Show PIKE TO BE PAID By City Warrant in the Regular Reg-ular Way A PARLIAMENTARY KNOT C D Glazier to Succeed Richard Brereton as Councilman One Days License Allowed Al-lowed Mr Harrison Only Because of Being Closed on May 12th Our city fathers got all tied up in a parliamentary knot at their session last evening It toOl them till 11 oclock to extricate themselves and when they did Bet untangled they found that they had done the U exact reverse of what they intended to do but as both the president i of the council and the chairman chair-man of the committee of the whole succeeded only in getting one or two of the Eolons to vote aye and none to vote no they were obliged to let er oat o-at that The cause of all the trouble was the settlement with Dr Pike rot his judgment judg-ment against the city for damages It will be remembered that some weeks ago this matter was placed III the hands of the judiciary committee with the attorney added The important idea tuen seemed to be to gain time A motion for a new trial was to be made that failing the case w as to ne appealed ap-pealed Investigation proved this to be a poor policy and the council concluded con-cluded to pay tne judgment 500 and 41tiO costs and realizing tnat cash is I not in the treasury and more than likely will not be when a warrant drawn now would become be-come due instructed the committee com-mittee to obtain from the doctor and his attorney George Sutherland who gets a big slice of the judgment the very nest terms possible The i committee and city attorney worked hard on the matter and finally arrived at an agreement which was to issue notes payable in two years drawing interest in-terest at 8 per cent per annum McEwan and Simmons of the committee commit-tee attached their names to a report recommending that the notes be signed This report was presented at I last meeting bur it was not considered It was taken up last evening Keeler had not consulted with the other members mem-bers of the committee and wanted to amend the report by recommending that a warrant for the amount be drawn at once The balance of the committee not want to go on record as making such a recommendation And right here the parliamentary tangle ensued The report although being considered under the head of report re-port of committees was found to be miscellaneous business The original renort was accented with the original recommendation tabled and the council coun-cil resolved itself into a committee of the whole to consider Keelers motion to draw a warrant McEwan was appointed ap-pointed chairman Cluff favored the proposition Ito I-to give notes He would prefer pre-fer to have the words on or before be-fore inserted in the note so that they may be paid as soon as possible and save interest To issue a warrant when it becomes due and no money in the treasury to pay it the city will be compelled to pay 8 per cent on that warrant and upon all other warrants drawn and to be drawn and which remain re-main unpaid as well Keeler favored his motion Fought shy of the proposition that the treasury treas-ury will be empty when the warrant would become due and said that a note against Provo city for two years at 8 per cent is such a one as banks will gladly pay a premium on to secure Knudsen favored the motion beliey log that it will be economy for the city to concentrate all of its loans into one note and then pay off all warrant claims against the city The committee arose and reported to the council on the matter recommending recommend-ing as suggested in Keelers motion Adopted Haliaday Simmons and McEwan voting no Cluff did not vote i voteThe following is all the business other than the aboye that was transacted trans-acted PETITIONS PRESENTED By Havercamp Co asking for portion por-tion of citys fire insurance to be renewed re-newed August 1st Referred REPORTS OF COMMITTEES By license committee on Henry Har risons petition asking for reimbure ment because of closing of Eureka saloon sa-loon May 12th by order of mayor recommending re-commending that his license be dated ahead one day Adopted iiy the committee on streets and alleys recommending removal of high ditch or embankment crossing N street between 5th and 6th to do away with stagnant pool of water A course for the water to run was described and recommended re-commended The report was adopted Next came the muddle over the payment pay-ment of Dr Pikes bill particulars of which are given above Craims were presented and allowed as follows Smoot Drug Co 3 45 Judicary committee 8 10 a P Eggertsen hay 6 53 N Williams lumber 35 30 Wm Williams lumber 8 60 Daniel Ross labor 1360 Committee on license 4 80 Committee on irrigation 27 60 The Enquirer 5 10 Fire department services at Saxey lire 6 75 Woolen Mills lights in June 7 17 Telephone company 15 00 J M White witness tees in Pike case 1 70 Silas Allred salary 60 00 David Bonnett 35 00 This together with the Pike warrant I made a total of 78020 claims allowed I RETRENCHMENT IF POSSIBLE McEwan moved that the several committees ot the various departments be instructed to investigate carefully and ascertain whether or no the expenses ex-penses of the respective departments can in any way be curtailed and report re-port their t findings |