The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-18
POLICE FORCE CHANGE
Majority of the Committee Reports
Against Confirmation.
Observation-Disclosures
AND IN THE MEANTIME THE
COUNCIL DEFERs ACTION.
Report On Firemen Was Unanimously
For Confirmation, But the Coun-
Gil Delays Action-Ladies Ask An
Appropriation For Decoration Day
Sewer Extension Contract Let.

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In accordance with their expressed in
tentions, the full membership of the COM
mittee on fire and police assembled an
hour before the beginning of the council
meeting last evening and endeavored to
agree upon a unanimous recommendation
in the matter of accepting or rejecting the
scheme of Mayor Clark and Chief Pratt
to ''reorganize" the police department.
But the attempt was futile as far as
unanimity is concerned. From over the
transom of the committee room came
strange noises and discordant notes The
seance lasted about half an hour and at
its close, when order was restored, II de-
VeiopeG that Howe, Fernstrom and
Buckle had signed a report recommending
that the mayors appointments OF David
5. Emery Adam Paul Ortherus Pratt.
Ed NJ. Talbot, Joseph s Barlow, James
Williams, William S. Thorn. Boman Can
non and Richard Eddington as members
of the police force in lieu OF nine officers
removed. be not confirmed.
Allen a I'D Robertson diSsented and con-
Guided to submit minority report recon-
mendinS confirmation. Robertson drew
up the minority report and passed 1t over
to his colleague TO sign, but Allen de-
clined 10 subscribe his name TO it,
The report drawn up by Robertson
recommended confirmation of all the APP
pointees except Adam Paul, and adversely
as 10 l40- 10 tfllS Alien OBJECTED.
that the entire nine must be recommended
for confirmation without reservation or
exception
ACTION POSTPONED.
When the council. session was convened
Howe, buckle and Fernstrom, the ma
Jority Of the police and fire conn.ittee,
submitted the following:
Believing in The efficiency OF the pres
ent force we do not deeE any change ad-
Visable. and therefore recommend that
the commitments he mot confirm ed -
The phrase at the present time orig
inally appeared between the words 'ad-
visahle' and and" but they were after
ward, and before the report was read,
scratched out. The report naade no refer
ence to the other members of the force
selves.
The non-appearance of the anticipated
minority report was surprise to several
OF the councilmen. and before any eX-
plantations We're offered, Howe moved the
adoption of his report.
The request for delay came from the
made it, and under the rules action on
the police department reorganization
scheme was deferred for one week.
PROMOTIONS OF FIREMEN.
The committee on fire and police recon-
mended confirmation OF the mayors ap-
pointmentS of Edward McCarty for as
SiStant chief OF the fire department:
Charles Z. Wood for captain. and Michael
W. Earl and James W. Love for lieuten-
Weller wanted The report referred back
10 the committee, because. as he said
There are some things about some of
these men | wish to investigate in con
nection with Che committee before l am
prepared to vote"
Robertson asked why Weller had not
presented his objections to the committee
! had no intirnatiOn of what the com
-nllttee' s recommendation would be" was
Neiler's reply.
Howe withdrew his motion 10 adopt and
the report was ordered sent back to the
committee in accordance with Weiler's
wishes.
FOR DECORATION DAY.
The privilege of the floor was accorded
70 deleg& ton from the Woman's Relief
Corps OF the G.. A r. to make a plea in
support of their petition for an aDprorria-
ZION to help defray the expense of a
proper observance by the corps OF Memo
RAJ day Reporting on the petition. the
nnance committee recommended that il
be referred TO the mayor who has
authority. if he chooses. to nay the de-
sired $50 out of the contingent fund The
ladies' then sought. the mayor n his Of
fee, but the executive refused TO be con-
WINGED. claiming that the council only
nan power to appropriate money. for such !
a purpose
SEWER EXTENSION CONTRACT:
The board of public works reported its
action in having awarded the contract 10
h D Folsom for 81. .e5 for the labor on |
the construction OF short sewer extern
SONS on First West, Second East and |
Fourth EaSr streets. aggreeatine 510 feer !
in length, and asked for the anDrnvaI of 1
its action. The board also requested |
authority TO employ 3. F. Stewart 10 in |
spect tae work at a salary OF $40 per |
month for the time necessarily employed !
The contract was approved but the re- |
quest for authority to employ the in !
spector vas diSailoWed by vote of o To I
5. the affirmative votes being announced |
as those of Allen, Buckle Callister Diehi /
and Robertson
STREET AFFAIRS.
On recommendation of the street com
mittee, the supervisor was directed to en- I
force the ordinance regulating the (
height Of overha nging limbs of shade /
trees along the sidewalks. and the board |
OF public works was authorized to adver-
Use for bids for repairing the stone block
paNements. according TO SDecihca tons to
De furnished by the city engineer.
ANOTHER SAFEGUARD.
A resolution, offered by Councilman
Margetts. was adopted directing the city
treasurer TO withhold payment of the
payroll Of any department until such pay
rol! has been duly approved by the chair
MN % the committee i. control of the |
respective department. and also by ma
1ority of the finance committee.
IMPROVEMENTS WANTED.
T. p. Beatty and others peititioned for
the lowering of the canal fiume where it
crosses the sidewalk on First South |
street. east OF Fifth East. Referred to
the irrigation committee.
J. r. Walker and others prayed that |
Main street. from Eighth to Tenth South
be graded, lighted and sprinkled. Referred |
to the street committee.
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