Show COUNCIL TAKES TAKE WILKINS SCALP Clerk of Board of ot Publio Pu Works Is Removed by Strict Party Vote Votes CHRISTENSEN GETS PLACE PUCE PROPOSED SPEEDWAY FOR LIB LIBERTY LIBERTY LIBERTY ERTY PARK TURNED DOWN Clerk ClerIc W H U Wilkins of the board of public works was decapitated by b the city council last night and F R B Christensen appointed by Chairman Fred J 3 Leonard was confirmed by the solid soUd vote vetO of ot all the American party councIlmen present ODonnell was the lie only absentee In sending In Mr ap appointment appoIntment appointment i Mr Leonard attached an opinion by Assistant City Attorney H HJ HJ J 3 Dininny which held that Mr Wil Wilkins Wilkins kins kilts had no legal right to withdraw the e resignation which he tendered in February and that he had in fact voluntarily vacated his office Council Councilmen men Dlen Fernstrom and Wells Wella both dis disagreed agreed with the city attorney but their protests were unavailing No Speedway for Liberty Park The council turned down dow the recommendation recO of the te public grounds com committee committee that tat a be constructed In Liberty park and that the city appropriate 1000 toward con constructing constructing it It the he balance to be b donated by private parties partes Martin MaUn and others made speeches against the te proposition and ad they carried the day Caroline Carolne P Larsen presented presente a claim for to clam 40 damages damage property on account of the change of ot grade gade of ot Center street The he matter was wa re referred referred referred to the te claims committee The Salt Sal Palace Amusement compa company compa ny applied for fa a blanket license for forthe forthe forthe the coming year which was referred to the license committee Sirs Mrs Abbaline Barnes asked for or the return of ot a steam boiler boler which she placed in the premises at the Warm Springs resort while she had a lease on those premises She asked either for the boiler boier or for O in cash cah Her claim was rejected and it i is said she will win sue the city Hyrum S Young Toung and others asked the city to deed them certain lots in inthe Inthe inthe the city cemetery which they said were purchased by Brigham Brigha Young Toung in 1850 but which have have never been deed deeded deeded deeded ed The matter mater was referred Changes In Police Force Chief of Police George A Sheets rec recommended recommended recommended the following changes In Inthe inthe Inthe the police department all al of which were unanimously confirmed C A I Middleton appointed mounted police policeman policeman man to succeed John J 3 3 RIley who Is made a patrolman in place of Mid Middleton Middleton B E E W Price mounted police policeman policeman man to succeed H R Coulam re removed removed removed moved S B Woods patrolman to succeed 33 E E W Price James Davidson patrolman to succeed J 3 3 S Corless re resigned resigned resigned signed H E Zerbe an of or the city engineers office to serve as a special policeman without pay payI It I was directed that the por portion porton portion tion of the reward in the tho Shockley ton murder case be paid to the widows of Thomas D Brighton and Amasa Aasa L Gleason The Oregon Short Sort Line petitioned for fora a franchise for a spur track on Fifth North street between Third and Fourth West streets Judge Harold Salomon o of Stockholm Sweden who is here Investigating the juvenile court was introduced to the council counci by b Judge Willis Brown and sooke spoke briefly it I was ordered that be paid Olivia Olva Lowry for damages to property caused by the change of grade on Seventh street I It I was decided to erect four brick lavatories in Liberty park to cost in inal all al 2250 Will Wi Acquire Water Rights A resolution by Wels Wells instructing the waterworks vater works committee to secure all allwater al alwater allwater water rights in Big Cottonwood canyon not previously secured was adopted as was wa also a resolution by Wells author authorizing authorizing izing the Commercial club to construct the Wasatch drive Fernstrom introduced an a ordinance which was wa referred creating a board of park commissioners providing for forthe forthe the planting of shade trees trees shrubs ai RId aid d plants and for the removal of trees from the streets The ordinance de defines defines fines how streets shall shaH be parked |