The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-14

property that was being offered He
heard Mr.. Nebeker say: IF you want
cheaper property. 1 can give all you
want al 81 &C.,
Councilman Tuddenham said he re
membered the offer, but there was no
owner of il mentioned
Fernstrom Thought it Josh"
Councilman Fernstr5m also said he
heard Mr.. Nebekers statement. bit did
not take it seriously, as there had been
a good deal of ''joshing" at the commit
tee meeting about asphalt. Councilman
a j. Davis was opposed to buying as
phalt land, and had told the committee
the city could buy all that kind of land
II wanted at ST5 an acre, and Council
man +. II. Davis said his sheepherders
had been in the habit of burning as
phalt on the grazing grounds over
which his herds roamed. These state
ments caused him-to disregard the talk
of cheaper asphalt land that was Of
fered by Mr.. Pope.
After considerable more discussion Of
the same tenor. in which nearly all the
members present joined. Councilman
Hartenstein moved that the whole mat
ter be dropped and that the committee
rise. Councilman Black offered the fol-
lowing resolution as a substitute for
Councilman Hartenstein's motion:
Councilman Martin said the members
of the council had been put in a false
position. and that in view of the testi-
mony the mayor should withdraw his
charge against them. as they rested on
the statements of one man.
Mayor Morris said that while he did
not want to make any unjust insinua-
lions against the members of the coun-
ell, he did not feel that he could with
draw any statement made by him in the
veto. Mr.. Nebeker was not the only
one who told h. that the Pope prop
RrtV rOl1ln he hnnEear for 81 900 Conn
Gilman FeTnstrom was one of these.
Councilman Fernstrom denied that he
had so stated, and Mayor Norris insist
ed that he had.
More discussion ensued, and at its
close vote was taken on Councilman
Blacks resolution. and it was adopted
by the vote already given.
The committee then rose and the reg
ular session of the council was begun.
Veto Is Sustained.
At the regular session, after the
transaction of considerable routine
business, the message of the mayor
vetoing the purchase Of the R. NJ. Pope
asphalt land was taken up. and the
question put: Shall the action of the
council be sustained, the mayors veto
to the contrary Notwithstanding?
The mayor was sustained in his veto
by the following vote, those voting aye
opposing the mayor and those voting
no sustaining him:
Ayes-Dean, Holiday. Martin. Wood,
Hewlett.
Noes-BIack, Barnes, A ]. Davis,
Fernstrom, Preece, Tuddenham.
The veto of the mayor of the grant
ing of a license TO run d saloon at 209
West Second South street to James
Tescado was sustained.
A communication from City Engi-
neer George w. Ritter saying that the
presidents Of the South Jordan, the
East Jordan. the Utah & Salt Lake
canal companies and the city engineer
had agreed to install a fifth pump at
the present pumping station at Utah
lake that would cost $9,159.5O, and to
attach electrical transformers, etc,
that would increase the cost to approx
imately 81. O00 was read and re-
ferTed to the finance committee. The
city engineer also stated that the North
Jordan Canal company would not share
its fifth of the expense.
a report of a committee recommend
ing that P ]. Moran be instructed to
install a smoke consumer in the city
Jail building according to his contract
was adopted.
The council took a recess until 7:30
p. m. Wednesday.