The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-26
BARLOW FINDS
$1,000 MISTAKE
Like Other City Officials, He
Buys First and Presents
Bill.
PARTY SIGN TO STAND
HALL TRIES TO HAVE 1T RE-
MOVED, BUT FAILS.
PARTY SIGN TO STAND

The nastiest little piece OF partisan
politics yet played in open council ses-
sion came last night, when the council,
by vote of 10 to 2. turned down a res
olution from /. z. Hall that the Amer
lean party sign, now standing in the
street in front of the Tom Kearns prop
erty. on the west side of Main street,
between First South and Second South
streets, be ordered off the city prop
erty. And then the council adjourned
10 meet Nov. 6. when the council like
ly viii adopt the resolution upon the
motion for reconsideration raised by
Councilman Hall.
The city ordinance specifically states
that no signs shall be put upon fences
placed around building projects, nor
shall signs be placed In the streets.
In violation of this, the American par
~ arranged to have the sign put up in
she street, several feet off the side
walk, and ON city property.
THE American party thought it was
very smart 10 put the sign just out
side the fence, instead of on it." said
Mr.. Hall. 1T Il not a violation of the
letter of this particular ordinance, but
1t is a violation of the spirit of the law.
I wish to move that the street super
visor be instructed to tell Mr.. Kearns
10 have the sign removed. and if this is
not done to remove the sign himself.
1t is all right to place the sign on Mr..
Kearns' property, but not on the city
property"
Ferny Wants One, Too.
It was ruled that this must come in
the shape Of a resolution, which was
later presented and turned down by
the council. COuncilmen Hall and
James Z. Murdoch voted for it. Coun-
Gilman w. Mont Ferry put in a mo-
ton that the Democratic party be al
lowed to put a similar sign there. ad-
vertising w. r. Wallace, but this was
emOthered.
Another instance where the heads of
departments buy equipment and then
send the bill to the council was brought
out last night, in a requisition from
Chief of Police S. NJ. Barlow. He re-
ported to the council that through a
mistake last January $500 had been
left off the list for fixtures and car
,peateT work in improving headquar-
ters, and another item of $40 had been
left out through an error" for the pur-
chase of a motorcycle. This same sys-
tenn came out when Thomas Holiday,
superintendent of waterworks, bought
a carload of lead and then asked the
council to pay Tor il, and when w. H.
Glore, chief of the fire department, pur-
chased a new steamer for 81 800 and
did not tell the city council about it
until the steamer was in Salt Lake, and
the council was forced to make the ex-
penditure. The bill from Chief Bar
low last night, for expenses incurred
more than six months ago, amounting
TO $1.14O. was allowed.
II. +. Webb was given S13S25 for
drawing the plans for the new fire sta
ton, No. 6, under the direction of Coun-
Gilman L. d. Martin. 1t has been ger
orally supposed that the city engineer
office is for the purpose of drawing
plans and providing specifications for
public work, but that office mas never
seen the drawings for the fire station.
An outside architect drew down the
money.
The council ordered notices of inten-
ton to be published for grading. curb
ing and guttering Tenth avenue be-
tween c and F streets.
The old petition of W. r. Hampton, 10
run sightseeing line Of autos to the
base of Ensign peak, came before the
mittee, where it has lain since last July,
and the petition was turned down.
Attempts to Railroad.
President A. J. Davis, who has sp-
pointed himself cn the waterworxs ON
ullltt6s presenter q resolution calling
upon the council to accept every bit
of work that has been done by the see
cial attorneys fO1' the city and others
in regard to Improvements on the East
Jordan canal, and authorizing them to
go ahead with condemnation suits for
further improvements. But the mat
ter was held up. n spite of the attempt
TO railroad it, and will be taken up al
the next session of the council in two
weeks, when the members win have a
chance to investigate the matter.
During the discussion Councilman
Martin made this statement. inadver-
tently arraigning the American party
council for much of the public contract
work of the past:
Il viii not have much longer to serve
and 1 want to say that I have voted
Tor some public Improvements since ]
have been in the council that I Ger
tainly would not vote for again.