The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-28
Takes Steps Looking to Re.
vision of WaterwOrkS Book
keeping System.
ONE DEPARTMENT MAY
FIX AND COLLECT TAXES
Water Department to Get Auto
mobile; Wooden Dam to Be
Built Across Jordan.

On the recommendation of the coun-
ell as n whole, the city budget, as pre-
pared by the board Of estimates and ap
portionment, except for the elimination
of all references TO increases in sal
aries, with the exception Of that Of
Health Commissioner s. G. Paul, was
unanimously adopted by the city council
at it's meeting Monday night. DR..
Paul IS salary was increased from $1,000
to $4,000 a year. The ordinance rela-
tive to the appointment and compensa,
ton of he health commissioner was
amended Monday night to provide for
the increase.
a resolution introduced by Council
man Mulvey providing that the commit
tee on watcrworks he authorized TO
present to the council revised sys-
TEN of bookkeeping for the accounts
of the department and for the assess
ing and collecting of water taxes, as
to whether the assessing and collecting
should be done by the same depart.
ment. was adopted. and the matter re-
ferred TO the waterworks committee.
the superintendent Of waterworks, the
city auditor and the city treasurer for
Investigation.
The waterworks committee the latter
part of the week went to Ogden with
the treasurer and the superintendent of
waterworks TO investigate the system
used there. which is copied after the
Kansas City plan.
Favors System.
The Ogden system appealed strongly
to the local officials and 1T is prob
able that the system will be adopted
for this city. Councilman Moreton ex-
planned the system in detail and strong.
~ advocated both the assessing aud
collecting being done by the same of
flee Mr.. Moreton declared that it is
far ahead of and n great deal more sat
isfactory thau the system used in this
city.
In the adoption Of resolution intro.
duceCt- by Councilman Mulvey, the su-
perinteudent of waterworks was author
lied TO pure hase an automobile for the
use of the department at cost not TO
exceed $500.
In another resolution, introduced by
Councilman Mulvey and adopted, the
superintendent Of waterworks was au-
thorized TO purchase and place tele
phone poles and have wires strung for
an extension line from the brick tank
in City Creek canyon TO the new sta
tion above the high line, as cost not
TO exceed 5000.
The council adopted a resolution pre-
sentcd by Councilman Mulvey provid
inr that $1,000 be appropriated for the
construction of a wooden dam across
the Jordan river at Twelfth South
street The dam is TO be built for the
purpose of diverting the surplus water
from the river into the sewerage canal
An application from W. NJ. Wantland
to tap the gravity sewer at lot No. 2
between stations Nos. 81 and 6S. was
referred 30 the engineering committee
and the city engineer. Mr.. Wantland
desires 10 put in sanitarium near the
Beck s hot spring, where he owns con
siderable property, in connection with
Il military hospital which the govern
mcnt is asked to build.
The application of the Motor club
for liquor license was denied by The
council on the recommendation of the
license committee.
On recommendation Of Fire Chief W
II. Glore. j. a. Roffertv was appointed
to succeed T.. +. Montgomery, dis
charged.