Show IA SULLEN GOUNGl The Solons Evidently Smarting hag Under the Lash of I Public Criticism iI i I MOBAFS RESOLUTION Calling for the Removal of Fifteen Fif-teen Amorines Holding City Offices o REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE An Appropriation to the Mayors Contingent Con-tingent Fund to Pay tie Calmer Jennings Pavers The Blundering Council Will Now Try to Provide an Outlet for the Gravity Sewer A Survey of Water Sheds to Be Made The council started in at 8 oclock last night in u sullen mood The members seemed to smarting under the lash of the severe public criticism they have been subjected to and their general condemnation condemna-tion seemed to have affected their temper When an adjournment took place at 1 am most of them were half asleep On the whole the session was a tedious one only relieved here and there by little spats between the members The most lively part of the proceedings was toward the end when Moran brought in his resolutions reso-lutions to remove fifteen city officials who are said to be members of the Western Star or Amorine society The discussion was spirited and ended with the matter being referred to a committee x > f five to investigate the official acts of the parties par-ties and t report to the council An agreement between the city and the receiver of the Becks Hot springs property prop-erty with reference to the passing through the property of the gravity sewer was ratified whereby the work can be continued con-tinued A spirited discussion on appropriating the sum recommended by the joint city and county building committee for wages etc was had The council did a good thing in placing 5195860 to the mayors contingent fund to pay the CulmerJennings asphaltum pavers and ordered the amount deducted from the CulmerJennings next appropriation appro-priation A survey and maps of the water sheds of Parleys Emigration and City Creek Canyons was ordered at a cost of i575 A resolution to commence proceedings to condemn a tract of land for the gravity sewer outlet was adopted In addition to the sum placed to the credit of the mayors contingent fund for the CulmerJennings pavers the sum of i5 was appropriated to Mr L Sieur the asphaltum contractor and ordered deducted from the CulmerJennings appropriation A resolution for the removal of Harvey Hardy as a paving inspector was referred to the committee on streets A number of petitions and considerable minor business was transacted and the council adjourned until Friday evening All members were present but Karrick and Bell and Councilman Evans presided A VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE The A Fisher Brewing company and about thirty residents of that portion of the city laying between Eighth West street and the Jordan river and Fifth South street and North Temple represented repre-sented to the council that they were in great need of additional protection from fire and stated that they proposed to organize a volunteer hose fire company under such regulations as would satisfy the council The petitioners prayed that as the proposed fire corps would receive no pay from the city that the city would furnish them free of cost I hose cart 500 feet of hose and the necessary equipage to operate op-erate the department and with lumber and material necessary to build a hose house on the east end of Viola avenue near the bank of the Jordan the petitioners peti-tioners to erect the building at their own cost department Referred to the committee on fire THE SALTAIR ROAD Henry G Meyer and six others represented repre-sented to the council that the Salt Lake Los Angeles Railway company has inlaying in-laying its switches and constructing around a-round house on the south half of South Temple street between Tenth West and Jordan avenue excavated the bed of said street to an average depth of three feet and that the stagnant water settling there in consequence conse-quence is injurious t the health of the people that they are annoyed by smoke cinders and noise from the engines run on the track and that the said railway is nreparingto do further excavating and to destroy more streets and that said rail way has intimated that it did not care a damn for the citv council Therefore the petitioners pray that said railway be restrained from further operations oper-ations and that they be compelled to put the street in order and remove the roundhouse round-house Committee on streets with city attorney associated CULMERJENNINGS PAVING CO Tne following communication was re calved from the CulmerJennings Paving company and Wasatch Asphaltum company com-pany Referring to the communication of StY St-Y Le Sieur in regard to his own claim and that ol his workmen against this company which we understand will come bolero you tonight we respectfully assure you that we are not indebted to StY St-Y L Sieur nor to his workmen in any sum whatever and we ask an investigation in-vestigation before any action is taken Laid over to be taken up with the recommendation of the board of public publc works on the subject STREET RAILWAY PAVING J C Watson Bros Burt subcontractors I subcon-tractors on street grading stated that in grading certain streets they had found it necessary to remove that portion of the excavation above the subgrade and between be-tween the street railway tracks And as the council had ordered the paving of that portion of the street between the said railway tracks and the grading was a portion of said work the petitioners nsked that they be compensated for their work Referred to the board of public works worksWANTS WANTS RELIEF FROM TAX SALE Jacob F Gates asked lor relief from a I tax sale his property having been aensed to another party and then sold for delinquent taxes Referred to the city attorney TH CITY AND THE HOT SPRINGS PROPERTY PROP-ERTY The city attorney submitted an agreement agree-ment entered into withthe city and the assignee of Becks Hot Springs property prop-erty in reference to the construction of the gravity sewer tunnol over the grounds of the said Beck and asked that the same be confirmed so that the contractors can I proceed with the work r I The agreement provided that the assignee I as-signee John W Donnellon consent that the restraining order be dissolved up nth I n-th ty agreeing to make good all dam i aga thut may be done to the property in the construction of said tunnel Adopted I The city attorney recommended that the bond of the Salt Lake Hot Springs Sanitarium company be approved Adopted THE n JOINT BUILDING REPORT Secretary Stanton of the joint j city and in < i jL C ± county building reported that at the last meeting of the committee a bill of the Rio Grande Western Railway company com-pany in the sum of 38080 also the payroll pay-roll amounting to 5260283was approved and that the committee recommended the payment of the said sums by the city and county onehalf each The recorder said he had an explanation explana-tion to make on the report MoranI object to the recorder making any explanation The members of the joint committee should make their own explanations LawsonI move the recorder be heard Moran I wont vote to make an appropriation ap-propriation unless I know to whom the money goes and I want to see the pay rolls Horn We have had severe reprimand for extravegance and I amjwilling to accept ac-cept the rebuke I want to know where the money is going before I vote LoofbourowI havent got the pay roll anddont intend to bring i either I is a regularly approved pay roll and the council may do as it pleases about it The secretary may bring them in i he likes but I am tired of hearing members of this council harping on the joint city and county committee Some members take a delight jumping the committee at every possible opportunity and it does not annoy me one bit The committee has worked hard for no pay and it can take all the cursing to Hardy to LooibourowHow many men are employed on the building and what rate of wages do they receive 1 LofbourowI dont know Hardy There is D great deal too much looseness in these matters and nay rolls should be properly scrutenized Moran Members of the committee should know a great deal more about these matters than they do I still object to vote the money and call for the pay roll The recorder rose to speak but was interrupted in-terrupted by Moran saying 1 insist on the reading of the pay roll The recorderI havent got it Moran Then you must get it Wantland The pay roll has been recommended recom-mended by the committee and members can go and see the pay rolls any time they like The men want their pay and the matter should not be delayed MoranHow many men are there employed em-ployed Wantland About sixty RichI want to know who employs these men and fixes their wages I saw a pay roll on one department where men were working seven days a week Lawson What department that in RichI takeit back They were not working seven days a week but they were on the pay roll for seven days a week On a vote the motion to adopt the recommendation rec-ommendation and appropriate the money was carried 8 to 5 SUPPLIES WANTED I The supervisor of streets sent in a requisition for supplies Moran I object to it being granted unless un-less we know that these supplies are absolutely ab-solutely needed Kelly I dont understand the tactics of Councilman Moran He objects and obstructs ob-structs so that business cannot go on MoranThe gentleman is not speaking to the question and I am determined he will go no further on that line Kelly threateningly Its not for you to say what I shall do I wish you to understand un-derstand that The requisition was finally referred to the street committee with power to act FROM THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS The following was received from the board of public works and tha city engineer engi-neer neerSection 20 of the contract with the CulmerJennings Paving company dated October 6 1892 provides as follows I at any time it shall appear by report from the board of public works and city engineer that the contractor has failed to pay the laborers employed upon the work or for the materials used therein the city may withhold from the money which may be due or become due to the contractor under this agreement such amount as may be necessary and may apply the same to pay for such labor or for such material and deduct the amount from the final estimate of the contractor It having been represented and established estab-lished to our satisfaction that some of the laborers employed the work of upon paving pav-ing under the said contract have not been paid and are not likely to be we therefore there-fore in accordance with the provisions of said contract hereby report the facts for your informatibnjand for such action as you deem best MORE ON THE SAME SUBJECT I The asphalt paving men for the Cul merJennings Paving company asked that some arrangement be made bywhich they can get their pay and that the council coun-cil take immediate steps to carry out the above recommendation of the board of public works They represented that their wives and children are suffering for bread that they have had no money for six weeks and are in most urgent need FROM MR LE SIEUR A further communication was read from Mr Le Sieur stating that the Cul merJennings company owed him for the asphalt laying of ten half blocks amounting to over 00 that ho owed his workmen 195860 and asked that the latter amount be retained from theap propriation to CulmerJennings company and applied to the payment of the wages he owes his men Mr L Sieur claimed that under un-der the terms of the contract the workmen were to be paid before the CulmerJennings company and also that the subcontractor St VIe V-Ie Sieur is entitled to receive his pay before be-fore the Wasatch Asphaltum company or the CulmerJennings Paving companv receive any THE PAVERS WILL GET THEIR PAY On motion of Horn the entire amount of the payroll 195860 was placed on the appropriation list to the mayors contingent con-tingent fund to pay the men the amount to deducted from the next appropriation appropria-tion to the CulmerJennings company Carried unanimously MAPS AND SURVEYS ORDERED The report of the city engineer recommending recom-mending that maps and surveys of the government lands yet unappropriated in the water sheds of Parleys Emigration and City Creek canyons be made at a cost of f575 for the purpose of being used at Washington D C in connection with the citys application that said lands be ceded to it was adopted TO LOWER THE WATER PIPES The superintendent of waterworks reported re-ported that the grading of streets had exposed ex-posed the water pipes in some places and in other cases were so near the surface that they came within the frost limit Hence he recommended that the pipes be lowered at once on the following streets Jefferson between Eighth and Ninth South Seventh South between Eighth West and Jordan river Second street from A to r B street from Second to Third Main street east Bide from First and Second North Referred to committee com-mittee on waterworks CURBING AND GUTTERING The committee on streets recommended that the engineer be instructed to submit an estimate for the curbing and guttering of South Temple street and First and Second South streets from West Temple street to the depots Also an estimate of the cost of bringing said streets to grade I and spreading on some macadam material ma-terial suitable for traffic Adopted GRAVITY SEWER OUTLET The special committee on the gravity sewer outlet reported as follows The committee had inspected l the lands that could be made available for the sewer outlet and found that of the offers made No1 with a strip west of the Rio GrandeWestern tract consisting of about fortyeight acres in al could be purchased pur-chased for 0 per acre Offer No 2 was a fortyacre tract for which 250 an acre in cash was asked No3 consisted of eighty acres at 5275 an acre No4 was a tract of 6674 acres at 175 per acre this site was a quarter of a mile beyond the proposed terminus of the sewer No 5 consisted of 200 acres at 2750 per acre and was not suitable lor the purpose No6 was a tract of 500 acres for which 100 au acre was asked although the owners would sell 170 acres at 125 per acre This land is a mile beyond the proposed terminus No7 u n I 0 i < i o comprises 75 acres which can be had for P13333 per acre It is also a mile from the terminus No8 is an SOacre tract and the proposition is to condemn it for the city The committee however favors the purchase of the McCartney tract designated a No 3 upon which the special committee obtained an option The land is large enough to make an available distributing point in which the sewage could be received and conducted into adjacent lands The committee com-mittee recommends the purchase of the tract per acre provided it can be obtained at 200 WANTS AN ANSWER i Moran wanted to know why the sewer had been terminated at the place it was I Is it a fact that certain members of the council had instructed the exengineer to stop the sewer at this particular tract of I land I should like Mr Doremus to answer an-swer this question and I insist on an answer Wantland would like to ask Mr Moran a question Moran I will answer you when I am answered Doremus Certain members of the council at different times expressed the wish that the sewer end where it has been terminated because they thought it would be better and more economical to do so The board of public works then ordered stopped I may probably have acted too prematurely but I have on previous occasions ordered material on the recommendation of individual members mem-bers I ordered chairs and furniture for his room in that way MoranThe engineer had no authority t stop the sewer on the say so of two members and he ought be censured for it His comparison of ordering a chair and stopping the gravity sewer is great I A half a million dollars for the sewer compared with the purchase of E chair RichI agree with Moran in his idea of comparison of the purchase of n chair and the cutting short of the 500000 sewer In the first case the chair was purchased on the say so of a committee with power to act The sewer was cut short at the instance of two members of the council without any authority from this body and I want to know why Mr Beardsley or any one took upon himself to order the sewer terminated where it has been LAWSON THINKS THE PEOPLE AlE IGNORANT IGNO-RANT Lawson thought it was all right to stop where it did The majority of the council coun-cil are responsiblo and dont need to care anything about the minority The reason there is so much talk about this sewer is because the people either wilfully misrepresent or are ignorant and should keep their mouths shut Those who are making such a hurrah are not covering themselves them-selves with much glory or doing themselves them-selves any credit t LoofbourowI believe it was a mistake to locate the sewer where we did at the first and before we had any land for an outlet and the sooner it was corrected the better and that was done by terminating the sewer where we have done Mr Loofbourow moved that the part of the report which recommends condemnation of the piece of land mentioned in the report be adopted and that the city attorney be instructed by this council to at once proceed with condemnation con-demnation proceedings to condemn for sewer purposes the tract of land recommended recom-mended by the committee HardyThe original committee on the sewer recommended the purchase of apiece a-piece of land for an outlet before the sewer was started and the council turned them down and now come and censure this committee Put the blame where it belongs I the recommendation had been adopted the stockyard company would have purchased sewerage from the city ANOTHER REPORT AOTHRREPORT At this staged the game a minority report re-port from the city engineer was read as follows Hon M H Beardsley Chairman Special Committee Salt Lake City DEAR SIR Referring to the committee report relative toland for the proposed sewer farm which was left for my signature signa-ture I beg to sa Chat I cannot consistently consist-ently sign the report in its present form as according to my mind the question as to what is best to do depends entirely upon what we are able to do If we are able to build only to the nearest near-est available place then the McCartney tract is the best The soil here is not well adapted to take care of a great amount of moisture but with the avail able area it is sufficient to dispose of the sewage for sometime or until we are able to do better by extending the sewer further northward I we are able to go beyond the McCart ney tract but not able to go as far a the Burnham tract then the Crocker estate tract is the best place as the soil here is well calculated to absorb a considerable amount of moisture and the tract is sufficiently ciently large to serve us for quite a number num-ber of years I necessary the sewage can be distributed from this point onto on-to adjoining lands either south west or north This point is about 2500 feet beyond the McCartney tract and will cost at the rate of about 10 per foot or 25000more than to reach the McCartney place As your report recites there has already been expended to reach this point several thousand dollars for right of way trenching and materials delivered de-livered beyond the McCartney tract I we are able to build to the Burnham tract we would have an ideal site as the ground extends from the Jordan river eastward for nearly two miles providing for subdrainage directly into the river i necessary at any future time The land is ample and the soil well suited for the purpose In reaching this tract we would command com-mand the fand which lies between i and the McCartney tractall of which extending extend-ing west to the river can be utilized by tapping the sewer at suitable intermediate intermedi-ate points This in my opinion will be the ultimate terminus of the sewer but whether we are able to build it at the present time is another question This tract lies about 8000 feet beyond the Orocker estate and abovt 10500 feet beyond be-yond the McCartney place The cost of extending it to this point would be about 105000 more than to reach the McCart ney tract and about 80000 more that to build to the Crocker estate To summarize the above in accordance with my opinion these three properties would stand in the order of value for our purpose as follows First The Burnham tract SecondThe Crocker tract Third The McCartney tract Regarding the prices asked for the respective re-spective tracts I consider it in each case much beyond the actual market value and favor condemnation rather than purchase of the land at the figures As before stated it seems to me simply question of what the city is able to do and as this is a matter which I do not feel competent to advise the council upon I prefer to remain silent unless they should desire my opinion as to the best location for the farm independent of the question to what we are able to do in which case you are at liberty to append this to the committees report i you thinkbest Respectfully I A F DOREMUS City Engineer I Lawson moved the previous question EXPLAIN MR BEARDSLEY Rich want Mr Beardsley to explain why he stopped the sewer at tho point he did didThe priority The Chair Mr Lawsons motion has Ri hDo I understand that Mr Beards ley and Mr Simondi who it is said are responsible chancing the terminus of I the sewer to this land we are now asked to purchase are not to be called on to explain ex-plain their action Beardsley made one or two pretences of getting on his feet but changed his mind each time and the matter was passed without his giving thepromised explanation explana-tion The motion being put Loof bourowa resolution was adopted 8 to 4 MAYORS CONTINGENT FUND Loofbourow moved that 500 be appropriated appro-priated tothe mayors contingent fund for the purpose of aiding Mr Le Sicur to be expended at the discretion of the mayorandthe board of public works to keep the pavi ng work going and that the Continued on page 2 < Jr h D I > 0 p |