Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-01-04 | Page 56 | Department Assignments Agreed Upon

DEPARTMENT ASSIGNMENTS AGREED upoN i Commissioners Hold I Holding Meing Me l ing to Segregate Work Vork of Serving Salt Lake E MCANN i IS AUDITOR t OTHER PLUMS IS PE Everything Nic Nicely ly Settled and No Hard Feelings Sla States Slates les Mayor elect Assignment of or departments w Wt made malIc yesterday at a caucus of the en tire tiro membership of the new city i mission in tire the private office o ot of Com Commissioner missioner Herman H. H Green if The lineup for fOl tho the next two ho y year was t announced by Mayor elect E. E Bock Dock as follows Public safety J Bock DocIe public affairs and finance e Her lIer man ni-an II 11 Green parks paries and public pr prop crt erty A. A II It Crabbe streets and improvements Theodore T Burton water supply and wat C. C Ne len The Tho caucus was in session elon from to 12 o'clock and on Its conclusion TB i were vero referred to Mayor elect laYor Bock Dock and Commissioner for ail ll announcements as to assignments Mr r. r Bock announced the contemplated line up and added Everything was settled setti d' d very nicely and arid there were no hird harf feelings s. s Mr r. r Bock also announced thi the thine new ne commissions commission's decision to a appoint H H. S. S McCann secretary of oC the 1 Ea Eagles as his successor in tho the audi 1 tors tor's office vacancy 1 No Xo other appointments were made e asserted Mr Ir Bock The reason for tor the the appointment of ot Mr McCann at l thu time explained Mr Bock was on at count of ot tho the necessity of ot having ai in auditor Monday morning In order ardor that thit tho the business of oC the city may proper prope properly l be handled No o other appointments were v according to Mr or Bock Dock and Mr N Ni IT s and none were discussed Mr X Statement All five commissioners met today for tor tho the first time sal said Mr esl n to make the assignments for the nit nii two years ears An amicable meeting it held and an amicable adjustment IL reached reache with tho the lineup as Mr r. r Bohas BOt Bo has already announced to you OU IL other appointments aside from th that of Mr McCann as auditor will be beby madi b by p tho the commissioners In ev departments The policy will b be tb thit all department heads confer on all m mat t of or Importance and that each d department de- de f chief chic will choose his ates the appointments to be bo by bp the board Mr i. Crabbe when whon asked reGard regarding at his assignment to the tho tho department of parks said that while ho he preferred to to- remain in tho the street department bl hU hIS second choice was parks However 1 am are for Cor harmony said Mr Crabb Crabbe and will abide by tho the rule of at the ret ret- mAjority ma-j ma which Is the only way to pr io i imoto moto mote the tho greatest harmony and to k J co-J operation in the handling of or municipal 1 affairs Some days das ago aJO Mr Green made practically prie tho the same assertion and at thit that thi time said saM that if It he was not to In char charge o of ot tho the parks department h Ira j would prefer that of oC finance Wits ym which he Is familiar It is understood that there has bet be bt considerable discussion In regard regard- tt taking from the park department tl tJ tI handling of or the City cemetery and t the e Warm arm Springs resort In the tho north en ed edof of or town It Is said that tho the park d de dC has grown Town unwieldy by t addition of ot Su Sugar ar House and west sl sif parks parIes and tho the plans to make parks li City creek canyon canon and at the of or Parleys Parley's will further burden but bur canyon den tho the department and mateo make It or oni i of ot tho the heaviest in tho the city government while that of ot public affairs and Is said to be very lI light ht Althou Although h tho question of or chief of ot po lice was not considered at the cauco yesterday It Is said that John sheriff sheri ot Salt Lake Lako county about tw twenty nt years ago has been favorably mentioned b by a 1 number of or Mr Howells is now in t tl th employ of oC the tho claim department of ot tb Oregon Oreon Short Line railroad Darn rumor also whispers that Joseph Joeph Burbidge Is slated slate to remain as Jn 15 specter of at police J JIn In tho the reorganization of or the park d dt Mr r announced t the I Iho 1121 he ho would retain his present office to fo foIn In tho the street department when ho lie tat tak over parks and also announced that Ti R. Lambourne the present ent of oC parks who has made a a. good r rord re ord for efficiency would undoubted retain his assignment