The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-18
LODGE BUILDING
ON CITY LOT
Council Makes Liberal Offer to Wo-
men of Woodcraft.
REARRANGE OFFICE FORCE
THREE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT
CONTRACTS CONFIRMED.

The city council at its meeting last
night decided TO sell to the Women of
Woodcraft for a nominal sum a lot
owned by the city on Fourth South
street. between State and Second East
streets, on which they propose to erect
a permanent headquarters building to
cost not less than $50 000
A petition from Mary f. ConIey and
other members of the Order of Women
Of Woodcraft asked the council to do
nate to the order a lot TO be used as
a site for the headquarters building.
In the resolution providing for the
sale Of the lot was Incorporated an in
structiOn to President Frank J. Hewlett
TO wire to the Woodmen's and Women
Of WOOdcrafts conventions in session
at Los Angeles the action taken.
An ordinance rearranging the force of
the city recorder. was passed. The Ordi-
nance is amendatOry of section SOS of
the city code. and provides that the re-
corder shall have power to appoint,
during the term for which he is elected
subject TO confirmation by the council
the following deputies and assistants:
One deputy recorder, who shall also act
as clerk Of the city council committees
[ a salary Of twelve hundred Isl .2QO)
dollars per annum; three deputy record
eTS, two of whom shall act as clerks of
the city court, at salary of ten hun
dred and eighty ($1,OS0) dollars per an
mum, and one of whom shall act as
clerk of the juvenile court at a salary
of nine hundred $4,000 dollars per an
mum; two clerks at a salary of nine
hundred (S9OO) dollars each per annum:
two stenographers for the city court at
q salary Of seven hundred and twenty
(S72O) dollars each per annum all of
which salaries shall be paid monthly as
are the salaries of other city employees.
Barnum & BaiIey's Circus.
A petition from R. VI. Harvey, repre-
senting the Barnum & Bailey show.
which will be i'm Salt Lake four mOnt IS
hence, asking reduction in the ci Gus
license, was referred to the license COM
mittee. The communication says the
circus license in cities east of Denver
viii not average S25 a day. Some of
these cities, Mr.. Harvey says are 100
times as large as Salt Lake City.
Two of the three public Improvement
contracts let last week by the board of
public works were reported to the cOun-
ell and were unanimously confirmed.
They were for pipe sewers TO p p. Ford
Of Denver at S64, 62T5O, and for cement
sidewalks to the Utah FireprOOfing
company at S29. 23O. Rudolph 8 Bloom
& Co. made q long and vigorous written
protest against the confirmation of the
last-named contract, asserting that the
Utah FireprOOfug company had not
NOllltI lllEl 10 the SlDtCltlCallBnS OF the
board and was not financially able to
comply with the terms of the contract.
Moran viii Contest.
The board let another contract. but ii
did not get to the council for cOnfirma-
ton last night 1t was to ?. p. Ford
for water mains at S19.319- It is under
stood that the letting Of this contract
win be contested by p. J. Moran. whose
bid was $3.50
communication from Superintend-
ent of Streets and Irrigation s NJ. T.
Seldom asking the council to appropri-
ate $1,000 10 defray the cost of maCad-
amizing state street was referred 10 the
committee on streets and the city en-
gineer.
The payroll of the city for the first
half of the month, aggregatipg SO, PSI. ~
was approved.
Chief of Police William J. Lunch no.
tilted the council that he had appointed
4. @. Lincoln special policeman at
Utahna park, and George HoWarth spe-
cial policeman at the Salt Lake Copper
company's plant TO serve without pay
from the city. The appointments were
confirmed
that regular tile pipe be substituted for
cast iron pipe in the sewer extensions
on = and 4 streets was referred to the
committee on streets and the city en-
giueeT.
The council adjourned until Wednes-
day evening.