The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-02
CHICAGO FIRM
GETS SALT LAKE
BONDS At PAR
Woodin, MCNear & Moore
Awarded $780, 900 Issue at
4 IA Per Cent Interest.
COUNCIL SUSPENDS
DETECTIVE WHEELING
FITZGERALD CONFIRMED AS AS
SISTANT FIRE CHiEF-RHODES
APPOINTED PATRoLMAN.

The council last evening voted to sell
the 100000 bond issue TO WOOdin. Nc
Near x Moore of Chicago. This concern
agreed TO pay par for the bonds and ac-
sept them al 4l4 per cent interest. The
other bidders mace their tenders On a
oasis of 4le per cent. the maximum al
lowed.
Considerable discussion was had over
The sa4e. il being cOntended ny Oounci-
men steNErt ami Hall tnac 1ue Did OF
DeN ii, Trimble " Co, Offering PIE
nium OF s.. $50 and accrued intviest Oh
az per cent bonus was me bes.- f.ach
member OF the councii hau figures 40
show why one o. the other bios MAS the
most advantageous.
Councilman Alu4 uoch clinched the argu-
menI in favor OF WoOdnI. McNear ~
Moore, by stating that Tie repl esentdti tive
OF the other company told MIN thar il was
the best bid despi.e the fact that accrued
interest ola not enter into It's Ccternlina-
non. Murdoch said that this firm would
dIaw a. per cent interest. While In bi'i
II is only competitor NOcld Elctn tha-
me city would pay ne m-evesJ of 4 S-I0
per cent.
Hail and Stewart were the only ones tn
oppose the sane TO WooJirs NcNtar *
Moore.
AZ another special meeting of the coun-
ell Thursday evening an ordinance will
oe passed confirming the sale
Detective Wheeling Suspended
Detective Frank Wheeling Of the po-
lice department was suspended for ten
days without pay for assaulting Motfert
H. Rice. cOlOred, in Chief Pitts private
office. This action was taken upon rec
ommendation Of the police committee.
Fee nstrom wanted the suspension for
thirty days. stating that the assault was
entirely unjustifiable- He scored Chief
Pitt for not reprimancing or suspending
Wheeling at the time.
His motion was defeated by vote of
siA 10 seven. as follows:
Ayes-Cowburn Fernstrom, Holiey,
Hall. Murdoch. Raybould-6
Nays-Black. Martin, O'Donnell. Rec
iall. Stewart w God. President Davis.
\ hen the committees report recon-
rending ten days suspension was adopt
II by an unanimous vote.
Fitzgerald is Confirmed.
W l.. Fitzgerald was confirmed as as
sstant chief of the fire department. me
appointment was made a week ago h.
Chief W. II. Glore, but was held up pend
'ns an investigation by the fire commit
tee.
me application of T. S Atkins. former
eliief clerk in the street department, 10
have 500 refunded 20 him which he GAINS
20 have made good on account OF bogus
check was referred back 10 the special
committee when has been considering
the Atkins shortage.
The recorder was notified to publish
notice of iiitention for the following paw
'ns extensions.
Twelfth East street. from First to Sec
md South asphalt. \ street from First
avenue TO Third avenue asphalt. and
rom Third avenue TO Sixth avenue. ma
adam. Eighth South street. from Main
o State, asphalt.
The committee on improvements re-
ported on the location of eighty-six new
arc lights and the report was unanimous
ly adopted.
Pipe Question Postponed.
The ordinance providing for the option
al use of vitrified or iron pipe in making
sewer connections was read and action
postponed one week.
The question of granting j. f Evans a
ga loon license at % West First South,
which had been previously debated at
length. came w again and consideration
of the application was deferred one week
Pa'-olls amounting 10 ss.26l-S were
passed.
a.. l. Rhodes son of the late Detec
i've Matthew Rhodes. was appointed
member of the police force in place OF
c A. Carlson. resigned.
There was heaIed discussion over the
proposition TO promise the residents in
Sugar House city water should they de-
| sire to come into the city. II was de-
cided to postpone consideration until a
( formal petition asking admission is re-
ceived.