Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-14
MAIDEN EFFORTS
| OF NEW MEMBERS
|crs Of Distinctive Features of
ast Nights Meeting OF
City Council.
MAYORS MESSAGE IS READ.
,.,uents Confirmed--Police Chief
,.ks for More HcIp-Fiood of
p.t;t,ci,s--Isoutine Business.

mayoi's message and the maiden
s.r,s of the new members of the city
ac,l were the distinctive features of
sights meeting of the city fathers.
49,, message is not burdened with lot
,.,austics, but contains Mayor Brans-
,,,i-s observations with regard to the
..r,ne of civic affairs and recon-
Mutations for their betterment. 1t
nns been referred to thetrommittee on
.rrollment to be printed at a later date.
WANTS TO KNOW.
councilman l.. L. Hall, Democrat
,.,r, the Fourth ward, has created q
1 ,o,e that for many years has not been
\ sesn IN the chamber Alderman Hall is
i a man of exceedingly generous proper
4 tons with lower extremities to match.
,I-on, the standpoints both of super
aela area covered and the time con-
,,,med on the floor he leads and the
s.bsr members are many lengths be-
s,nd Already he has been named
ashowMe" Hall, the man from Joplin.
The Interrogation point is his coat or
i ANS and he keeps President Davis
md other old members busy answering
XIX questions. In one of his spells
last night he propouuded this little
rrery In grammar grade mathematics
"a city Engineer Kelsey and asked for
on answer right off the handle" If
= sidewalk extension is 80 miles long
"a there are $3.50 feet in mile and
NE sidewalks cost rs cents a foot to
inv what will be the total cost and
KEN much of It will the city have to
nav? The city engineer baked and
while Hall figured the problem out on
paper, three ordinances, two resolu-
iions and the list OF authorized ex-
penditures We're passed, and at adj
iournment Hall was still figuring. If
there is anything that Hall won't ask
n question about, nobody knows what
sort of thing 1t is, If 1t exists at the
present time
KNOWS ROPES ALREADY.
Mark Reedall wears the aldermanic
toga with apparent ease and he has
stepped into the place made vacant
nv Tom Blacks eclipse In the commit
tee on engineering and sewerage.
peedal. already knows everything
there is to know about the proper
methods of running a city and city
engineer.
oliver Hodgson, Democratic member
from the First ward, over the rims of
his spectacles watches every move of
the council, listens to Halls questions
with ears and mouth wide open and
votes with a nod of his head. the an
of aye or no In audible
tones being accomplished with consid-
cradle effort
BELLIGERENT FIRSTER.
]. D. Murdoch promises to be almost
as belligerent as Martin. both OF whom
nail from the First. His opposition to
Tom Holidays appointment as super
iniendent of waterworl1s. his negative
vote being lonesome in its oneness,was
nm index to what may come in the
future. When fight between fac
tions comes up, Murdoch promises to
be there with bagpipes and q temper
] j. Stewart has been in the council
before and feels somewhat sure of his
ground. Last night he Is thought to
have spoken twice. once to make mo-
ton and once to vote for 1t. Otherwise
he was busy as listener.
WEAR HoNoRs QUIETLY.
L. j. Wood and G. II. Raybould sit
side by side at the chairs left. Not a
syllable did they utter last night and
In this the presidents wisdom in plac-
ing Wood on the cemetery committee
is very well shown. Both, seemingly
50 lonesome in their quietness. wear
their honors with dignity. however.
II. T. Cowburn seated between Hall
and 1odgson. Is kept in obscurity by
the big man from the Fourth, while his
head is turned TO his right he smiles and
when turned to his left there is look
Of pity spreading over his countenance.
With Fernstrom and Hall to lead the
minority members, they promise TO
make their presence in the council
known however, when the majority
members endeavor to follow out the old
rule Of examining their pet plans down
the throats of their helpless brothers.
MAYORS FIRST MESSAGE.
The reading OF Mayor Bransfords
message was taken UP as the first COM
reading occupied over 20 minutes and
during all the time II was listened to
with iapt .ttention by all members and
iord's suggestions to make the city
better are the following: Increase the
police force, new fire station on west
side, supervision Of fire features In the
aiers and other places OF amusement,
proper sanitation of public places,
strict enforcement of law regarding
sewer connections, increase In number
OF employees In health department,
equlable increase In water rates and
The use Of meters In large establish
menis extension of sewer system, more
attention TO identifying the city's
Streets hot1levarda aud fa ,.lru antixitu