The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-01
MEAT ORDINANCE
WILL Be PASSED
But Little Question That COun-
ell Will Dispose of Meas
ure Tonight.
PASSAGE MEANS MUCH
TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH
Patrolmen Are Still After Ma
tcrial Increase in Their
Salaries.

When the city council meets this
evening il undoubtedly will take up
and pass the meat ordinance which has
been before it in one form or another
for almost four months.
This measure, which is destined to
throw an immense safeguard around the
public health OF the city. was near
passage Monday night n week ago. but
unexpected opposition developed, taking
the form of r. demand for tho reading
OF the ordinance. and rather than re-
main until midnight TO do this the city
fathers hastily adjourned, The bill will
likely be taken up early this evening.
to give plenty Of tmc for the formality
of reading ii, following which it uu-
doubtcdly viii be passed.
The ordinance creates n munIcipa
system Of meat inspection second iii
strictness only TO federal meat inspcc-
ton. Under IL every piece of meat sold
or produced hero must either bear the
federal stamp or else be subjected 10
municipal inspection. Absolute clean
jness around slaughter pens is another
requirement. Seven slaughter houses
in and about the city viii be affected
Still After Increase.
There is r. wcll-defined movement on
to secure an increase in pay for patrol
men that may reach the council this
evening. Several weeks ago an ad-
vance in salary for Salt Lake City's
finest was recommended, but the board
OF estimates and apportionments, under
a resolution introduced by Mr.. Martin
decided against increasing the pay Of
any more city officers or employees on
account OF the necessity of practicing
strict economy, because Of the immens.
amount of public improvements the city
has undertaken, and nothing has been
heard of the movement to raise the pa
trolmen since, especially in the face of
adding ten more men 10 tho force, which
Will increase the city's payroll about
Sl2.240 n year.
To offset the desire on the part Of
the city fathers TO economiZe, the pa
trolmen are thinking, of arousing public
sentiment in favor of an increase in
their pay. To this end a petition for
more pay will probably be circulated
among the principal business men and
property owners of the city. II the big
property owners. who are the heaviest
taxpayers and consequently Will foot
the most Of the bill. favor the incrcas.
ing Of patrolmen S salaries, as the pa.
trolmen believe they Will, the patrol
men sec no reason why the city couu-
Gil should further oppose giving them
moro money. AT least, this rs the logic
upon which they are basing the petition
for business men and other big proper
ty owners and taxpayers to sign
What Patrolmen Want.
The patrolmen get only $50 month
now. They want 500 n month for the
mon who have seen ms much as one
year s service and 800 for the men who
have seen less than that period of serv.
Ice, AS the majority of the approx.
mately sixty patrolmen on the force
now have seen moro than n wears serv-
ice, the proposed increase would add al
most $4,000 a year to the city's pay
roll.
Several contracts for public improve
ments will likely come up from the
board of public works for the council IS
approval. the most important of which
viii be the contract with =. j. Moran
for the rePavlng. resurfacing. rccurbing
and reguttering of Main street from
South Temple 10 Fourth South street.
The council will also receive the city
attorney s adverse opinion upon the re-
quest of p. j. Moran for the closing of
Gale street between Eighth and Ninth
South streets, which will probably 90
to the municipal laws committee,