The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-27
CITY TAKES IN
MORE TERRITORY
Annexes Section Including Waterloo,
Amounting to Sixteen Blocks.
CONTINGENT FUND REPORT
4. J. DAVIS COMES OUT TO HELP
SALOON.

add TO Salt Lake City an area
equivalent approximately 10 sixteen ~
+ lie large city blocks. The CITY council
last night passed tEe ordinance provid-
ing fol tho annexation of tine terriforv
embraced by state. Fiuh East. Tenth
South and Eleventh South streets and
/ the ordinance viii undoubtedly be-
signed by the mayor The measure was
drawn by Assistant city Attorney "
H. Bramel after the necessary plat
! measurements aud plats had been pre-
pared apQ verified by the CITY engi-
neeIs force.
The area involved embraces all Of
Waterloo ana considerable other terri
tory, The tract is not rrctansular bar
il is so near il that 40 mathematical
eye is likely 10 be- geieved by the in
regularity. The east line is "A feeI
longer than the west line and the north
line is seven tontLs OF d foot Longer
! than the south line. The official de
/ sCription of the tract is as follows.
Commencing at a point 0r stone on
the south boundary of salt Lake City
I corporate limits, said point being Sa
feet south and 81 feet west OF rock
monument set by city engineer of Sail
Lake City at the Intersection OF stale
and Tenth South streets; thence south
I " NrAr 10 AAiAA-a hfNL fftt west LlHft OF
State street 1850 feet. 10 stone 0n
south line OF Eleventh south and stare
streets. thence east on south line OF
Eleventh South street 32554 feet 10
center OF Fifth East street thence
north o deg. .03 min east on center o.
I Fifth East street 1g544 feet 10 south
line OF Tenth South street. or city lin
its. thence south SO deg Is min. west
5,256l feet TO stone and place of be-
ginning
A majority of the property owners
in the district concerned Joined in a
J petition, filed Sept. II, 1868. asking THAI
the tract be annexed 10 the city. and
( last nights action is the result This
I tract has already many Of the advan-
tages enjoyed by residents within the
| corporate limits Of the city but has
not been eligible 10 share I'm the cam
/ paiSn OF municipal Improvement that
/ has been carried on during the two
I years just ending. The annexation Of
| the tract viii add materially ia the
/ population of the city proper
As 70 Contingent Funds.
/ Mayor Morris sent TO the council q
/ communication relative to tie Black
resolution calling for accounHngs from
| city officials who had been entrusted
/ with contingent funds IN his coal-
nunlcat1oE the IuayuT showed That he
nor ms predecessor. han ever had a
contingent fund within tie meaning or
/ the resolution. All appropriations of
[ this character have been made by the
/ council for its own convenience. the
mayor explains, and the money has
/ been disbuTsed by tie city auditor
Continuing. he SAYS.
Under your system 7 viii say. how
ever that I'm order TO meet certain
emergencies ! have asked for several
/ appropriations 10 be made to the fund
| in question as certain expenses could
not be readily made otherwise But ali
/ expenditures under such appropriation
have been handled exclusively by the
city auditor. At the same time ] have
recommended 10 your honorable body
that no appropriation be made 10 this
/ fund unless request be made from the
mayors department But, notwith-
standing this. the same appropriation
has been constantly made since and
for incidentals which ] knew nothing
( Of until the voucher was presented ia
me for approval. Your honorable body
should certainly know that no such
fund as contemplated by the resolution
. IS Of record upon the books of this
city.
Therefore. if your hOnOra Die body
/ desires more Information than is con
/ tanned in the statement OF the city an
ditOr. hereto attached. il viii be for the
city auditor to give il. not the mayor
as the auditor has drawn warrants only
10 the parties whose names were given
To the council at the time OF the an
preparation and the auditor is the only
official who can show 70 whom paid
and what material OF service the city
received for same.
To make il palmer all items appro-
priated 10 the mayors contingent fund
viii be found In the records Of the city
council and all bills paid from the SO
called mayors contingent fund were
paid therefrom by the council and the
complete records covering said fund
are contained in the proceedings OF the
city council Itself
Auditor Gives Figures.
The statement Of Auditor c. b. Felt
accompanying the mayors communica-
ton. showed q total disbursement or
sl2,990.5S. with a balance Of s2.e30.3s
making the total Of the appropriations
Sl5,620.96. The statement covers the
period between Jan. II. 1s04 and Oct
, 1905. The larger amounts were de
voted To preliminary work, etc. on the
water extension project all of which
are tented with dates and amounts
Small amounts. ranging from a few
dollars 10 800 are shown 10 have been
given to public enterprises such as the
entertainment Of visiting delegations OF
business men, etc. to charitable move
ments, to the apprehension of criminals
expense OF travel by city officials on
public business. etc.
After the mayors communication and
the auditors statement had been read
Councilman A. J. Davis moved thar
copies of the statement be supplied TO
the councilmen. In support OF the mo-
ior he said there We're many matters
not generally known to the cOuncilmeb
He cited as one transaction the pur
chase Of the asphalt mine at Thistle.
the title 70 which was subject to a suit
now pending in court. he said He
asked Assistant city Attorney Rranoef
about this and Mr.. Bramel informed
him that the title was contested IN
court proceedings.
Then / ask YOU if it would NOT have
been better to get the title To the prom
erty before the money was paid over.
said Davis
That's a point for the council IN
/ decide" said Bramel
But ] want your opinion about il't
Z Davis persisted
That's not q law question, replied
+ Bramel with a smile
Davis motion was carried. Barf4es
Hartenstein and Tuddenham vote
/ against IL and E. II. Davis. Nenhswsen
and Wells were absent. Action on the
/ matter viii be deferred utn the eonfes
4 of the statement are I'm the hands ~
/ the eouncilmen.