Show ThE CITY COUNCIL A QUIET SESSION OF THE CITY FATHERS Members Joke the Aspirants For Reelection Re-election Tho Meeting Devoted to Routine Business At last evenings session of the city council several members took occasion to mildly charge their colleagues with promoting cclicmes In the interest of certain cer-tain candIdates who are now asking the suffrages of Voters The debate dd no become very heated and as often aa the charges wore made the soft impeachments were as good natureclly and con lnnn y deirreJ Had It not been for these diversions diver-sions the proceedinfio would ha e been decided i uninteresting As it was no large volume of business was tm lCd and the meeting was of snort lunation Councilman Morris Huvey and are a-re the only absentees PETITIONS AD STill S-Till Salt lake Los Angeles Railway company by George Q Cannon president com > aint 3 of the damage alleged to have been Tone tu Its roadbed by reason of the rise of the waters of Williams lake The petitioner represented that if tho channel tram WilKansa lake l to Colin slake ba widened and the outlet from the fire named body of water lowered the cause of the > trouble would be overcome The matter vas referred to the Irrigation committee com-mittee Sirs Ardelle Cummings offered to sell a painting of Gcore Washington which vossessed great historical value The communIcation was referred to the finance committee to determine whether to purcftneo the work of art for adorning tile walls of the council chamber Petitions for the placing of additional electric lights In the northwestern section of the e n and for the drainage and repair re-pair of streets in the tame vicinity were referred to the appropriate Committees TO REPAID A DOGGY ROAD R G Averson and F Do Vein a com jnittee representing poll tax payers and resIdentS of the Fifteenth voting district across tae river asked that the street supervisor be directed to expend tile un ooleetod poll tax and other avnlkiWe funds of the department for the Improvement Improve-ment of West Second South street to the Lake Breeze car line so that coal teams may be enabled to get to petitioners premises during the winter season No sooner had Councilman Allen moved to have the petition referred to the street committee with flower to act than did Icveial menvbore ask him If the proposed improvement v > s not eilculated to win him votes from those of his constituents who coilS obieit to feeing him returned re-turned to hs cjtincilmanic seat Of course Councilman Allen convinced his colleagues that no such thought had entered hs mind and after a free ex vhanKp of courtesies the oppositon led l by Councilman Lfc Phohon was overcome over-come Et tj a vote of 10 to 2 Chairman Allens motion prevailed but while the vote was In progress nearly every member mem-ber offered an explanation of his vote the substance of the explanations being that while the proposed action was warrantable war-rantable and could probably be postponed until after election unless bad weather pets in the committee could be relied upon to do nothing that would not stand a full invertiEation ANOTHER VOTE GETTER City Recorder Emery represented that tho large amount pf extra work devolvIng upon ills office In connection with the approaching ap-proaching municipal election necessitated tIle employment of two additional clerks I for a rerlod of not exceeding 10 days commencing on the 15th inst Councilman Buckle led the discussion by inquiring Is this another road over Jordan On being assured that there were merits in the recorders reQuest for extra help that would appeal to the councils coun-cils serious consideration the matter was referred to the finance committee MUST BE DONE BEFORE ELECTION The superintendent of water works reported re-ported the localities in which water mains are not sufficiently below frost line on account of recent grading down of the streets Nine places are coaled varying from 50 to 200 feet in length in all 1OS5 feet In the Fourth precinct Authority for the expenditure of not exceeding fBI to lower the mains was requested Councilman Dale wanted to know if the work could not be postponed until after election Councilman Diehl declared there was danger in postponement and besides the cost TVoiild be greater during bad weather To show that this was not an anteelec tion scheme the chairman of tie waterworks water-works committee volunteered to waive tree authorization of a similar but less urgent piece of work in the Fifth precinct where he S a candidate far reelection On Councilman Dales request that the expenditure be strictly limited to the estimated es-timated amount 275 the work of lowerIng lower-Ing the water mains In exposed places in the northeast section of the cltiv was or d < > r Ml commenced and prosecuted with Vigor NO POLITICS IN THIS A resolution offered by Councilman Hayward directing that the Salt Lake II Hot springs Railway company be notified to Immediately proceed to gravel Third West street in accordance with a former resolution of tile council waa adopted A MEDLEY OF MATTERS The city recorder reported the registering register-ing of 170 male apt 22 female dogs during August and September and tlu collection 1 ft g nb t i thereon of f4B In fees During August oO unllcenced canines were destroyed at the crematory On recommendation of the committee on public grounds the proposition oC John lyangenbucher to purchase for 5500 SaT rods in lot 5 block S2 plat A for right of way purposes to applicants rroperty was acceptcifl l Councilman Stewarts resolution for the replacement of the irc light at title terminus of the Third street Cat line was referred the street lighting committee with power to act A couple of similar complaints and one by Councilman Lloyd relative to the inefficiency of certain lights were referred to the same committee teeAs another indication that the councilmen council-men are caring for tho peoples interests SG Items on the appropriation list down to No 5 were taken up and passed The council then adjourned |