Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-13
CITY Council in Session Last
Night Fails to Elect Successor
To Ezra Thompson.
SPECTATORS DISAPPOINTED.
Federal Heights Water System Again
Held Up--Row Over Street
Expenditures.

There were n NUMBER OF disappointed
spectators at the meeting Of the city
council last night as they went there
with the expectation that the council
would elect new mayor. Not a word
was said about the matter. how ever,
until just before adjournment when
Fernstrom called attention to the fact
that the city was without a mayor and
urged the council to elect one. He in
formed the majority members of the
council t.at II the Americans did
not have n man for the place the min
GRITTY members could supply one. His
statement was received with laughter
and tn, council Immediately took a
recess until tonight, when IT is very
probable that a mayor will be chosen.
WATER SYSTEM HELD UP.
Again was the installation of the
water system in Federal heights held
up by the council. although Mulvey
made strong fight for the passage
OF his ordinance making water scrip
negotiable so that the promoters of that
addition could have the opportunity of
dlsposing of the scrip which they would
receive from the city in return for
their investment. Black and Fernstrom
both opposed the ordinance, the latter
declaring that ii would simply mean
going back TO the old system which
had been tried for years by the city
| and found to be a failure. He favored
entering into a contract with the peo-
pie who are interested in the heights
allowing them to sell their scrip but
was strongly opposed to an uncondi-
\ tional return to the old negotiable scrip
system which had been condemned
Mulvey made a hot speech in favor
of his ordinance in which he expressed
surprise that the council would inter-
fere with project of this character in
F. which people wanted to spend about
$1SO0O of their own money In putting
in water system without the city
paying one cent on the extensions, when
heretofore the city has always paid the
cost of such extensions itself. He in
sisted that the ordinance be passed at
once and that the people should not be
delayed any longer.
Wells expressed regret that the city's
finances were In such poor state that
II could not give the people the water
extension without their paying the cost
of installing II. He favored the ordi-
nance hut thought 1t should contain n
provision guaranteeing the city per
cent on the investment. He offered an
amendment In which the guaranty
clause was included but It did not meet
the approval of the majority.
MATTER GOES OVER.
Asst. City Atty. Dininny was asked
as to whether or not the ordinance as
1t read would require a guarantee of
per cent which is required by the city
on all extensions. He declared that 1t
would not although under its terms the
council could require such a guarantee
II 1t wanted to. That did not suit
q nd 4
he moved that the ordinance be refer
red to the city attorney for an amend
ment to that effect. The motion was
carried by q vote of Q to 4, so the i'm
provement is held up for another week
or so.
ROW OVER STREET EXPENSE.
There was quite little row between
Black and Chairman Carter OF the
street committee over the failure of the
hnance committee to pass on the requi-
sltions Tor necessary expenditures for
tho street department. Carter wanted
TO know why the finance committee had
not approved the requistions as they
did all others which were submitted
Ferry who Is chairman of the commit
tee, declared that he was not present at
the meeting and could not answer the
question. II appears that Black and
Crabtree took their usual method OF
getting even with Street Superior RAJ
leigh by negleeting to approve his re-
QUESTIONS.
President Davis was about to pass the
/ matter by but Carter was on the fight
4 and insisted that Black explain why
the acquisitions were not approved
1 Black finally stated that the chairman
OF the finance committee was not there
4 and that he did not approve them be-
cause he knew nothing about them at
all. l'nrtAr haplara1 that
al about all other acquisitions and that
ne did not inquire anything about the
street department. He requested that
the acquisitions be produced and when
they We're handed to him he took them
TO Ferry and had the latter approve
them and they were then passed by the
council.
WILL CONSIDER FRANCHISE.
President Davis announced that the
/ municipal laws and streets committees
would meet tomorrow afternoon at
O'Clock In the council chamber to take
up the consideration of the Utah Light
q Railway company franchise for ex-
tensions to Its system and also the
proposition OF the Welsbach Street
/ Lighting company to install gas lights
on the streets OF the city.
ESTIMATES APPROVED.
me following estimatose for work
/ done on public improvements as passed
upon by the board OF public works wero
approved by the council:
Thifd partial estimate. paving extern
sion No. 10; =. j. Moran, S2b,65973.
Second partial estimate, paving ex-
tension No, l6; +, j. Moran, Sl3,62072.
Fifth partial estimate curb and gut
ter extension No, 2; s. Birch, s343i4S.
Second partial estimate sidewalk ex-
tension No. 1l6; S. Birch, $i,0Gs.
Third partinl estimate. paving extern
sion No, 100; s. Birch, s5,5l6.bi.
Fifteenth partial estimate, main in
iercepting sewer. James Kennedy, So
FIRST partial estimate, water main OK
tension No l72 J, w PerciYal, S2,b02.50.
FINAL estimate, water main extension
NO. IA; j. W. Percynl $50 40.
Fourth partial estimate. paving ex-
tension No, 90; =. j. Moran, Sll,0sS.7G.
Fourth partial estimate. water main
extension No, l45, j, w. Percivnl, s6Il3
Fourth partial estimate cross walks
bnrt and Custer sl,6i2,2f
STREET FUND DRAWN ON.
Upon the recommendation OF Audit
or AIN, the street fund was drawn on
again IN the sum of sl6asBI0 10 meet
mo deficit IN tho special tax fund for
inc payment OF the citys portion OF the
cost OF several public improvements.
without murmur the council author
ised the transfer of that amount from