The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-09
CITY COUNCIL BUSY.
ogden Solons Transact Large Amount
of Minor Business.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
OGDEN, Oct. s.-The City Council
held tiresome session tonight. and
before it had finished it had reversed
itself at least once during the night.
inns was on the request of Treasurer
Moyes, who asked additional help in his
Office and who was turned down. Later
the Council reconsidered its action, and
voted the extra help during such periods
as would be necessary for the writing
OF scrip certificates and sidewalk work.
a resolution was presented and
adopted by the Committee on Lights,
asking the Council to appropriate $23S
TO reinforce the wires carrying the cleo
trio lights that were put up at the time
of the travelling mems convention and
which have been maintained ever since.
The money is 10 be expended in such
manner that the lights will be protect
ed from the winter SHOWS, and the, en-
tire array of lights for FIVE blocks long
is TO become the property of the city.
The Committee on Railroads, to
which was referred the complaint that
the trains of the Southern Pacific and
Union Pacific had been blocking the
crossing of Twenty-fourth street, report
ed that its members had called upon
Superintendent Manson, and that he
had promised that the practice would
be discontinued and that he would put
the crossings in good shape for team
travel,
Objects to Shacks.
W. S. ST. Johns, Building Inspector,
reported that in several blocks within
the fire limits frame shacks arc being
erected and are a menace TO the safety
OF adjoining property. He asked for
instructions and the matter was re
ferred To the Fire committee, with the
City Attorney associated. When the
report was submitted, Chairman Craig
enjoined the committee to wake up the
City Attorney.
The Retail Dealers Liqucr associa
tion asked that a law be passed impos
ing penalty on minors who will fire.
quent saloons. They desire to stop this
traffic, but frequently .matured huskics,
who are under. age, impose on them.
The petition was referred TO the Com
mittce on Laws and the City Attorney.
a warrant for sl105, being the first
payment on the new voting machines,
was ordered drawn and paid,
The Bell Telephone company petit
toned the Council to be permitted to
excavate on Twenty'fourth street, from
Washington avenue TO Wall avenue, for
sub-conduit for wires, agreeing to re-
move the poles and overhead wires in
ing avenues. 1T was referred TO the
Committee on Streets.
Protest From Gloyd.
communication was received from
Charles L. Glovd, late cement tester
and inspector of Ogden, who was dis
missed from the City Engineers office,
September 6, in which he stated that he
was discharged without cause and that
he had a certificate on the day of his
dismissal from Engineer Parker in
which the latter testified to his ability
and faithfulness. He asked for an in.
vestigation, but the matter was ordered
filed. 1t is stated that Mr., Gloyd had
criticised a contractor IN sidewalk and
sewer work, because the contractor had
changed the proportions of cement,
sand and gravel and was putting in a
poorer quality OF work than the spccl-
| fications provide.
After the letter had been filed, an
| incident in confirmation of Mr., Gloyd s
position came up IN the form of n pro-
| test by such property owners against