The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-31
BUSY TIME AHEAD
FOR CITY COUNCIL
Number of Matters of Import
ance to Come Up This
Evening.
OUTLOOK is PROMISING
FOR PLENTY OF 0RAT0RY
Proposition to Improve Surplus
Canal Will Probably Go
Through.

At the meeting of the city council
tonight the resolution authorizing the
appropriation Of $4,000 for cnlarging
the surplus canal will be introduced
and. no doubt, adopted, The commit
tee which has had the matter in charge
agreed on last Thursday night TO recon-
mend the adoption of the resolution
and so far us is known there is no
opposition To IT, as Mr.. Mulvey, who
raised objections 10 the manner i'll
which it was intended TO appropriate
the money, has withdrawn all ohJcc-
tious and will favor the resolution.
The work viii be done under the su-
peryisIon OF the city engineer and 1T
is intended to use the drcdgc OF Inc
Utah Sand Dredging company for the
wet work and teams and scrapcrs for
the dry work.
This improvement Will greatly benefit
the people living near the Jordan river,
as il viii largely prevent the Hoods
caused by The overflow of tho river
which have been so frequent during the
past few years 1t also means great
saving 10 the city IN the matter of
damage suits, as there were It least
fifty claims for damages filed with the
city council because Of the flood of last
spring. Bv cnllrging the surplus canal
nearly all Of the flood water of the
river can he diverted and turned onto
lands west Of the river.
Veto Is to Come Up.
II is expected that there will be
quite an argument over the veto of
Mavor Bransford OF the appointments
made by City Auditor Ala, OF EN-.
ployccs in the license department of hls
office The veto was submitted last
1. L.. Il E.,,.
week. At that time it was contCndcd
by some of the councilmcn that the
MAYOR had no authority 10 veto the APP
pointments made by elective officers,
as they only needed 10 he confirmed
bv the city council IN order to become
effective.
Other members took the view that
by making IN appointment IT. created
an obligation ou the part of the city
and as the mayor must approve all
matters which provide for the expendl-
ture of money, he must, therefore, ap'
prove the appointments. Tho city al
torney has held that the mayor had
no authority 10 veto such appoint
mcnts and II is very probable that
there will be quite a discussion on the
matter when the veto is brought up
a gain tonight.
The council will take some action on
tho appointments of City Auditor AIN
of his regular office force. These have
been held up for several weeks be
cause some of the councilmeu took g.
ccptons 10 al least one Of the APP
pointces, but as Mr.. Alh has not
his mind in the least, as To
the personnel Of his office force. the
his terms and confirm tho appoint |
mcntS.
AS to Cost Of Living.
a movement is on foot among some
Of tho members of the council to in.
vestigatc the excessive cost of living |
and sec what can be done TO help con
ditions. II is though that by climinat-
ing the license charged butchers, gro
GERS, peddlcrs and others who handle |
foodstuffs it Will create more compcti-
lion and will thereby have tendency
10 decrease the price of food products
and il is more than likely that the |
council will try that method of solving
the problem. BY doing away with tho |
license IT is believed that more buth. |
crs, grocers and pcddlers Will enter the !
field and prices should he decreased
accordingly, At any rate such move
ment, ii is thought by some, will en-.
able more farmers and pcddlcrs TO
transact business and will bring the |
producer and The consumer closer to-
gether.
There Will be nothing doing on the
oaltair franchise tonight as the muni- |
clpal laws committee has not been able |
10 draw up It's report The committee !
heard number Of protestants on that
matter Saturday night and some new
objections were raised. so that il is
necessary 10 have another committee
ON that subject before a report will
he ready. This meeting will he held
thursday night and il is very probable
that the report Will he ready for the
council a week from tonight.
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