The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-15
SIX POLICEMEN
FOR FOUR PLACES
Chief PauPs Appointments to
Vacancies Returned to Him.
CITY TANKMEN cENSURED
PUMPING SCHEME CARRIES AND
GARBAGE PROBLEM UP.
CITY TANEMeH cEHSURED

IN line with his expressed intention.
Chief Of Police Pau endeavored at
last nights city council meeting to
have filed the four vacancies. existing
in the police department. but in The
effort he sought, doubtless unwittingly.
to mn two more places than are vacant.
hs complication which seemed i'm
minent was avoided by sending the an
pointments back to the CHIEF. in order
to give him opportunity to designate
the police officers to fill the vacancies
OF three patrOlmen and a detective
pending the enactment of an ordinance
increasing the membership of the DO
lice department
The appointments submitted by Chief
Paul included the names of A. A. Al
klre, r. L. Shannon, George +. Wat
son, Henry Jones, c. M. Evans and p
J. McDermott. OF these. the latter four
were appointed BY Chief Hilton. but
their confirmation was Withheld on the
knowledge that Mayor Thompson
would refuse to concur i'm any appoint
{ ments made by the former chief.
IN the discussion over the motion to
return the appointments 20 Chief Paul.
Robertson remarked that an ordinance
ought to be passed, increasing the DO
lice force six men, as the chief desires.
He believed the chief understood the
. situation. and he surmised that an
would be well If enough names were re-
submitted to III the four vacancies.
Chairman Eardley suggested that
while there are four vacancies. the two
prison guards arc doing patrol duty and
they should be returned so that the
city prisoners may be worked on the
rock pile de added that there are now
only thirty policemen available.
Censure of City Tankmen.
With reference to the complaint Of
WaterwOrks superintendent Hines that
the intake gates at the high line tanks
in City Creek canyon, which were con
structed under the supervision. Of En-
gineer Kelsey.a are unserviceable. the
committee on waterworks reported that
the matter had been fully investigated.
and recommended that the engineer
be directed 10 put the gates in repair.
The report further recommended that
the waterworks superintendent be in
structed to inform his subordinates
that no further destruction Of the city's
property would be tolerated.
Robertson and Tuddenham informed
the council Of how Superintendent
Hines men had ruined the mechanism
Of the gates by neglecting them and
then driving them down with sledge
hammers because they did not like the
way they operated.
Eardley wanted to hear from Hines
before censuring him. and Daveler
moved that the implied censure Of the
superintendent subordinates be elm
mated, but both propositions failed.
The report was amended so as to
provide for the committees inspection
of the repaired gates. and in this form
it was adopted
The proposed contract between the
city and the Utah & Salt Lake. East
Jordan and South Jordan Canal com
panies, whereby the canals viii be per-
United to share in the city's appropri-
ated right to raise and lower the level
of Utah lake, and binding the city TO
enter into the compact TO install
pumping plant at the rivers intake,