The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-28
CONTROVERSY OVER
CITY JAIL SITE
Whole Question Referred TO
New Committee.
PRICE Of PROPOSED LOT
SOME CoUNCILMEN THINK IT
TOO HIGH.

The second report OF the police and
prison committee in favor of purchas-
ing the Blomquist lot on Fourth South
street, opposite the joint building, as
a site for the new city Jail and police
station. caused an animated debate in
the council last night. The bone Of
contention was the price of the lot,
which Mr.. Blomquist holds al $4,000
Robertson opposed the adoption of
the report with considerable Vehe-
meDce. Il wish to say that l am as
tOnished at the action of this commit
tee" ne said Il don't believe It's mem
bers have given this matter a thou
sandth part of the attention they would
have given it if il had been their pr1-
vate business. They don't seem 10
have looked into it at all.
Instead they have agreed on lot
on which a fancy price has been fixed
and they come here and urge Its pur-
chase. Now. I am authorized TO oner
a lot near the heating plant of the joint
building, on Second East street, for
$500. It is 1-3xI1 rods in extent and
is ample for our needs"
q beg to differ from the gentleman
from the Fifth" said Hewlett. Our
committee has looked into the question
thoroughly. I was informed that the
lot of which you speak would cost
$4,000. and it is not big enough for the
kind Of building we viii want 10
erect"
CottreH said the great mistake made
by the committee was in not consulting
with Robertson before reaching an
agreement Hewlett added that It
would be ridiculous to talk Of putting
the building on three-rod lot. ana
added, talking 70 Robertson; II TINS
were a question of putting water pipes
up to the Klondilke or sewers to China
you'd be right in it, and you know it. "
Edgar Howe spoke strongly against
the Blomquist lot, and Canning ex-
pressed himself as being in favor of it
WhittemOre proposed to re-refer the
question to the committee, but was
outvOted Then Robertson's motion to
turn the question over to special COM
mittee was adopted. President Buckle
named Robertson, Edgar Howe, Whit
temore. Tuddenham and Canning as
members of this committee.
Irrigation Appropriations.
Mayor Thompson submitted the re
port Of Land and Water Commissioner
Westerfield on the West Jordan water
meeting. and urged that the council
take some action. He suggested an ap-
preparation of 800 as the city's share
in the preliminary expenses. The al
i0wance was made, and on Robertson 5
motion the report Of the commissioner
viii come up before the committee of
the whole at 1880 O'Clock next Tuesday
night.
In another. communication the mayor
called attention 70 the necessity for
weirs in the jordan & Salt Lake canal,
so that a measurement can be had of
the water that the farmers are getting.
The communication was laid over, to
come up under the head of misce1la-
neous business but the council ad-
journed before reaching it.
The report of the sanitary commit
tee, recommending the purchase of a
lot at the corner of Fifth South and
Fifth West streets as a crematOry site
for S3,775, was laid over for one week,
on request Of COttrell and Canning.
A petition signed by eighty-three
merchants and business men, asking
that a franchise be granted the Mer-
chants Lighting company, was re-
ceived- The petitioners state they be-
lieVe the granting Of the franchise will
be beneficial to citizens generally
Among those who signed the petition
were: Freed Furniture company, Har-
ris Furniture & Carpet company. Wen
ma restaurant. Godbe-Pitts Drug COM
pauy. Smith Drug company, Scott
Streve1 Hardware company, Galloway,
Hook & Francis, Cosgriff- Enright
Madsen. The petition went to the joint
committees on streets. municipal laws
and improvements.
The sanitary committee recommended
that the dumping Of garbage and other
refuse on Fifth South street be discon-
tinued. Canning and Cottrell urged
that in addition the refuse already
there be covered. Buckle and others
argued in favor Of this proposition. A
motion to have the grounds put in a
sanitary condition Immediately was de-
feated. and the matter re-referred TO
the sanitary committee.
Keller & Rush were granted twenty
DAYS additional time in which to take
away their first cutting of hay on the
City's land i'm PaTley's canyon. This
was on recommendation of the public
lands committee.
On recommendation Of the fire COM
mittee Chief Devine was allowed 1928
to defray his expenses in attending the
approaching annual meeting of the
National Fire Chiefs association at In
dianapOlis.
The AIcatraz Asphalt Paving COM
pany asked permission to use the city's
gravel banks near the Warm Springs.
The request was referred to the street
committee. with power to enter into
contract with the company.
The Domestic Garbage Consumer
company requested the council to ap-
point a committee to investigate the
workings Of its apparatus. The COM
municatiOn went to the sanitary COM
mittee.