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Show I III 8ii PLANNED BY CITY COMMISSION New Lighting Contract Means Decrease of $21,000 in Three Years. CONTEST OVER PLACES Shearman Has Scheme to Retain Re-tain C. B. Stevens, Which Will Be Opposed. I As the result of a tentative agreement made by, Mayor Samuel C. Park with the omclnls of tho' Utah Light &. Ttallway company. Salt Lako City is offered nn opportunity of saving approximately $21,-000 $21,-000 In ihe next three years or 54200 more than the mayor's salary will aggregate In fonr years, for which he was elected to office. At a recent executive meeting- of the city commissioners, and at which meeting meet-ing Commissioner-elect lleber M. Wells wus present. Mayor Park expressed the hollef that a better contract for slreot lighting could ho obtained. ' The commissioners com-missioners doubted whether such an nr-lungcment nr-lungcment would (be possible, but at the smile time authorized the mayor to see what could be done. The commissioners will receive an Informal In-formal report from the chief city execu-. live today and the tentative agreement will be placed before them and It is expected ex-pected that it will be ratified at an early meeting of the board. Officials Are Fair. Hj In his negotiations with the light com- pauy Mayor Park is said to have been met more than half-way and to have rc-vclved rc-vclved the assurance of the company that It was its desire to co-operate with the thy and to furnish electricity at a rale which is commensurate with a reasonable profit and which at the same time, would allow the city to Increase the number of an. lights which arc in operation. The present contract with the Utah Light & Hallway company expires Decem-bcr Decem-bcr 31. Under the contract as It now stands the city pays ? a month, or $60 a year for every art: light, of which thcr.e are nearly 1200 in the city. The total light bill for the city for a year runs close to $70,000. Tf the contract for a rc-dtictlon rc-dtictlon of T0 c-iitH a month, or ten per tent, is nit I led, a saving of $7000 a yt-ar will be effected. ruder the proposed new contract, which is for a period of three years, the cost 1 of each arc light Is reduced from Jo to Sl.oO per month in all cases excepting t on those streets ivhcro the mains are car-rled car-rled in underground conduits. There are but few lights connected on the latter circuits and the cost of their operation and maintenance, according to the light ofilciuls, is so gieat as to preclude any Wells to Handle Parks. With the. close of the year prepara-tlOns prepara-tlOns aro belns made by the outgoing and incoming ofllclais to leave and as-sume as-sume their offices. t is expected that at tlie first meeting of the new commls-sloners. commls-sloners. scheduled for January 5. Jleher M. Wclls will be chosen commissioner of parks to succeed Georgo D. Keyser and V.vxt W. II. Shearman will succeed W. JI. ICorns us commissioner of waterworks ar.d water supply. While there has been no general undcr-standing undcr-standing between the- holdover commls-sioners, commls-sioners, it Is said that but few changes will be made in their subordinate officers. All the ofliclals of the park department. It In said, are slated for retention under Commissioner-elect Wells. Iri the water department, however, the schedule is said to call for extensive alterations. lu the latter department tlu fight will center about the present superintendent. C F. Barrett. This ofllclal Is suld to have incurred the displeasure of the hold, over commissioner and wiiile favored by Commlsloner-elect Shearman, it is be-leved be-leved not improbable that he will lose his place. Who his successor will be is not known at this time, although It is said that considerable sentiment lias dc-velopcd dc-velopcd in favor of Frank L. Hlnes, for-mcr for-mcr .superintendent of waterworks and unsuccessful candidate for commissioner at the recent primary election. 8 May Abolish Office. An ordinance was Introduced at a meet-Ills' meet-Ills' of the city commissioners seveial (hif ago which If enacted will abolish the ofllce of Arthur F. Cunimlngs, fore-man fore-man of watersheds of the waterworks 'HHHHH division. This ordinance is said to be' favoi'c-d by a majority of the holdover and incoming commissioners and it Is 'HHHHH epectcd that the measure will be adopt- ed. Its enactment will affect not onlv Cummlngs. but the several patrolmen who 'HHHHH work under his direction. In the office of City Auditor-elect .Herman Green, who was elected to uue-teed uue-teed W. II. Shearman.ilt Is expected that 'HmHHH there will be a general house cleaning. Clarence B. Stevens, who lias been chief 'HmHHH deputy to the city auditor for a number of years and who was defeated In the re-cent re-cent primary election. 3 slated for the discard. Who wl! succeed Mr. Stevens has not yet been announced, although 11 is said that the man, Is a recognized ex-pert ex-pert local accountant. Mr, Stevens and Mr. Shearman both opposed tho proposed I i nausea in me uooKKeeping system of lhe of.Mce as suggested by Mr. Green, while the latter was making an examination examina-tion of the city books. This is said to bo one of the reasons why Mr. Stevens will not be retained. Shearman' Has Plan. However, if n plan said to have been oricelyed by Mr. Shearman is carried out. Mr. Stever.w will not lose his connection con-nection with the city payroll. Mr. Shearman, Shear-man, so rumor says, plans If he Is given tne water department, to discharge or rather not lo recommend for re-appointment, H. G. kneads, who has been chief jerk In the department for fifteen years. I his p ace Is to be given to Mr. Stevens, several members of the board of commissioners commis-sioners are said to be opposed to Mr. hearman s programme and It is thought V.ot & bo ''"Probable that even though Mr. Shearman should make the outlined rcrommendation that he will be outvoted and that the majority will decide to re-tain re-tain tne experienced man in the office |