Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-30
COUNCIL BREAKS
FORMER RECORDS
1ransaots Important Business
Without a Single Con.
trary Vote.
THROUGH IN SHORT ORDER.
y~ Board of Public Works Appointed
And vacancies In Fire Depart-
mcnt F'illed.
THROUGH IN SHORT ORDER.

oouncll last night--one In regard
Wv nromptness and despatch In the
...rsaction Of business, and the other
rsgard TO the unanimty of opinion
,hleh prevailed throughout the entire
.hng As 10 the first record, the
n,os,,ng was called to order ut 1880
',.,o.k ana by s.45 all OF the business
"a heen attended to and the council
nd,ourne1 The second record Is the
su w., Wonderful Of all AZ not single
In"r,,,ye vote was cast against any
s,,er before the council and every
A,ns went through unanimously 1t
!. beheyed that never before has such
q thing happened In the council OF this
There WAS business Of importance at
,snded 10 al the meeting and perhaps
ths most important was the appoint
wsnt of new board of public works.
Four new hremen were appointed as
was also one regular policeman, two
special policemen and three employees
N the lard and water commissioners
department.
BOARD or PUBLIC WORKS.
Mayor Thompson submitted the APP
nontnents OF members of the board OF
rpblic works as follows Fred ]. Leon
ard chairman, Charles d.. Rooklldge
w ] Hallomn. G. p. Brooks hnd
Samuel NJ. Barlow. The appointments
we're confirmed by unanimous vote.
NEW POLICEMEN,
Chief OF Police Sheets sent In the APP
continent OF John NJ. Lyon as a patrol
nan TO take the place of Moroni Preece,
resigned, and the appointment was con-
nrnled.
The chief also submitted the appoint
ment Of G. II. Blomsterberg as special
policeman at the capitol grounds and
Gardea Brown as special policeman Mt
the Oregon Short Line, both to act with
out pay from the city. Both appoint
ments were confirmed.
FOUR FIREMEN NAMED.
Chief Of the Fire Department Vail
submitted the following appointments
Of members Of his department To filll
vacancies now existing. James -
Ksnn4lley, Jcseph s. Bowen, n. u
ORelly and c, j. Il. Gulbransen. The
appointments were confirmed.
AIDS TO COMMISSIONER.
The following appointments by Land
Water Commissioner Mathews were
confirmed by the council: Bessie NJ.
Davis office deputy; A. H. Little, fore
man Jordan & Salt Lake canal; III. III.
Harrison, patrolman Parley's canyon.
TO PAVE SECOND SOUTH.
City Engineer Kelsey recommended
that the petition Of w J. Halloran ana
others for the paving OF Second South
street from Third to Tenth East streel
be granted. and the recorder instructed
TO advertise notice OF intention to pave
The cost OF the work to abutting prop
erty owners between Third and Sixth
East streets Is estimated at sli per
front foot and between Sixth and Tenth
East the cost is estimated at 1915
per front foot, The recommendation
was adopted by the council,
FOR VOTING MACHINES.
The council adopted the suggestion
Of the county commissioners in regard
to the appointment OF a committee to
confer with the commissioners in re-
gard TO installing voting machines IN
this city by next fall, and President
Davis was authorized to appoint com
mlttee, OF which the mayor shall be a
member, 10 meet with the commits
sloners on the matter. CounciImen
Black and Crabtree were appointed
by President Davis to act with the
mayor on the committee The voting
machines viii cost between 5000 and
1900 each, and 50 will be needed in the
city making the total cost less than
$4,000 Of which amount the county
Will probably stand half. The ma
ehines would mean a great saving In
tine to the judges IN counting the
votes, as they register the totals in
SANITY. ana the results could be an
nouneed within few minutes after
me polls close. They would also do
away with election contests, as they
VIII not register an Illegal vote,
CHANGES IN STREET NAMES.
City Engineer Kelsey submitted the
Following recommendations in regard 10
changing the names Of streets which
are duplicated, and also in regard TO
bench:
IN the matter of changing street
lanes whore duplicated. / beg leave
10, ~ make the following recommended
,,tlrt-Thot no change be made In
wy names OF the 1872 foot streets ex-
~ we name Of East Temple street
" changed to Main street.
osVohd-'That al streets less than 1872
son l VIDE running east and west be
u,la..Hrd-Ihat all streets of whatever
reHsa ANU running north and south be
n sosrtn-Ihat the alphabet streets on
ta,r, nortn bench be given names, re.
Itu,shs the preSent letter as the first
"I pt OF the new name
''n-Ihat all streets which are con-