The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-15
THREE VETOES BY
MAYOR SUSTAINED
Move to Appropriate $4,000 to
Relief of San Francisco
Settled.
COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY
STANDS BY THE VETO
Two Other Measures Returned
by the Mayor Are Passed
Upon.

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franchise was under consideration year
ago.
The ball started rolling when recon-
| mondation was received from the Mayor
| that tho pay OF teamsters employeu W
the city be raised from 81 to - 80 DAY ioo So
| man and team and the pay OF inpot
Mt Crabtree moved that the recon-,
| mendation of the Mayor be accep'eu' '''N
il was seconded by Mr Black, Sn, that tho
| Mir Fernstrom objected. SAYING tnhI - .'ro
citv is not in a position financially TO war war
| rant making the raise tte seateu 80 a
the city is $4,000 worse OIL thah II
| Mr. Mulvey asked Mr.. Fernstrom !. to OK OK
plain why the city Is worse OIL 'nan II va
SSaI SWell' ae" our receipts arc not as large Is
the principal reason" said MT Ferh-
City in Good Condition.
After long discussion. MI Ferry. eaataa enaa
man of the finance committee, was SHH aShcu
,,ian ,r bo q thnmqht the city was In a position
financially to Justify making the ,n'oS M the
MIR. Ferry replied that he consioSe.eu Snersose .se
city perfectly able to bear inc ,itb ,It mt
The motion was then adopted WITH ou1
one dissenting vote, that oil hi'
strom. p;.od
Salary of Court stenographer RAISED
a communication was received rom from
| CIV Attorney Hlles, Assistant Clty AltCI
naS 6aly Judge Diehl and Clerk OF inc
municIpal Court Wright asking that one
| salary OF the stcnograpner OF 'ue taa
| naI iiylsIon of tho City court De rasea r
sp,,, t-it - sGG to s75 a month. A resolution was
passed authorizing the lncrehse' ,as mn
the unanimous opinion that IL WIS wa, tbo
ccessary to refer the Ha''ei
| Finance committee
Veto Sustained.
,,o,,or Thompson returned to the Coun-
! ell without his approval the resoi9li9'i
passed by the Council to pay 10 M, Ii II
Cummings $S25 ON claith tp, tio- Sas for
ss5S bnt this the Mayor vetoed and the
amount was changed to $50, and tne rGso- rso-
luton again sent to the Mayo, yoI,,ton over
, ti"" thn veto RIack, Carter, Crabtree, Fern
! strom. Ferry. HOLIDAY, Mulyey, o. 3Don-
nell and Wells voting to SUSTAIN srnas '' Holly
, Preece Tuddcnham and Davis. voting 70
I snstain the Mayor. The veto was sus-
Q '1'' Money for G. A. R.
8 net,tion was received from the local
! ! nosts of the G a r asking the Councii
to appropriate 500 to help defray the Me
: mortal day expenses, as has neen .ne une
= passed placing the amount asked for IN IN
the Mayors contingent fund. TO DC
turned over TO the G. a. r.
Blackmar Bill UP.
: Another storm occurred when the bill
d of b @. Biackmor for groceries FURNISHES ,n,s =
!, TO the Isolation hospital. and amounting
!, 80 80 s%eg 70 wns read The bill has been
:? before the Council for about six weeks
and the Finance COMMITTEES t.oI nay.ms ,ynrs
excessive, had recommended that 81 De
ABDUCTED from the bill. This was done
=. after getting prices from some oi Tr vIe
II other grocery houses In the city Mr
Hobday explained that the trouble arose
over a misunderstanding as to whethei
+, the goods were purchaseo at "iao'Gsnte isn@tbH
= speech on the injustice to the people ol
paying the bill as 1t STANDS. ana s'a.ee e.
that to him 1t looked as II TN Jne sboy,d fy |S b.
returned and In the future some ono elsf
70 be patronized. Mr., Holley had IL hgnree
ii out that the bill was some $40 TOO hlsn 11el
" Mr. barnes agreed with Mr.. FernstroH
that the city was being held up and tha
the bill should not be paid
=. Referred Back to Committee.
10 Mr. BLACK defended Mr. Blackmar. stat
" Ing that he would not stand Tor reputaot
IN business men being implied as dishonest
Of and recItcd several instances where MT
Rieckmar had rendered service TO tn
city without receiving any pay at al. an.
~ stated that tine charges were merely
~ little above the regular wholesale prlc'
x and that the delivery OF the goods re
or qured the service Of team tor inc larg
e. mart of a day and that the extra charG,
I'd over the wholesale price wac not az d,
IN excessive The matter was referred oacl
he to the Finance committee TO make fur
lie ther investigation
4 New Fire Station.
| The matter Oh SIbllihh I'i' NSi'N' NV ~
the erection of the new fire station cam
up before tho Council, and question
A. was raised as to whether the city na' ia
r enough ground on which to erect tn
IN building. Fire Chief Vail was presen
- and stated that he and Mr.. Martin ha'
visited the ground twice and mad meas
: ured IT, and he knew that there wa
plenty OF ground for the building AM
also for a driveway Tho matter wa
finally disposed Of by reie5rhs Sfb 1oG
to have the City Engineer make surve,
OF the ground and report to tho Council
ch | at the next meeting,
vo Wants Franchise Revoked.
n. communication from the City Attor
of | received that the Salt Lake &c Ogde
no Railway company Is not living up TO tn
y provisions OF Its franchise In not opera
~ ting cars over Its track In the city, an
66 also that the proteStants had asked tina
- the franchise be revoked. The matte
eH was referred to the Committee on Mu
nicIpal Laws. with instructions to call
meeting at which both the representa-
tives OF the railway company and ais
the proteetonts should be present. an
that the railway company be asked 70
T. | good and sufficient reasons why its fran
chiso had not been lived up 10.
Appointments Confirmed.
" The appointment by Chief Vail OF J. F
ST. Mcllus and G. a. Peterson as nremen. I
ed All vacancies. and that by Chief Sheet
lit OF J. L. Morton. nightwatchman, a
special policeman. to serve without pay
Sd Sod were confirmed by the Council
Another Veto Sustained.
The resolution of the Council grantin
o. permission to the Seeing Salt Lake Cit
or Car company to erect an electric sign o
ID the telegraph pole In front of their ofIc
was returned by the Mayor without nj
signature for the second time The vet
OF the Mayor was sustained
No Application.
ms The $4,000 appropriation OF the CIT
yer Council for the relief OF the San Frar
cisco sufferers was finally disposed OF n
:. the meeting OF the Council Monday nigh
The resolution. as amended. TO read tha
Tho | the funds should be applied for the MS
er of the needy In Salt Lake City. SO as I
to get around legal dlfncultles was returns
md to the Council again without the Mayor
Is signature. The veto was sustained b
\ La unanimous vote.