The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-24
Council Fails to Discuss Water
Matters.
MANY MEMBERS AWAY
HEBREWS REQUEST A BURIAL
PLAT.
Ask Cemetery Committee to Dedicate
Lot of Ground For Them to Use
License Committee Will Recon-
mend a New Dog Tax Ordinance

The meeting Of the councils commit
tee of the whole called for last night
to consider the water question, could
not be held because a quorum was
lacking Beatty. WhittemOre, Fern
strom, c. r. Howe and Gemmel were
absent, the last named being out Of
town. Edgar Howe and Reid left be-
fore the meeting could be called.
The seven members of the council
who remained resolved themselves,
where quorums were ODJainable, into
committees 20 consider matters refer
red. Cottrei assembled the cemetery
committee to hear what Morris Levy
and G. NJ. Lewis, on behalf Of the con-
gregation Of Montefiore, had to say in
support Of the petition Of the orthodox
Jews for a cesEiOn of a half acre OF
ground in the southeast corner of the
city cemetery for burial purposes.
The petitioners represented that the
reformed Hebrews had been granted
plat, but it was now nearly full OF
burial mounds and when the additional
half acre is granted all the Jews. If
respective of class, would have place
of fntelment for their dead, place
that would be further improved and
beautified, since the intention is to sell
lots for only enough to set out ana care
for trees, grade avenues and otherwise
improve the plat.
Chairman COttrell announced his Op-
position to granting the Hebrews an
land in the cemetery
When reminded that the preceding
council had given the Catholics plat
of ground to Use and improve as their
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ference; if you want that half acre get
it from the Catholics.
A suggestion was made that such
proposition is like ''robbing Peter to
pay Paul" COttrell asked for and OBJ
tanned weeks delay so he could look
the ground over.
Before adjOUrning the committee au-
thoTized Sexton Carter to proceed %
clear cemetery park, which has lately
been thrown open for burial purposes
and to expend not to exceed $50 in NOV
ing the barn and other buildings in the
park
Slot Machines and Dog Tax.
The license committee concluded to
recommend adverse action on the petit
ton Of numerous saloon keepers for the
privilege of maintaining nickle-in-the-
slot musical cabinets, run as trade ma
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each machine The committees con-
clusion was based on City Attorney
stephens opinion that the licensing of
the machine would be unlawful, since
they are gambling devices. The saloon
men submitted that the machines gave
back value received, a tune, with
chance of drawing anywhere from
nothing to forty cigars.
The dog tax regime was up for con-
sideratiou by the license committee,
and, in line with a time-woTn threat,
the city attorney was instructed TO
draw an ordinance rsquirin9 the dog
catcher to turn his fees daily into the
treasury, and in lieu Of half the fees
for his services the catcher viii be paid
$50 a month. he to furnish his own
horse and wagon. Pending the passage
of the proposed ordinance, which will
have the effect of cutting the catcher's
compensation in half. Recorder Nay
lors appointment Of Batteryman Wal
ter F. Griffith to the place vacated by
J. Gordon Mcpherson. the COlOTed col
leCtor, will be hung up.
On request of the Democratic MEM
beers Of the police committee, action on
Chief HiIton's appointment of Howard
Wilson to succeed PatTOlman Davies.
slated for removal, was deferred an
other week
The street committee considered sew
eraI unimpOTt1nt matters.
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