine himself to the subject.
O'MEARA CHAMPIONS STUBS.
O'Meara championed Stubs course,
maintaining that he was speaking in
his own peculiar manner and express
ing his views though in opposition to
some of the council members. Il for
one, desire Mr. Stubbs to proceed in
the manner he has started out.
JOHN RESUMES.
Stubbs, who had remained standing
all this time, resumed with flushed
face and renewed vigor:
Il should like very much to please
Bishop Romney and my friend, Mr.
Diehl, but men have different opiniCns
you know and 1 am expressing my
convictions"
Stubs then took up the proposition
to build the proposed drainage canal
on Ninth West street, contending the
city engineers recommendations should
be carried out. The speaker had
talked with Watermaster Wilcken,
from whom he got his cue.
But 1 don't care where you build
canals, gentlemen, just so you build
them and give US work. resumed the
propriated $4,000 for a park to give
the unemployed work; Salt Lake has
done nothing. Times are hard, and
while 1 think they will begin to inn
prove after McKinley's Inauguration,
we can't wait. We know you plead
poverty and an empty treasury. Now
/ want to say right here that the work
ingman don't like the methods of such
big taxpayers as Bishop Romney in
keeDinP down taxes so low
ROMNEY OBJECTS.
Il object to my name being used
shouted Romney.
We'll then I'll withdraw your name, /
because there may be others in this
council who need it" replied Stubbs, /
who closed his speech rather abruptly. |
DAN DUNCAN'S VIEWS.
Dan Duncan next spoke for a few
moments, appealing for work for the
unemployed.
This closed the speechmaking and
business was resumed
LIGHT CoMPANY's PETITION.
The Salt Lake and Ogden Gas and
Electric Light company, as fore
Swallowed in The Herald a few days
ago, sent in a petition asking for an
amendment to its franchise, permitting
the company to charge the following !
rates for gas: For gas consumed by
any individual. per month, s1.25 for the
the first 1000 cubic feet or part of 1000
cubic feet; for the second 1000 cubic
feet, $1.25; for each additional 1000
cubic feet, so cents.
The scale of prices as prayed for
above is the same as recommended by
the citizens committee and as sug-
gested on the memorial of the commit /
tee adopted last Friday night at the
chamber of commerce meeting and |
submitted TO the council last night. I
The memorial was referred to the COM /
mitteees on Improvement and munich |
pal law, and the recorder was in |
structed to notify the gas people TO be |
present before the committee meeting /
Later on the petition from the Salt /
Lake and Ogden Gas and Electric 1
Light company was also referred to
the same committee as the memorial /
adopted by the chamber of commerce. |
DRAINAGE CANAL.
The drainage canal matter then came |
up for consideration, but nothing was /
done.
A PROTEST.
Edward Howe and Emma Howe /
sent in a protest against the construc-
ton of drain ditch on Ninth West, as
contemplated by the Allen resolution, (
the following reasons for the protest
being given:
First-It would greatly depreciate
the value of land fronting on that
street and prevent the settlement and
development Of that part of the city.