Show i i HALE TO DRAW PLANS i I City Council Approves the Action i j of the Prison Committee i i I S I i I I YOUNG OPPOSES THE PLAN jI I I j I II i AVAXTS 1JIDS ADVERTISEU POl I AD ALL GIVEX A QHVXCE I 5 I 5 5 II I I Council GrnntK the Jtcaiiisitioii of B j the Chief of 1olicc For Stiiiiliu j j For the Coiiiinsr Six Moullis ainl j I ice of SIKH Across the Streets j 1 flceeives Coitslilerjttioii lleiiort j I j of the Hoir Tiix Collector tnt I I i Other IJnsines petition of the j Electrie Jifrhl Compstiiy For lie i i I I bate of AVater Tax Denied I j I I 1 OMeara made a strong fight in the r < city council last night over the mater I of employing the iIr architect for the 1 j plans for the now jail I was a good 1 fight because he won i The matter was brought up pri J 1 manly by the reading or a petition i from Architect Dallas which was 1 signed by fifteen other gentlemen of the profession and endorsed by twenty i two business men of the city asking asitnr J bid the council to open the matter for S The reading of a report from the I j j committee precipitated the discussion tle The reqort is us follows I 1 Your conunSttea on pripons beg leave to report ii the matter of 1 matfr prot iirinjr the i plans prolIIg JJlas for a new city jail rt jai passed by the S council June 4 and j 0 approved by the i mayor a rollovs t i That the ronunitlpc met in the j romlitce et oflice of ofcc j tho chief of police with the lion IS I mayor and chief of poll present and discussed 1lfsnt S th the < matter of a new jail and i procuring plans also the advisability of j i advert ISMR for plans and selecting an j architect ami for him to selftng rO draf plans with I I j instructions of tie chief of police and the committee associated anl it was decided unanimously that the best method was to select thr architect for him to submit plans for a jail to bo built within tht huit wihin amount allowed by the council and we rlci WI your committee have selected ommitof sfertrl Mr Fred FId i A IIal > and have instructed him to pre I pare the desired plans j o further recommend that the base j fluent und < r the old city hall be cleaned II out and bunks leaner placed therein as a tem porary place for holding tho city a pris on en and hiat ibr old jai be removed I as there is a great deal of valuable mate i rial in the old Jai that can be used matl in erecting the new jail if it is properly I I taken care of I Respectfully submitted I WT 1 OAIEARA j I L G HAUUV J J fORLM t 7 concur and approve COIL above rc I port ARTHTTR PRATT Chief of 1ohce I j i Mr Tonne wanted to Know why I j one architect was employed without j bids why the old plans costing SOU i were not used I Replying Mr O ear said th > old 5 plans wore for a jail costing 50000 I i and could not be cut down without great expense RegardiiiE Mr Hale 1 OMeara declared he was a good man I and the objections made by Dallas i and his friends were trivial I was j j Insinuated that he was not a resident I j of Utah when he has lived here over i t i six years Dallas Hedges have had j school houses Bird Poudfoot the S city hal Hale has not had a public j job as yet As 9 matter of fact the jail is for four Avails only Open the plans for bids and the jail men will i furnish their favored architect with ideas leave I as it is and the jail men will ail1 visit Hale and all ideas I will be centered The price is low I only 4 per cent I Mr Young thought the matter I i should be opened for bids it was the custom on all public work 11 I Young said it looked as though east j i ern jail material would be used under I this plan and he would protest j against any outsiders being admitted to competition There was too much of that kind of work on the joint II building Mr Young thought the board of public works would have j i in the matter qf the something to say mater j contract but whether its authority I j applies to the letting of contracts for plans or not he was not prepared to i stat i Lynn thought the matter should be j opened if the jail men were trying to I get anyones ear it was easier to get lone man than a dozen Besides there i was plenty of time A week is ample I Cohn favored the plan adopted by I I the committee I there are twelve I j architect eleven will be sore heated I heat-ed The bidding is expensive and S cumbersome Four per cent may be J high but the man selected must be I above reproach and he will doubtless earn it in this instance i OIeara explained that Hale was to i draw plans until the committee and I council were satisfied I was not presumed that he was to furnish one plan and the council was bound to accept ac-cept it His work was not done until the plans were completed according to the desire of the jail committee the council and chief of police i I Chief Pratt who was present was j granted permission to speak and explained i i ex-plained that all the architects duty i was to draw plans and specifications j I was very simple in fact an architect archi-tect was hardly needed j Lynn moved that the matter be j opened for bids which was seconded I I by Young which motion brought i i OMeara to his feet with a burning I statement to the effect that any such acton was an insult to the committee I was apparent to all that r when certain members wanted I a thing done it was done i with a rush Xo bids were asked for on the Parleys canyon land purchase No bids were asked from the Stewart I iron works of Wichita Kan and I dozens of other jobs representSng j thousands of dollars I Corum declared the committee had t j acted according to instructirms and according to the best judgment of the i members the mayor and the chief of i police Hale was represented as a good man although the speaker never J met him until after the action had t been taken OMeara said the plans had been I ordered by the council the committee has purchased them and the maker will present them in a week or two That is all there is to it The report of the committee was commitee adopted Yeas S nays 1 t I Supplies For the Tai The committee on prisons reported i in favor of granting the requisition of t the chief of police for supplies for the i I city jail to the Sims Utah Grocery company for brooms candles soap I tobacco etc LipmanNadel Son for overalls shirts and drawers Z C I M 1 for shoes I t I 31isecllniicon S j Liquor licenses were granted G Jan j I owitz and C T Vhittemore The bill for putting flowers on the grounds amounting to 175 was reported j re-ported from the joint committee with a statement from Corum and Watson stating that they had opposed the action Inasmuch as there is a ques J ton as to authority of the committee 5 to purchase or make contracts without with-out the concurrence of the members of each side the matter was recommitted recommit-ted 1 Chief Pratt stated that Hughes 1 Co had a sign across the sidewalk on I Second South street which should betaken be-taken down inasmuch as others want the same privilege I appears the council granted Hughes permission some time ago and this being the case 11 Young moved the reconsideration of the permission Hardy introduced a resolution authorizing au-thorizing the attorney to draw an ordinance or-dinance prohibiting signs and awnings over sidewalks This precipitated a lengthy debate which ended by a reference to the 1 committee associated on streets with the attorney j t OMenra introduced the following j I Which carried carred i j Resolved That the city engineer isj I i hereby instructed to procure plats ofj I i all the lands owned by the city and j S j that he be required to make a personal I inspection oc each piece at least once a year and report to the council the I j condition of said i lands and whether I i they arc occupied and > to make any I I recommendations he may think neoes I I i sary to protect the citys interests in j I I tlicso lands i I 1 i OMeara explained that this was to prevent jumping city lands One j man had got a piece assessed to John I Jones it war sold for taxes and this I I I i person bid it in getting the title Appropriations aggregating 5472901 I I were passed i i j I JPetilioii I Among the petitions filed were the following I Thomas Marshall and Edmund I Willies complained of the acts of the I supervisor of streets in raising the j grade of Fourth East street two feet above that established by the city engIneer and asked that the city cty engineer b1 instructed to take the matter in hand ard establish grades for a guide J B Rawlings and others asked that the West Side Rapid Transit company bo compelled to run cars on Its First West street line or the franchise be forfeited Both the communications referred to were sent to HID committee on streets i Report of Officers Etc I The recorder reported the imount otj J the collections for dog tax for the month of June as 439 The number i i of dogs destroyed was fortyeight j The report was adopted and placed on tile j I tf I i The committee on waterworks reported i re-ported in favor of denying the appli S I cation of the Salt Lake and Ogden Gas i I and Electric Light company for a re S bate in water tax which was alsd i adopted I I |