The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-23
Sprinkling Cart Question Siam
pedeS COuncilmen.
SERIOUS CHARGES MADE
BRoADSIDES FIRED BY ROBERT
SON AND BUCKLE.
Said That the Studebaker Company
Had Agents on Floor of Council
Who Were Trying to Foist Sprink-
lers on the City-Couldn't Stand
Hot Shot.

Councilmen Robertson and Buckle al
most charged on the floor last night
that the StudebalIer company was try
ing to put through a job in its attempt
to sell sprinkling carts to the city. They
more than intimated it. Robertson de-
clared in a cutting manner, Il suppose
that Studebaker must sell carts to the
city, whereat several members WINGED.
Buckle referred to the agents of the
Studebaker company on the floor os
this council"
The sprinkling committee had report
ed to the council recommending the
offer of the Studebaker Bros. to furnish
eight carts for $3.50 each. There were
other offers which would require the ex-
penditure of less money. John Heath
offered to do the work with sprinklers
that he has for $3.50 per day per cart.
). II. Griffin offered to sell the city eight
secondhand carts for 81, 600. The Wink
Ter Brothers company of South Bend,
Ind, had in a bid, too.
Il am opposed to this report for sew
eral reasons, said Buckle 4 am sur
prised at the chairman of the commit
tee (Canning). who made this report,
and who opposed the letting of the con-
the Moran contract. For, without
water, what use are these carts?
I He read communication from Wink
Ter Bros, saying that a patent arrange
ment of the Studebaker cart was an in
fringement on their patent, and he ex
claimed
Agents in the Council.
but / suppose that the studebaker
agents in this city and the agents of
the company on the floor of this coun-
ell can guarantee to US that we shall
have nc lawsuits over the patent"
Mr.. Canning made a q Tense and Cot
trell moved that the council purchase
five instead of eight cars from the Stud
ebaker company. He had signed the
report asking that eight be bought.
FernstrOm seconded the amendment,
and he had also signed the original re-
port.
/ when a matter of deep interest to
the public comes up here, like the water
/ system contract, there are councilmen
who are not greatly aroused by it," said
Robertson, but when it is a question
of Studebaker sprinklers there is great
activity
There is a very easy way to settle
this matter Let the sprinklers that
we have work double time. Let them
WIN W. oAAiA-S- AAlty ts1ll WOLh III NitC
night as well as in the day, and then it
+ will not be necessary to purchase more
I sprinklers.
I But I suppose that it is necessary
+ for the StUdebaker company to sell
carts to the city. They must sell them
whether we have water to put in them
or not. Let US put these carts on State
street and label them, These belong to
/ the street sprinkling committee and
: were furnished by Studebaker.'
Councilmen Deserted.
( Men who oppose things of great i'm
portance to the city get up here hold
/ ing their hands to high heaven and ask
us to buy sprinkling carts. Why is
( it? 1 would like to have a satisfactory
/ explanation"
} Buckles amendment to employ Crit
+ fin to do some of the sprinkling was
lost. Then the members who had made
f the report recommending the Stude-
/ baker purchase ran to cover,
CottTell and Canning both seconded
/ the motion of Reed that as many carts
J as necessary, commencing with ten, be
used on night service.
When the adoption of the report of
/ the committee was voted on only two
were in favor, Edgar Howe and Whit
! temOre. All those who had made the
report had deserted it. The amendment
! to have the sprinklers do double service
was carried, the same two alone voting
against it