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Show CONSIDERATE? SS CITY COUNCIL Cut $300 From Kircher's Salary, Mayors Veto Sustained to That Extent Mayor's Veto of Clerk's Increase of Salary Turned Down Interest on Floating; Debt to be Reduced One-Half One-Half Scrappy Councilmen Delight in Bumping Bump-ing the Mayor Latter -Smiles. s;ape and if it a9 necessary to re- ' build. J . 1 Creates Hudson Avenue. The ordinance creating Hudson ave-r.u- together with the amendment, canVe up for Its third ana final reading read-ing at last night's meeting and was passed. , i As th" council waa about to consider the third riding of the re-ld re-ld ordinances. Counel man Barker made a suggestion to the effect that the cltv utilize ihe slope blocks on hand for c.nstnictlnr street croslti.s nn North and South ahlngton avenue ave-nue at the r.ame time submitting lis-urea lis-urea supplied him by the city end-lifer end-lifer Tor this work, calling for $2 W a single crossing and $100 for four. The matter was referred to th sidewalk committee and the city engineer, en-gineer, with instructions to report the c mount of tono cn hand and ihe kind of crosslug mfct desirable, after Councilman Flygaro had suggested that the rjty expend $o00 in con structing the crossings In each ward. The. ordinances levlslng and compiling com-piling the ordlnanc?s of the city of Ogden was then stirted on Its third and final reading y the city attorney attor-ney and when aioit half completed the. council adjourned to meet ?galn next Friday night. reduced considerably below the $2,700 point. He contended that If it wore necessary to placo the salary for the head of the waterworks department at such n high figure, why not raise the sabrieg of the heads of other departments, de-partments, one being Just as worthy as another. He also said that it teemed 111 advl3od that the head of an auxiliary department of the city government should receive greater consideration at the hands of tho council, regarding salary, than the chief executive of the city, who would be held responsible for all departments. depart-ments. President Browning took ihe floor In behalf of the committee report and immediately plunged Into vlndlc-ties vlndlc-ties directed at the mayor and those who haw tit to ask :t reduction in tho salary' of Mr. Klrcner. He talked very much a? though he was under obligations obliga-tions and in duty bound to keep Mr, Kircher's salary at $3,00". He stated that he was In favor of the 3,nnn, and yet he did not pretend to say that Mr. Klrcber would not accept the position po-sition even at a salary of $1,S')0. But by way of innuendo toward tho majority ma-jority party, and tho mayor In particular, par-ticular, contended that if the salary' wore reduced, the waterworks would go to tho bow wows, and the ofilce to porno "ward heeler." At this juncture junc-ture Cctncllman Dana called Mr. Browning's attention to the fact that there had been no suggestion as to The city council last evening was ananlmoua in sustaining the mayor's veto of the appointment of Charles Klrcber as superintendent of the waterworks wa-terworks department at a salary of IV0i) a 'ear- Tn0 on,y r,olnt of difference dif-ference wiih them was regarding tho number of dollars that the salary fl.ould be cut, The vaterworks committee recommended recom-mended that the salary be fixed nt J 2,70ii per year. Councilman Dana made a motion that the salary be fixi d $2,400, but the motion received re-ceived no second The .-a)ary question brought out an extended discussion as tn what the city could really afford to pay Mr. Kircher, Councilman Barker contending contend-ing that It was a matter that deserved careful consideration on the part of tho city fathers. He said that the city was In debt and It was necessary to watch every avenue of expenditure and out down expenses where practicable. practi-cable. Mr. Barker considered that $2,700 rer year, while It was a reduction of J-'U'O. was altogether too much money to pay tho bead of the waterworks depart ment. and ho thought competent rm:n could be employed for much less money In the course of his remarks, Mr. Barker stated that ho had no objection ob-jection to the appointment of Mr. Kircher to the position, as ho con-iMer.d con-iMer.d him a competent man, but that ho felt that tho f alary should be the present debt, tho warrants Issued after July 1st will be null and void. I shall not permit, wbll I am mayor, llie Issuing or illegal warrants. If within my power to prevent. "Good Judgment, however, suggests sug-gests that the present city administration adminis-tration provide, first, for the payment pay-ment of its own expenses for the yeth 1910. The pd&xent warrants outstanding are drawing C per cent Interest and. If It were possible to call lo these warrants and issue bonas tor the same, bearing 4 per cent Interest, a saving of 2 per ceut In Interest could be mad annually "I a6k the council to take this matter up with the city attorney and secure his oplnlou as to the legality of a redemption of the outstanding warrants In bonds or notes bearing less Interest. "Your earnest attention to this matter mat-ter is requested Very respectfully submitted. (Signed). William Glas-niann. Glas-niann. Mayor." , This communication, Sam Browning Brown-ing thinks "was an attempt" nt juggling jug-gling with figures. Yet when the mayor may-or asked some time ago that the books be audited, Browning opposed the moe. The latter also said that a portion por-tion of the debt was a legacy from U10 mayors former administration, forgetting that Mayor Conroy apl pointed two auditors to audit Mayor Glasmann's former administration, and that this committee reported that money was left In the troas-ury troas-ury after all debts wero paid. The communcatlon, however, was refcred to tho city attorney for an opinion how best to treat the present city Moating debt. Bids for supplies for the fire department de-partment for the current year were submitted to tho council by the fire committee and aftvr some discussion referred back to the commltteo with Instructions to purchase from the lowest low-est bidder. In tho matter of the petition presented pre-sented last week by L. A. Herrlck for tho remittance of the occupation tax on waste paper boxes, a motion that the tax be not remitted unless the petitioner return his franchise to the city was made and unanimously passed. Building Report. Tho report of the committee on Public Buildings and Grounds was referred to the city engineer with instructions to draw plans for remodeling remod-eling of the city treasurer's ofilce, as requested at the last meeting and get bids for the work. The waterworks payroll for the last half of February amounting to $373.00 and the claims for tho same department, were allowed, and instructions in-structions Issued to tho city treasurer to draw checks to cover the various amounts named. Twelve new cases of contagious disease were shown in the report of the sanitary commltteo making a total now on record of twenty-five cases In the city. SewerB Changes. Attention of the council to tho size of the present sewers wa9 called by the cjty engineer iu the matter of the proposed new sewer district north of th city and the suggestion offered that the best and most economical manner of dealing with the question vas to construct an entirely new se wer independent of the present one This action, according to the engineer Is necessary because of the fact that at the present rate of development the present sewers will be too small to accommodate any additional territory terri-tory inside of about two years. The Latter wa3 referred to the committee commit-tee on eewers for investigation, A communication from tho. Real Estate association aroused a great deal of resentment, Councilman Bar-ker Bar-ker especially taking exception to the v.ordiDg of tho article, and saying that it was un insult to the last ad ministration and the present administration adminis-tration and street committee. Tho communication was to the effect that inasmuch as the city has served and saved a great deal of money In the past several months through not having hav-ing to clean the streets, it would be well to clenn off the accumulation of elirt, rubbish, lilth and germs, now that the snow' Is all gone. The only member of the council who showed a desire to admit the truth of the statements regarding the conditions ol the city streets was Councilmau Humprhls. but he rande no objection to the filing of tho communication end tho matter was dropped. Humphris thought tho mayor alone was responsible for the streets. After the Park Job. G. M. Mitchell made a proposition to the city council to take care of all tho city parks for less than one-half what tho olty park commissioner wanted. The park commission wants $13,20 for the year's work. This, Mr. Mitchell thinks, Is an outrageous price and he offers to give a bond that he will do tho work satisfactorily to the city council. Referred to the Park Commission. Want River Improvements. A petition was received from residents resi-dents of the neighborhood of Seventeenth Seven-teenth and Jefferson streets requesting request-ing that tho city take some actlona ti Mrengthm ihe banks of (ho river at this point The petition was signed by John Farr and 26 others, and was referred to the street committee, with tho city engineer and city attor-nt attor-nt y. Residents of the Valley View addition ad-dition to the city submitted a petition peti-tion requesting that Nineteenth street be opened front Juckson avenue to Canyon road. It was stated in tho petition that the road had been closed by a former city councilman two years ago and had never been reopened. re-opened. Tho matter was referred to the city attorney. In (he matter of he petition from, the Linn Irrigation company requesting the rebuilding of the syphon which corrles the water used by the company across Washington Wash-ington avenue, it developed that a man is permanently employer! to keep this syphon in good condition, and Ihe matter was therefore referred to the street commltteo with Instructions Instruc-tions to look up this man and find why he did not keep the syphon la who would be selected to Oil the position po-sition In case Mr. Kircher would not accept It at a reasonable salary, but Browning had "ward heelers" in his head, and he said that the sanitary Inspector is one of the ward heelers Other councilmen took part In the discussion in a brief way. When the vote on the question was taken. It carried by a vote of 7 to C, as follows: fol-lows: Ajcs Browning, Dickson, Flygare, Humphris, Larson, Peery. Wilson. Nays Austin, Barker, Pana. A communication was received from the major, refusing to confirm the appointment of Miss Minnie M. Brown as stenographer of the Municipal court, at a salary of JCO a month, Instead In-stead of $50, as heretofore. The coun. ell thought that Miss Brown should receive the increased salary. The appointment ap-pointment was conDrmed by a vote of 7 to 3. Insurance Rates Reduced. The following communications from the major were read, showing that the Insurance companies have reduced the rates for city buildings from 40 to GO per cent: "Gentlemen- I enclose herewith a letter from Mr. E. A. Bratz, representing repre-senting the Non-Board Insurance companies, com-panies, in which ho offers a rate still better than the Board of Fire Underwriters Under-writers offer. I understand that the Board Insurance companies have offered of-fered to reduce the Insurance practically practi-cally one-half since my last communication communi-cation on this subject, and that the Non-Board insurance companies offer a reduction of ten cents per $100 on the new rate made by the board members. mem-bers. I am advised that some of the companies represented by Mr. Bratz were formerly members of what he calls the Insurance Trusts that have voluntarily withdrawn. "I ilo not believe the city should give either the Non-Board or Board members the exclusive right to write fire Insurance for the city, and I would recommend that the offers of both the Non-Board and the Board be accepted ac-cepted with the vrderstandlng that all Insurance be placed in policies of $1,000 each, and that the business be granted to the ten or fifteen bust insurance in-surance companies represented in Ogden, Og-den, Utah, irrespective of whether they are Board or Non-Board members. mem-bers. Respectfully submitted. WM. GLASMANN, Mayor." This communication was referred to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds. Floating Debt MuEt Be Settled The following communication from tho mayor was read, which did not please President Browning: "Gentlemen: I see from the annual an-nual statement of the city auditor that there waa outstanding on January Janu-ary 1st, 1910, unpaid warrants amounting to $126,221.76, bearing U j.pr cent Inerest. The city paid $9,120X0 interest on city warrants last year, and. as the ' outstanding warrants total more than they did a yvar ago, the interest will be fully as much thLs year. Adding tho Interest In-terest to the total warrants unpaid, we find the total warrants and interest in-terest unpaid on the 1st dav of this yrar to bo $isr..652.65. with $33,826.-r9 $33,826.-r9 in the general fund, leaving a net debt over and above all cash on hand for which warrants have been ls-med. ls-med. $101(S26.06. "1 find that quite a number ot hills .were Wt unpaid on December Decem-ber 31st, last, surh aK street Intersection Inter-section work, Hce?(TiQ light, printing, print-ing, etc. I have not the totals or unpaid bllln, but I am sure they will run over $10,000, thus leaving for th' present city government to provide pro-vide ways and means to pay off this year over $110,000 above the revenue needed for this yearV expenditures. The last city government albo left unfinished about 100 sidewalk Interventions, Inter-ventions, to build which will co.st fully $20,000 additional. To build the sidewalk crossings and street Inter-pcctloni), Inter-pcctloni), or necessary to kcp the city on" an up-to-date ba.sls, will require nnolher $20,000. It will be men that If tho taies ore increased 25 per cent, the revenue received from such fource all will be required to pay tho actual running expenses of the city without applying Hnjthlng on tho exiting ex-iting debt of $110,000. There will also be an Increase of $1,000,000 In tho assessment of property which will bring a revenue og $10,000, which will be needed for Increased ejpendlturcs of tho street department depart-ment for river work and street repairs. re-pairs. '1 .bring this matter before you this early in the year a the mayor has decided not to b a party to the ispulnjc "f any warrants in excess of this ycar'B income. If. therefore, tho mone yreceived by this olty during the flmt lx TwrnfM 1 nHI"f1 rn |