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Show A CH&KGE II 1FFAIRS. The West End of Town Gets In Its Work. Walter Scott Appointed Wa-termaster Wa-termaster and Jorgen Han-f Han-f son Road Supervisor, " " Dr. M. H. Hardy, Wm. H.Kint? and Alfred Booth Cet Back Again. The City Council met in regular ses ion last nicht, with Mayor Booth in th chair. There was a full quorum present". On motion, the- wattr tax of the Second Eccleciastical ward was remitted. re-mitted. The report of the City Recorder, showing licenses collected durinti February, 1S91, amonnting to $929.90 , was read and accepted. Th report of the City Sexton, for the year ending February, 1S91, was red and accepted. It showed a total lilt of 145 deaths froin various causei; nineteen of which were strangers, and seyen inmatea of the Territorial Insane In-sane Asylum. The report of the City Marshal, for the month of February, 1891, showing v- fifty arrests and $433.30 assessed as fines, was read and accepted, The report of the Chief of Fire Department De-partment was read. The report was accepted on motion of Councilor Maiben. A communication from the Provo Woolun Mills, assuring the Council that they would make cood all bridges over the Factory Race, and make other improvements deemed neci-ssary by the Council, was read andjreferred. A communication from l'iackbnrn & Post, of St. Louis, Mo., in regard to the sewaraje question, was referred to the committee on quarantine. The committee on irrigation. to whom was' referred the communication of the watermaster in relation to dunging j the ditch running through the lots of j Jas. E. Daniels, Jr. recommended it j Jdianged to the "east side of X, j sirS'oTiiFiflh toThird,t!ience-frnt to O street. 1 Councilor Glazier thought it s!io.l 1 ; be located no west side of 2i. j Tho rap irt was adopted. Councilor . i Glazier being the only member voting against it. Councilor Maiben reported from the committee on judiciary that the bill, granting a franchise to J. II. Vau Home an-i St. V. Le Sieur, for gas works for ProTO, was ready to be placed on its final passage. Adopted. The following claims were allowed: ProTO Woolen Mills, electric light servic for February, $294; Daniels & Holdaway, horse for fire department, $175; city marshal, police services for February. $354; board of prisoners, for February, $117.60; Chas. L. Gray, teamster, xne month's ssrvices, $40; Jessie Harding hay, $8.65; Dunn & Co., sundries, $18.25. The claim of Wm. II. King, services as attorney for quarter ending February, Febru-ary, amounting to $125, was referred to the committee on claims on motion of Councilor Maiben. The claim of Booth & Wilson, for office rent for Mayor for three months, amounting to $7.50, was allowed, as also the following: Soren Jensen, for ringing the curfew bell, $4; Geo. O. Haws, services as road supervisor, ! $149.87. The Mayor here called attention to the fact that the expenses of the city were increasing, but the revenue remained re-mained the same. The polic bill for January was yet unpaid. Up to the last of February there were unpaid warrants in the neighborhood of $2500. while to-night there had been $1200 of claims allowed. The matter must be given consideration by the committee on finance, and some steps taken to cut down expenses or in-j in-j , crease the revenue, or both. The present Council had just got through one year of IU administration, and it ' was a good time now to investigate the situation. ! 'The matter was referred to the committee com-mittee on finance. -On motion of Councilor .Dixon, the bill to provide for the inspection of buildings and other structures, was laid over to the next session, pending I its second reading. J The substitute bill, granting a franchise to Le Sieur and Van Home, i to establish gas works for Provo city, j was then taken u ? on its final reading, j On motion of Councilor Dixon the ArrOINTINO CITY OFFICEKS. The mayor then stated that this was the wight to appoint city officers, and that that business would now be in order. SUPERVISOR OF STREETS. Motions were then announced in order for supervisor of streets. Councilor Glazier nominated G. O. naw6. Councilor Dunn stated that Mr. Jlaws had requested him to state, In M-j -. V the event of his name being presented, that he wished to decline. On this showing Councilor Glazier withdrew his nomination, and substituted sub-stituted Jos. Strong. Councilor Dixon nominate. 1 Jorgan Hansen for the position. The vote shewed: For naws Maiben, Glazier and Thomas, 3. For Hansen Dunn, Ilenrichsen, Dixon and Liddiard, 4. CITY ATTORNEY. On motion of Councilor Maiben, Wm. H. King w-as declared to" be the unanimous choice of tha Council for attorney. WATERMASTER. Councilor Henrlchsen wanted Walter Wal-ter Scott. Councilor Glazier nominated T. E. Thurman. When "remarks'" were called Councilor Coun-cilor Maiben referred to the good services ser-vices rendered by Mr. Thurman, and said it would be the height of folly to change officers simply for the sole purpose pur-pose of giving another end of town representation. To throw away a man of experience to place one in his place who had not the experience, seemed to him like engaging an apprentice to supplant another who had got that far along with his trade when he could be of use. He did not believe the man proposed by the west end of town would make as good an officer. He wanted the mon proposing the char ge to act conscientious in the matter and not go to work and elect Mr. Scott simply to give some other part of town "a show." Councilor Glazier supported Water-master Water-master Thurman, and paid him a fitting compliment for services rendered. ren-dered. Councilor Liddiard said if Mr. Scott was an apprentice he would cast his Tote for him. But'he was not an apprentice, ap-prentice, nor was l.e a green hand. He had had years of experience in t lie Council ".and had acted as deputy to the present incumbent. Councilor ik-iuiehsjti said the members from the west end were not putting up a fresh .hati to le;irn the business, lie believed Mr. Scott would jive the office more attention than'had Mr. Thurman, and l a believed the city would save money by m.tking the chant;. Councilor Dixon wanted to see Waltt-r Scott "set thai !'' and would cast his vote for him. --Councilor Dunn wool I -U f r Mr. Scott. lie believed lie, w.-.s as v. t-U up to the requirements of Provo city in .regard -to the irrigation interests as ' any other ciliz-n of Provo. lie hod not j a word to sav aga'nst Mr. Thurman, however, and believed he had made a good officer. Councilor Glazier did not sea wherein-! Mr. Scott would make a good water-master. water-master. He had been trying to get water up hill but hadn't succeeded, A vote was finally called for, which showed: For Scott Dunn, ilenrich-sen, ilenrich-sen, Liddiard and Dixon, 4. For Thurman Maiben, Thomas and Glazier, Glaz-ier, S. So the "sold south'1 got there again. VOUNDKREPEU. When the Mayor called for nominations nomina-tions for this office, Councilor Thomas said: "You can have him on the other side'' (referring to the west end of town.) Ceuncilor Maiben nominated William Wil-liam Strong, but upon the City Mar-si. Mar-si. al stating that it would be impossible impossi-ble for Mr. Strong to attend to Lis duty as a police officer as well as poundkeeper, Mr. Maiben withdrew his nomination. On motion of Councilor Dunn the matter was laid on the table. SURVEYOR. On motion of Councilor J)una Al fred L. Booth was re-appointed to 1511 the office. CHIEF OF TOI.1CE. John A. l'rown was re-appointed on motion of Councilor Dunn. SEXTOT. This wa3 again given to John Giles, on motion of Councilor Thomas. j SEALER OF WEIGHTS AXD MEASURES. Councilor Dixon nominated Henry Stagg, and Councilor Thomas, Joseph Fawcett. Stagg being a "West End man,"" he got theie by the same vote ;w did Sooti. and Hansen. j CITY INSPECTOR. i Councilor Glazier nominated 11. C. Watkins, Architect Kletiing's representative repre-sentative in Provo. and at present supervising the construction of the Asylum work. Councilor Maiben v. anted to know from Mr. Watkiin it he was a permanent perma-nent resident of Provo. Mr. Watkins, who was present, assured as-sured the Council that he was, and upon that showing he was appointed. QUARAN'TINK rilYSICIAX. I Councilor Miti-" r.ooiinated Dr. F. II. S'.mmons, and Conneiior Dixon named Dr. M. H Hi-rdy. Councilor Miiben supported Ids candidate in a rcat rpepch. in which he said Dr. Hardy's literary abilities were aid ht, in IV't t-o much fo, Provo, but hf was not thf re when it came to work. Dr. Simmrns, while quarantine physician, had attended to his duti? most Jd -votrdly, and during all liia admrnistrniio"s had never allowed a doctor's bill t Crme before tlie Council. This much a -i.M not 1 e said in favor of Dr. ilsnly. Councilor Dixon said if e-ol-lectfd right. Dr. Simmons uev r attended toj contagious c is. s himself; in fact he did not believe thai anj physician would spoil his practice In-exposing In-exposing himself. Dr. Hardy h::d been very diligent as quarantine physician, and lie had never heard any complaint Kcainst him. Councilor Glazier was in favor of Dr. Simmons. Tlie vote showed: Simmons East end. Hardy West end. Tlie West end got their work in again. Councilor Dunn as'.:ed to be excused. ex-cused. Councilor Glazier, in behalf of the East end, objected. A vote was called, and the West end excused Mr. Dunn. CniEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. On motion of Councilor Maiben, John A. Brown was appointed chief of fire department. ASSISTANT ClIIIiF. Councilor Thomas aominatod Wm. Hill as assistant chief. Councilor Glazier said there was considerable feeling among the boys against Mr. Hill, and he thought some one else should be appointed. Councilor Maiben said it was the wish of the chief that Mr. Hill should be appointed, and the feelings of possibly one or two members of the fire derailment should not stand in the way. The vote resulted in Mr. Hill's unanimous un-animous appointment. ENGINEER KIKE DEPARTMENT. llyriun llatton secured the appointment appoint-ment as engineer, on motion of Councilor Coun-cilor Maiben. ASSISTANT ENGINEER. Councilor Dixon named George Itos, and it went. l'OUNDKEEI'Eit. On motion of Councilor Maibon, Aljiizo D. Ferre was appointed pound-keeper. pound-keeper. On motion of Councilor Glazier, t! c Co.mcil adjourned i'or two weeks. "Tlh" FIRST ECHOES." Is What the Oivd?n "Standard" Calls the Letter of K?siaraation Penned y Jinli'Saxey. Judge Suxey of Provo has submitted something to the Liberal commit le.1 of that place which, it' their digestion is normal, o;i..!it to make vonderfnl change.'! in their political lr-aith. .Mr. Saxey tenders his resignation as chairman chair-man of the c:nmitte: au-l say. by way of reason for so daing:- Here follows the letter of resignation pre- i viously published by The Dispatch. No v, George Sutherland, Dan Jones, Dr.Pike, Doiid, 1'achmaii.Hiil and the rest of you, can yo i answer these simple sim-ple questions to the satisfaction of unprejudiced un-prejudiced reason? If you can, speak up, quick. We are mightily interested in this very matter ourselves and more or less anxious to know what the wise heads have to say about it. If Judge Saxey is in a delusion the men of Weber We-ber County have made a serious break But these brave words from Judge Saxey do not sound like the vaporings of delusion; rather they seem like the prediction of a magnificent tri-umpli. tri-umpli. The letter has a sniff of powder pow-der and a tone of exalted adventure about it that nerves oui sinews to war. lis words bear the ring of a leader's signal. We f;el ourselves already negotiating an alliance with the big brains of Utah county's intellectual circle, and shaping the details of attack. at-tack. With such an ally under such leaders we can storm the enemy in his strong-hold. But in the presence of as much jest as you please there is no jest about this political business here. The men of Ogden have not engaged in it for fun. What is today, to-day, in the minds of "the enemy,'' but municipal 'rupture, will to-morrow be a county revolution. It is an earnest and a determined work that we have begun and thus far it has been well doite. These manly words of Judge Saxey to the people of Utah county are among the first echoes of our call. Salt Lake county will of course follow her own deliberate fashion of falling in. but tlie longer she delays the inevitable in-evitable the more complete will be her final surrender. Ogden's declaration of war to the bitter end upon local factions lias forth. She has -hung her banners on the oulwanF wi'ils." and she propos'.-s to push the campaign into the very barracks of the opposition, and at the ushering vi of 1S!J2 leave not a vestige of these ancient encumbrances. A closing cheer for Judge. Sax?y. Oden !6tdnliiyL I |