The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-06
Proposition to Tilt New City OH.
GERS Salaries.
NEW SCALE ALL AROUND
MONEY VOTED TO MAYOR CLARK
FOR his PORTRAIT.
Ddlatory Rule Invoked to Postpone
Action on Important Questions
Numerous Street Improvements
Ordered Made-Protest Against
Sale Of Street.

City officers-elect and place hunter
under the new administration who at
tended last evenings council meeting
were treated to a pleasant surprise b,
the mention OF a proposition to restor,
Official salaries to the figures prevailing
before the economy move of two year.
ago. The finance committee was direct.
ed to report at the next weeks meeting
a schedule of salaries for the incoming
administratio ton.
Attention to the salary question was
directed by the introduction of a bill
for an ordinance increasing the police
Justices salary from $1,000 to 81 ,20(
yearly. No member stood sponsor fol
the bill, but that did not prevent the
| proposition receiving kind considera-
tlon- The reading of the bill resulted
In opening up the whole question OF SAL
aries. Callister expressed the opinion
that If the police Justices salary were
/ to be raised the meager allowances to
officials should be tilted all along the
line, from mayor down, not forgettins
even the poorly paid councilmen
AS an amendment to Callister's mo-
| ton to refer the proposed ordinance to
the finance committee, Howe moved to
instruct the committee to report for the
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evening new salary schedule for all
the city officers under the incoming adj
| ministration. The amendment was ac-
cepted, and when the motion was put to
vote not single dissenting voice was
heard.
A Memoir Of Glendinning.
Under the head of new business CAL
lister proposed an appropriation of $780,
In Keeping with a time honored Gus
tom, TO defray the expenses of painted
portrait of Mayor Clark to adorn the
walls OF the council chamber along with
the portraits of his predecessors in
office. The appropriation was promptly
made. While the vote was being taken
buzz went around the circle inquiring
why ex-Mayor Glendinning has for two
years past failed TO apply the appro-
pf1ation of $3.50 in his favor to the pur-
pose intended.
Mayor Clark reported in detail the ap-
preparation to his contingent fund of
the total sum of s7.032.50 from Feb. %,
1893, to Oct 20. 1899, and the disburse-
meDt or s6,SSo.40 by vouchers from the
fund. The statement was certified to
by Auditor Swan as being correct. and
1t was referred to the finance commit
tee in accordance with the mayors re-
quest.
Delaying Action.
Wallace made inquiry of the fire and
police committee what disposition was
intended of the mayors proposed ordi-
nance to further restrict the sale of
liquors In saloons on Sundays. Chair
man Howe answered that the commit
tee was not ready to report and on
Wallaces motion the committee was di-
rected to submit its recommendation on
the ordinance next Tuesday evening
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came up Tor consideration, but the di-
latory rule was invoked four separate
times by Buckle and once by Callister.
to secure poStponeTnent of final action
for one week Two reports were from
the waterworks committee, recommend
ing plan of action whereby the board
of public works may take charge of the
extensions of water mains and service
pipes in accordance with the recent de-
cislon of the supreme court and favor
Ing the supplying of All Hallows coll
lege grounds, southeast of the city,
with water from Parley's conduit. Two
other reDorts on which action was de-
ferred were from the street committee,
recommending change of grade on up
per Main street, and from the joint
committees favoring the expansion of
the public library quarters after Jan.
10 to the rooms now occupied by the
city recorder, and moving the record
er's office to the basement
The fifth matter 10 receive a post
ponement of consideration was the re-
port of the committee of the whole rec
works committee and the printing of
twenty copies of the city engineers re-
port on plans of acquiring Mill Greek
water for the city pipe system.
Cailister opposed the printing propo-
sition, but Howe vigorously favored it, |
on the plea that the council owed it to
the people to have sufficient copies of
the report to send broadcast. showing !
what had been accomplished from the |
of $1,000. even if the printed |
report cannot be issued till after the !
new year dawns.
Pending the submission of Engineer |
Kelsey's report On Big Cottonwood as |
a source of greater water supply for !;
Salt Lake, further consideration OF the !
committee of the whole report was de- !
se-red one week.
Object to Selling a Street.,
Robert r. Anderson, Spencer Claw
son and the Utah Savings e. Trust COM |
pany protested against the proposed |
sale of the west end of Fifth street TO |
V. L. Halliday for a barnyard. In sup |
port OF the protest 1t was represented |
that the sale of the street would re- |
suit in depriving protestants of ingress
to and egress from their property. As
a further reason why the street should
not be sold, it was stated that the land |
in question was a part of City Creek
canyon park, dedicated to public uses,
and if Halliday was allowed to pur-
chase it, the courts would be invoked |
to set aside a sale of adjacent property
to him. The protest was referred to
the committee on public -rounGs, with
The city attorney associated.
The petition of Lee Gaetchins and c.
E. Hoffman for water from a iydrant
IN the Salt Palace grounds to flood the
bicycle arena for a skating rink, was
to the waterworks committee
with power to act.
The long pending ordinance to make
he Office of dog catcher a salaried in
stead of fee job was killed by strik-
ng out the enacting clause by a de-
:isive vote.
The contract for furnishing twelve
'ix-inch Ludlow hydrants was awarded
@ P. J. Moran. he being the lowest
bidder. at $65 each.
Chief Deyine was authorized to CO.
icit bids for the plumbing work in the
lew fire station on 1 street
Improving the Streets.
On recommendation of the commit
ZEE on streets the owners of property