Show NEW FAILED IDEA IN CITY ACCOUNTS At Cost of Councilmen Learn of Incompetency in Their Theil Ranks NO COUNCIL TONIGHT On Account of Labor Day Ses Ses- sion Goes Over f for r One Week At an nn c expense to th the taxpayer o of the party parl ha lin learned a a. new system of cit accounting which may help hell the lie depleted treasury treasur and fill lii In the holes caused b by extras extras' and reckless through h a l. l year ear and n a half of potent rule Accountants who vho have been busy lus' hu o othe orthe or on the cit city's s books hooks since February l 15 1 1907 DOi are arc completing a report to b ta be made mado to th the ell city council within th tilt the next ten days The report points oua ou out outa out outa a common system of accounting whereby nil all departments may b hR he checked h by a simple anti and quick method methol It will cost several eral thousand dollar to Install the new s system stem und and th the paid to the lie accountants for tor figuring fig t tiring it out Is I only about half of or th toe thc total expenditure I and amid Trader who hav ha I Westerman been doing the work vork for Cor the city hav a a preliminary r report to r. W. Vont Mont Ferry chairman of rat the finance corn corn- of tho tIme city council and anel this thi report Is not Intended for Cor th tilt the public it Is un understood that lint It hears bear some important data lain of public Interest Inter Inter- cst est Chairman Fen Ferry said Sunday that thai the report was merely for the time benefit of tho the committee which is superintending superintending tending the work and until the final faa report is made mado nothing can cnn bo he giver give out C Ii t. t Merchants Dodge Licence c. c Incompetence In one branch of th tilt the city So government I is specifically out and the report carries can censure ensure fo fot for forthE the license inspector Barney Barne B n. Quinn It Tt Is pointed out that tho the eit Is losing thousands of dollars of the absence of a n rigid Inspection nf rat the m merchants merchants' licenses The smaller smalle merchant Is compelled to pay a a. fal license on his stock and the bl big merchant merchant mer mer- chant Thant nJ also o comes through at the tho right financial angle The middle man 01 ci medium sized merchant is the one according to the tho report who ho ensa engage es esin in List a n systematic dodging This dodging dodgIng In Ing Is 19 made easier ea ler by toe the laxity o ol or supervision Ruper No o one In the city treasurer treasurers treasurer's treas treas- office goes oeR after them and the city ell loses lo es the money mone Xo No Council Meeting The city council will not riot meet tonight to to- to- to night and the street railway franchise postponed from nm last Jast week will therefore therefore there there- fore rore not be taken up At the meeting meeting- la last ast t week Councilman Black on behalf be he- half haIr of the Utah Light and a company asked that the franchise b blaid ht be laid aid over n n. week He Ho said salti and hi his statement was corroborated by Parley Williams mi counsel for the company hat that the Harriman interests Inte desired a little further time line to look into thena the tho thoma na ma Uel The old franchise 1 passed a ed In II 1905 l O is s still entangled led Je legally aJl and until that tha angle is straightened d out the new e will probably pi be he hung up involves ol extensions The he new franchise an other things thing which are also a ait o of the tIre old At the next council meeting It Is expected that all nil o of the councilmen s-ill s be pre present ent Councilman Fc Ferry Forr rry ins hns returned with wiLl his family from a aI summers summer's outing near Brighton Cotta Conn I ODonnell O'Donnell Ita has blown in from fron Idaho after neter leaving lea a brilliant ret real mu up lip In lh the Gem loin state some- some where here Councilman Carter is back lack will wil willbe ili ilie rom rein Nevada e and antI President Davis J be IP e on hand hantl from trot an nn eastern stern business rip trip when the tho next net se session slon lon convenes tt It t will bo he tho the fir first l time lime during t the tho lo that all of the lie councilmen o h lavo tavo been heen present at one time |