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Show aB-BB-BB-BBBBBsaSBBBBBBBBBBBBS-B e - o o 0 o q I IAY02 riORRIS 7AIiTS THESE IIEIL , City Engineer Ceorge W. Snow. - Superintendent of WaterworksEll A. Folland.- f , City Sexton Heber H. Davis. ' ' ' . ' 9 , Building Inspector -J. H. Brlttaln. . ' S Health Commissioner Dr. C. L Douglas. J Plumbing Inspector Henry C. James. '.,.--. Humane Officer B. B. Mann. Land and Water Commissioner Beit D. Luce. Food Inspector Joseph A. Jennings.; ' Poundkeeper George H. Morris. " , Oil Inspector and Sealer of Weight and Measures H. p. Richards. Member of Board of HealthGeorge D. Alder. , . j ' Member of Board of Health Frederick Lyon. . ia . Ferns trcm Charges Crc oTi-.' oTi-.' cCzcss and Demands Of-ficial Of-ficial Investigation in .: Waterworks the Dc- partment. The City Council at its meeting last night returned to Mayor Morris hi recent re-cent appointment of the heads of various vari-ous departments without confirmation Mayor Morris Immediately submitted to the -Council a new set of appointments, appoint-ments, which were referred at once to the special oromittee of five that was named to consider the other set of appointments ap-pointments made by the Mayor some weeks ago, and which failed In con-flrmatlon con-flrmatlon last night. , . The report of the majority of this ' special committee of five on the former . 1 slate, which was adopted by a solid Republican Re-publican vote, was complete In every . detail, and gave the Democratic side of .. ;the Council a good idea of the postUon which the Republican side asserts It will maintain. .. . , The Republican members of the special spe-cial committee did not at first Bubroit I their full report. Instead, they made a brief report that they did not approve the appointments, not considering the division of spoils a fair one. Fernstsom Gets Explanation. "Councilman Fernstrom demanded an explanation. The other report was accordingly ac-cordingly substituted. This report was signed by Councilman Davis, Hobday and Preece. After giving the appointments appoint-ments of the Mayor, and quoting sev- eral extracts from his first message to i the Council, it continued as follows: v' . The sentiments expressed in the above rnsssaga are such as must appeal to the thinking public, providing its author, ia ' his succeeding actions, shares a desire to live up to the sentiments so expressed, , through making the interests of the taxpayer tax-payer paramount with him to any question ques-tion of a political nature, and the treating ' of the majority of the members of the Council, who are of an opposite political faith to hlmseur. with that consideration . and fairness which he, in his message, so subtly telle the public shall be their lot. . Has anything of this kind been done? In these appointments, has tt been the great Interest of the people, or the greater great-er political Interests of his Honor, the Mayor, that have been considered? In his appointments of so-called Republicans, does he treat the Republican majority of the Council with fairness, or does he not rather Insult their intelligence by asking - them to support renegades from their party, whose only qualification for office Is that they, In opposition to the ticket ' upon which this majority of the Council were elected, supported and assisted In electing the Hon. R. P. Morris to the office of Mayor? - j Can't See . the Point-Again, Point-Again, his Honor. In his message, proclaims pro-claims the fact that his appointees shall possess peculiar fitness for the positions to which they may be appointed, and to handle the many Intricate problems of such grave interest to the taxpayer that may confront them. In glancing over the names of the ap-' ap-' polntees of his Honor, we sre compelled to admit ourselves lacking in that fine power of discernment which would enable us to discover this "peculiar fitness." The . question of greatest moment to the people that can come before this body during the term of office is the question of a water supply. j If the Mayor is sincere In his message that public interests, and not politics, shall . guide him. in his appointments.. why does he attempt to remove from office the present City Engineer? a man who has been In the City Engineer's office for , many years; a man whose ability or integrity in-tegrity no one can question; a man who has a thorough and practical knowledge, of all questions pertaining to the increase of our water supply which have been pre-i pre-i sented In the past, or that may be under consideration at the present time; a - knowledge that has been acquired at the . expense of. the taxpayers of Salt Lake City. In bis place we are asked to con-' con-' firm a man who. no doubt, is a fine civil engineer, but possessing - none of the . knowledge so valuable to us at the present pres-ent time, and who would have to be edu- - eated at a large expense to the city, both In money and time. ' Importance of . 'Waterworks, j Our waterworks system Is a most Intricate Intri-cate one. covering a great deal of territory, terri-tory, and' in the interest of the taxpayer, ot for political reasons, as his Honor, the ' .jHayor, named and would have us under- .rtnd. we are requested to remove a Su- prrintendent who for four years has handled han-dled this system not only with credit to himself, but with the very best results to the people, snd In his place put one whom one qualification for the position Is that he is a Democrat. We have no desire to reflect on the ability of Mr. Folland, but .we believe that lack of education and experience along that particular line .'makes the position of Superintendent of such a system of waterworks s Salt Lakd City possesses, one that Is entirely- unfitted unfit-ted for him. -i t ' For Plumbing Inspector we are asked to replace a practical plumber, who has xtven general satisfaction during the time he has served in this capacity, with a Democrat who, we understand, is a steam fitter by trade, and is reputed to own an . interest In a plumbing and steam fitting shop, who was, when appointed by the " - Mayor, not even a resident of Salt Lake City, but a resident of tbe county; Talk of Coercion. , I So we might go on discussing these appointments; ap-pointments; but we believe the above sufficient suf-ficient to show to the public the consistent manner In which his Honor, the Mayor, is living up to the beautiful sentiments expressed in his message, promulgated for the purpose of cultivating their sympathies, sym-pathies, winning their good will and opin-Jons, opin-Jons, so that he might coerce the majority major-ity members of the Council i,lto quietly submitting to his turning the city govern- . went Into a machine for the future benefit of the political party represented by him . That uch is, or was. the intention of the Mavor is shown by the fact that although loudly protesting that politics would not sway him, still. In every oi'flce where there is the slightest amount of patronaae to be controlled, we find a Democrat an-pointed.- while for the purpose of keeping blind the eyes of the public a few unlm- porta nt crumbs are thrown to so-called Republicans. Ia regarding these sppolntments of his Honor, the Mayor, we are quite certain that the public will sustain us. We, or . rather, the political party we, as a majority major-ity of the CHy Council, represent, will be held responsible by the people for any mistakes that may be made by the city government during the ensuing two years' and Fernstrom. Black took exception to the paragraph In which the Mayor said that inefficiency exists in many ot the departments. Fernstrom said it was his intention to Introduce a resolution resolu-tion which would not only charge inefficiency, in-efficiency, but actual crookedness, and that criminal proceedings might follow. The communication was sent by a vote of 7 to 6 to the different departments depart-ments mentioned. Tankman .Turned Down. The appointment of Mose Evans to be brick tankman in City Creek canyon was then read. This was rejected by a straight party vote, Democrats , and Republicans 9. The appointment of C. M. Jackson, clerk of the Board of Health, went over the same road. At the conclusion of the reading of the lengthy report of the majority of the special committee to consider appointments. ap-pointments. Councilman Fernsrtrom declared de-clared that he believed the Waterworks department to be as rotten as any in the city. . He said: "Last summer a watchman permitted stock to remain in the canyon and got legs of mutton from a butcher on Third South street I told Mr. Hlnes, and still there was nothing done. I went to Mr. MacKntght and told him. At a meeting acts against the city and its Inhabitants; Inhabi-tants; therefore, be it "Resolved, That the said Joseph Mac-Knight Mac-Knight and Frank I Hlnes be at once removed from their respective positions, posi-tions, together with the said Joseph Pugsley and James Hilton, and that the matter of further prosecution of said offense be referred to a committee of this Council. consequently,, we expect the support of the public in our efforts to learn whether or not his Honor, tbe Mayor, may assume that un-American stand of autocrat and dictator, or if he is to be .compelled to treat those whom the laws of our State make his associates with a proper amount of courtesy and consideration. " Under a suspension of the rules a communication from the Mayor was introduced, making the new appointments appoint-ments as follows: George A. Snow, City Engineer. Eli A. Folland, Superintendent of Waterworks. Heber H. Davis, City Sexton. J. H. Brlttaln. Building Inspector. Dr. C I. Douglas, Health Commissioner. Commis-sioner. Henry C James, Plumbing Inspector. B. B. Mann, Humane Officer. Ben D. Luce, Land and Water Commissioner. Com-missioner. Joseph A. Jennings,' Food Inspector, George H: Morris, Poundkeeper. H. P. Richards, Oil Inspector and Sealer of Weights and Measures. George D. Alder, Frederick Lyon, members Board of Health. By a . Vote of -13 to 2 these appointments appoint-ments were referred to the same committee com-mittee that had considered the others. Mayor Morris called the attention of the Council to the defects in the Revised Re-vised Ordinances in not providing for the appointment of assistants. The communication was as follows: Mayor Asks New Ordinance. ' " "Permit me to respectfully call your attention to the fact that there are no ordinances or resolutions In effect authorizing au-thorizing the City Engineer, the City .Sexton or the Board of Health to obtain ob-tain necessary assistants. The same is true in a more limited degree of the Waterworks, Streets and Land and Water departments. "For the proper conduct of the business busi-ness of his office the City Engineer requires re-quires a number of assistants. Under the present ordinances he is not entitled en-titled to any. "To conduct the business of the Board of Health it Is necessary to have several men to look after garbage and other outside matters, and In times of emergency to have numerous other assistants. as-sistants. These is nothing in the ordinances ordi-nances authorizing the employment of anybody except one clerk and a chemist. chem-ist. Nor Is there any authority for the employment of a Janitor or other necessary ne-cessary assistants about the city and county building. "The Land and Water Commissioner is allowed such deputies at such compensation com-pensation as the City Council may from time to time allow. There is no resolution reso-lution or ordinance in force allowing' him any deputies or for fixing any compensation. The Superintendent of Waterworks is in a similar situation The ordinance provides for several assistants, as-sistants, but the duties of his office require re-quire the employment of a great number num-ber of men at certain seasons. As to such employees, the ordinance provides that he may employ them 'in such numbers and at such compensation as the City Council may authorize.' As yet there Is no provision authorizing such employment or establishing any compensation. The Supervisor of Streets is in the same situation. Would Limit Appointing: Power. "I respectfully recommend that your honorable body enact an ordinance providing pro-viding for the number and salaries of the permanent employees in each de-parment, de-parment, and also giving a general authority au-thority to the head of each department to employ emergency men as needed. And in regard to such general authority, authori-ty, I believe that it should be subject held to investigate the matter the butcher admitted he had given tbe mutton mut-ton to the watchman if he would be lenient with him. I think it is time to clean out such a department. I will Introduce a resolution and back it up, setting forth my statements. We are going to have a change." Ferny Is Beaten Again. Upon the adoption of the report Councilman Coun-cilman Hartenstein introduced an brdl-nance brdl-nance giving the Mayor power to appoint ap-point all city employees in the disputed departments, and attempted, under a suspension of the rules, to have it passed, but the Republicans voted it down, and the ordinance went over for one week. Councilman Fernstrom dropped a bomb In 'the Council chamber by submitting sub-mitting the following resolution, which It was agreed should come up for discussion dis-cussion next Wednesday night in committee com-mittee of the whole, when all parties interested would be ordered to be present:' pres-ent:' "Whereas, Joseph Pugriey Is now. and for some time past has been an employee in the Land and Water department, de-partment, and also in the Waterworks department of the city, and employed as a patrolman in City Creek canyon, whose duty it is to keep the said creek clean and to prevent all animals from polluting the waters of said stream; and "Whereas, Joseph Hilton Is now, and for some time past has been an employee em-ployee in the Waterworks department of the city, stationed at Hlghllne tank in said City Creek canyon, In the position posi-tion of tankman and watchman; and Charges of Crookedness. . 'Whereas, Contrary to the duty of these aforementioned employees, they did at various times during the summer of 1903 allow animals belonging to one Mat Cochran to trespass and pasture in the said canyon, thereby polluting the waters of the said creek, and they did. as compensation therefor, accept gifts of meat at various times drawn from the market of the firm of Raddon tt Williams of this city, and had the said meat charged against the said Mat Cochran; and "Whereas, Joseph F. MacKnlght the present head of the Land and Water department; and Frank Hlnes, the present head of the Waterworks department de-partment of this olty. have for months to limitations. It would be well to require re-quire the consent of the committee having charge of such department, or one or more members thereof, to the employment of emergency men. "As matters now stand there is much uncertainty and dissatisfaction and little lit-tle efficiency In the above mentioned departments." . A tilt occurred upon the reading . of tbe me set go betwsen ounc4!xneq Black L . v- ---- ' - - been fully cognisant of the said acts and breaches of duty of the aforementioned aforemen-tioned Joseph Pugsley and James Hilton, Hil-ton, and have continued to retain the said men In their respective positions, thereby making the said Joseph Mac-Knight Mac-Knight and Frank L. Hlnes equally blamable with the said Joseph Pugsley and James Hilton, placing In Jeopardy the lives and health of the inhabitants ' .').' |
