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Show ! OBJECTS1? CO? OF ELECTIONS When the claim for election ex penses were considered by the City j hoard of commissioners last night, CommlSBkmer J. O. Nye expressed I the opinion that the account was ra-i ra-i ther high and he could uot underb stand why judges should be allowed anything more than the ?3 per diem j for their services, notwithstanding the j fact that they work 12 hours before the close of the polls and put in from one to three hours counting the j otee. The claim of last night al i lowed the judges 39 1-2 cents n ! hour for the counting of tho votes, j Although Mr Nye took exceptions to thc bill, he voted for It The to tal claim amounted to $634 !u. Other I Claims allowed and ordered paid were I $8 79 for Thomas Lundy, 55 for Post I master Browning. ?9! for E G Neigh bor for Janitorial work, and $ I 2t I for the Ogden State bank expensed j in the exchange of bonds for the r 1 1 . It as reported by the mayor thai the water main extension on Wheeler creek is being made. The petition for an arc light on Lincoln avenue and Ninth street was denied. Commissioner Nye stating that the street at that point is not yet open to public use The petl tlon for a light on Lincoln and Twen lieth v as granted. A request from the city board of park commissioners, asking for fout arc lights In Monroe park for tho skating rink that Is being made and n hydrant for the northwest corner of the park, were referred to the su perlntcndent of streets and the su perintendent of finance and public affairs af-fairs . A communication from the J. P O Neill Construction company, calling attention to the fact that the compi' ny Is ready to lay concrete base fcr asphalt paving on Fowler avenue and the south side of Twenty-fifth streef. from Quincy to Harrison avenues, but had been unable to get the city engineer engi-neer to give the grade, was referred to the committee of the w hole Tho commissioners were surprised to learn that the engineer had not responded quickly to the request of the company compa-ny as it is desired that the street paving pav-ing shall progress as rapidly as possible. possi-ble. Mayor Fell stated that It would not require more than an hours work and that the engineering department had promised to attend to It. The communication from the Salt Lake A Ogden Railway company, advising ad-vising the board that the piers and abutments for the steel bridge across Weber river have been completed, and that there is now due the companv for the construction the sum of $5.-312 $5.-312 G7 was referred to, thc superintendent superin-tendent of finance for consideration at the Instance of Commissioner J C Nye, a resolution w;:s passed rais-ng rais-ng the scale of wages ;o $2 25 for a single man and to $4 M for a man and team in the employ of the city The resolution rehearses that cost of living has increased and the wages for skilled labor 13 greater than heretofore here-tofore and also that none but able-bodied able-bodied men should be employed by the city, making It necessary to, raise the wages slightly. |
