The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-05
REISER CORKEO UP
City Auditor Withdrew Pay
rolls and Communication.
COUNCIL PAYS NO BILLS
FINANCIAL CONDITION DoDeED
BY ADRoIT MANEUvERs.

The word finance was not ia the city
councils lexicon last night Chairman
Robertson. of the finance committee. ex-
purgated it in the most artful style i'm
aginable- Auditor Reiser didn't want the
dictionary revised, but Robertson talked
him into it.
While Recorder Nystrom was reading
the minutes Mr., Reiser appeared with the
eaYroils under his arm Attached TO the
payrolls was communication from him
IN winch he asked the council to de-
wise some means OF discharging them.
j ne name OF every employee of The CITY
VINO dOeEn,t draw his pay from a special
tuna was on these paYroiIs
ho9eFts0n saw Reiser cUHle fh and lay
aesk. lie tidgeted around for few min
utes and at last the suspense beca me
greater than lie could bear He walked
over and picked up the payrolls and the
auditCr iettei. then he called the aU-
ditor to MIN and the pair engaged in an
earnest conversation.
Reiser Bottled Up.
With much holding OF heads and v-rin-
kllng OF brows they argued for five OF
ten minutes. At the close OF the debate
Robertson handed all the documents in
6Fidunce to AUDITOR heiSer. while an ex-
preston Of retie1 gathered on his counte-
iis>nte- heiser folded the papers care
lut-iN, tucked them under his arm and
WdAhHtt tUt bI the council chamber. he
H'td b*eR talked out Of any statement he
htsd ln,euded to make as 10 the true
condition OF the city treasurer.
Ie.elC he leIt the building ne was
ASKED II ~ intended to submit anything.
i had int uded TO. he replied but
AR. LObCrtsou THINKS IL best that no
oayroi4s be submitted to the council to-
nlz ht- Then MIR. Reiser fed pTecipi-
lately He evidently didn't care to dis
cuss The situation any further
me sQuetchlng of the auditor was not
the only thing Mr. Robertson accom-
pIshed last night. COttrell wanted some
water mains extended. A cOmmunica-
ton from the city engineer calling atteu-
ton 10 the tact mat in ten cases the ex-
tensions ordered had not been made. al
though the citizens desiring them had al
ready deposited the money to pav for
them. Ws.s read.
CCttreii was on his feet with a motion
TO the effect that the contractor De re-
quired to proceed with the work at once
when Robertson whispered something
softly in his ear. Cottrell subsidized al
once and accepted an amendment prOvid-
ing tnat the matter be referred to the
WaterWorks committee. 1t was a safe
guess that all Robertson whispered tC
Cotuen was; Were broke
Gave Buckle a Tip.
Earlier in the evening the chairman OF
the finance committee had had whis
pered Col!Oquy with President Buckle tn;
nature OF this became apparent when the
board of public works payroll. amounting
70 less tUau @0JH- was EEtU. BEFORE any
body could move to place the amount OF
the appropriation list Buckle announced
that the matter would be referred to tn,
finance committee.
Then he looked over at Robertson anC
, the two exchanged a grin. 1t was a.
pretty piece of fnessing as has beer
seen in the council for many weeks. Tn
only sum ordered appropriated ley tn
: council last night was matter of So
to the county treasurer for taxes on som,
property purchased in the canyons.
il hi
priated, though, for it was ordered place.
on the appropriation list, and the apprO
priatiOn list was never passed. Their,
seemed to be a feeling in the council tina
finarCes would be aired in spite of effort
to prevent it, for. before the bushes
was half concluded, and with hundred
of dollars in bills on the table. an ad
| journment was rushed through on motion
! n. HarrIafs