| Show TIlE MINORITY Ml MAKES REPORT Democratic Council Members Re Reply Reply ply to the Majority Statement THEm It FLU ES S SIlO W SY WR I R it II Io be Out hued So o ac to tiit tha lit tu to tutu toLi tu Li e I 1 ODe On week ao alO the Republican memo mam beN of the city on mince It a majority ot of Ule tite committee d a th three to how the con oon of 01 the city financial affairs llie U and Ind of at the tha corn vho ho knew nothing ot of UI the con oon 01 atc of the to its ItA It read nall Its Ita In or nfl n and that till they would f a minority r l rt wk weak limo It dl did so JO last lut flIght The report Is 18 aa flows Salt sa lithe Lake Ctt It Utah Oct It 1 lC 1000 the minority of your committee ti ID finance bel beC leave to report us 1111 fol Col folin lIoW intro resolution In Jon Ie to th by n re U tI a iL l from the on 00 the Ihl has hu huseen seen tn lit et III t II report la In w the r resolution for the In nor lor a it this ble body ot of the fl pr present tat laL but trading Ih the main They take tip b cr tight light instead We th the minority or if the committee on have baY to inke this report port for We e ha haYe not Un 11 tn In I tied and md were ware not partI to the until tact lat Tues Tuesday day evenIng as al I the h l will her that our regular for thu purl puri ot of hearing tire lengthy report that tha 1 the tin nt fIrst we saw lw fI It an ani tire the report does Iloe not Ilot show holl the city financial standing n nor i tilt thO as al will be een n by by our report w We ibe minority ot of thy the on that such reports arc Brt Id cud Unbecoming to airy Cliv In the place an attempt I is made to 10 b besmIrch the for Iner tit Cit administration by making fallt falie and misleading comparIsons ch nl nl eald administration wIth wild whIle the facts are that ilD as actual com between fire months montha of last year ear and nine months ot of otIlia Ilia year ear shows howl the This ars to Septem r tte date dete of If this IHrl ate are lul yeses expenditures Wit were woe 1209 a 1 or of This lear ari or overdraft In the blinks banks Bt lember th wac O L Last ut tar yar 0 draft was wa ti Ai olm flU ft In the banki III i today tollY 1219 out La t year on the me date It n a difference of Of this to uld bp be In favor ot of this expenseS for water waler Improve although h a grut rout d deal al or of money Wa expended last lut yar for tor the same uh uch as al the pip t Sn In CIt Clo Creek k buying land kind In and a of the ena an work IM out of at tire Ibe gen era em fund so 10 If the former lI tin o sac this be termed Another attempt II made to show this hRS has II ld some someo lQ o the rh former ox The records of cr the elt city show that thu there were wre less unpaid bills and 1 lm against the th lIl it When this all ad It its II control than there hit bce ben for tor the last eight rhe majority r ort failed to state that the lust lual administration of oC fur tre RIo ago hi h Wilt wac termed by bythe byte the te Salt Lake 1 all Tribune as 11 nn nfl disgrace l to In this T If t to 10 the Ihl and Demo nearly of oC un and al 1 aim for that to tik up Anti the OlAla that tire the art arl ot of tire last lut Ion Woe WitS I Ic but II a Ite or of the a of the till ot of beemler I 1 th 1599 1199 ho where when Ihu extravagance In iii Eight nine hun bun bundren dren n were paid to G 0 II f for tor lire tarah nail nud IJ II Erk ln received 1100 tind hOt r for lulls cults Incurred during th former t tin Wh Vh I Is nut I the Ibe majority fair onrush to stile Ille these farts facts In justice Justlee to tl all al CollI cli I nod ned h t HUll uce money Yas WOI harget to that admInistratIon as W Se the minority believe that the kInd kini of II a wll h the majority hits made UI III not In hn any degree inform Of cc till itile For Its future Tu To tb contrary In our It ft II Ic I to this Council t 1 whole object sef n 1 t h to 10 answer what It tarns Ih fire eIl 11 journals and that the m ma has ha sunk down to the ii ot of the yellow journal In hd for It Its twisted fai and deliberately untrue n nr r lr h i 1 rt of these assertions WI we wei JJ i n n y r ty of at th on fi 11 naner I c aSi to cull call your attention ld tg l fee grIng mIsstatement In hl the j ff in the h t to 10 time the JIH i a as a matter ot of I th Ih report I thAt In Uti 1119 t y T expendi while for tor tire the i month f this y Ir only W iii bt bert tended while hlll the truth ot of ottlie the that for the nine montii ir r 1 Ih the auditors booke m ha has bun been spent t r I tu th sam clan ot of work j t C I 1 I 1 9 In looking over overl l i R nt nd ot of this tie r t show 0 II a most I v ilon n are putt as Thc mite t to t oer day and an eX CX renIve faM 1111 In tI n t nd irrigation dell rt men th h remarkable m ng eu CUN r li p f I e f r 10 tA it U II r f land an 1 water waler f rm Ir r ks i t I nM na for I XI per month for tor tori i t forI S I A 11 I n per month tor 1 J I P C I 0 jre with the ta ax II i nth fur for tit yer tar 1 1930 ot 0 II rall H cC I toss nile per Ti t t f hl v find to be b t tI 1 I I tilt t ii r C Ihl th 1 i of the t r i hu has bP bon 11 I r or 10 t wilfully II tu II di de deI dise se I II lit iii Ie to the mo ma moI I t on an to N It Ib that I i T m ment nl Blun 1065 more 1 tI I per month than In Inn n this Is largely larely t 1 the he ot of Ih the land tl r department AnI An 1 t I It itt city iii II III the n e f h of he b by the property reciting along the line of o ex ex tension which the ordinances plainly sho show Xh engineer I Is called all on to estimate the ot of this which he co does but hIS bin ar are areso so 80 Inac inaccurate and nd so 80 tar bow tine the actual cot cost that the In some cases amounts to from Ie 15 to 70 10 tt pr cent which the city cHy hII has to pay lIY out of at Ih tine general taxation To repeat past wIl III not ta ci lieve lIel the elt city from its financial condition Wi Ve wish to 10 call your It at ten lion to the fact t that tor tic till the fleet time irn In many loony years ear there Is no check checkor or limit on In In en nt as asto to its expenditures and tho those In charI charIot ot of tile the departments feel ne inc longer r bound by time the rulee of at the p Council anti the administration has haa tailed to adopt any ny rules whatever with regard to 10 limiting the ot of the sever several al and In our opinion It Is Ie thle that ha has caused the deplorable Condition or of him hili elt finances more than anything else timing that 8 seem rn right is III that Ihal very 10 often all Of tine aunt monthly pal payrolls II appear tile tIe names or of those who receive tot for teem to twenty lIa days for or two weeks welk labor To alleviate this we urgently mend that steps tepi bi taken tu Lu a Item keep our ul n within the of at atour our Income which It tides 1101 not do 10 today for tor which an overdraft In Inthe Intine tine the banks ot of thIs speaks peak for tor itself Another ImportAnt matl matter t Is II that so lr cording cordill to II law W the L treasurer must di divide It vide Ih tine money collected Into different funds which will make I ii very serious question arise as al to how bow to meet tl tUe expenses ann particularly tho those or of the general rums fund A Au the auditor la Is In Int instructed t to lu report this evening oh that fund anti and It its condition we fa defer further comment upon Ih tue ame One thing II I evident and that is III that expanses mUst be cut down anti anel our It If possible increased ell ald we fear that the on 01 our income is II to a great extent hampered b by om dais lal whose whOle duty dUlY It should be to old aid anti and those who are placed In charge charae of the collection ot of our revenues l lIn In conclusion lon we wish to cay that willie win the president ot of tints Council and tint chairman ot of th the committee on In fin care boldly III stated II Ifill It at the fIrst meet meat Inor ht held hl lIy by thIs Council that tine tho mae ma assumed nil the responsibility ot of this we tine the minority In justice Justlee to the already taxpayers ilo Iemand that thata a more businesslike be thAn has hal characterized tints thIs CouncIl Counell In I the he past NOT READY HEADY to 10 the presentation ot of the re a 0 was wa read from Auditor slating that he hal had not had time to the 1 required at hi hands Ind nd BIlking asking an extension ot of time ne lie was urns granted d dun un until III Friday night EIGhT KIGHT noun hOUR onDI A CE motIon ot of Councilman Thoma the Iho ordinance action on which has hili been long deferred was takemi up and SI passed The ordInance provides that no contractor upon works withIn the city shall ahall employ labor er than eight hours hourt per day for tor anyone any one anti places time penalty for tor Ing the ordinance Ii a tine of or im or of not nol Ie less thAn dayS Upon roll call Ih the ordinance pasted lInseed JIow and Councilman n III voting No ETEn TAXES A communication was read from time the city treasurer caking that hr he be em empowered powered to em another man In his hisomu office omu lit He out that tha I the change from the old ok plan to 10 the meter system ot of collecting water eaten entailed a gr great 81 of additional labor ald ad that at time time the there was but bUI In waler meter hills bIlls outstanding and amid uncollected and that the force In hi lila atTica was as so 0 small that nome nOle ot of them could Ia be spared to do this timis work The was referred to the appropriate committee Y VALVE AINE HOUSES The contracts with Andrew for tor the construction or of a valve ale house houe at atthe t the distributing reservoir on tine the corner ot or l First South and Thirteenth Rut East streets was approved by the Council The contract t prIce being The con can contract tract was al also o approved which WAS awarded to the same lame party for tor the con construction ot of three valve ahe hous on the Parleys Canyon vIaduct one on Soc See ond South one on Filth South and One on Ninth South the th three e to cost 31 CITY LIGHTING offered the following resolution which uvas u re referred referred to tine the committee on lights In Iii connection with time the city attorney Wh Whereas the city street eon eona tra tract t between tween tine the city amid the Utah LIght anti Power company expIred on the mh day of September 1900 and Whereas It Is accessory r to make some lome Arrangement for tor the future light In lag ot of the city II Resolved that the City CIU Council take tIme necessary step to 10 renew time the eon con tract with the company to lI light the city TION LIST The appropriation list amounting to passed excepting certain Items which are payable froni rom tine the sale III of the bonds recently issued TO A resolution was Val the hour ot of meeting to Ue be ot of p m imi After the Council nd ad adjourned until Friday evening |
