Show ASK PAY AS SERGEANTS Wire Rhodes and Heath Want An Allowance f I SUM INVOLVED SMALL I COUNCIL CO3OHTTEE ON CLATHS SUGGESTS PAYMENT 1 Objection Raised By Callister md I Stewart Robertson Attorney Says Demand Is Enforcable ByLaw I By-Law Matter Goes Over One Week West Side Rapid Transit + Some old straw was thrdshed in the council meeting last night when a report re-port from tho committee on claims recommending an allowance of S23CO each to exPatrolmen and Sergeants Wire Rhodes and Heath was read The three had claimed that they were entitled en-titled to pay as sergeants under the ruling of the supreme court by which they were reinstated Chief Pratt it will be remembered reduced them to I the ranks The claims committee thought the demand de-mand vas just but immediate objection to its allowance was raised Callister I vas the first to protest He declared I that the chief had the power to reduce the men to the ranks and cited an Instance stance where Chief Devine had reduced 4 t re-duced a captain i Chairman Howe of I r the fire and police committee thought 4 thf amounts were too small to stand a I 1 suit over Robertson objected to this i statement He declared that the question 1 f bmts tion of the size of the bills should I not cut any figure and asked for an opinion I opin-ion from Assistant City Attorney SteWart SteW-art who was present Mr Stewart replied re-plied that in his opinion the claims were enforcable by law Callister then asked that further action be postponed for one week and it was so ordered r Must Give Better Service The municipal laws committee recommended rec-ommended the following resolution relative rel-ative to the West Side Rapid Transit company which was unanimously I adopted Resolved That the West Side Rapid 1 Transit company its successors and assigns as-signs be and they are hereby notified to at once repair and place in good condition their line of track commencing I com-mencing at the corner of Second South and First West streets and running to the limits of Salt Lake City place upon the Fame cars with modern conveniences con-veniences and appliances and run said cars regularly every hour each way for a period of eighteen hours each day and be it further Resolved That the said company its successors and assigns be and they I are hereby notified that i they neglector I neglect-or refuse to comply at once with the requirements of the above resolution I that this coumd will take proceedings to revoke their franchise A resolution giving the Salt Lake City I Street railway the right of way over the streets it asked for in arecent communication commu-nication was offered by the municipal laws committee I went over for one I week under the rules I Wanted Report On Kelsey Buckle suggested that it would be in order to hear a report from the special committee appointed last week to look into the accounts of City Engineer Kelsey Kel-sey in connection with the surveys looking to an increased water supply Chairman Howe saul i would be impos riblf for him to say when the commit trt would be rcady tp icpprf Callister mined that a report be required by next Tuesday night Buckle promptly seconded the motion Then Robertson and Wallace both of whom are members of the committee objected to the shortness of the time allowed al-lowed Callister offered to withdraw the motion but Buckle refused to allow al-low him to do so Robertson solved the problem by offering an amendment making the report due in two weeks The amendment was carried everybody voting for it except Buckle Robertsons ordinance providing for the closing of stores banking houses and other specified places of business on Sunday was neat killed by Allen who moved that it be tabled Robertson Robert-son was the only member who voted against the motion aginst moton The Buckle ordinance making it unlawful un-lawful to disturb survey stakes and monumtnts was taken up on its second reading and passed The measure provides pro-vides a line of from 5 to 100 for each viola ion The r uon Light Power company had a close squeeze on its April bill of S232S42 for street lighting A kick had been made by residents of the First precinct on account of alleged poor service ser-vice and several councilmen thought the outage allowance was not in proportion pro-portion to the protest When the question ques-tion Caine to a vote the bill was allowed by a majority of one City Attorney Hall who had been asked for an opinion on Buckles resolution reso-lution requiring a ciause to be inserted in city contracts fixing a rate or 17o per day of eight hour for laborers and 3 for team reported that in his judgment judg-ment the clause could not be legally enforced The report went to the committee com-mittee on municipal laws A proposition from William B Hardy offering to sell the city some and and water rights in Parleys canon can-on but fixing no price o it was referred re-ferred to the committee on irrigation Treasurer Morris submitted a communication com-munication he had received from City Engineer Kelsey 8 chairman of the board of public works asking that claims amounting to v73 be paid and deducted from the 10 per cent retained on the Harrigan paving contract Mr j Morris in a letter stated that he had no authority to pay the claims and asked fr instructions The matter was referred tu the city attorney David Fullmer asked that the city engineer bo overruled on the payment of a cmim for 12415 for repairs on Main street sidtwalks rom First to Second South streets 11 Kelsey refused to allow thp account on the plea that the work had not been properly done The 1 claim went to the street committee t Library Tax Petit n I The Womans club petitioned the council to increase the rate of tax to I be levied for maintenance of the public library to the figure prevailing for the a J3T Referred to the library com mlle S A communication from the board of education requested the council to name a time and place when the board may confer with the council on the te boards proposition to exchange tracts S of land to the city for the latters 12 by 12 rods on upper State street which site Is much needed for the erection of a school building On Robertsons motion mo-tion it was agreed that the committee on public ag which has the mat ter in charge be required to report next Tuesday nigh at which time the bbard of education will be invited to I attend at John Montgomery jr assignee fort for-t exSheriff Harvey Hardy presented a 1 I claim in the sum of 76410 for service 11 of summonses and executions in delln I C II tiucnt poll tax suits during the year g isis Referred to the committee on r i claims with the city attorney associated asso-ciated t eated I John H Timpson asked to be compensated com-pensated for damages done to his horseS horse-S and buggy alleged to have been caused I by driving Into an unprotected water c trench on North Temple street on the I night committee of April on claims 11 last Refenvd to the nCl t T An extension of water mains a dlsf tnnce of 1300 feet south of the present j r wafhf > ut on Main street between i Eighth and Xinth South to the site of J the Salt Palace was aske for by J R r 4 S f d Walker and Frederick Heath On Ca listersrnotloa granted unanimously jnotion the request ygted James Sampson and Joseph Bews requested quested permission to construct a temporary porary grade fddewtilk on the west side of Third East street between Second and Third South Referred to the committee com-mittee on streets The Utah Poultry association was granted the free use of a room in the its joint building in which to hold meetings |