| Show HIS HONOR undisturbed no OCCASION ron FOIL THE CO kuncir I 1 MANIC WRATH contract signed ly by president mccornick 1 twenty five more poles will bo be erected three hundred lights the contract with the electrio electric light C company compa 7 Is signed in behalf of 0 the c axy tt it appears in the bold of W S mccornick McCorn lck president of the C olty city council of 0 salt bait lake laka city ex t treasurer 1 and it Is alleged at present a director in the electrio electric light company in behalf of the company is IB the name of R F hayward manager thereof mr mccormick mccornack lck signed instead of the mayor because the latter had vetoed the proposed contract and acquired his authority from the council who put thirteen holes into the veto the contract binds the city for one year ending march next and Is for are arc lamps 2000 candle at 1 tabo 9 6 0 a month philadelphia moonlight sched ule ulfat present there are poles standing with lamps flickering from to carry out its obligations twenty five additional poles must be set and klobes globes swung into position manager fl hayward ayward states that but a few days will be required to accomplish this with the corps of men he has on lits his staff the fiery attack made upon his honor the night before had no visible effect upon the mayors equanimity he looked upon it amu amusedly 17 1 I care nothing for it said bald lie he 1 I still adhere to my original position that the contract la Is the most superlatively ambiguous example of a contract I 1 ever saw and I 1 have been a lawyer for over thirty years year it leaves the candle power discretionary with the company compi iny if at its greatest capacity it cannot furnish the illumination it has contracted to furn lali then it has hag but bin to demand the contract price of tam a month per lamp from the city at and d obtain it i 1 11 I can detect nothing offensive in my veto it simply discloses that the president of the council has ha been placed in a a double position he has served the company as treasurer while serving tile the city as president ot of its ita council and I 1 understand he to Is servin g the corn company yet as a director the legislature should prohibit such tangs and a law should be enacted it should be imade made a part of the constitution that lany any roan man interested in a franchise so ac aired from the city la Is disqualified lor for municipal office so far from robbing the council of 0 sany any credit to which it may be entity entitled ad I 1 never contemplated such a thing the council will recollect that it sent bent a contract to me in which it agreed upon 10 a lamp which h was vetoed by L me and the council sustained the veto i my effort till the while has been to get beet cheaper light and I 1 believed that by holding out the company would give it 11 I 1 to us it has done so no and I 1 believe now that had the council sustained me we would have rot got lamps at 37 snow however the council has asserted its 3 strength th and the result ls Is th the e in mo nonsensical and perilous contract 1 I ever saw |
