The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-08
APPROVE THE
ROLLS TWICE
COUnciImen Try to Get En-
pIOyes Their Pay.
FIRE ORDINANCE IS PASSED
APPOINTMENT CAME UP IN
SAME OLD WAY.

II "a double approval Of q payroll Is any
solution or he deadlock eAlsting between
the city council and the mayer Coun-
Gilman Riack solved il last evening TO the
satIs faction of himself and The Repub-
ncdns. Last Wednesday evening rtSo-
lCtiUE was passed directing City Auditor
Fe.t TO audit the department payrolls
ana pass them up FOR confirmation. Al
the same time tue resolution approved
OF the salary lists.
When the lists reached the mayor he
approved of some and cisapprOVed o.
@. hers. His veto, accompanied by mes
sugC explaining his position. was read 10
the council. 4 he Republicans put il over
for a week. Just before adjournment
Councilman Black thought il would be
wise Idea TO approve an the paNroi.s
again. excepting the bill put IN by L NJ
Jackson for Sf2.
That was followed by a wrangle by
both sides lasting fully an hour. Coun-
cilmen FernstrOnl. Barnes and " els got
President Hewlett so tangled on questions
of parliamentary Law that ne had 10 ar
peal to City Recorder Critchlow- theE
also got Councilman Black 70 the point
where he had TO rely upon former city
Auditor Reiser for assistance
Fire Ordinances Is Passed.
The Democrats commended that mas
much as the payrolls had been approved
once there was no necessity OF DONG II
"a second time They advanced the tur-
Their argument that the payrolls coulu
not he segregated from the mayor veto
Butt Councilman Black. having a major
ity with him. carried the second APP
prevail.
had vetoed the appointments of 9. -
Nichols and James Phillips Councilman
Black held that there wSs nothing pc
fore the council as the mayor did not
have the right tCiVet0 an appointment
made by the head of n department; Coun-
Gilman Barnes appealed from the declSlon
of the chair, which was l. favor OF Soull-
Gilman Black, and the chair was sus-
tanned.
y veto message was received from the
mayor on the fire ordinance he holding
that it did not come 70 him i'm the proper
shape. The council met mis- objections
and it was passed.
By the usual vote Of eight to six the
council passed another ordinance INTRO
dUccd b. Councilman Black giving the
heads of the various departments thS
right to appoint their empioyes. Several
the mayor
Brigham Street Pavement.
The following communication was re-
ceIVed from Colonel +. A. Wall 81 al
relative to the paving OF Brigham street
The undersigned residents and proper
ty owners on Brigham street being adj
Vised that various measures and plans al 6
now being considered for the grading aho
paving of that street, and having hereto
! fore favored certain plans as compared
TO others which from time 10 time nave
been considered by your honorable BODY
beg now to request that in respect to the
7 =.
/ ing between State and Fifth East streets
If found practicable-the grade Dt
made to conform TO the sidewalk as now
established on the lower or south side o.
| the street. and that the transverse slopS
of both sides Of the street be TO the south
| and that the space between the street
/ railroad tracks be also stopped 20 tbs
/ south at the highest angle of inclinatoi
| consistent with the safe travel OF Nehl
| cles across from side to side of salt
street, and that 10 provide for approach
| to the grade thus established from th'
| properties on the north side OF the stree
J and through intersecting streets. twenty
| feet of the present width Of the stree
| be aided 10 the present walk and parr
4 on the north side of The street
| To the old committee of five. one from
| each precinct. was referred the mayor
/ appointment Of +. II. Britain TO the posi-
4 ton OF building inspector, which position
! is now held by +. NJ. Timer. To tn
same committee was sent the appoint
/ ment of Herman Harms, re-appOintet
city chemist a week ago his appoint
I ment was rejected.
! BY vote of eight to six. Councilman
/ a. J. Davis being absent. the council re
| fused 70 confirm the following appoint
/ ments by Mayor Richard p. Morris
! Moses Evans, brick tankman in Cit,
, Creek canyon. and c. ~. Jackson, cleri
] board of health