The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-01
Charges Made by Chief of pal;.
Against Suspended Detectiy,,
to BE Investigated.
CONTRACT FOR GRAVITY (.
SEWER is APPROVE
Councilman Lends Humor
Session by Lively Disserta.
ton on ClairyOyants.

To investigate the charges OF ~.
conduct preferred against City D.t~
lives II. T.. Wilson and Il, ], C,clO.
for their alleged connection In Yetu,,'
Ing certain stolen jewels 10 Andres
Ross, n mining man OF this city, with.-
properly informing the head OF The /
lice department. and for which actI~
they were Wednesday suspended 10, AZ
teen days for the good Of The servic.
council will meet as n committee Of n
whole next Tuesday night The ma,sl
will then he taken up as a special mn.
| OF business, that the council may aso<
| tain the facts In the case and, II the a
ficers are not guilty, that they NAV ,
properly vindicated OF tho serious char
preferred against them.
| Chief OF Police Barlow sent a so4
munication TO the city council last nyzA
notifying the council that the tyo /
| tcclIyes had been temporarily srsucus~
for the good OF the service without r.
Councilman j. W. Mckinney Then movA
that the council meet In commItte.
| the whole and take the matter up !
| Il special order Of business Cousc<
man c, II. Reed made an amendns-
! to refer the matter to tho pollce an
| prison committee for investigation n
report, but this was lost by yots.
one to ten. MIR, McKinncy-s mot
then carried by vote Of nine 10 tEn'
Need of Investigation.
| In speaking. on the motion IN take D.
matter UP in committee OF the Nho<
Councilman Mckinney declared that
the two men are innocent Of the chsrr
preferred against them they shouh d
| Nindicatcd and eNonerated by the cou.
ell, but il guilty Of misconduct pro.<
punishment should be meted out TO ihc.
! After q lengthy discussion. the 81
tract with J. S. Iilend for the flume
the gravity outlet sewer extension ii
| approved by a vote OF eight 10 thu.
! The contract calls for the use Of n
charged that an effort had been nd
| by certain members OF the council tc
the city engineer to force the Masinn
fume In preference TO all otherk ID
that for this reason the specificaticl
had not been made fair TO the peop
representing the corrugated flume, shs.|
in they required that the bids on I
corrugated article should include d
rlveting of the joints The city ed
neer, however, explained that TO q
mind the difference in the CONSTRUCT
between the two fumes made IL impa
sible 10 make The corrugated flume q
terproof without the riyeting. Mr. N
Gonagle said that he deemed it M
TO impossible TO get water-tight 20
without riveting Further, he deciaH|
without the riVeting the flumc would d
! be strong,
Councilman John Honey moved, n
the board OF public works he lnslrlril
to readvertisc for bids on the flutne al
| that the specifications be referred p u
| council for approval before the adyefii1
ment was begun. After an expIaEal1
from The city engineer. however. u.
| this would mean that the work CO..
not be completed this year. this q
| tioD was lost and the motion to q
prove the contract passed,
Hall Stands on Dignity.
! An amusing discourse by Couneilnr
l.. Il. Hall resulted from the petllloa
Catherine Cook for free license TO pV
clairvoyant readings. which petition q
| filed and the license denied. This =
ter was laid over a week ago on tbs
quest OF Councilman Hall, who
| tested against II on the grounds
! there were too many persons comins
fore the council asking for clairvo5aS<
| licenses. He maintained that thc
! nifty of the city council demanded ~
| IL should pay less attention 10
| foolish matters.
In discussing the matter last nl
Mr.. Hall declared that IL was just
| other of those instances where "
| son wished 10 come in and fool,
of foolish people who have no al
| sense than to believe what claln
ant might tell them"
WHY said Mr. Hall Z" q rlairy051/
Will tell a woman tnat her husband
another woman better than her, ana
| she will go and get divorce from
Or, girl Will be told that she
| marry a tall dark eyed man. ana
| the other fellows stand no chance az
| 1t Is time that Ne stopped taking w
| time with such rot The last deeft.
ton was made amid the LAUGHS Of
various persons present In the coa'|
chamber. IL
On the recommendation OF the W.
works committee: Councilman Mcn~
pey's resolution providing thai .ns
perintcndent of HaterNorks cnforee
ordinances Of the city relative 70
waste of water to the letter was ubl.
mously adopted, The specific ordlnsS1
referred To in the resolution were u.
giving The superintendent the au.huI
to cause the installation of meteIs
the expense of the users in suc1 e-
as he deems necessary for the conse,
tion N water and providing Sluo
or 100 days In the city jail or both
fine and Imprisonment for the vas"
water.
Ballot, Not Machines.
Councilman F. S. Fernstroms m9'
that the Australian ballot be usgs
The elections under the new commfsI
law instead of the voting machines
passed. The election committee nv
gated the matter and was OF the op''I
that the machines could not be useu
der the intent OF the law, Inc ciV
torney held differently. declaring
they should be used but upon the
mittee's recommendation, the gov
agreed to adopt the resolution 10
the Australian ballot. The memnui
the committee were OF the opinion
the voting would be simpler unuel
old form than by the machines
The new law.
Tho action OF the council IN
d; +, Collett permission to secuIe
tain lands in Emigration canyon ~
perimental purposes was rescinoea
result OF an opinion OF the city at,yy, NJ,
holding that the council cannot ~
OF lands on its watersheds
The monthly payroll OF the par
partnent. amounting to S40s.33. We,
fcrrcd TO the finance and salaries
lnitec.