The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-04

semi circle to the right Reed, o,Don-
Mulvey, Davis, Reedall, Fernstrom
Holley, Hail, Hodgson, Lees
| The payrolls of the various depart
ments for the last half of December,
amounting to $12,38S,l9, were referred
| to the various committees concerned
with power to act.
Standing Committees Named,
| The announcement of the members
of the standing committees was then
made by President Ferry as follows:
Municipal laws-McKinney, Wood,
Hail. Lyme, Fernstrom.
Streets-Davis, Reed, Reedall, Nc.
Markets and sauitary-O 'Donnell,
Reedsll Moreton, Lees, Lyme.
Public grounds and waterways
Wood, Reedall, Mckinney, Holley, Hall.
mprovemcnts-Woo Lyme, Lees,
Mckinney, Hodgson,
Finance and salaries-Davis, Lyme,
Moreton. Wood, Fcrnstrom.
Estimate and apportionment-Ma
finance committee, president city coun.
ell, auditor and recorder as secretary,
Library and election--Lyne, Moreton,
Hall
Fire department-Reed, Mulvcy,
Wood, Mckinney, Reedall
Claims-McKinney, Reed, FernStrom
terworks-Mulyey, O'Donnell, Da.
Wis, Reed, Moreton.
Revision and enrollment-Lyne, Nc
Kinney. Mulvey, Hail. Lees,
License-Moreton, O'Donnell, Rec
dali, Lyme. Mulvey.
Engineering and sewerage-Reedall,
Morcton, Wood. Holley, Hodgson.
Police and prison-O' 'Donnell, Davis,
Moreton, Mulvey, Lyme:
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Davis.
AT 1:05 o'clock p. m. the new coun-
ell adjourned until next Monday night,
Henry Heath, the parkkeeper. present
ed every member of the old and the new
council and every other city employee
present with n pretty bouquet of flow
ers.
Passing of Old Council.
II took the old council little more
than an hour TO dispose of the routine
business before il. The veto of Mayor
Bransford to the proposed contract be-
tween the city and the forestry depart
ment Of the United States was sus.
taincd without comment by vote of
13 to /. Mr., Hall casting the only
dissenting vote The matter will he
taken UP by the municipal laws com
mittee of the new council to ser if a
more favorable contract rs far as the
city is concerned cannot be made.
The proposition of selling the city S
rock crusher to H. S. Margctts was re-
ferred back to the streets committee
of the new council for further consid'
Grafton.
The contract with the Otis Elevator
company for the installation of a new
elevator on the city side of the joint
building was also passed up to the new
council.
In Generous Mood.
The council was in generous mood
with reference to the installation Of ad.
ditional street lights and when the re.
port of the improvement committee
recommending the new Lights hereto.
fore agreed upon came up, it was
amended by adding about FIVE lights
upon request of several of the coun
cilmen and WAS then adopted.
Mr.. Holley's motion to reconsider
the passing Of the slot vending machine
license ordinance was lost and the or
dlnancc stands as passed at the meet
ing last Thursday night.
City Engineer CLANCY submitted
plats and plans for the reservoir in
Big Cottonwood canyon which were
referred to the waterworks committee
for consideration.
The ordinance requiring the cutting
of weeds and dry grass in vacant lots
was killed, upon motion of Mr.. Hall
that the enacting clause be stricken
out. He contended that the present
ordinance on that subject is sufficient
and his motion was carried.
Because of the fact that the Emigra-
tion Canyon Railroad company had not
filed plat of It's proposed extension
along Twenty-frst East street and
across property owned by the city in
Parley's canyon hollow, the franchise
asking for that privilege was referred
to the incoming council and the com
pany will have TO file the required plat