The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-19
COUNCIL FORCED
To DROP JUDGE
City SoIonS Take Off Name of
w. ]. Harvey in the Fifty
Fourth District.
ELECTION JUDGES RESIGN
CITY RECORDER EMPOWERED
TO FILL THESE VACANCIES.
ELECTION JUDGES RESIGN

Forced through statements III iily Iltl
aid Republican to make a change in the
Fifty-fourth election district, where thres
American party men had been named as
election judges, the council last night de
cided to take off the name of W, j.
Harvey and add some other name, 70 De
chosen later, probably Carl Reynolds. CITY
Recorder J. b. MOretOn was aDsOlFeC
from any part in the scheme 10 run ii
three American party men in this strong
hold of the party. as the work was done
by the council committee Mark ReedaL
put the blame on Ben T. Lloyd OF th'
Democratic party, by saying tnaI tIiSS
name had been suggested by MI lioyt
as a Democrat; he tReedalD dldn KNOW
he was an American party man.
A number of designations OF elecItoI
judges have been received, ana 10 nave
this work attended to the city recorder
was empowered to fill vacancies so thai
he can 20 ahead holding school Wednes-
day, Thursday Friday and Saturday
nights for the instruction of the Judges
The new names will be approved next
Monday night.
Protest is Heard.
w J. ButtIe, representing many proper
" OV ners in sewer extension go, sent a
communication to the council declaring
that more than two-thirds of the property
owners had protested against the work
There are 67,SO570 front feet in the eX-
tension and Buttle claimed that prot
The city engineer reported two weeks
ago that pTOtestants represented only j.
O9J feet and the council told the board
OF public works to advertise for bids.
This action was rescinded last night
and the matter sent to the engineering
committee, before which Butte will ap-
pear Thursday night. The protests were
also returned to the city engineer to re
check.
The council named Friday, Oct. %, al
$50 a. m, when il will board Western
Pacific cars for the days trip over the
line TO the Nevada line, upon invitation
of :. V. Derrah.
Each member of the council was in
strucUed by the Wards of the Wizard
to be on hand at the Commercial Clut
next Saturday night City Recorder More
ton fought with the invitation for time
and then gave it up, but all the council
men knew what IL meant
George 0. CLANCY was named city en-
gineer by the mayor and approved by thl
council, 10 succeed L. c. Kelsey. AnC
then CLANCY passed around the cigars.
Payrols for the first half Of the month
amounting to $16995.S0, were allowed.
The city engineer Was instructed to pu
IN new concrete and screen weir at the
head Of the nighttime intake in City CTeel
canyon. at d cost of 81, 400, to take tn,
place of the old wooden weir now IN baC
condition.
Mysterious Fire Plans,
L. d. Martins little joker came up las
night in the shape of a bill for Sl3S25 from
H. F. Webb, an architect, for plans FOL
fire station No. 6. The city engineer
never saw the plans, specifications OF
drawings of this building. the work be-
ing done through Councilman Martin.
Fred A. SimmOnds was made specia
officer at the Colonial theatre, and E
CHASER was named as a special policeman
on Brigham street, between Fourth Eas1
and Ninth East streets. CHASER has beer
in police court twice while a special Off
Ger at the Saltdir depot and convicted or
charges of battery,
Building Inspector A. b. HiTth submit
ted his report for the quarter ending
Sept 80. showing building permits ISSUED
amounting to more than S3,9C1,OOo and ices
1 amounting TO 81, $50.
), on recommendation of the sanitary com
mittee the council voted to compel the
Utah Gas a Coke company to pipe refuse
matter 10 the river or connect with 9
sewer, though J. c. Rose, general man
ager said the plant was not sending any
refuse into the bitches near Ninth Wes
and First South streets. The COMMITTEES
report read that IAN investigation by yOW
committee shows that an obnoxious oily
substance is being discharged by the Utaf
Gas & Coke company, and we recon-
mend that the gas company be required K
pipe TO the Jordan river or empty into {
convenient sewer, and that the city en-
gineer see that this order is compiled witt
by the said Utah Gas a Coke company
The committee had once reported thai
the conditions were all right, as a result
NJ. r. Stewart, but the matter was SEN
back and the health commissioner was
forced to admit that refuse was flowing
into the bitches