The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-26

For a short time last evening the
city council was tempest-tossed. but
after the trouble blew over harmony
and good feeling prevailed and bust
ness was dispatched in earnest.
The signal for hoStilities was given
when Councilman Buckle, at the con-
! clusion of the reading of the minutes
! of the previous meeting moved to ex-
/ punge from the record all reference TO
the exchange of personalities between
/ Councilmen Diehl and Fernstrom over
the controversy respecting conditions in
! the sanitary department
| Recorder BaclSman explained that the
| custom had been to report the entire
| councilmanic proceedings, and leaving
| it to the next subsequent meeting TO
| expunge whatever objectionable matter
there was in the record. This he had
done this time, and on his own Volt
ton.
Councilman Fernstrom opposed the
Buckle motion, and declared he wanted
the record to show all that had really
transpired, even though it had been Of
a personal nature.
Fernstrom's insinuation that Diehl
had only stirred UP matters in the
! health department to Subserve no good
or worthy motive, brought the council
man from the Fifth to his feet, de-
handing of the president that he be
protected from what he termed fur
Their insult from his colleague" A
second time, trembling with anger,
Diehl demanded that Fernstrom be
called to order. Before resuming his
seat, Councilman Diehl announced en-
phatically that he proposed to probe
things to the bottom in the department
over which Fernstrom presides as COM
mittee chairman, and with which de-
partment the speaker has had occasion
to find much fault lately.
The offensive matter was then order
ed stricken from the minutes by a few
feeble ayes The mo" votes were not
called for.
EAST BENCH CANAL QUESTION.
The report of the committee on irri-
cation, from last weeks meeting, rec
ommending that the city rescind its ac-
ton of last August in abandoning the
Parley's creek canal, was no sooner
taken up than Councilman Robertson
moved to refer the report, along with
the city engineers protest, back to the
committee. Speaking to the motion.
Robertson declared his belief that the
conduit should do the canals duty, and
he doubted not that the interested
farmers on the east bench would see
the economy and advantage of relying
upon the conduit for their water sup
ply, rather than the canal. The motion
to re-refer the matter to the commit
! tee resulted as follows:
Ayes.-Allen, Buckle, Callister, Diehl,
Fernstrom, Morris, Robertson, Wallace
! $. Noes.-Howe. Margetts, Patrick,
Romney, Siddoway, Weller, Barnes-7.
City Engineer Kelsey's weighty re-
monstrance was also referred 10 the ir-
rigation committee. nn-
OTHER WATER SUBJECTS.
Superintendent Game of the water
works department reported that the
work of lowering mains below the frost
line on the north and east bench, in
accordance with the councils order, on
his recommendation, was progressing,
40 laboring men, in three gangs, being
employed. AS to the cost, the super
| intendent stated it ran from S2.70 to
! $4.20 per rod, according to depth and
condition of ground trenched, and in
his opinion, the total cost of the work
done and in prospect would not exceed
the estimate of 81 200 The Superintend-
ent called attention to the fact that on
Sixth street, from I TO K, the tracks of
the Salt Lake City Railroad company
We're directly over the line of mains,
and these would have to be moved be-
fore the water pipes could be placed
below the frost line. The communica-
ton was referred TO the committee on
waterwoTks.
The Lime Kiln Mining company, by
]. c. Andrews, president, represented
that it had partially developed water
right, with an approximate fioY of &c.
COO gallons per day, which was offered
for sale to the city if it could give a.
sufficiently. large price for the water,
and if thes size of the city's offer is
sufficient to encourage the development
of the water source, which is in the
foothills south of Emigration canyon.
The matter was referred to the city en-
gineer for investigation and report.
FOR A LARGER POLICE FORCE.
Chief of Police Pratt submitted the
following, which was referred TO the
committee on fire and police:
Il respectfully call the attention of
your honorable body to the present
small force of patrolmen in the police
department and the extra. work now
7 imposed upon the men. With the re-
turn of the Twenty-fourth infantry to
Fort Douglas 1 have been under the
necessity of keeping, a man constantly
on Commercial street. and this addi-
tional work cripples the other beats.
According to statistics, the Salt Lake
City police force has only two-thirds
the minimum number of policemen
employed in other cities with the same
population.
II would also suggest the propriety
of re-creating the Office of captain, as
necessity demands that an officer in
charge be at headquarters during all
of the a hours. To have the first SER
geant relieve me of this important duty
with the same salary as the other Off
GERS, with the additional four hours
labor, is not just, and will. l think, be
so recognized by your honorable body.
with the Office of captain re-created.
and the employment of one additional
patrolman. ! believe we will be able to
maintain the present efficiency of the
department"
Mayor Clark informed the council
he was in receipt of a letter from Mrs.
Mary F. Keith, secretary of the Wo-
mans Relief committee of Park City,
expressing feelings of gratitude to the
city of Salt Lake for the liberal appro-
priation OF S1.25O, and stating that out
of the last installment of $3.50 RENTED
it had been necessary to use only S142.sO
for the relief of the Park City fire suf-
ferers, leaving S10720 unexpended,
which amount was returned with the
mayors communication.
ANOTHER ORDINANCE KILLED.
The free drug store liquor license
ordinance was quickly and unceremon-
iously killed by vote of s TO 6, as fol-
lows:
Ayes-Callister, Howe, Patrick, Rom
ney, Siddoway, Wallace, Weller,
Barnes.
Noes-Allen,- Buckle, Diehl, Fern
strom, Morris, Robertson.
Romney moved to strike out the en-
acting clause, and the motion was put
to a vote without debate The bill pro-
vided that drug stores might sell intOx-