Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-11

/ recommendations carried out wcr
I those made by the city engineer.
I Amount paid Tor the present wlrl
/ authorized by the city Council uctobc
] (. 1895. for instruments. materials, sur
/ Vows. stream measurements, Wcira
! mans. plans, and investigating wuic
rights and records. 10 January lsi
AZ sts. %. Estimated cost OF cumplniinl
work now contemplated. $500.
After further discussion the ropur
was referred to the whtcfw0fkl com
mittoe and the work ordered atopucl
until further notice.
now OVER a TYPEWRITER
The early stage u the proceeding
wore rulivtncd somewhat by q uit De-
trcrn Councilman Buckle aud Record
or nacknnn. over "a book typewritinf
Dob chime that the latter claims be- D. iu
rtDI 81 ln hla office The recorded read
communication from himself nd'
dressed tu The president ana nrmhcf'
oil the city council. in which % wa.
atnted that hc required an Ailinti aud
Hatch machine. 90 ID cost ut $50 U.
WINS also stated TINT immediate action
would confer favor. uic.
Councilman siddowny moved The re.
quest he granted. BEFORE ANY one hid
evrn time To- second the motion Dpun-
Gilman Buckle was on bis feet Win q
= object" be- said. ITO this cut and
dried proposition
\ number of the members stared, Va
oren mnuthcd nstuniahment p1riicu.
liriy tho mover of the motion.
" have reputation" continued hr.
ttunlfin. "fpr ttfaing plainly. ani In
rasInr what am about 90 10y ] may
hurt someone's fcolluvH. but ! ON go
lur To- have my 9ay anyway in Tho
nrst place I desire 60 call attention tn
ihe very unuaunl way " dlfrofing ~
this matter Every member knows na
vol na I do that " iH tho custom Go
refer requests ~ thir nature 10 nn APP
rfuuflnfn committee. Why hasn't 10
boon done IN thia particular inatnucrf
l VIII tell you 10 ia because NJ nn Inn
pil.d understanding between the city
r,Onnirr nnd certain momhefu N this
rYurcii-fha majority mnyhe-in rlIl-
rnlI ihe thing through. fnr The lnpn
that the typewriter has already been
i,nurht by Mr. iiuckmun mud % now ~.
mains fnf the Council 80 foot the bill
Nr buckle furihsf Stated that ne
had been approached By She recorders
oilico IN vote Tor the appropriation. but
thnt h. had refused because " had not
come M IN the regular why The cnun-
Gilman also rhnrrfd the rcortlff With
having inhhled with tho Council meme
hrra ~ last Thursday nights commit
Tee meetings.
Councilman Romucy expressed SUR
Prise ~ what had been said and In
aulrrd ~ Recorder nnckman ns ~ the
truth Of Councilman buchlca state
msnt
Mr. nackman said there was not n
word ~ truth. In what he'd been nnii.
n was true he hnd prp,afef r. tvra-
writer from =, w. Jayne aud nlr01iy
urcf n on hin records n WINS not Tho
ono be- desired however. Tor that would
have ~ b. ordered hy wire n1 sn1n ME-
me Council Ind hnr1rcd hi4 fcqniaiilnn.
Mr. nackmar further stated thai the
purpose Tor which be- required the type
writing machine wna ~ improve the
method NJ recording matters IN tho rec
nri books ~ hla ONCE. This tho Cnun.
80 members should be na much inter-
sat0d IN no he wac However. N the
Council was deTiroua 81 having the rec
nfda foui pc heretofore that was their
business. To him Il was matter %
perfect Indifference
buckle then lntlmAted that tho ro-
cnrdor had tnhen advantage ~ the nh-
sonce ~ Councilman Wallace chair.
man ~ the committee on enrolment.
for tho purpose NJ "fuiirnnhing' IN.
nh through This was again denied BY
Mr. hickman.
Councilman Wallace raid h. had been
rpprnaehod about the middle ~ last
December. By the recorder. who told
him BE- was IN need ~ n Typewriter.
FcrnHirom said. This ~ n great
tempest IN q teapot" buckles talk
was AN nonsense N there Ind been
= nv irregularlty the Council could rrr-
ny u. The question with him wna;
Docs the rccordcr need a typewriter"
lie thought 20.
Robertson asked Fcrnstrom N h. ever
paid for a thing before h. Rot Il aud
received an eluivecai answer
homucy Sold no pcrHon connected with
ihe city government had a right ~
rurchnro anything without first rccelv.
Ing authority.
nuetlc Inquired what had hecome ~
The hill for $50 which he wns asked
10 approve last Thursday night
Mr.. iiarkninn faid that the Council
had frequently appropriated money for
things before the goods were delivered,
postage stamps and postal cards were
aiming them.
slddownv said he vns surprised that
any reflection should be east on him
Tor making the mution. So far nj hr
wns concerned there WIS nothing "cut
and dried" about H. Al this talk was
NNNf 10 ANf fHthfuNf NNN if tho fuuus
~ wanted 10 vote the motion down
all rirht
nurklc-"oh. tho Council won't vote
n down. 10 an right You know what
you're about. John"
finwe claimed there was too much
aiif holnr made over the matter. SIR
iincliman had not approached him nnd
he was nroHont NJ last Thurndny nights
commltte meeting.
ilnhertaon-W nli. ~ dld mo
Continuing. Councilman Howe naid
nm Injustice war being done the city
recorder. who waH In no way 10 blame.
buckle moved. ma an amendment 10
sideways motion. TINT the communl.
cation be- referred 10 the committee ON
Robertson had no particular ohiortion
to Tho expenditure NJ siin providing II
proved q benefit o. the city. IIe hr-
lIrvrd, however u should 20 10 tho
committee.
luckl. was proceeding TO fnv TINT
h. 1iood mp for principle no matter
whether tho amount was large or small.