Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-11
COUNCIL GUSTS
OFFICER TAYLOR
rernstrom's Efforts to Have
Matter Reconsidered Lost
BY Party Vote.
cooD RECORD AvAILS NAUGHT
,.,,iu,an Hall Attacks Ordinance
increasing salaries hut is Turned
Down By Majority

.,5o FORM the fact that Councilman
mn made only 1S speeches at last
..,rhps council session. the session pre-
st,5 no features Hall lost lap In
.sco with Councilman Fernstrom
Gov the minority leadership. but between
.,o two the event last night was fairly
,,.or,b while Councilman Fernstrom
,,,o5e bad guess, however, when the
I,,, roylor matter came up. He had
,,,eviously given notice that he would
,,ovt TO reconsider the vote. Last night
,,..op the matter was called from the
,ahle Mr.. Fernstrom urged that the
.o,ncu give more mature eonsidera-
t,,, ia the matter and that 1t exclude
no,tieal Vaccinations from the vote.
H., declared that several councllmen
si,cs the last session had looked into
,rsylor's record and that he believed
that they had arrived at the conclusion
that Taylor was too good to lose. lie
declared that the police department Is
NOT IN such good condition that 1t can
afford TO dispense with such efficient
men as Taylor, but that 1t could well
afford to lose some other members. His
motion TO reconsider was lost by
strictly party vote, the Americans
prevailing.
Mr. Hall suggested reform in the
matter of transferring funds for the
payment of final estimates. Hereto
lore the final estimates have been re-
ferred to the finance committee and the
transfers from the street or other
funds Of the amounts necessary to pay
the bills have been made to the special
funds Now, in line with Mr.. Halls
suggestion. the estimates and the re
quests for the transfer will go to the f.
nance committee and will be reported
back to the council at the same time,
20 that In the event the final estimate
Is not found to be correct more money
than necessary will not be transferred.
HALLS EFFORTS VAIN.
Councilman Hall caused a stir when
he attacked the ordinance raising the
salaries of the deputies in the city
recorders Office $1,000 a year. He re-
ierred to the report of the city treas
lrcr in which II is made TO appear that
there is on deposit in banks to the
CItull bl lllt Guy SSuutuuU. Ilt Sdlh NileiN
with CLAIMS due the real amount of
the money on deposit that the city has
q right TO claim is nearer SCI, 1000. Mr.
Hall declared that he would oppose no
providing for increased forces
where necessary, which would give
more men employment but he did GER
tainly oppose efforts to boost the sal
aries of city clerks and assistants who
had been satisfied for two years with
the salaries provided for by ordinance.
He also opposed the ordinance increas-
ing the pay OF the auditors force $1,000
q year on the same grounds. Both or
dlnances prevailed in the vote for final
passage,
AUDITOR MUST EXPLAIN.
Mr.. Hall also introduced resolution
asking the city auditor to explain in n
communication in writing why he has
not complied with the state law which
requires his financial statement on or
before the first Monday In February
The resolution was adopted
G. j. Salmon, special policeman
who was recently appointed by the
chief Of police, was removed last night
upon the latters recommendation. II
Is said that the policeman was found
asleep in a west side saloon the first
night of his appointment, and that
hobo took his star and exercien1 the
perogative of officiaiH~--- holdi-- en-
itling several business houses and
soliciting free drinks, candy, peanuts,
bananas and other things for which
poicemen are alleged to have such
iondness, The merchants believing
mat he was the new copper" sub
United without protest, as they have
learned is best for them.
THE WHEELHOUsE MATTER,
Health Commissioner Stewsr. back
Cd by Councilman O'Donnell OF the
sanitary committee astod that TIE cit
ind some position for Fred Wheel
mouse or that II pension him. Wheel
mousse Is the man who woe run over
and seriously injured by the fire de-
par'ment several years ago. The city
entered into a tacit understanding with
"heehopse at the time that be should
oe given permanent employment. Mr..
stewart says that the unfortunate man
IS Nnahe to discharge his duties in
satisfactory manner I'm the health de-
prtment and recommends that no h.
paced somewhere else The matter
wen! 10 the claims committee for In
yestigaton.
WANTS MORE POLICEMEN.
Chlet Pitt In letter to the council
urgeI the passage OF the ordinance in
, !, EASING The police force by the add-
t"u OF 10 policemen, He pointed cut
'"al lne Tree soup house was attracting
men nom nearby cities. and that by
,He week end there win be fully 100
H'eh ONT Of work In this city. He
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