Show MUNICIPAL MATTERS The Fate of the Police Uniform Uni-form Bill THE VIEWS OF SOME MEMBEBS Mr Morris Believes That the Cement Sidewalk Is the Boat His Reasons Therefor The sudden and unexpected demise of the now famous substitute for bill No7 uniforming the police force of Salt Lake City created considerable comment on the streets yesterday Even its best and nearest friends while aware that it was in a rather delicate oondtion were hardly prepared pre-pared for the shock that greeted them when they opened THE HERALD of yesterday yes-terday morning As it was killed by what our esteemed morning contemporary con-temporary is pleased to term a strict party vote and in consideration of the fact that some of the members of the Council who on Wednesday had recorded re-corded their votes in favor of striking out the enacting clause had previously been warm friends of the deceased a HERALD representative yesterday sought several of the latter with the result detailed below The gentlemen who for the nonce assumed the roles of public executioners were Messrs Pyper Clark Teasdel Carlson and Jeremy Mr Clark and Mr Jeremy were not seen MR CARLSON when asked his views concerning the bill said he thought that until tho police force assumed greater proportions than at present it would be idle to talk of andjsenseless to uniform the members mem-bers There are he said but two policemen on the street in the daytime and probably double that number at night and to my mind this solitary couple would cut rather a bad figure were they placed in uniform But urged the reporter this is the only city in the world where policemen police-men are allowed to go in pairs do yon not think they should have a beat prescribed pre-scribed and be kept there Such a proceeding would mean doubling our present force something I understand we are hardly prepared to do at present Just as soon as the citys necessities call for an increase of say from ten to fifteen more men than are at present employed my vote will be cast in favor of a uniform and strict discipline such as is seen in other places MR TEASDEL felt rather reluctant over expressing his opinion outside of the Chamber on matters pertaining to transactions transac-tions there When the reporter urged However that it had been generally I gener-ally supposed that Mr Teasdel was in favor of the measure which his vote had helped to kill he said I am in favor of uniform under certain conditions but was not at all struck with the bill as it stoodwhen the enacting clause was stricken out For instance 1 think the provision requiring that the police should furnish and PRY for the uniforms uni-forms worn by them was a bad one one that I have antagonized from the first and shall fight it to the last It is unreasonable and unjust Then again as I have before urged uniforming the police means doubling the force Someday Some-day we shall have to come to it no doubt but I really think that just at the present time it is a little prematurethat is all Sa far as the depot police are concerned I believe better and more efficient service is rendered ren-dered by them now than if they wore the blue and the brass Whenever we ae in a condition to increase our force and the citys needs demand it I shall take great pleasure in insisting upon a uniform with the nroviso that it shall be paid for by the city One reason why I voted as I did on Wednesday was because I thought there was undue un-due haste to rush it through that evening even-ing Neither Mr Sharp the chairman of the committee on police who reported re-ported the bill nor Mr Riter whose motion to strike out the enacting clause was tabled was in the room and I think the matter should have been deferred ferred until such time as both could have had a chance to defend or express their views MR PYPER was found behind the police Court bench busily engaged Between the acts howeverhe informed THE HERALD scribe that in his opinion the bill met its death through undue haste on the part of the gentlemen in whose care it had seemed to lodge If the bill had been allowed to remain on tne table for some time as was intended by Mr Ri ter he thought it would have been taken up and passed MR WEBBER did not vote on the question and when seen yesterday said he thought the police force should be largely increased before being uniformed and when it had assumed respectable proportions assigaments to beats should follow I I MR DOOLY regretted that the bill had met such an untimely end and thought that if different ferent methods of engineering had been employed it might have gone through MR MORRIS AND CEMENT SIDEWALKS Mr Elias Morris the builder and contractor writes THE HERALD as follows fol-lOws The subject of sidewalks is one of considerable importance and the joint ag to the best material to use in their construction is being prominently discussed My opinion has been asked by some members of the City Council as well as by other gentlemen of the city which I give unreservedly It is to the effect that cement walks take precedence of all others being the best cheapest and most handsome providing they be properly made In their manufacture these conditions must be observed FirstThe ground on which the cement is laid must be perfectly solid If not the ground will settle and the cement will crack This is a condition necessary neces-sary even in the laying of rook sidewalks side-walks Second The cement must be of the best quality embodying the ingredients in-gredients in proper proportions Third The walk should be properly protected pro-tected until it is firmly set I Some sayIoWe have several specimens I I speci-mens of cement walk on Main StreetS I Street-S < j > g > f I that are failures This is correct and the reason for this lies In the poor quality of the materials and the none compliance with the conditions I have named The parties who have done the work were not practically acquainted with the business and when such men take contracts at a low figure they try to make them pay by not selecting or using the best sand and gravel for strength and by withholding due proportions pro-portions of the constituents of good cement Some favor rock walks on the ground that that material is entirely native The same argument may be used in favor of cement because if the latter is preferred cement works will undoubtedly beestablished in this city and in this way many thousands of dollars be saved to the Territory beside what would flow into it by exporting so valuable a material the demand for which is increasing yearly It should also be remembered that the cost of good rock Sagging would1 beat be-at least double of that cement and would not be any more durable than the latter As for brick and shale they might bo used providing there were nothing else I would be willing to warrant such cement walks as I could lay to wear as well as sandstone flagging for from five to ten years on condition that the ground on which they are laid be well packed to prevent settling As samples in that line I do not hesitate to refer to the walk in frontof the Gallon House which stood the severe frost of last winter and is perfectly sound also that in front of the premises of Conklin Evans and Smedley in the Twentyfirst Ward In conclusion I will say that it is useless use-less to lay cement in frosty weather as when this is done they vill not stand I repeat that when the conditions I have enumerated are complied with cement makes the most desirable sidewalk side-walk in appearance and is second to none inpoint of durability |