Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-15
INSURGENTS SNUB
MAYOR ONCE MORE
Six StaIwarts With a Crouch Sit
Down on Recommendations
OF Executive.
DEWITT FOSTER APPOINTED
Local Ncwspapcrman Gets CIcrkship
On the Board of Hcalth-Joc
Cohen Now Joblcss.

Mayor Bransfords recommendations
which he made in his annual message
were snubbcd again by the "Ameri-
can" insurgents in the city council last
night A resolution was introduced bv
Councilman Fernstrom requiring the
committees TO report on the creating
OF license department, a purchasing
department, auditing accounts In de-
partments and the handling of the
garbage by the street department., but
1t was successfully lodged and laid
over week at the request of Coun-
cllmcn Reed and O'Donnell. An effort
was made to put the Americans" who
are opposing Mayor Bransford on re-
cord by this means but it failed TO
work. AS a result of the disruption be-
tween the mayor and six of the
American" councilmen the board OF
estimate and apportionment Is un-
able to do anything and no meetings
have been held for ten days. Unless
some compromise Is effected the bud
get Will not be presented In the re-
quired time.
In each of the recommendations
some councilman has an AK to grind
and they are helping each other out
O'Donnell. who had the matter laid
over last night for a week. are at
tempting 10 save Frank Kimbalrs
scalp. now deputy license collector,
and are trading favors with the other
insurgents.
Jake 7. Raleigh. street supervisor,
narrowly escaped being investigated"
by the council last night at the in
stance of Councilman Wood Tho
councilman n from fho Gaoon6 par1 of
tempted TO make a private detective
out of City Attorney H J. DInniny by
introducing a resolution requesting
him to find out whether Raleigh had
any interests in the gravel which was
being sold to the city. The bill amount
ed to $3.50 for 300 loads of gravel
which was purchased from B. Young,
foreman for Raleigh & Harmon, con-
tractor. AT opinion was received from
the city attorney stating that the bill
on its face was legal being properly
certified and attested. This was not
enough for Wood. he wanted the city
attorney to question Raleigh and
Young and find out the details of the
purchase.
Councilman Mckinney asked to have
Raleigh called before the council and
questioned Raleigh was perfectly
willing but Councilman Mulvey OBJ
jectcd and on a roll call vote only
Councilmen Wood and Mckinney vot-
ed against the payment OF the bill.
MORAN GETS CONTRACT. :
The board of public works held a !
special meeting Monday afternoon and
awarded the contract of constructing |
the catch basin and conduit in City |
Creek to P. ]. Moran, the official con- |
tractor. for approximately $4,000 to |
be completed in so days The ellis |
Construction company, the lowest bid !
der. offered to do the work In so days
but the board thought that the work |
was a case of emergency and award |
ed II to Moran, whose bid was about |
$4,000 higher or course the council |
concurred in the action of the board |
and Moran will commence work this |
afternoon.
Strange G. Mcclure, who wrested tho |
paving contract on east Third South |
street from Pat Moran, by competI- |
ton, petitioned the council again last |
night to allow them to erect an asphalt |
plant in City Creek canyon near |
month for the lease of the ground |
and agrees to move out in three
months notice. They say in their peti-
ton that by competition the property |
owners have saved $4,000 on two |
large contracts and tlcSy intend to |
stay In the field here and fight Moran |
for the public work in Salt Lake. Tho |
matter was referred to the committee
on public grounds and waterways.
STREET CAR FRANCHISES.
the franchise presented by e o. |
Howard, assistant cashier of Walker
Bros. bankers, was referred to the |
municipal laws committee. The fran
chise Is for an electric or compressed |
air interurban road between Salt Lake
and Provo and intermediate points. The |
application seeks a franchise for so |
years to begin at First South and Sec
ond East streets. thence south on Sec |
Ond East street to Ninth South street. 4
thence east to Third East street and |
thence south to the city limits. MI |
Howard agrees to pay l per cent an
nually of the gross receipts within the
city as a tax. The fare within the city
limits is to be cents. The work is to
begin In GO days after the franchise Is
approved and completed in three years.
The Saltair franchise was laid over a
week, some amendments to be made by
the various councilmen, which they
were unable to present last night. The
Salt Lake Real Estate association and