Show KEEP FiNANCES DARK r Republican Councilmen Evade Monetary Discussion 4 FORCED t SEEK EEK E TO T CONCEAL CONCE THE T T TRUE TRITE SITUATION t 1 Ean Eh E h council meeting piles pIes up further evidence that the Republican city ad id administration ministration want the the search searchlight light turned on its it conduct conduct of of financial affairs Last night after the trans transaction action of some routine business in including eluding luding the allowance of payrolls from the general generl fund amounting to some somewhat somewhat somewhat what more than tha 2000 ta a prearranged adjournment was wa taken in spite of the protests of the Democrats and in spite spie of ot o the tt fact that a delegation represent representing ing the union labor element of the city was w wasn Jn In waiting to ask ak for action on the ht hour ordinance It Iwas was Robertson who moved the ad ment Whittemore was w in the he hecha chair where he had created nothing cha but merrIment for of an anho hourt ho r The motion moton wa was seconded and Whittemore more declared it i carried cred without division divisio Fernstrom and Hartenstein sprang to their feet teet and demanded a aroll roll call all l The request was granted with poor grace gace for even the Republicans are not hardened enough to want fu future future ture tu e generations to read the records of their evasions of public Issues Republicans Vote Vot to t Adjourn Every Ever Republican except Buckle voted ted to tn adjourn and every ever Democrat voted against it It I may be said how however however however ever that the motion moton had carried before Buckles turn came to vote ate The ab absentees absent absentees sent es were Be Beatty tt Davis Cottrell Cottel C CR CR R R Howe and Edgar Howe Tuddenham was present during the te first frt part of the te meeting but was excused d before it closed Only one claim wits was w ordered placed on the he appropriation list this being for work on a tank in the water system that is properly chargeable to the bond fund The appropriation list by the way with even this solitary Item lem was wa not passed No report was wa presented by the finance committee although two weeks ago it was wa ordered to look into the ci s monetary affairs and submit some kind of a statement statement Chairman Robertson offered no excuse in the meeting for this apparent negligence but after adjournment he said that a report would be made next Tuesday night nIght The he same promise has ha been made before however Some Payrolls Allowed There came near being an a airing of the financial situation when a communication communication from Auditor Reiser submit submitting submItting ting payrolls was wa read re The rolls rols ap approved approved approved proved by the auditor were as a follows Land and water department 00 09 Public parks park 00 Health Real th department 53 00 Crematory Cremator department 26 00 Joint building expense 26 50 5 I Cemetery department 8 00 Sprinkling department 75 Waterworks department 1468 65 Streets Street and irrigation 1717 50 Total Total e 40 i Of the total amount all al except the allowance for the waterworks and I street str et t departments department comes out of the general gi f und fund Thus the tle total appropriations aP ro from the general genera fund u Robertson Robertsen n moVed that at the auditor be directed to issue want warrants fSr r the he payrolls Py ls When Wen Fernstrom name n e wax was wa called cled he said he wished to vote in favor of the allowance if there therewa was wa enough money in the general generl fund to pay it it Explains His Has Hs Vote Whitemore Whittemore who was wa in the chair ruled that the member from the Third would woul have to vote before he could ex explain explain plain p ain his vote Fernstrom then voted no I vote no said sad he because I know that two weeks ago we had only about 2000 in itt the general generl fund If I I there is any more in it now n I Im m not aware of it it Two weeks ago the finance committee was wa instructed to report our financial ial condition and as a a member of the finance committee I know that it t has not been called caled together Conse Consequently Consequently I dont know kow that we have sufficient money to meet these thee payrolls but if f we have the fhe money I want wat to but vote aye I point Buckle Bucke interrupted the speaker to say that if there was wa no money in the treasury the payrolls would not be paid He then changed his vote to aye All Al the other members member voted in the affirmative An hour was wa lost in debating the question queston as a to whether or not C E EStreet EStreet EStreet Street should be required to change the fence he has ha erected in front of ot a building he is constructing in the rear of the Kenyon on Second South street streetA str et etA A petition petton from J McGill and others other in inthe inthe inthe the neighborhood claiming that the fence fenc was a nuisance and damaging to their business caused the debate Debate Over a Pence Fence Hartenstein thought the fence should sho ld be cut down under Its It present height of eight feet and moved closer coser to the property line lne His motion moton to this effect was sas wa voted down as a were several amendments an ments Then Fernstrom moved a reference to the street committee Acting President Wittemore Whittemore made the somewhat peculiar ruling that the peti petition pet tion had been received and filed fed No motion moton had been made to this effect but hut Whittemore thought he could do doit dol it If l all al by his lonesome and said so After the laugh had subsided Buckle took a humorous appeal from the de decision decision dision of ot the chair and the council counci re ed to sustain sustin Brother Whittemore Thomas rhomas now cut the knot by moving that the petition petton be he referred to the building inspector and the fire fre chief The he motion moton was wa carried cariedA A communication was wa received from the secretary of the League Leae of Amen Ameri American Amer can Municipalities asking asking that the council counci appoint delegates to the ses session sessIon sion slon of the league leage which Is to be he held at Charleston S C c Dec Dee 12 1 13 14 1 and 15 On motion moton thanks were I extended ded for the invitation and the re recorder r recorder Ii corder corer was wa directed to say that if pos possible possible sible sibie a representative of Salt Lake City would be he present Acceptances Are Ar Piled Fie The Utah Central railroad filed fed the conditional acceptance already men mento to Ed a day or two ago of the i s proposition for foI It to remove its it tracks front Eighth South street to some some point further furher south The Th Salt Sal Lake Le Street Railway com corn company compan pany pan formally accepted the recently granted franchise for an extension of its It tracks on Thirteenth East E t street street D DH H Wels Wells gave notice in writing that tha the owners of rights in Big Ct C t water would resist the ap appropriation appropriation pro by the city of seepage water as Os a contemplated by boring a shaft shat which is now going down under the dl di direction of the city engineer Mr 11 Well Wells sent seat also a resolution passed at a a mass meeting of the owners of the water ater by the th terms of which they agreed aeed to go into Int court ourt if necessary to protect their rights The communication went to the waterworks committee A contract awarded by the board boar of public works orle to Keifer Keier Rush for grading gading Thirteenth East at ast street street from South Temple to First Sout South street at 28 2 cents c ts per yard was wa ratified |