Show CtY CO NCLMEENG The Mayor Authorized to Em 1i ploy a Private Detective i i iI I UNION AND NON UNION i XOXUNIOTf STONE CUTTERS FIRED FROM THE JOINT BUILDING I I Municipal Ordinances to be Compiled Com-piled A Resolution About Providing Pro-viding Work for the TJne nplo elI Regulating the Extension of Water Mnii and the Issuance of Water Scrip I I The city council met in extra session last evening All the members except Daly were present and Councilman Mc Cornick presided The amount of business busi-ness transacted was light in fact to the ordinary mind the necessity of holding the meeting at a cost to the munici pality of about 100 was not apparent A few unimportant petitions were presented and dIsposed of A resolution offered by Corum looking look-ing to the providing of work for the unemployed was referred to a special committee of three viz Corum Lynn and Watson The sanitary committee were authorized author-ized to Invite bids for the cleaning out of the outhouses at Liberty park parkI was ordered that the municipal ordinances passed from December 1892 to June 1S94 be compiled in pamphlet formAn form-An ordinance submitted by Cohn regulating the extension of water pipes I and regulating water scrip and its issuance was referred to the committee com-mittee on water works The question of the reemployment j i of union stone cutters at the joint city and county building in place of the nonunion men who have ben i working there from the time the union i men quit until Thursday was discussed at length and a resolution by Bache referring the whole matter to the city members of the joint committee was I adopted iAn i IAn I-An ordinance authorizing the mayor to appoint a private detective at a salary of 90 a month was carried by a vote of 9 to 5 I The Proceedings I H P G Coates Company asked that 25 due them as a premium on insurance in-surance be applied upon their license Granted C O Gale et al asked that P C Howell be appointed anight watchman without Granted pay from the city J H Griffin asked that the sum of j I 9335 be placed to his credit for the i I payment of taxes I I Referred to the auditor with Instructions J instruc-tions to draw a warrant for the amount POLL TAX Frank L Hines street supervisor I submitted his return of the poll tax register for the year 1893 as follows Paid in hand labor 2305 paid in team labor 263 paid i cash 304 I Filed i POLICE JUSTICES REPORT I The police justice submitted his report re-port for January a follows I I Fines assessed 157550 Fines remitted by the mayor 6400 Fines paid to treasurer 58550 Fines paid in labor 92600 Total 157550 No of arrests 165 Referred to committee on police Filed FiledHEALTH HEALTH REPORT Health Commissioner Beatty submitted sub-mitted th1 quarterly report of the health department which was received and filed A full statement of the re pont ald has already appeared in The Her A PURCHASING COMMITTEE OMeara offeredths following reso lution Resolved that a committee be appointed consisting of three mem bers of this council to be known as a purchasing committee That all officers cers and heads of departments submit sub-mit in open council an order supply for what they may need The same be referred to the above committee with power to act Laid over till Tuesday evening THE UNEMPLOYED Cohn offered a resolution a follows solved in view of the fact that there are a great many men in this city who are out of employment and are suffering for the necessaries of life that this council appoint a committee I to formulate some plan whereby employment I em-ployment be given a portion at least of these people Adopted and referred I re-ferred to a special committee consisting consist-ing of Corum Lynn and Watson CLEANING UP THE PARK I Colin offered a resolution a follows That the sanitary committee is hereby here-by instructed to invite bids for the cleaning out of the several outhouses I at Liberty park and the said committee commit-tee is authorized to award the contract to the lowest bidder The work t be certified Adopted to by the sanitary inspector TO COMPILE TH ORDINANCES OMeara offered a resolution as follows fol-lows That the city recorder furnish I fur-nish the committee on municipal laws copies o all ordinances that have been passed by the city council from Dec 13 1892 t June 1 1894 and the committee i com-mittee have them compiled in pamphlet pam-phlet form Adopted I I ABOUT WATER SCRIP I I I I Cohn submitted ordinance submited an regulating regu-lating the extension water pipes and also regulating water scrip and its issue which provided that no extension exten-sion of water pipes shall be made until un-til the cost of such extension is paid In full and that all water scrip that shall be issued for the extension of any water pipes shall be received in payment pay-ment for water tax assessed Committee on waterworks UNION STONE CUTTERS Hardy moved a reconsideration of a resolution by Clawson passed at the last meeting as follows That the preference in public work be given to bona fide ieidents and taxpayers irrespective ir-respective of their connection with unions un-ions nonunions or any other organizations organi-zations Considerable discussion on the subject sub-ject was had during which it developed develop-ed that by the action of the joint city and county building the nonunion stonecutters wl o have been working on the building since the union men struck were laid off Thursday and the union men put on This ns done indirect in-direct violation of the resolution of the council and was accomplished because the city representation on the employment employ-ment committee was in a minority Clawsqn said there were now twen tyfour union stone cutters working of whom nine are unmarried twelve are not property holders one not a citizen three are well off and four are transients OMeara thought i was wrong to discriminate against single men they were liable to getas hungry as married mar-ried men and often had parents or sisters sIs-ters to support OMeara moved that the city take steps to have equal representation on the employment committee which now consists of Selectmen Morris and Bam berger of the county and Newell of the city council A substitute motion was offered by Bache That this whole matter be referred re-ferred to the city members of the joint clfyand cpunty building committee for investigation and report and make such suggestions as to changing or increasing in-creasing the committee on employment I they deem same necessary and make such recommendation in writing at the meeting of the city council one week from Tuesday next The substitute prevailed by a vote of 7 to 6 6PRIVATE DETECTIVE The city attorney submitted an ordinance or-dinance empowering the mayor to employ em-ploy a private city detective at a salary sal-ary of 90 per month and who shall hold his office at the pleasure of the mayor or until further order of the city council OMeara opposed the ordinance Qn I the ground that the police force was large enough and that the city would not know in the case of a private de tective who was being paid and i might be charged that straw men were on the payrolls After the third reading of the bill I OMeara moved that the name of the i appointee be submitted to the council i for their confirmation confrmation I Clawson said the object of the ordinance ordi-nance was to have a secret detective detectve and the amendment would kill it ki i I I The amendment was lost 9 to 5 i OMeara then moved that the enact ing clause be stricken out Lost out I I The ordinance was then put on its passage and passed 9 voting aye and 5 no Those voting votng aye were Bache Cheesman Clawson Corum Hardy Morris Newell Watson and Young No Cohn McCornick 1cCornick Lynn OMeara and Remington i ing Council adjourned till Tuesday even TIE ESTRAY DILL The Vigorous Protest of an Indignant Indig-nant Farmer i To the Editor of The Herald I Dear Sir After all that has been said and written in regard to the stock and sheep running at large cn and i around our farms the House has passed a bill allowing them to do so and in that they may do so with little cost to their owners the only party benefited They say the damaged party can either let them stay on his crops if he is fortunate or nnfnrfnnrfr enough to find then or he can go to a greater expense of time and money if he wishes to collect any damage 1 even stop them doing damage for the time being for he must leave his work no matter how urgent it may be or how many hands he has taken to the field to help him and go t work for the owners of these animals first drive them from one to three frst his own corral and keep them there and care for them twentyfour hours I dont avail anything to tell these men that he has no corral only suffi cent to hold his own animals Then he must go and hunt appraisers and if he can find anyone willing to act fnd wilng as such take them and show them where the damage has been done and then come home hunt marks and brands and general descriptions of the animals ani-mals no matter whether you are able to do this or not for i must be understood under-stood that they often have to bo shaved in order to find the brands and to do this it takes strong men with ropes Then go and hunt up 1 marks and brands on the brand sheets i corresponding with those on the animals ani-mals and find out if you can who they belong to I you know them and they live in the precinct you must go and tell them you have their animals in charge for damage I may be in three or four different directions and almost any number of animals and their owners If they live outside the precinct you must notify them by registered letters And if after all this you fail to find the owners you may after twentyfour hours deliver them to the pound keeper All this has to be done by the damaged dam-aged party without any remuneration I and while he is doing all this for ono lot there may be another bunch of animals ani-mals on his land there or somewhere I else We can readily see that he is in big paying business with the proceeds pro-ceeds going into the pockets of the I other fellows This is no exaggerated statement for similar cases have occurred I oc-curred and will occur again under such a law as the House passed on Thursday All this time the owners of these animals may be attending to other business knowing that their interests in this respect will be attended to by I others free of charge While on the other hand the farmers crops may bo ruined for want of attention I will say without fear of successful contradiction contra-diction that this bOdy of men takes the palm for the very worst legislation against the farmer that ever passed 1 any body of men in this territory Yours respectfully I respectuly respectulyX |