Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-20
0FC|DED TO MAKE
THE INCREASE.
Nurse, Steward and Cook at lso.
Iatjon Hospital in
Luck.
THEIR SALARIES ARE RAISED.
INFANT over Report OF Claims COM
,,,,tee Recommending Payment
For a Dead Horse.

For a Dead Horse.
meek ago the city council refused
,rcrsase the salary Of the nurse at
~ ,.,oation hospital from SIS to 500
"a. month. and Mr.. Mulvey was in op-
.os,,,on to the proposed increase. Last
,rn, he stated that he had changed
"a, mind on that proposition, and was
now not only In favor of increasing
A., salary Of the nurse, but also that
- Tho steward and the cook as con-
.arDnlated in an amended ordinance in
,roduced by o'DonneIl, All three in
ereases were made
SALARIES ARE RAISED.
The amended ordinance provided for
,,r,sasIng the salary OF the nurse
rom s,5 TO 500 per month that OF inc
IT, 'ord from sou to $50; ana that of
Inc cook from $40 10 S0V per month;
vornstron opposed the increase, and
s,stsd that a number OF trst-class
s Surse In the city would be glad to get
~" toh for SO per month He alsu
VA That the nurse at the hospital dur
,na NE last administration was satiS-
~ with the salary, ana would take
,hc iob now at the present salary.
H,nonneu and other members of the
nItary committee expla ined that the
s"ao,oron,endatlons were the result of
,ynIanstlons made 10 them yesterday
-. nennty County Clerk G. :. Buck
walter as to the condition OF affairs
y, he hospital. Mr.. BucRwalter was
,srently confined IN the Isolation hos
nltsl and is acquainted with the
snonnt OF work which the employees Of
he Institution are now required 10 DO.
The ordinance was passed by vote of IL
70 l. Fernstrom casting the only neg
alive vote.
WANT PATIENTS TO PAY.
Fernstrom also opposed the report OF
The sentary committee recommending
the payment Of bill OF $40 for hauling
PATIENTS to the isolation hospital He
stated that ho did not want to vote
against the bill but he did object to
me recommendation of the committee
mat IN the future the city pay for tho
transportation of all patients TO the iso'
ation hospital. He contended that
there we're plenty of the patients who
are able To pay for hack 10 take them
10 the hospital and the city should not
Ne compelled TO pay In such cases.
plack and others argued that the city
took charge Of patients for the protec-
lion OF the general public, and II should
tay the expenses OF taking them TO the
hospital The report was adopted, and
the bill ordered paid,
V5O FOR DEAD HORSE.
There was quite an argument over
the report of the claims committee rec
ommending the payment OF $3.50 TO A,
r. lawson for a horse which he loaned
10 the land and water commissioner
department. and which was killed by
being overEorked. Fernstrom, Barnes
and Tuddenham opposed the report on
the ground that the claim was not pre-.
sented to the city until is months after
the horse died, and Il had been rejected
by the former council, and also because
the horse was borrowed by Laws0n's
brother without the knowledge of for.
mer Land & Water Commissioner Luce.
Ferry Crabtree ana several others said
that Mr. Lawson's brother was an ems
poye OF the land and water depart
ment az that time and Mr.. Luce had
stated 10 them that the horse was beiuy.
used by the city at the time II took
SICK and died, The report was adopted
BY straight party vote. all OF thu
Democrats voting against II.
large number OF property owners
on Ninth East street petitioned tho
council 10 at once take action towards
matchmaking that street from South
Temple street south to the city limits.
The matter was referred to the streets
committee for consideration.
AFTER CEMENT SIDEWALKS.
A petition, largely signed by proper
y owners was also received asking
that a new cement sidewalk district be
created for the construction of four
ioot cement walk on the following
streets,
Eleventh East from Ninth South to
lDe city limits. Ninth East from Ninth
south 10 the city limits: Ninth South
rom Ninth East to Eleventh East,
Tenth South from Seventh East Il.
Eleventh East; Eleventh South from
Ninth East to Eleventh East; Seventh
East from Ninth South to Tenth South;
LAKE street from Ninth South to Tenth
south Eighth East from Ninth South
70 Ieut1 South; Belmont avenue from
seventh East to Ninth East: Windsor
avenue rom Ninth South to a point
gay way between Ninth and Tenth
wutn Ihls petition was also referred
10 me streets committee.
Inc council adopted the report of the
committee on public grounds recon.
nending the Sale to DIR. A. j. Hosmer
ana q. L, Rood for $4,000. n strip of
nouhd containing Ska rods fronting on
~ nY1slas avenue near the corner of Sec
VHo south and Thirteenth East streets.
BOOKS DESTROYED.
Il, chairman j., d, Spencer of the public
library recommended that the city pay
.ol DOCKS destroyed by the health de.
Iaelineht out OF the general fund The
Sodtu OF health has ordered that ala
uYohS ~ homes infected with conta-
Sous diseases shall be destroyed. ana
~ spencer asks the city to pay fui
ivy lor'Ty books thus destroyed. The
"o,1 was referred to the sanitary
Under suspension Of the rules the
council unanimously passed an ordi-
lance providing for levying tax upon
se property on both sides of Second
tou'n street from Third to Tenth East
s o the purpose OF grading. curbing
auu paving that street, Ordinances
the also passed levying a tax upon
Tsrpt,o perty ON tho south side OF South
F,s,p'S street between Fifth and sixth
me-, l9t The construction of a ce-
'bo M, sidewalk and Ievying tax on
son,tP property on both sides of First
TbirI street between Second and
se Ttp west for the construction OF a
''DCoMMENDED METER RATES
ps pupI Hines of the waterworks de-