The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-01
Executes Turn on Surplus Ca
nal and City Auditors
Appointments.
MULVEY SAVES DAY WITH
RECONSIDERATION NOTICE
Mayors Veto Of Appointments
in License Department
Is Sustained.

night Tho council reversed itself In the
action taken on the surplus canal and
| also on the appointments by City Auditor
! .Al1 of the employees In the license de-
pnrtmcnt OF his office. The finance and
salaries committee reported in favor of
the resolution drawn by the city attorney
! whch provides for the appropriation of
| S25 600 for charging the surplus canal and
! 1t was the general sentiment OF the mSm-
| bcrs that the report should be adopted
without delay, Notwithstanding the fact
| that it was agreed upon in the committee
meeting last Thursday night The report
and resolution were laid over for ono week
at the meeting Monday night. upon re
quest of Councilmcn Mulvcy and More
| ton. without protest.
| Within the next few minutes the same
! committee reported with Il rocommenda-
ton that the original resolution on the
surplus canal matter as introduced by
| Councilman Rccdall be filed. Mr., Fern-
! Strom moved that the resolution be adopt
! cd in lieu OF the committee report, TO
sidetrack the resolution drawn up in legal
| form by the city attorney, JiIs was
! Just what occurred. as Mr.. Fernstrom
secured the adoption Of the resolution by
vote Of fS TO .. President Ferry and
who voted against ii. AIr. Mulvey gave
notice OF reconsideration. however,, SO
| the matter Will come up again next Mon
| day night and In the meantime the COM
mittcc viii have an opportunity 10 get
the city attorneys resolution through In
the place of tho other provided enough
votes can be secured to substitute IL
| for the one adopted Monday night
May Get Better Bid.
Mr.. Morcton Intimatcd that the COM
! mittee would be able 10 get a better bid
on the dredging than that OF the Utah
Sand Dredging company and gave that as
a reason for laying the matter over for
! a week. He stated that he had been in
| formed that a bid OF eighteen and prob
ably. one of eleven cents cubic yard
would be made, while that OF the Utah
! Sand Dredging company was twenty-five
cents a cubic yard. Even with that in
ducernent Mr. Fcrnstrom opposed any
| further delay and insisted upon his mo-
| ton TO adopt the resolution in lieu OF
! the committee report He tn3ny sue
ccedcd in his efforts and the original reso-
luton by Mr.. Rccdall was adopted, alter
| which the notice of reconsideration was
given so that nothing can be done in the
| matter anyway until next week. Mr..
! Wood insisted on some action being taken
In the matter and moved that the board
| OF public works be instructed to adver-
tise for bids Tor making the improve
ments. This was declared out of order
by the president; so the matter viii have
to be disposed of next Monday night.
Two weeks ago the council confirmed
| the appointments OF City Auditor AIN of
the employees in the license department
| OF his office, The appointments were
submitted to Mayor Bransford, who We
| toed them. When the veto came up Mon
! one week and when brought up again
Monday night the council reversed It's for
mer action and sustained the mayors
veto. There was lengthy argument be-
| tween Mr., Fernstrom on the one side and
Mr.. Mckinney and MIR. Moreton ON tile
other as TO the legal right of the mayor
| TO pass on the appointments at all. Mr..
| Fernstrom contended that by making the
appointments an obligation was created
by the city which meant the cXpendi-
| turc of money and. hence. under the law
! the mayor should have an opportunity
TO pass upon the appointments ms they
provided for the expenditure OF money.
Mayor No Voice.
Mr.. Mckinney and Mr. Moreton argued
that under the law the elective Officers of
the city had the right 10 appoint their
deputies and clerks and have them con
| iirrned by the council without being sub
mitted to the mayor for his consideration
| at all After m argument of about
| half-honrs duration, the veto was sus-
| talned by vote of six yeas TO nine nays
1t is contcnded by some OF the counciln,en
that this Will in no way affect the valid
| ity OF the appointments and that The APP
pointees will he able &C. go right on with
their work and draw their pay just the
same. The appontces who are affected
| by the veto are +. L. KimbalI, deputy
| license assessor; ". ]. Mclaughlin. book
keeper; w. f. Wood and L. r. Black,
license inspectors.
| After a delay Of nearly month, i'm
which time some stress was brough. TO
bear upon City Auditor AM 10 make u
| for his regular Office force. the council
Monday night confirmed the appoint
ments as originally submitted These are
G. b. Stevens. uhief deputy; L. a. Book,
| bookkeeper; Charles Weaver and ], ].
| Acomb. clerks. Mr., Hall made an obiec-
! ton TO the appointments on the ground
| that the auditor nud failed in the post
! 10 get out his annual report by The first
| Monday in February. as required by law.
| and he thought that by refusing TO con-
firm his appointments the auditor might
| induced "A strenuous q
get the report out on time There may
| be trouble over the appointments yet. as
| il is possible that the mayor will veto
them and then the same old fight will
come up as to his authority 10 do so.
Argument Over Mixer
| There Was also considerable argument
| over granting Strange & Mcguire tne
| privilege OF locating their asphalt mixer
| the clty's gravel pits there. The public
srunds and waterways committee rec
commended that the privilege be granted
upon the payment OF $40 month TO the
| city and also upon Strange &l M&guire's
| agreeing 10 repair thu roaG up to the
gravel pit Mr.. Mulvey moved that the
| backed up in his motion by Mr.. Carn-
strom The latter declared that ne had
lHHn up the canyon and investigated The
matter and he was positive that thurc
| was ont room enDuTu for two asphalt
plants In the canyon, and he would be
In favor OF ordering T. j. Moran to move
grant any moro privileges up there to
other contractors.
Mr.. Reedall contcndcd that there was
plenty of room FOR both plants and stated
that as Strange 81 Mcguire had saved the
city 5000 in their bid on the Third
South street paving they should be given
just the same privilege as Moran, He
stated that the hauling OF gravel was
quite an item in paving contract and
by getting that material 80 close at hand
the contractors could save the city
great deal Of money. Mr.. Hall was OF
the same opinion nd made plea for a
square deal for Strange ~ Mcguire, and
asked that no favoTs be shown Mr. Mo-
ran. The motion %: Mr.. Nulyey To file
the report was lost by ,le vote. and
the motion TO adopt che committee re-
port was also lost by Il vote OF 10 s. |
SO that Mr.. Fernstrom was again sue
cessful in his efforts
No License.
Deputy License Assessor Kimball called |
the councils attention 10 the fact that |
Bergerman 'and Nelson operated bar It |
the fair grounds during the aviation meet