The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-27
Mayor-Elect Park and B. /.
Grant Hold Conference
With Chief Barlow.
MAY BE NO LIEUTENANTS
Commission Takes Up Some
Weighty Matters, but No
Appointments Made.

No new appointments resulted from
yestcrday'g sessions Of the city com!'lis-
sloucYs- eicCt. Meetings were held In the
forenoon and las; night In the Eoyd Par',
building. at which matters pertaining 20
important work in the various depart
rneuts were discussed and tho duties and
authority OF supcrintenden's and ap-
poiutees taken up without DEFINITE nc"
iion The board adjourned Until TINS
morning n II O'Clock. wNrr the dclibera
rion upon candidates for various positions
will be resumed.
Considerable time was occunicd N talk
ing over the police department. subject,
and during the afternoon Mayor-eleot
Ssmue. G. Park ana Is. Grant. p ap-
ksid Il conference with Chief s. NJ. Barlop "
AT the police station
The retiring "hIef Of nollG9c offered Mr..
10 ala the new chiei I'm becoming ia
milar with the duties OF the office: Rec
olJs were pcruscd and all the different
anarimen5s Visited Mr., G,rat,., Grant vii y
continue ohser1,a;ions aud notatlnus
Chief Barlow has invited Mr.. Grant "a
make himself thoroughly - home There
and Nj, Grant viii DC shown every con
sideratiou and given all uossia'c az st
anco between now and January =. WHOM
he superccdes Chief Barlow.
Plan OF Reorganization,
While no definite plan hrs hccr AZ; ed
upon it is not improbable that III me
reorganization OF The dcpartmoni Of.
ices viii be established among Yhich uc
two will be equal iu rdnS o. authority
During yesterdays conference y; Tho DO
] lice station With rcfcrcnc" la placing re-
Sponsibility aud authority II was %ug-
gcsted that the heads Of tnc department Is
be- termed CHIEF OF police, INSPECTOR OF
police and captain Of police. eliminating
licutnnsnts an6 retaining tho three of,
ficr- % FIRST. second and third ."rGosn's
Ma"nr elect Park said last night That
although no hual announcement as tr
the adnptinn "r This plan could he nad'
~ would likely nc carried out. In tnc
mast tu""n has been some question "a tc
tho authority OF dcparTmcnt tIads r
certain Instances and ono .: nc primo
purposes OF wnat"Icr uoT plan goes
through VIII &c 10 do away with thii
condition.
The matter OF laylnc down set o
rulcs 10 govern the department NJ nair"''
men and specify the requisites OF an ap.
1licent IN III" police force also was dts.
cDssed and Chief Barlow gave Mr.. Gran
copies Of the rules he hao compiled Cor
placed in effect. The commissioners vii
aim Ia perfect Che department. organize
tlon on sort Of military basis. with Tax
ctiicf Of police at it's head in al re-
spccts.
Considering Details.
Aside from police departmcn; appoint.
msnts. important positions 10 be flied in
Ciudc the street supervisor. supcrintond-
cnt OF "atorWorkS. city engineer ;rear-
ureU. health commissioner. license as.
sesaor, plumbing Inspector. and others
| There aye many applicants Tor ali these
appointire Offices. and after dcllhers tins
len2ibily uron the candidates tuc con-,
missloners yesterda" decided 20 crour
the names under TIC nvc different mu.
ni"ipal derartnents. allow the commits
sIoncr-S -SupcTiptc tcndcnt nT each To mako in
NeSii igationS and then act on bis Tc port
Mary questions difficult To settle con
! front The commissioners. such as tu'
classification of municipal work und"
the five general departments and pro
nosc1 changes in the scope and working.
OF each division The adyisabilitv ~
making the license assessor head Of
general department. of licenses and col
lccti0us WAS discussed and many otha
similar propositions. Some OF tho com
mlsslouerS contend That it will nc hard I,
make many other appointments Unit
thcs" questions hay" been sctrsoc. Wh"r
! the board iakcf oyer official control. al
oinlmonis and action prey iouSiv AN
nouncod will be properly recorded aud an
nUunceJ.