The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-09
ATTACKS BOARD
OF PUBLIC WORKS
Councilman CottreIl Opposes
Recommendation on Bid.
THE INQUIRY is FOUGHT
EXAMINATION OF CTTY7S BOOKS
STRENUOUSLY CONTESTED.

For reasons Of his own. which he re-
fused TO specify upon the floor OF the
council chamber. President Charles Colt
reu last evening succeeded In having re-
ferred 10 the police. fire and finance com
Tnfttees. the recommendation of the board
Of public works that the bid for the steam
heating of the new city jail be awarded
10 P. j. Morgan, who agrees to do the
work for s4934 The only other bidder
was HigsOn * ROssiter. whose bid was
for $500.
In speaking of his motion the president
animated that there was something
wrong in connection with the bids and
that there had been collision between
two or more parties. Just who they were
or how the city was to be benefited by
readvertising. the president declined to
state adding that it would all come out
Ia due time. The board OF public works
opened the two bids last Friday, at its
regular weekly meeting City Engineer
l. g. Kelsey stated last evening that Mr..
Green of the Green < Reeve company en-
tered q protest the day before to the
awarding OF the contracts at that time
owing TO the fact that that firm had not
had time in which to figure on the job.
The advertisement calling for the bids
has been published for three weeks
CottTeu Fights Advertising.
BY the following vote the motion TO lay
on the table the resolution to permit
Councilman Hewlett to continue his large
advertising sign in Liberty park was car
ried. Ayes-Arnold, Black, Daveier, A. J.
Davis Z. H Davis Robinson. sharp
Thomas and Vigus. NOes-Eardley, Fern
strom- Hewlett spence, Tuddenham and
COttreII.
The matter was reopened by a resolu-
ton introduced by Councilman Eardley,
which in substance, permitted Council
man Hewlett to continue to have a sign
on the side Of the building erected by A.
; zimmerman
Cottrel Fights Investigation.
President CottreH led the attack upon
rn~rHa
y. Davis, calling for an expert eXamina-
ton of all the books of every city Of
ficial He was unsuccessful in having
Ine resolution Killed at that time, and
did not succeed in preventing it's being
sent to the finance committee The vote
TO send the resolution to that committee
was carried by the following vote: Ayes
Black. DaVeIer. A J. Davis. f H. Davis.
Robinson, Sharp, Thomas and Nigus-
NOeS-AruOlQ, Eardley, FernSJrOm. HeW-
lett, Spence, Tuddenham and COttrelI-
Councilman FernStTOm opposed the res
Olution on the ground that it was
scheme on the part Of the nOn-MormonS
10 throw Odium and suspicion upon Nor
mon city officials He also accused COun-
Gilman Davis of side stepping and
cOuntant friends.
Councilman Davis denied he had any
Interior motive in introducing the resOIu-
ton, saying he could not see what the
Opponents could possibly fear if the city
books of the city, as near as ne could
learn, have never been examined by ex-
perts, as is done in other municipalities
Isolation Hospital Change.
The city viii probably have to select a
new site for an isolation hospital Land
and Water Commissioner Joseph Mac
knight notified the council that in 1881
half the acreage decided upon near Emil
grafton canyon had been sold to NJ. G.
Noon at a tax sale. and by him trans
fcTTed TO +. c. Phillips. who subsequently
decided il back to Mr. Moon He cOnsid-
cred the title clOuded- The matter was
referred TO the city attorney City En-
gineer Kelsey said it would be impossible
TO lay a water pipe TO the east eighty
acres of the half section, and that il will
cost about $1,000 to lay a pipe to the west
eighty acres. upon which Commissioner
Macknight says there is a cloud
structiOn of the hospital upon the plans
drawn by Building Inspector Timer. They
We're as follows: George Ansell, 50 $50;
George Curley, $S.3I5; Bernard Mecklen-
burg, S., 67S, II. /. Armstrong, 1870; A. l..
Hamhn. $500 The contract was let TO
Representative Hamlin- He will be re-
quiTed TO give a $1,000 bond for the COM
pletion of the building, and viii forfeit
S25 per day for every day over sixty days
which ne consumes in the construction Of
the building.
To the committee on police and prison
were referred the following special police
appointments made by Acting Chief J.
BurbidEe. Richard Wright p. Howell,
John Wilkin and II. P Burton. 10 serve
al the Salt Palace. Samuel DOWse at La
COON depot They will serve without com
peusatiOn-