| Show ir NE VGOUNGIL AT WORK 1i Transacted Business with Alacrity Last Night MINORITY FEEBLY OBSTRUCTS S Fornstrom tho Leader of tho Democrats P crats Office of Land and Water S Commissioner Created Building Inspector Sealer of Weights and Measures and Oil Inspector Made Salaried OfficesPresident Bucklo S Names Finance CommitteeC B Stewart is Assistant Attorney S 4 5 5 Tho first regular meeting of the new I 4 City Council held last night was attended ii at-tended wRhr n good deal l of inieresk I The space reserved for the public was I Y crowded and the floor reserved for the V members and officials was Invaded by il So the overflow The members who were all present got right down to business and although the loose ends were not 5 all gathered up and the session was but a short one more work was done than the former Council would have e accomplished In several sessions The six minority members headed by Fern elrom made feeble efforts at obslruc 30 Lon which were unavailing Fern T8 strom and Edgar Howe opposed nearly everything that came up and the other DQ r four Democrats Ilartcnsicln C R Tlowe Held and Tuddonham voted 1 O5 000 with them HO that most propositions uS went through on a strict party vole 380 The Mayors message WUH well received 149 re-ceived and when Recorder Naylor finished I f fin-ished reading It n hearty round oC applause I ap-plause came from the audience and e t after the Council adjourned favorable rV r comments on the message were heard on all sides S T II On motion of Robertson the message v was referred to the Committee on Enrollment 4 En-rollment wills Inslrucllons to have 500 V 1 copies printed e LAND AND WATER COMMISSIONER t COMMIS-SIONER Canning submitted an ordinance creating II cre-ating the office of land and water commissioner T com-missioner which was read the first I time by the Recorder Canning moved that the rules be suspended and the ordinance nnc 4 f dinance read the second and third times and paused Fernstrom offered an amendment that I It be referred to tHe Committees on I Irrigation und Jordan Canal The i 1 amendment was lost by a viva vOce vole Thn motion to suspend the rules was I carried Beatty CanninG Coilrell I Gcmmell Hewlett Robertson Thomas i Whitteriiore and Bucklo 3 voting aye 0 J Fernstrom Hartenstoln Howe C R W t Howe Edgar Reid and Tuddenham vi no o i Tho ordinance was then read the second 4 sec-ond and third times FBRNSTROMS WAIL t Fornstrom oppposed the I ordinance on I I the ground that It had not been sufficiently I ER suffi-ciently considered and some clauses I would In I his opinion latch with 1 i existing laws The Impression lhat the I I t S citys water had been stolen burglar I Itfcd J and purloined was wrong he saId I Ko knew because he had investigated I > t hId found that things were not at all r I bad He was he said In favor uf pre I serving the citys water rights but was I opposed to appointing any one to look 1 after them Then he made a wall ICS I IC-S 1 clarjrt r thnf the majorlty wasJgnorlng S tin minority nnd trampling on lia rights Ho knew nothing about this i Ordinance and wanted Jt logo over 9 until t tald ho j It had read and cOme lo under Aol from the audien6e 1loVy long would that takeS lI take-S rue terrible Swede deigned not to answer an-swer but with the ail of a martyr took his seat j Edgar Howe echoed the sentiments of 1i Fernstrom and pleaded that no Immediate cer 1 Imme-diate action be taken The vote was taken and the ordinance ii passed by a ote of t 1 lo 0 1 those who i voted for the suspeiiKloij of the rules voting aye and tho others who had h st iA voted against suspension of the rules no grocers PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE LICe ani The ordinance as passed provides that such l5 l n person be appointed land and water r trade commissioner who Is well acquainted it with land and Wale lilies and such ulutetl i affairs generally and with thn citys UIULCtLr il J rights and waterways thai i his salary shall bo 1200 IL CU and that ho shall I I have power with the concurrence or arlety J the City Council to appoint such d lrlct Connel Ippolnt deputies strav J depu-ties as may be found nfI < tHan at such regu salaries as may bo determined upon reS i by the City Council price The duties of the commissioner arc to take charge or and manage all fumes zi I Itches i canals and waterways owned or controlled by tho city that lie c S Inside or outside of the city limits to l S watch and repair tho same and regu late the flow of water therein gene uly to make and keep complete records 5 r rec-ords of all property owned by the city LV f and lo report I to the Council It the titles s to tho samo aro jeopardized In juiy vder way to locale and keep complete records aCk S rec-ords of all water rights owned by the city with full descriptions of the same and of the use to which the water is Put to have measurements of water 11 takon and to report to theCity Council whenever tho citys title to the same i y IH Jeopardized in any way and to report i re-port generally or specially when called li cafl on by the Council so to do corfl BUILDING INSPECTOR TO GET SALARY I R D Yhll lore submitted an ordinance ei y ordi-nance making tho ofilcc of City Building I Build-ing Inspector a salaried office at the rap rate of SO a month Instead of a fee i ofllce as heretofore and providing that z = = fl the foos remain the samo as at present I but that they bo covered Into the city 4 treasury The rule were suspended Hartenislen Howe C Howe Edgar I S Reid and Tuddonham voting no Edgar Howl moved to amend by making ma-king the salary CO I month That ho l thought was enough for an ofllco which ho characterized aH u sinecure The t 0 be amendment was lost The ordinance 5 S Wle road the regulation number of I times and passed Fernstrom Barton stein and C R Howe voting no I CONSOLIDATION OF OFFICES Thomas presented an ordinance conS con-S colidallnET the offices of OIl Inspector 5 F and Sealer of Weights and Moasuros at S n fialary of J7C a month Instead of remuneration re-muneration by fees as heretofore and f ordering tho reed recovered turned Into the city trca ury The ordinance wasP L1 was-P sotl unanimously with little dlacus Bion 30 ORDINANCE FOIl SIDEWALK TAXI TAX-I An ordinance wan passed levying the S wix upon jproiwrty abutting on wich side of Fnut W t Htreot between IHnst I iri Ti WI md Second South struGtM to defray tho I Ri iI1 txpenso < laying a cement sidewalk mrl the Board of Public Works vita I vuthorlzcd to advertise for bids for the L rork 1rti 5 JS1 rork8TEVAHT REAPPOINTED I If City Attorney Stephens submlttod the I v appointment of C B Stewart as assistant I Stop as-sistant City Attorney icir Bli Fernstrom moved that the appointment Cor appoint-ment be confirmed Ttye motion was curried unanimously FINANCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED I WQH stated that a number of belated TSFO be-lated bills and payroll which should i p have boon prwjenlod to the former 1 10or aU t9 Council before It went out of olllce were ° S 1 awaiting action and Inorder to have thorn disposed of without delav President Presi-dent Buckle named Robertson Whitto more Hurtcnsteln Fernstrom and Buckle UH the Committeeon Finance and the bills in question wore referred to that committee UNION STATION FRANCHISE Tho application of the Oregon Short Llnoand Rio Grande Western railroad I companies for a franch 1TOfor the erection erec-tion of the proposed union station was I read by the Recorder by iltlo and re I ferrcd to the Committee on Municipal Laws and Streets with the City Attorney Attor-ney associated A number otunlm porlanl matters which had been in the hands of the committees of tho old Council wore called uJ and referred lo I I tIt appropriate committees of thu now bodyMISCELLANEOUS 0 I MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS Warden Dow of the State prison I asked the Councils permission cut ice from Parleys reservoir for use In thin penitentiary Referred to Committee on Waterworks Water-works with Dower to act B R Harris submitted a bid of 125 H for the Improvements on Iho Hardy I farm and S3 > for the Improvements on I I j the Docker farm In Parleys canyon I I I Referred to the Committee on Public < I Grounds and Waterworks Nelson Good asked that the uncx I I plrcd term of the Salt Palace liquor license be applied on their saloon 61 East Second South street I The petition was granted Tho reportAof exCity Auditor Swan for the month of December as published pub-lished elsewhere In the paper was received re-ceived and filed On motion of President Buckle 3 special spe-cial meeting of the Council for the naming of committee and kindred busl called for Friday evening I 1 neess was caled I I |
