The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-30

Efforts to induce members Of the for
mer board of public works having met
with failure, Mayor Ezra Thompson sub
mitted a list of new names TO the city
council last night All the men are said
to be members of the American party.
The appointments were confirmed unani-
mcusly. Councilman Ferry, Mulvey ana
Wells were absent.
OF the new members of the board. Mr..
Leonard is a politician and promoter, Mr..
Rooklidge is a mining man, Mr.. Halo
ran is in the real estate business Mr..
Brooks is a civil engineer and Mr.. Bar
low combines the occupations of selling
teas and being the mayors brother-in-
law.
Chief of Police George A. Sheets sub
mitted the names of G. H. BlOmsterberg
to serve as special officer at the capitol
grounds and Guardella Brown to serve
Line, both men to act without pay from
the city. The appointments were con-
firmed.
The appointment of John NJ Lyon as
patrolman to succeed Moroni Preece, re
signed, was confirmed.
GuIbransen Gets Back.
Charles ]. E. Gulbransen, whose re-
moval by Former Fire Chief W. II. By
water as the result of a fight with an
other fireman caused a storm in the
council last fall, is a member OF the de-
lpaTtment again GulbranSen, who had been
pointrnents from the Democratic party,
FASTENED to ally himself with the Aneri-
can party after his removal from the
department last fall and got his reward
last night Other men named and con-
firmed to fill vacancies in the fire de-
partment are James D. Kennelley, Jo-
seph s. Bowen aud NJ P. O'Reilly-
Eight hundred dollars was appropriated
to the fire department. for the purchase
OF four new horses.
Frank NJ Mathews, land and water
enfs Of Miss Ressie n Davis as offiet
I deputy, A II. Little as foreman of the
Jordan & Salt Lake canal and II. H.
Harrison as patrolman in Parley's can
yOn- The appointments were confirmed
Second South to Be Paved.
The council decided to order that Sec
ond South street be paved from Third
the plan suggested by w. j. Halloran
/ and others who asked for the improve
ment. City Engineer l. c. Kelsey, re
porting ON the petition, recommended
tinsated the citys share Of the cost at
! $50, AS 68. The cost to abutting property
owners is estimated at S11 per front fool
/ between Third East and Sixth East and
$50 per front foot between Sixth East
| and Tenth East. The pavement will be
ninety-tWo feet in width from Third East
/ to Sixth East and twenty feet less in
width from Sixth East to Tenth East.
Matt Rhodes and seventy other resi-
dents of that neighbOrhood presented q
/ protest against granting a license for Z
saloon at Sixth West and Second South
They represented that children Of the
Franklin school passed the place on their
way to school and that it was in the
residence section. An application for q
license at the place was denied last year
and councilmen explained last night that
| the application granted at the previous
meeting Of the council went through I'M
der a misunderstanding of the conditions
/ The matter was referred TO the license
committee and meanwhile the license VIII
/ be held up. The expressions last night
| indicated that the license would be re-
voked.
The council passed an ordinance pro
viding for a sewer extension on r street
between South Temple and Fourth street
The estimated cost is 81, S48
The council will meet in special ses
sion Thursday evening to pass the regu
lar payTolls.