The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-15
COUNCIL TO HAVE
A BUSY SESSION
Increase in Wages of Many
City Employees viii Be
Considered.
SALE OF CITY LAND
BODY WILL DISCUSS MATTER OF
PROTECTING WATERSHEDS.

Ordinances raising the wages of the
policemen, firemen, oil inspector and
poundkeeper will come before the city
council tonight and will be passed, the
increased salaries amounting in the ag-
sregate to about $4,000 for the year This
will be the opening of the campaign for
general increase in wages for the city
officials who have been clubbing along
on what is said to be too small salaries,
and II is probable that from now on I'M
series of new ordinances presented max
ing the necessary changes and making
the offices a trifle more desirable Tor the
few political favOrites.
The ordinance raising the wages Of the
policemen, from the lieutenants down to
the matron, will be sent in by Council
man T. r. Black. One of the reasons
for the defeat of Black for denomination
by the Fifth ward convention was that
the policemen worked against him, claim
ing he had stood in the way OF an In
crease for them for two years. And now
= I. r., just before he leaves the council,
wishes TO show them they were wrong.
l.. d. Martin viii be the father of the
ordinance regarding the firemen, which
increases the wages of every man in the
department from the chief down. Martin
too, will leave the council with the first
of the year.
The seaIer Of weights and measures and
oil inspector-sll of which is handled by
one man-will get an increase from g.
not been forgotten. His stipend will be
bounced up from $50 to $50
To Consider Sales.
An agreement has been reached by the
American party councilmen for the in
crease which is to take effect at the
first of the year, and they will vote for
the passage of the ordinances. il is
claimed. There may be some opposition
10 the increases, but the ordinances will
be passed by the council either tonight
or In another week or two.
T. r. Blacks resolution for the auc-
ton sale of all city land on State street
north of First North and on West Can
yon road will come before the council.
The city owns a five-rod piece of ground
just below the capitol grounds and will
have to pay 1919 for sewer tax for the
privilege of owning this ground. The
purpose of the resolution was to have
the land sold before the sewer went in
there, and for the city thus to dodge
the tax, as the 500 could not we'll be
spared. Now that the city has to pay
the sewer tax, however, there is little OBJ
Ject in selling the land
There is now a resolution, passed some
weeks ago, whereby the money from al
city land sold is to go into a special fund
to be known the park extension fund.
and Councilman l.. +. Hall will raise the
point that the sale of the North State
street property, if it is to be sold at this
time, must also go into his fund.
1t may be that the city engineer and
city attorney will be ready tonight with
their report regarding the wholesale pro-
tests by the property owners of the west
side against the building of sewer extern
sion 20. The property owners want the
sewer, but they believe s2-26 per front
foot is too much, and for that reason are
fighting the construction of the sewer. 1t
was claimed by the city engineers force
some time ago that there were not nearly
enough prOtestants, and that the work
should therefore be carried on. But since
that time there have been many personal
protests, and another investigation
showed that several thousand feet pro-
tested had been forgotten in making up
the footings For this reason the mat
ter was referred to the city engineer
and city attorney again for Te-checking
and a report, which may be ready for
the council tonight
improvement of Watersheds.
Another important matter for discus
sion Will be the proposed contract between
the city and the government for the i'm
provement of City creek and Parley's can
yon watersheds for the conserving OF
these tracts and the lettering of the wa
ter supply of the city. The contract has
been before the city for several months.
and will probably be before the council
tonight Under this contract the forestry
department of the government is to plant
trees upon the city ground in both can
yons and TO plant an equal number upon
government land al the same time. The
city is to pay Sl.75 per thousand for the
trees planted upon city property. The
government will furnish rangers to pa
troll the ground, and this, too, it is de-
clared, is another reason why the con-
tract should be approved. The matter
was brought I'D more than s year ago.
at the instance Of T. r. Black, but has
been long in assuming shape on account
of the red tape necessary before il could
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