Show 0 CITY OFFICIAL BARNACLES were no particularly new nor startling developments at last nights session of the city council mr cohn offered a resolution however ho never which involves what might be regarded as aa a new departure he movel move for the abolition of the office of deputy treasurer a liberal creation of last summer in supporting his resolution mr cohn stated that he had bad become convinced vinced that the creation of the office was a mistake he did not so express it in words but it appeared to be his view that mr bowen treasurer waldena WaldeR Wal dens ls right hand man an was a species of official wart on the political body municipal or a sort of fifth wheel to the corporation car there are arguments which could be advanced on both sides aides of the question of abolition in support of mr conns cohns position it can be hold held that an assistant treasurer of a municipality is entirely original with salt lake city and its ita liberal government in that regard it diners differs from mr cohns view of its absurdity and uselessness which is exceedingly stale the news having havi ika taken the same position at the time the now new and unparalleled office was brought into being we said at the time of its birth that it was an abortion and it shows progress on the part of mr cohn when even at this late date he becomes convinced of what was a self evident truth from the beginning I 1 it puzzles us ua however to observe that in the light of mr bohus s discovery of an eight months old glaring fact he does doea not apply his new notion of official uselessness as he goes along seeing he is on that wholesome track it is only one week since the council created the office of inspector of mason work on the parleys creek conduit neither the objector to the office of deputy treasurer nor anybody else in the Counell raised the slightest whiff of opposition yet we have a committee of public works why not pass a resolution that the treasurer at stated intervals intervale call at the offices of the gentlemen who compose body and hand band them their salaries in order to save them the labor of having to appear at the mayors office ito to receive their remuneration mune ration then there is the city engineer whose duty it is to see that contracts for public work such as that on the parleys parley a creek conduit are performed according to specifications ficat ions we do not allude to the latter of official ficia in this con lection in order to insinuate that he has not plenty of work on his hands bands tuf ad he appears to be one of the most in dust rious officers in the corporation we merely refer tu to him in association with the committee on cubile works work sto to show that thal the creation of the new of flee fice of inspector for a comparatively limited piece of work was not a whit more necessary than the making ot of that of deputy treasurer it may be contended against mr cohns resolution that to put it in force and extend the principle embodied would be destructive of one of the must most striking features connected with the administration ot of the present city government the multiplication of otHo esin in order to pay salaries to special favorites when mr cohn opens such an attack upon the municipal government he strikes it on a tender place there is one peculiarity of the liberal record however which defies successful obliteration the lavish and bankrupting expenditure of the peoples money on such permanent improvements prove ments as the joint building hole in the ground which cost another of the improvements which mayor scott classifies as aper permanent InAn eUP will be the refilling of the aforesaid hole we do not know whether the contract for the latter per janancy has yet been awarded when it shall be we hope that mr cohn will introduce a protesting resolution should there be au attempt to create the office of inspector with a salary of a 9 month to give a favorite a position to see that the dirt throwers properly obliterate the permanent improvement by filling it up with geometrical precision |