Show AFFAIR Ph1 THE CITY Another Contestant for the Street Lighting Contract 1 COTTONWOOD POWER COi WHAT WILL TIE RATE OF TAXATION TAXA-TION BE A Question That Will Soon Hcecivc Attention From thc City Fathers Financial Stntementv Labor Trust Trying to Online I Strike on the Sctrer Fire Beimrtmcnt Matters AnioiSher contestant for the contract to furnish the street lighting of this city a shied < its castor into the ring and proposes to be in the fight all over I is > tihe Bg Cottonwood Power company com-pany whicb for the past few months a been quietly working away upon its tunnel roadway reservoir and mill sates in the canyon of the Big Cottonwood Cot-tonwood This company accepted a franchise from the city which contains the provision < that in tine event of its furnishing arc lighting < to the jity the price shall not be more than 510 per light per month or 250 less han the amount the Salt Lake and Ogden Gas and Electric Light Co is securing It is therefore a foregone conclusion that should tihe company enter the competition com-petition its bid would of necessity be less than tie amount sent out in the franchise You can say for the Big Cottonwood Cotton-wood Power company that wihf > n the committee wfrkfa has i hand the OMeara resolution cabling for bids for stet lighting makes a favorable report re-port or trne cour il adopts the resolution resolu-tion or some similar measure and the bids are requested one will be immediately I immedi-ately forthcoming from il We are I now in a position to bid on tie lighting and guarantee all night service for I considerable less than 10 per light The present moonlight schedule has ben abandoned in all other cities of the United States except PJiila elpihia and Ogden I is extremely unsatis factory and should be done away with here The Big Cottonwood Po rer company can at once supply this city with as many or more arc ligTnts than i now has We have the power ready generated and the work of harnessing I tat power is rapidly nearing completion I comple-tion Our 480foot tunnel through the point of the mountain above the stairs will be completed within the next ten days Through this tunnel the bteel pipe line from our reservoir above is to be conducted and thereby the company com-pany wU secure a fall of 360 feet The turbines are t be located in the power house 1400 feet from tihe face of the tunnel and to them the water is conducted con-ducted through the steel pipe line This is not an enterprise on paper but one whose practicability Jias been tsted and one in which are some of the best business people of the city From the power house at the old granite paper mills site the electric currents can be conducted to this city and distributed through a system of lighting which we can put in long before be-fore the contract with the present company com-pany expires The loss of electricity would be comparatively nothing The committee In whose hands the I resolution now is has successfully pigeonhole the measure but it is understood un-derstood that an effort will be made to dislodge the paper and call it up for consideration in the council i Must Fix the Tax Kate About the first thing the council will now have to consider is the fixing of the rate of taxation for the year 1894 land r i the indications are that it will I j be considerably increased over that in i force last year On a valuation of 43 000000 and with a rate of 5 mills the city last year realized in taxes the sum ot 215000 With the same rate sun year but 5182000 would be collected f i the city and of this amount 120000 will be necessary for interest alone By the end of the present year and probably long before at the rate of expenditure just now in fashion with Ithe council the entire proceeds of the recent bond sale will have been eaten away and the city treasury will be as bare as the cupboard of Mother Hub bard There seems to be no other war out of the serious complication than the increase of the rate of taxation unless expenditures can be so curtailed as to enable the treasurer to commence the new year with a goodly balance Already Al-ready the council has in contemplation sufficient improvements to consume every ev-ery dollar of the money now on hand within the next few months In the opinion of the conservatives it is time to look well before the leap is taken Preparing Financial Statements Auditor Raybould and his assistant are busy getting out the semiannual and monthly financial reports of the city These renortn will make 2rreit showings of receipts and disbursements both being due to the sale of the S800 000 bond issue Had they been made I out yesterday they would have shown that there are still outstanding it time checks and warrants about 20000 which despite the many calls which have been made have not yet been for Much of presented payment this i outstanding paper is held by people who have put it in banks and gone out of the city They probably are not aware of the presence in the treasury of so much money or else they consider I con-sider the depository about as safe as any other place Endeavoring to Cause a Strike The Labor trust has adopted new methods in the effort to secure higher wages for the men employed on the wae I gravity sewer and delegations of the members are endeavoring to work up a sentiment in favor of a strike As yet they have been unsuccessful and the indications are that then will indicatons will i drance of the completion of the sewer as far a workmen are concerned At he noon hour yesterday a delegation delega-tion from the workinmens organizations organiza-tions which have arrayed themselves against the wages paid by the contract orsvisited the work and held consultations consul-tations with the men employed there The argument was used that the wages were not what they should be and the contractors were in duty bound to pay 32 per day having been placed upon the former foundation by the council To the contractors the claim was made that the major portion of the force was made up of foreigners and not residents resi-dents of Salt Lake city This was denied de-nied by the contractors and the men were called upon ItO substantiate their assertions There was no proof at hand Six men were induced t drop their tools and demand their pay The vacant va-cant places were filled within a very few minutes and the strikers had lost their employment for good President Doremus of the board of public works was on the grouncj and the agitators appealed to him They were advised t collect the proof of the statements regarding the employnlont of outside people and submit the same to the board which Jfr Doremus stated was ready to enforce the provision in the contract relative to employment of laborers The fifiitlemAn cautioned the men against making any disturbance and the talk had a good effect The contractors stated last night that they are paying from 175 upwards but must work the men ten hours daily in ord r to get through with the contract on time They have no desire de-sire to squeeze the workihgmen but are determined to do the regulating of the wages and hours The third gang of bricklayers was gng r < t e < f f < < J t c 1o = I put on yesterday and the working I force was materially increased I Fire Department Curtailment I In conformity wito the regulations i of the act of the legislature which created j cre-ated the board of po1iee and Ire com tmissioners the city council at its last meeting made away wit its committees commit-tees on police department and fire de ipartment and created one of police and fire departments The first meeting of the new committee was held yesterday i i morning Commissioner Jennings of the board was present by invitation and a short consultation was held i j There is now in lube hands of the ccm Imittee a resolution adopted by the I council favoring some reductions the fire department and this was one of the matters discussed There not being a quorum present or in the city the consultation was of a semiformal nature na-ture oJy and no report was possible I is proPosed by members of the council coun-cil 10 abandon the truck and thereby vacate some positions in the lepvt meat Other changes are aiso talked i of The view taken by llhe board is j that the council has no control ever I the number of the members of the de I paniment so long as it is kept within t I the needs of the city and therafre any attempt to interfere with the fflciancy j of the department wH more than likely like-ly be stoutly resisted The ailment i j i why the department should not be cutis cut-is itttie cartamiiy of the increase in insurance j 1 in-surance rates whidh would follow The Silt Lake department ha been mainI I I laThed at an average monthly expense of 2958 and for the next six months maintenance it is estimated 17000 will be necessary This is a good recnrdI for a depai > t mt of ihe size of tat I I maintained by this city I he boys I have eight apparatus to man and seventeen sev-enteen head of horses to care for I The resignations of Denny Sullivan and H L Meyers a members of the department are now in the hands of die chief and W W Bywater and J I I I E Gulbransen are now acting in the places of these two men pending a confiimatSon by the board I I Salaries to lie Paid I Today the auditor will pay the semiannual semi-annual salary list of the members of the board of public works less the amount due the chairman which is paid monthly The list to De Paid amounts to 44860 T I Shutting Off Water I I I was a heavy day with the assessor and collector of water rates and the money for delinquent water taxes flowed in a steady stream to tine coffers of the department The work of shutting shut-ting off delinquents began with the early morning hours and will continue until the end of the month when all water takers must have paid or teen shut off I To Penetrate Iron Shutters Ever since iron shutters and doors have been used upon warehouses factories fac-tories and other buildings to protect I I I their valuable contents against damage dam-age and destruction by fire the problem prob-lem of effectively and immediately reaching a fire behind those shutters and doors has baffled the fire departments depart-ments and at the present time they have nothing more effective than axes and bars or to wait for the shutters to become so hot that a stream of water thrown on them will cause them to or crak In the mernime warp Cal open mS Itime < the goods protected have furnished fUEl for the fire There are drawbacks to cutting holes in the roof in order to get access to the ilamcs one of them being that a draft is thus opened which promotes combustion and increases the peril The water introduced through the opening generally fails to veach the fire the firemen being unable to see the point at which it should be applied These iron doors and shutters frequently fre-quently have a hole large enough near Ja I to admit a hand Sparks are name I to enter this opening and to prevent pre-vent this some shutters have a swing ing disc covering the whole Another 1 kind of shutter is provided with an i automatic latch that can be released J I by a heavy blow i j j The fatal objection against shutters I I with any of these appliances is that I they are not burglarproof I I The law calls for shutters provided < I J i with openings that bars may be Inserted j < I in-serted but these are evidently so insecure J inse-cure against sparks fn > n neighboring < I buildings 1 and the attack of the burglar I bur-glar that they will not be used when it 1 can be avoided i I John G Van Hofe of New York has I invented a simple mechanical device j i which utilizes the hydraulic pressure II i of the water in the hose used by the I firemen at the fire i I This apparatus is attached to the end J 1 of the hose and in a moment the fire j i man is able to pierce the iron shutter I I i j or door or to cut away the ron bars j I and throw water on the fire immediately i immedi-ately j I j This arrangement is easy arried on I I the fire truck or on the patrol wagon The apparatus weigh about forty I pounds and with a pressure of seventy five pounds it attains onehalf horsepower horse-power and makes about 1200 revolu tons per minute I I j A pressure regulating valve is located lo-cated between the motor and the fire fre hose and a novel arrangement in the I I handle stops or starts the tool while I I the shaft is spinning whie I |