The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-26

the ice was to be cut On December
81 Jake sent her the following letter:
From the inspection made of your
pond and from refusal 10 have water
analysed, we have condemned your
pond as unfit to harvest ice for con-
sumption in the corporate limits Of
Salt Lake for the year A. d. 1897.
/ Please take notice and govern yourself
accordingly
After receiving this letter she saw
/ Greenewald and requested permission
to sell the ice TO the butchers for cool
ing purposes, but the latter stated the
ice in question could net be sold within
five miles Of the city limits. Complain
ant then alleges that she repeatedly
asked the inspector to go to the ice
house and get a piece of ice for analy-
I sis, but he refusHl. Two disinterested
persons analysed the ice and found it
in good condition from a sanitary
standpoint. She then charges the san
itary inspector with repeatedly making
statements to parties for the purpose
of preventing her from disposing of her
! ice.
In conclusion Mrs. Jensen asks that
she be given hearing to substantiase
the allegations set forth in the COM
plant.
Stewart moved that the complaint be
placed on file.
Dale wanted the matter to take the
usual course and moved that. the re-
corder be instructed to serve the san
itary inspector with a copy of the
charges and that they be investigated
at the same time when the hearing OF
the James complaint comes up.
Stewart took the floor and charac
terized the charges as frivolous" The
sanitary committee had visited the
pond in question and had found the
same in a bad condition. The ice was
not fit for sale, and under these condi-
tons he did not think it justice to
compel Mr.. Greenewald to go to the
expense Of defending himself.
After some skirmislhing the whole
matter was referred to the sanitary
committee with instructions to report
at the next meeting of the city coun-
ell.
MAYORS VETO.
When the mayors veto of the propo-
sition to award TO Oblad & Knight the
contract for the construction of four
street sprinklers a a total cost of S1,740
had been read Stewart moved to post
pone action for one week.
Allen reviewed the reasons assigned
by the mayor for disappearing the con-
tract and characterized them as non
sense, especially when the mayor gave
as one reason that il was the function
of the mayor and not of the street
tract.
Mulvey counselled delay. believing
that if any extra sprinkling was to be
done, Mr.. Griffin under his contract
was entitled to it. His contract pro-
vides that he shall do extra sprinkling
when ordered to do so by the council
at $2.45 per block per week. The speak
er declared that when he voted for the
contract it was with the understanding
that Mr.. Griffin was to have all the
sprinkling. though the contract does
not specifically state so. He believed
that all the other members of the coun-
ell voted for the Griffin contract with
the same understanding. Il don't want
any man to be beat out of his lust
dues" the speaker declared. Il believe
Mr.. Griffin under his contract is en-
titled TO all the extra sprinkling in
the city and l don't think it is right
for the council to go back on its
word"
Dale stated that no councilman
should allow his sympathy for Mr.
Griffin to get the best of him. we
are here, not as individuals, but as rep
resentatives to look after the city's in
terest," he said. IF Mr.. Griffin has
not got as good a contract as he
thought at the time it was made, it is
his lookout and not the councils
After a good deal of wordy sparring
MAYORS CONTINGENT FUND.
The committee on finance, reporting
on the condition of the mayors contin-
gent fund, stated that the amount of
81, O0O.SS in the fund had been diSbursed
by the mayor prior TO Sept. l, 1896. since
which time no money had been turned
into the fund. Appended to the COM
mittee report was statement Of the
vouchers drawn by the mayor, together
with the date and amount.
In referring to the same, the commit
tee says:
Your committee having exhausted
all means at its command TO get an ex-
PLANTATION Of the above items. report the
matter back TO the council for such ac-
ton as 1t may choose TO take.
In the judgment of this committee
there are items in this account amount
ing to $40S9.33. of which more detailed
and specific statement of the purposes
for which funds to that amount were
expended should be made
The report was signed by Romney.
Dale, Stewart and Buckle.
Newell, a member of the committee
on finance, declared the report was q
surprise to him. He thought that as a
member of the committee he should at
least have been notified of the fact.
After some discussion the report was
filed.
WATER FOR MOUNT OLIVET
A committee of the trustees of Mount
Ohvet cenetery sent in a communica
ton asking that q committee from the
council be appointed to confer with the
former with a view OF obtaining a. suf-
hcient water supply for the graveyard. ,
Committee on waterworks.
Frank Harrigan offered to sell the !
city two sprinklingI tanks complete for /
1913, or the same with wagons COM !
plete for 1878. He also offered to fur
nish teams and drivers at $3.50 per /
day.
Frank Heath offered to furnish the !
necessary teams and water tanks to
sprinkle the outlying districts at SO per
day per team and driver, during the
found necessary,
L. f. Hall called the councils atten-
ton to the existence of several danger
ous prospect holes near the foot of En-
sign peak, and asked that they be
fenced in or filed up. as they are 10
Gated near the path leading up to the
peak. Committee on streets.
Walter Harris asked FOR q refund of
g. paid on account of dog tax, the ca
nine having been killed the day after
he tax was paid. Committee on Ii
cense.
WATER ORDINANCE.
O'Meara called up the water ordi-
nance, and offered an amendment TO
the same by excluding from assessment
churches, schools and charitable insti-
-,.;o,e A. tho e,,1oeSfior1 af DaIa