The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-12
WHO SAOTHERED
POLICE REPORT?
No Report On Charges Against
Department.
QUARREL In COUNCIL
OF COMMITTEE BLAME
EACH OTHER.
QUARREL IN COUNCIL

department was one OF the features tL
last nights council meeting. 1t came
up as a side issue, but soon had the
floor all to itself
Cottreu started the ball by moving
that the. special committee which was
appointed two weeks ago to Investigate
and report a suitable site for the new
city jail be discharged and a committee
appointed that would look after the
matter. Robertson. who is chairman
of the special committee. said that
many things had delayed the report.
Several pieces Of property had been
looked at and the county commissioners
had been consulted with reference 70
securing rooms for the city court in the
basement of the Joint building Rob-
ertson denied that the committee had
neglected its duty. at seems iil-ad-
vised 70 me-" he concluded, that the
chairman of a committee that has hung
up the report on the MARYLAND investi-
cation should charge another commit
tee with inattention to duty
COttren replied that a number of
meetings had been held on the Mark
land matter and he was willing to re-
port at any time. but other members
of the committee had held him back
''Wen, 1 think that matter should be
reported on said Thomas.
''Why, you are one of the men who
have been holding it up retorted Cot
tren.
Denied by GnOnlaS.
"Oh. get out" said Thomas. such
statements should be made very care
fully. 1 never hung up the report a
minute. You asked me once TO wall
three days and ever since 1 have been
expecting you to bring the question
up"
committee, likewise denied using any
dilatory tactics and pushed the blame
back tovard Cottrell. Here the motion
to discharge the prison site committee
was defeated and the other contention
went on with renewed vigor. Rising to
a question of personal privilege, Cot
trell said:
I have nothing whatever to retract
tonight. I still insist that the report
was held up at the request OF other
mem bers of the committee"
And I want to -reiterate," said
Thomas, warmly. that the report was
not held up at my request, as stated by
the chairman"
Rooming House Ordinance.
Another feature OF the meeting was
the introduction of a roominS house
ordinance by Fernstrom. Robertson
said he had offered an ordinance or
similar character some weeks ago and
he laughingly objected to what he des-
ianated as "Fernstrop's attempt TO
steal my thunder as reformer.
The Fernstrom ordinance proposes TO
require TOOm1nK mousse hSEBNAS " AGSt'
a register of their dodgers 1t forbids
them to allow men and women who are
not married to occupy single room, or
to allow minors TO frequent the houses
without the written consent OF theif
parents or guardians.
The Rio Grande Western petitioned
for a rebate on its paving assessment
on the ground that 1t is Impossible 10
keep paving in repair when placed be
tween railroad tracks. The road Of
hotSVpan its tracks
where they crossed Second South street,
and on this understanding the rebate
was ordered.
W. A. stanton submitted a claim for
$500 for damages done by the bursting
of a fiume in front of his residence, 5o2
East South Temple street, during
rainstorm Aug. 49, 1t went to the
street committee.
The city recorder reported thirty-
seven dogs killed during August ana
the dog tax collector was allowed S16-5O
for his services in destroying the AMI
mails.
erfeld suggested that the road which
leads over Little mountain, through
Mountain Dell and over Big mountain
he repaired On motion of Robertson
his request was referred to the county
commissioners, as the road In question
is outside the city limits.
New Steamer Wanted.
Fire Chief Devine asked permission
to purchase a new steamer at cost
of about $500. He said that the
steamers now in use should be rebuilt
entirely or sent TO thNscrap pile The
communication went to the IRE com
mittee.
Chairman Dooly of the board of pub
lie works called attention to string
of water pipe nearly a mile long IN the
southern part of the city which, he
said, had not been put underground
because the property owners had not
paid their assessments for the extern
sion. The city treasurer was instruct
ed to notify the delinquents that unless
they pay up at once the order granting
the extension will be rescinded.
Chief Hilton desired permission to
appoint fifteen special policemen to
serve during the El<s' carnival Re
ferred to the police and prison commit
tee with power 10 act.
a report from the joint committee on
streets and municipal laws, directing
the city attorney to draw contract
with W. s. Brown for the placing of
waste paper boxes on the streets for
twenty years, Brown agreeing TO pay
so cents per box per year for the privi-
lege, was received. After the time
limit had been cut down to ten years
the report was adopted
Canning offered a resolution instruct
ing the chairman of the finance COM
mittee to make arrangements to take
terested and newspaper men through
PaTley's canyon next Saturday morn
ing to investigate reservoir sites. The
date was amended to Sunday merning
and the resolution adopted.
claim for $3.50. presented by Marcus
Schuman, for damages caused 40 his
property at Eighth and X STREETS by
flooding from a defective city tfune.
was referred to the street complittee
r S Luff directed the council at
tention to the alleged carpet CLEANING
nuisance in his neighborhood. He
stated his intention of suing out an
Injunction, but first wished to know
what the council proposed TO do al out
the matter. Referred to the committee
on sanitary.
Crematory Protest
Thomas W. Green and 307 other citi-
zens protested against locating The
new crematory on the corner of Filth
South and Fifth West streets They
declared the proposed site was an En-
wise and unjust selection, and that it
reflected on the common sense Of t1e
council Referred to the sanitary ccfu-
miUtee.
c. J. Dangerfield and others asked n
a petition that further work on the
proposed sewer extension on Frat
street between L and n streets be SUI :
pended, by reason of the fact that IA >
residents there are unable TO, pay TO-
it. The board of public works, on
Edgar Howes motion, was instructed
to hold up the work until otherwise