| Show r CITY COUNCIL The iere Electric LIght FrtifiC The lnreeUgtI t tc Ttc CHr Council met In regular session last evening Mayor Armstrong Arm-strong presiding A petition of residents of tile te Twcntyflrst War complained that melting snow and rain had dom gnat detriment and damage t bee ala Jot and asV lfet n remedy Councilor fitatth wld it was a small watrt and thought thefuper visorot strecla should 0 instructed t make the Improvements required Referred t the committee on Irrigation A petition of John W SeeS and i others represented that they own I quarries am tad used 4 reVtrfA roaJ bet oT late i had trta done away with Uy certllh individuals Tlio Council Was asked to take a hand In straightening out the matter mat-ter lleferred to the committee on iublic ground S A petitioner SamuelW Andrews and others asked the removal of a nuisance t which the attention of the marshal had been previously caledandalsocomplulnirgefwatej floods and demanding Wief e ferred 10 tire watcrmnster and fer tr Abhtr marshal mar-shal salfe petition of W RIchards asked for damages for injuries t his land inSugar house Wall by overflowing over-flowing of tbe canal He wanted wmtenn I answer Tho committee on claims said they had asked him to appear and state his wmplsnt which he had failed t do KefOrrSd t com ralLies un Cisinta I The K Jtlbn ot 3Iatllda M Busby asVcd forthenrivileceof nurchasln I a certain piece of land in the mili tary reservation wlich was to have been used for pesthoutt purposes pur-poses but which was never s used grounds deferred t the committee on public A communication Was received from the chamber commerce ask ing IheClty Council to memorialize building Ccngtcss for a 51000000 public Mr Dooly was of the opinion that the matter having been lately acted upon by a committee Congress it ought t nt for the present Tho communication was placed on file Yo Js Cook gave notice that he intended to get Batisfaclion fo the land that he had pall FitJO for pU t lie then related his experience in church and secular matters for the i last Baft VAJUtury and roundly tle ueancoU everybody with whom he had the Mormon dealing Church and authorities especially Before the close of the reading Councilor Dooly moved its reference unclor It rr I I enc Ho thought It WAS not a proper roper to xmo before that body StormS retrred Storm-S petition of G W Bartch and lhen asking that Oak and Wil streets b repaired was referred to tho committee on streets The resignation of B Y If > dir > ton A assessor of water tales and collector oflioerc t take effect on ttf appointment his pplnten successor was received and filled Three applications for liquor licenses were granted A communication from the asses ear and collector calling attention to section 9 chapter 23 of the revIsed I ordinances In reference to his ditty to collect taxi in his own uimeand I I providing that when It could net b tlouo the stidhtor < should credit him up with the deficiency was submit k A Hit of names was furnished and the assessors and collectoraskcd that the auditor b instructed t credit him with Uie amount pct opposite their names amounting lo SllOCO He called attentlou to a I similar communication May last last and asked for Immediate action I finance Referred to the committee on A communication 3 received f Marshal Solomon and mere I tiers of the police force caUlug attention at-tention t tho hanMiln hoT were under by being Compelled b t buy their own Uniforms and asking for xu srjiropriatlon of MSS40to pay for i same and evoked a lively discussion Mr McCornick raid l i was an outrage out-rage to compel them to buy their uniforms at the time they were bought and was against It Mr Young wanted to appropriate onehalf the amount this Mr Pyper was also in favor of thisMr Mr niter was of the opinion that the Council had D more legal right to pay for tills tITan fora suit each for members of Uie Council He would pay as much as any other member towards a fund t relieve them bit would not vote away the P ° llul money fur it Mr Body was of a similar opinion S i i Mr Young still maintained they had asiiuch right appropriate for this r for harriers for the horses or any other proper expense He withdrew his motion however although al-though it had his moral 3 well as legal support I was finally referred attorneyassociated to the committee on police with the The petition of Walter W Will iams asking that the mayor to authorized to sign a deed was referred re-ferred the fer t attorney The city attorney on the petition of LG Hardy giving it A his opinion that the equitable title was laMe Hardy and he ought t have the quitclaim deed the recom mcnuation was adopted The report of the city attorney on property of J E Dooly recommended recommend-ed that a mitclaim deed L given given him Received and recom rncndaUon adopted S The nope submitted a report port on the Hydraulic Canal por lytrllc company com-pany relinquishment and risked that the prI lon of Ito company refund the money paid by thecity be acted upon promptly The recommendation ommendation was adopted and the mayor authorized by a unanimous vote totign Iberclinmiishment Thepohce justice report for the month ending DecemberSl was submitted mitt S The street supervisor reported deficiency of 5125 on canes hu had tried to collect but for which no judgment could be 1 flI and ask cd for an appropriation to cover tbe aR ttn amount Itefcrrrd to lie commlU tee on claims The report of the committee on the claim of J D II McAlliiterfor tlecm HllcIefor labor on canal recommended that the amount now due 500 bo appropriated ap-propriated Adontod The committee finance reported report-ed favorably on the auditors rpr o CTorbly 01 report and recommended that it be Jmende b published pub-lished Adopted The committee on Improvements submitted report on the iietition of A 1 Schnwder and W B Sterling asking for an electric light franchise The report recited the rpr tle inconvenience annoyance and danger 6f having so many wires strung on the poles and recom meniied that final determination of lie matter b suspended unUI i is ascertained whether It la practic able i S prtc to have underground wires Received and unerod wir The bills of thegasbompany and electric company 0 cetric light company for four months aggregating S was re erred to the committee on wa claims rc against Urn protest of 1 cIm Mc Curnick who wanted the amount wln1e te aount allotted The bill of Jesse W Fox Jr for services for six months amountln t SS5J32 was referred to amountn to cm mittee on claims Bills of H Jacobs for S24X33 j Fewson Smith for 40 S 3 S appropriated Bawlto for iSO were allowed and Mr Young want tho council togo to-go into committee of lie whole on the investigation of tie charges against the mayor and marshal Mr Dooly didnt know what could be done We are all satisfied lIe said of the mayors Integrity and he didnt think any action of this council would have an weight Mr McCoruIck believed no member mem-ber thought the mayor gullty of > Intentional wrong He hoped tne mayor Id withdraw his re qucsffor an investigation r Mayor Armstrong said he bad handled no moneys whatever ned had only approved vouchers for moneys approprated by its council Ln1 cil Jt would tike but oa short time to investigate the whole matter and he wanted I t go on g fdn Biter hoped the maVot wouldnt Insist He Lclioved this Council Wag ready to vote unanimously unani-mously that In their belief the mayor did no wrong He thought that would satisfy the public and ought t satisfy the m pblc was not an unusual proceeding though and If the mayor I rubied he thought the invcstlgationuugltt to le tgton ought t proceed Finally Mr Youngs motion prevailed pre-vailed and thte Council went into committee o the whole nil Mf McCornick In the Yjbalrx l J r MrT < ior > r tilledthatho had invited in-vited ISe district attorney to be here IMl he had refuted Mayor Armstrong then testified as follows In answer t questions propounded by different members Tno marshal employed Coltrin for Uttectire service He Coltrin had detected many crimes and brought the criminals Justice TrropArUcs were tried in die nallce court This employing Or dttcctivcs has been I done for years before I was nlarnr I had nd rrionev in r3 de3n this was j rdeJldr the contingent i fund In the hands of the marJiaL There Is a marshals fund I appropriated appropri-ated every quarter He gets vouchers I for all expenditures and I examine and them I know approve Ino jo whom the money h I paid Ties marshal told me that he was giving Coltrin 40 percent of the tinea Col trin employ hh owlj men t dot do-t emloJc P HarahM Solomon said Mint iii Plo < thoughthls mart paid a percentage Q t fl it WM hot i out of the fines They all went Into the treasury I was paid out of my quarterly fund I was t boat mY rate of 40 IKT cent of the fines I kept account of the fines collected V tf i 3 under the advice of the attorney of the police court plc mut Mr Richards Did Mf lloutz advlso you t do that I 1 Iout had no right to I want JiltS I Wore 1 nG this committee before the close I of the Investigation This is the first time I have hen of this Judge Typer explained that the testimony before the court was nut given by CoiLriii but by his em ployes and they were paid i by the mouth and had no contingent in crest iu lie result Mr Young slid ho thought thai i the marshal hail a right t employ detectives at ail he had a riirtit too to-o it ic this Way If lee eEdSe AlBrney Richards sid that Inasmuch Inas-much as Coltrin was never a win and tie witnesses had no interest in the result he could aoa no illegality or impropriety Iu it MarshalSolomon sid be nctnj Iu entire good faith He deputised Coltrin as hi thought lie had a right to ilo and paid him and had nothing to do wth Coltrins men In ft ht didnt know them till ttk f came In court After some further questIonIng the committee HMO and reported progress and 111 continue the hear Irg In next Tuesday evening MrApponfh wlio ns pfttcnt wauhM t bbmract employing him Sfi complete Uie Ibmenud specifics ions After a somenhaC protracted discussion tho matter was referred t the committee on improvements with next meeting instructions t report at the The council adjourned to net Tuesday cvenltigi |
