The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-20
AFTER EVIDENCE
AGAINST VAIL
Some C0UnciImen Hope to
Bring Former Fire Chief
Back to Utah.
LONG SESSION OF COUNCIL
SEVERAL MATTERS or INTER
EST COME UP FOR ACTION.

i-dsL evening the council appointed q
committee consisting OF Councilman Hall
chairman. and CounciImen T.. s. Fern
strom and l. J. Wood, TO try and scrape
together enough evidence on which the
county attorney may ask for the requi-
sition Of former Chief Van OF the fire
department 20 bring him back for an &C
counting Of the firemen-s trust funds.
tDuuciimen T. u. Martin and Fernstr9m
reported having gone 10 The county at
tOrHey 90 swear out a complaint. but
had no evidence 10 offer hun. and We're
told 10 call again. Since then Eernstrom
said me believed W T. BEWateT. chief
before Vail. could md the receipt Vail
gave him, and with tnat they might act
Councilman Martin reported however.
that the county attOTney had said that
even with that receipt Vail could hardly
be brought back on a charge of emDeZ-
zhng fund Of which he vas a part
owner
4 blanket license was granted 10 Fred
erick Heath for amusements at the Salt
Palace. covering everything at the resort
except the cid min and the scenic rail-
way, Tor Sz8
The board Of works was instructed to
advertise for bids fer the paving OF West
Temple street from Fifth 10 seventh
South and from Seventh 10 Ninth south,
and on Fifth South between Main ana
First West. The abutters portion OF this
work vii be s65,156 and the city snart.
S35.50S6 S.
me nlaE0 OF AGIhe sem lu q tnuii4lll-l-
cation 20 the effect that the order OF the
council that all extra orders must b
passed ou hE the council hampered the
boards work and iustanced the conduit
ar Twelfth south. where work costing 81
40 had been saved To- the city by an
extra work order last week. IT asked
tie council 10 modify its resolution. Whlcn
was done on motion OF Councilman W
Mont Ferry TO the extent that the permls-
sion % the mayor may be obtained and
the work certified 10 the council al the
very next meeting after e is ordered
g II. Barlow. chief Of police. and Desk
ssrseants John A Lenze. Joseph Pugs-
lev and A. q. Spears were appointed bah
s0mmiss toner's by the mayor and con-
f.rmed by the council.
Jake T. Raleigh superintendent on
streets. asked that the Denver Rio
GTsnde and Oregon Short Line be coz
PEELED 20 raise their bridges over Tenth
south which. he said were too low and
were causing trouble This was sent 90
the streets committee with power 10 act
Short Line Footbridge.
There is more trouble brewing over the
Oregon Short Line footbridge. /. O.
Kelsey. city engineer reported that he
had sent the opinion Of the city attorney
that the oregon short Line had violated
its franchise 10 William Ashton. chief en-
ginser Of the road. and had received IN
reply q denial that the company had ever
filed a blue print Of the intended l0ca-
ton The blue print filed, according to
Mr. ashton was asked TOT nT the c0uu-
ell. and only showed q probable iOca-
ton. He also sent Mr. Kelsey an opinion
from the roads legal adviser. P. !. VIII
lams- 10 the effect that the company
was in its rights in placing the footbridge
over Third West where q did. The mu-
niCiDal laws committee will take the mat
ter up again.
The fire committee recommended the
purchase or 200 feet of Baker Fabric hose
IT - cents a foot aud Of 2elO feet Of
y J. 4 hose at Ol1 cents foot, but
the purchase went over week
An ordinance am lding the liquor or
dinamce so as 10 bring manufa cturers'
agents within its scope was read and
went over week
The CITY attorney presented two ordi-
nances. which were passed. relating 10
the collection Of special taxes. and fol-
lowing the repeal by the leEisla ture Of
some sections Of the present law. For
merly the CITY could not close on liens
on property for payment Of the taxes
for special Improvements without wait
ing for from five to eight years Now
the foreclosure can be made at once when
an installmeut is overdue Also when
any installment Of payment for improve
ments becou es delinquent IL makes the
whole tax due.
II was after u o'clock when the mills
ordinance was reached ana Councilman
John HOllev began a fight on some of the
sections. particularly those requiring the
stamriug Of cold storage butter as such.
and another relating to packed butter. The
councilmen were not disposed to stay un-
81 midnight and adjourned without ac-
tor at l-3e