The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-08
COMPANY SENDS
IN ACCEPTANCE
Light G. Railway Corporation Agrees
to Take Franchise as Passed.
NO PURCHASING AGENT
ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR ONE
KILLED BY CONSENT.
NO PURCHASING AGENT

In a formal communication to the
city council signed by Joseph H.
Smith, as president of the corporation,
the Utah Light and Railway company
last night accepted the franchise
passed early Friday morning by ma
jority vote of the council. 1t had
been understood that the company
would act without delay and its ac-
ceptance at this date was il meas
ure expected
The communication accepting the
provisions OF the ordinance embracing
what has been termed the "compro-
mise franchise" follows:
Salt Lake city, Utah. Aug. = 1905
To the Honorable President and Members
Of the City Council, Salt Lake City
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO section 8 of the
ordinance passed by your honorable body
and approved by the honorable mayor on
the 4th day of August, 1905, the board of
company met at the company's office on
the 7th day OF August, 1905, and passed "A
the company to accept said ordinance a
copy Of which said resolution 1 herewith
on behalf Of said Utah Light & Railway
company, and pursuant to said reSolu-
non, heIeDy acceptl OF Of ll ne PIoVlsIOi iII
I'm due time file with your honorable body
proper conveyances and releases, to-
gether with complete abstract OF title
to the water rights and other property
mentioned and described in said ordi-
nance.
(Signed)
BY Joseph F. Smith, President
Other Matters Hold interest.
The reading of the cOmpany's ac-
Ceptance had comparatively little in
terest for the council and small lobby
alongside of other matters which came
up during the evenings session. These
were the death of the purchasing agent
ordinance, a notice from the Blome
cement paving company that suit
would be commenced against the city
unless the balance on local contract
was satisfied and the determined eff
fort made by Councilman HOLIDAY and
others TO ensure the taking of Patrol
man Shoots scalp.
The purchasing agent discussion de-
veloped into a symposium of ideas as
TO the most approved method of kill
ing the proposition, and at all of it
City Recorder John Critchlow, whom
the council had planned to elect to the
place, looked on and smiled. Mr..
CritchlOw had made known to some of
the councilmen earlier in the day that
he would under no circumstances ac-
cept the position.
Not only did he not crave the fric-
ton with heads of the different de-
mean. but he has an opportunity of a
nOn-pOiiticai nature, which has more
advantages from a remunerative
standpoint.
the purpose of making the motion to
reconsider the councils action i'm pas
sing the purchasing agent ordinance"
last Monday night This motion was
7 passed, with Holiday in the chair.
Puzzle Over Excursion.
Then there was a disagreement as
20 the method Of killing an ordinance
sn the precise status of this. Assist
ant City Attorney W. II. Bramel ad-
go to the mayor and allow him to
veto it. This didn't SAVIOR sufficiently
of the execution block to suit Hewlett
and Black, both of whom moved to
strike out the enacting clause.
But this looked too cruel to the
council in view of Critchlow's smil-
ing face and graceful attitude and
the ordinance was finally sent to the
committee on finance and municipal
laws. From here it viii never re-
turn. or, if it does, twill be as a
corpse Of its former self, ready for in
terment.
Threatens Suit Against City.
Rudolph S BIome, of Chicago. repre-
senting the sidewalk company of that
name. wrote the council, insisting that
If the balance of $3.59S.04 due on his
local contract We're not paid by August
IL ne would bring suit to recover. He
claimed that only One-haIf of ] per
cent of work done by his firm had been
defective. and attributed this to uneX-
pected cold weather during progress of
the work.
Notwithstanding Mr.. BIome's claims,
Councilman Neuhausen declared that
the cement work in his neighborhood.
Twelfth East and First South streets,
was "disgraceful" On his motion the
committee on streets and engineering
decided to meet with the city engineer
at 1 o'clock this afternoon and Inspect
the Tagging at the point mentioned.
At a recess meeting to be held Wednes-
day night the council viii act on the
Blome matter.
Get After PatroIman Smoot.
Councilman HOLIDAY, one of the COM
mittee which investigated the causes
for the FIVE days suspension of Patrol
man Smoots and which returned re-
port sustaining Chief Lynch's action.
moved on the receipt of the report to
make the suspension permanent. His
amendment was declared out of order
after the ''SmOOt case" had been
thoroughly gone into pro and con.
Then Holiday moved to amend the re-
port by requesting the mayor and
chief of police to demand Shoots resig-
nation. This fa1ed, the matter going
and Hartenstein
Patrolman Smoot arrested a man on
the night of July 3 for firing a revolver.
At the time Smoot was serving a few
hours overtime on the beat of brother
officer at the latter's request. on the
way to the station Smoot found Nhe
would lose his car to Sugar if he
booked his prisoner. He therefore took
the mans name and revolver and told
him to call at the station the next day
and recover his property
When the fellow failed to do this
smoot, who had in the meantime turned
The gun over to the desk sergeant de-
handed and received ii back. He sub
Fequently sold the weapon to the
toIored porter of a barber shop. re-
seiving s.. The porter found the gun
WAS worth much less and forced the
officer to refund. Later the case was
reported TO the chief. Smoot admitting
he facts, but claiming he could see no
harm in what he had done
Brigham Street Paving.