The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-20
Air Blue for Awhile After Ses.
sion of the City Council
Is Concluded.
CORRECTION OF STREET
LINE CAUSES TROUBLE
Mr.. Martin Goes Away, but
Later Returns and Sits With
His Committee.

There was brief session of tho City
/ Council Thursday. The proceedings
were not particularly interesting, but
at The close excitement was not lack
! ing. Councilman Martin was reproved
/ from the chair BY President Davis III
somewhat harsh manner, as he
| thought, and he took occasion TO say
what he thought of the president i'm
mediately after adjournment. Council
man Martin Mulvey, who was also Sc
we're on Mr., Martin. came in, too, for
some plain talk from the indignant
councilman
The meeting was an adjourned one
from Tuesday evening to take up the
street and water pay rolls. These were
taken up, the rules suspended, and the
rolls referred to the proper committees.
The amounts are as follows for The
month ending April l5. Sprinkling,
sl35.5O; streets, S30S5.55, irrigation,
$l3ls54.
A resolution of Councilman Martin
had also been held over and was taken
mp. Mr.. Martin explained the purpose
of the resolution which was to correct
the line on Third South as laid down
in the city survey Of 1890. That line
took two and three. .tenths feet from the
property owners on the north side OF
Third South, between West Temple and
First West, by reason of not sticking
TO the line as established by the ancient
fences. The property owners all along
the line intended to hang on to their
rights, but the Peery people, who were
k6f A., - ,,o4,,,
al the corner of West Temple and Third
South, wanted the way all clear before
they went ahead They claimed the
courts would uphold them, but they pre-
ferred that the council should fix the
6ne. There WAS, it is alleged. a dan
ger of the improvements, amounting TO
over 100000, not being made if the mat
ter WAS not fixed. They were not ask
ing the council for An inch of ground.
The street and sidewalk would remain
the standard width.
Proposition Attacked
Councilman Mulvey attacked the prop
osltIon on the ground that the people
should go ahead without coming 10 the
council If they had legal rights. He
was opposed TO the Council establishing
such a precedent,
Councilmen Fernstrom, Crabtree.
Tuddenham and others supported this
view.
Councimen Black and O'Donnen
thought as the people concerned were
not asking for an inch of ground, and
as the street and sidewalk would not
be affected there could be no obiec-
tion 10 passing the resolution: Council
man o 'DonDell remarking that he could
not see why property owners should
suffer from the mistakes of fool en-
gineer.
The debate had been proceeding
along on fairly good natured lines.
when President Davis leaned over the
desk and remarked: "Mr. Martin, You
should remember that you are a couu
Gilman and address the Council AS such
and not as a contractor or builder and
in the interest of the people who en-
ploy YOU.
Councilman Martin resented this but
contained himself fairly well. and the
resolution WAS put and defeated, only
Martin, Black and O'Donncll voting for
it.
The Council then adjourned. and be-
fore the members were on the floor Mr..
Martin approached President Davis and
SAID, 81 want you to understand that
YOU cannot call me down from the chair
in any such uncaled for manner. The
next time you do you will get it back -
The air was blue. and there was a hub.
bub for tune, not unmlXed with pro-
fnnity. Martin repeated his statement
and added: "You and Mulvey have
put your knife into this because you
have IL in for Henry Perry
Mr.. Mulvey retorted, Don t put me
into that
eyes, / will do just that. -
"No, YOU won It. III stop you.
81 will and I want TO know how you
will stop me-
The air was bit sulphurous for a
few minutes and more words were ex-
esHng and refusnp ePoea to stay % for aFe be
committees. He did not go far away,
however, but shortly returned and took
his nlacn ON the Streot commitLee