Show L PARTOF ClTYBONDS SOLD Council l Confirms Sale of 125 000 of City Bonds t1 MR BELLS ARRAIGNMENT The Liberal Vote Making Game Tern porarity Blocked The Council Will Sot Be Allowed to Squander Mono on Kclaymg Pipes IhoOuestion nt Reduction of 11 ceuseg Laid Over Till Tuesday Ii The city council met in adjourned oetsion last evening All members were present but bourow and Heiss Mr 1 Beardsley occupied the chair After the reading ol the minutes qf the previous meeting Bell moved to reconsider recon-sider the proposition to put one hundred men to work to relay the 17690 feet of water pipe which had been referred to the committee on water works Sir Bell poured some hot shor into the ears of some of the councilmen and gave them i to understand that if they persisted in I their act the city would be enjoined from spending the money which would be required re-quired to relay the pipes and that the S august body would suffer its dignity if such proceedings were adopted to restrain re-strain them from sqandering any more money He said it was not a fact that so much pipe required relaying It was avery a-very bitter pill for the Liberal members to swallow but they made a wry face and bolted it and passed a resolution to reconsider re-consider by a vote of S to 51 and then passed another resolution requiring an estimate of the cost to be furnished to the j council If there is any possible snow to put on voters by November 7 it will beE be-E clone and some subterfuge will be devised J to thrt end In the meantime the fear of an injunction has effectually blocked the game i4 The most Important business done j j was the passing of an ordinance confirming j confirm-ing the sale of 125000 of the issue of j 5300000 of city bonds and giving an option on 3125030 more of them The sale of the 5125000 was made to j Blair Co of New York at 9D cents andS i and-S per cent interest the city to pas the inipfcsfc from lulvl 1893 to Sentemher 8 1Si3and no i interest to be charged I from September 8 to the day of issue All coupons bearing interest before July 1 j 1SS3 were cut off so that the city pays i I accrued interest from July 1 1893 to j September 8 1893 only the money is Ito I-to be available on Monday and is to be I applied to the payment of outstanding warrants The question of the rebate on liquor licenses came up and the city attorney reported that the council could legally make tho abatement if they so desired Wantlands resolution to make a reduction reduc-tion of 25 per cent on all licenses for the three months ending December 31 was taken up and the whole matter laid over i n till next Tuesday evening I 1A Iho Proceedings I Bell moved for a asideration of the rate whereby a communication of the superintendent of waterworks stating that 17690 feet of water pipes required to I l be lowered below the frost line was referred I re-ferred to the committee on waterworks S with power to act Moran asked the reason why a reconsideration recon-sideration was necessary BellThe reason is this First Is it not a fact that 17000 feet of water mains i require to be lowered and second This work will be stopped in spite of this I council and that they will find out before next meeting night If we order more work than we can pay for it will assuredly as-suredly be stopped and I think the cornS corn-S munication should be referred to the I committee for an estimate of the cost Moran The committee have the matter in hand and will not lower any pipe that does not absolutely require it There Is plenty of needed work to be done without with-out making unnecessary work FollandIt is not a fact that 17000 feet I S of pipe requires relaying There are 5000 feet on the north bench that has never had water in it Why should that I be lowered SimondiThe committee are capable and can be trusted to investigate before ordering tvork done LawsonI am in favor of doing this work before the frost comes and the pipes cracked and broken up Better do the work before the ground has to be chiseled chis-eled up Bell The policy of the council is wrong It is wrong to empower the committee to act when you know no S more what the result of that action will be than you know about the soutnwest corner of Africa You may laugh at me but this power to act will be stopped and stopped in a way that will humiliate you S gentlemen This council has been criti cised a good deal for the way the city funds have been spent and many of the members have not the confidence of the people Some have been called pin swappers and this power to act is at the bottom of all the trouble Power to act has cost this city a quarter of a million dollars more than the council intended in-tended spending Heads of departments are not to blame for this thing It is the council right here who are to blame Horn I would like to ask Mr Bell if he is willing to surrender his power to act on the joint city and county building Evans 1 have no objection as a member of the committee to havethe question reconsidered J re-considered and the council to state exactly IL lI actly what they want done S The motion to reconsider obtained eight votes viz Beardsley Bell Evans Fol bind Hardy Karrick Rich and Want land to five against viz Horn Kelly Lawson iior n and Simondi The chair declared the motion carried notwithstanding Simondi claimed a two thirds vote was necessary COUNTING THE COST S BellI move that the committee be requested re-quested to furnish probable cost of re laying these water mains necessary to ha relaid Lawson Lmove as a substitute that the whole matter be referred to the committee on finance Bell Mr Lawson may suppose he has made a very acute sally in moving to refer re-fer to the finance committee but I have just as much faith In the committee on waterworks as I have In the finance committee I com-mittee and the former is the proper committee l com-mittee for It to go to S Lawsons substitute was put and lost and Bells original motion calling for an estimate of the cost prevailed A RESOLUTION FILED I Business was then taken up where it I was left off under the head of miscellaneous miscel-laneous at the last meeting of the council coun-cil A resolution offered by Lawson reading Resolved That the time of payment of taxes for sewer work on FirstSouth street from Eighth to Tenth East be deferred for sixty days and that the treasurer be instructed I in-structed accordingly was received and I filed NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE GRAVITY SEWER S Lawson offered the following 4Be it resolved That a certain resolution resolu-tion adopted by this council on the 14th day ot February 1S93 setting aside 309 000 of the citys bonus for the purpose of the gravity sewer construction be and the same is hereby rescinded and is declared I de-clared to be of no effect and that the city treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to disburse the same upon auditors warrants for all purposes as though said resolution aforesaid of date I Feb 14 1893 had never passed Folland thought the money from those I bonds when they should be sotd should go to the gravity sewer and not be diverted I di-verted to any other purpose and adopting this resolution means stopping the sewer and going on with less important im provemenls Hardj The sewer is the most important thing and if ever we are to have a city here it ought to be finished I Rich No use talking about what will be I done with the money from the bonds I Anyone who buys them will stipulate I that the money be used to pay the present indebtedness of the city Thats the citr I whole thing In a nut shell Tne resolution was adopted Beardsley I Bell Evans Horn Kelly Lawson Moran Rich Simondi and Wantland I voting aye and Folland Hardy and Kar rick no I SALE OF THE BONDS I The following proposed ordinance relative rela-tive to the sale of the 300000 bonds was presented by Mr Bell I An ordinance confiijmfng the sale of I bonds Whereas by a resolution of this body duly and regularly passed on the 25th day of July 1893 the mayor and treasurer were authorized and empowered in connection with the finance committee to sell at private sale all or any part of the 300 bonds of the issue of July 1 1893 then remaining in the possession of the city and numbered from 301 to 600 inclusive inclu-sive and Whereas In pursuance of the authority author-ity conferred by said resolution the mayor treasurer and finance committee have sold of said bonds numbered from and including 301 to 425 to Blair Co bankers of the city of New York and have given option on 125 additional of said bonds and I Whereas It was part of the consideration considera-tion of the said purchasers that an ordinance ordi-nance containing the recitals and provisions provi-sions of tho present ordinance should be passed for the assurance of the said purchaseas and all subsequent holders of the said bonds and that all of the purchase price of said bonds prior to the delivery of said bonds to said purchasers shall be actually applied ap-plied in the retirement and actual cancellation cancel-lation of a like amount of the valid and outstanding warrants of the city and Whereas The aggregate indebteness ftl the city of all kinds and lor all purposes pur-poses including the said issue of bonds sold to the said Blair company as afore saidflo not andTioea not amount to 4 percent per-cent of the value of the taxable property within the said city sis determined and ascertained by the last assessment for territorial and county taxes at the date of the delivery of the said bonds to Blair Coand Whereas All of the provisions of law andthe ordinances of said city in respect to the issue and sale of the said bonds have been complied with Therefore be it ordained by the city council of the city of Salt Lake that the issuance and sale to Blair Co of the bonds aforesaid and the action of the I mayor and finance committee in the premises be and the same are hereby ap proved ratified and confirmed and said bonds are declared to be binding and legal obligations upon tho city of Salt Lake and the recorder is directed to furnish fur-nish a certified copy of this ordinance under un-der the seal of the city to the said purchasers pur-chasers of the said bonds or any subsequent subse-quent holder thereof as the assurance of the said city that the same are in all respects re-spects its binding and legal obligations That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed BANKER BAcoN SPEAKS In relation to the matter J H Bacon stated by request that he had been working on the sale of the bonds for about thirty days 1 am not getting anything said he for what I have done but have simply given my assistance assist-ance to help the city out of the hole Bringing f 112000 into the city will help business greatly and I believe the best thing to do is to consummate the sale I also consider 90 cents on the dollar and 5 per cent interest a good sale and that is what we are getting Karrick opposed the passage of the ordinance on the ground that it would be suicidal to sell them at the price named as money was getting easier in the east and a better price could be gotten later LawsonWell I would like to know if the mayor will stand by us if the sale should not prove to be propitious or will he say as he usually does SII cant do anything with em they run away from me Karrick insisted that the matter should I be postponed until the next meeting in order that the members of the council could look into the condition of the eastern east-ern money market and decide what they desire to do Rich also favored postponement THE MAYOR HAS NOTHING TO SAY Lawson moved that the mayor who was1hen in his parjor be requested to come in and explain the matter to the council Carried The recorder then went into the mayors room and returned shortly stating that the mayor required him to say to the council that he had nothing to say on tha bond question S S Karricksmotion to adjourn was then but and lost S Karrick then moved that 95 cents be entered in the ordinance as the purchase price v Moran moved that this motion be laid on the table and the latter motion carried car-ried Karrick claimed that the laying of the motion on the table laid the proposed ordinance or-dinance on the table also Folland and Hardy supported Karricks view of it but the chair ruled otherwis > and the vote on the passage of the ordinance ordi-nance stood Ayes Be rdsley Bell Evans Horn Kelly Law on Moran Simondi and Wantland NoesFol land Ear y Karrick and Rich4 Tne ordinance was declared passed MORE MOUNTED POLICE Heiss SimondiWantland Loofbourow Evans and Kelly presented the following resolution Whereas The outlying portion of the city has not the proper police protection the mounted force having been recently reduced to one patrolman who is unable to care for such a large district and as a result great numbers of cattle and horses are running at larg therefore be it Resolved That the chief of police is hereby instructed to increase his mounted force to two men Referred to the committee on police LIQUOR AND OTHER LICENSES A resolution was fathered by Wantland and Rich and offered as follows Whereas Owing to the present financial finan-cial depression the present license rates are burdensome to all classes of business busi-ness Resolved That a reduction of 25 percent per-cent be made on licenses for the three months ending December 31 1893 provided pro-vided said payments are made in cash Laid over till next Tuesday eveningS evening-S SIDEWALKS Rich moved the following resolution Resolved That the street supervisor be and is hereby instructed to pavp with stone blocks the crossings of all streets as in his judgment may be needed leading to and from the Jackson and Washington echools work to be commenced at once Adopted Adjourned till Tuesday evening |