| Show city compromises 40 biti W it h aired al re d family F ami ly V by agreeing being to pay martin aired alred ind and wife of vernal t he sum of ot 1600 1500 tha city council Tu tuesday esdar a caso case that promised to lead tho the city of arico nto into costly lItI litigation gatlon it will bo be remembered bemb 0 r 0 d that on the night of 1130 december ath last two sons tons of mr andi mrs urs aired alred clarence aged 17 and bl melburn elburn aged 10 19 were incarcerated in n the city lockup lookup while intoxicated during tho the night fire broke out in heir their bed and thoy they or burned to death claiming that the city authorities had not exercised due dul precaution in tho the care of tho the victims of the accident the father and mother had instituted euit in the district court asking damages from the ho city in tho the sum of tuesday evening attorneys 0 S price of this city and samuel king of salt lake app appealing eming for the al reds met with the city council and offered to withdraw tho the suit and artz o 0 leme euse tho the city from all responsibility on the payment of 1600 1500 the members of tho the council tried to settle for 1000 but tho the attorneys orneys claimed that rather than settle for so small an amount they would trust their case to a jury fearing that even were the tho city to win in court it might cost more than the compromise price the members of the council c 11 on advice of city attorney noy accepted the off offer pr of the attorneys for the alfreds and t aced on an dismissal of suit to pay the al reds the price asked on the following tenus terms five hundred dollars on july 1913 and on the first of each month following for four months deferred payments to draw aper cent interest all members embers Yn voted for the settlement the D R G was granted permission to run a spur across ninth street to the new now smoot nixon lumber yard the lumber people agreeing to maintain a good crossing and sidewalks across said baur u the city electrician was instructed to string light wires to the county high school tho the street committee was instructed ted to have a survey made of that section between the city limits and the city park with a view to extending the city limits northward city marshal bryner asked permission to dismiss the night marshal mar joe hansen and appoint his successor and was given the desired authority tho rity joe refuses to be removed however claiming that ho he was appointed by the council and that body cannot delegate to an individual the aul authority hority to fire him and thus the matter stands at this writing council then adjourned |
