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Show MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL .AGREE They Come to Terms on the Salary of Charles Kircher, Fixing the Pay of the Superintendent of Waterworks at $2,400, a Reduction of $600 Proceedings of the Council. referred to the street committee and th. engineer. The engineer' recommendation for asphalt paving on Washington avenue bct.(.a Twenty-second street and the Ogden river brldg on account of the heavy expense , which w.xild be Involved In-volved In breaking and rolling th worn macadam win referred to the tre-t committee. A petition for an arc liKht on Steel avenue wan not allowed and motions for the Installation of light In various va-rious other sections of th city were lent, the coancll deciding that the matters mat-ters Bhonld be looked Into more carefully care-fully before grautlng the requests. Councilman Austin's motion that Thirty-fifth street, between Vv'ahins-ton Vv'ahins-ton and Grant avenue, be graded by the city, was amended by Councilman Flycare and the matter was referred to the street committee. Upon motion of Councilman Austin the city engineer was Instructed to advertise f..r bids to complete the sidewalks side-walks cn Thirty-first street. The claim of W. S. Donaldson for plumbing on the sewer on Capital avenue, lending to the Dee hospital, for $13.', was ordered paid. The recommendation of - the engineer engi-neer that the Oregon Short I-lne Railway company be asked to place Its switch stand cn Wall avenue, between be-tween Twentieth and Twenty-first Mreet, near the curb, was adopted, and It was ordered that the company be notified of the action. The matter of hiring extra help for the auditor's efflc- st cortn'n icr' wps referred to the engrossing commit com-mit tec. Th request of the chief of police for a desk for the city detective's room and one for the typewriter at the poll-e station was referred to the engrossing committee. The city treasurer rcorted cash on baud, subject to outstanding warrants. war-rants. In the sum of J.ln, "13.4.1. The report was filed. The petition of property owners on Barlow avenue for the Improvement of the street wr granted, and the street committee authorized to attend to the same. Tho matter of damages claimed by D. K. Steel to his property by the placing of sand near his fence was referred l the street committee, with power to act. The matter of adjusting sewer taxes with Mrs. Nora Hughes was referred to the license committee. The question of the removal of a fence on Arden avenue was submitted submit-ted to the street committee an I th city attorney. the sixth annual convention of Utah ( Commercial travelers, to be held In ' the nar future at Provo was accepted with thanks. j Poulter Gets Horse. i I'pon motion of Councilman Wilson, the recommendation of the law and I sanitary committees that .S23 per j month be allowed the sanitary ln-I ln-I fprctrr for horse hire In the dls- charge of bis official duties. was j adopted. j The committees on streets and i laws reported recommending that the street supervisor be allowed $2.1 per i month for horse hire, but as the same ! would conflict with th- new ordinance I the matter was filed after connider- nble discussion between members and I the city attorney. The sidewalk committee reported that no objections haxlng ln re-1 celved against the proposed sidewalk district No. l OS. the committor would , recommend that the Wheelwright C'en-j C'en-j Ftructlon cornpsny be awarded the contract as its bid was the lowest of I those received. The report was adopted. Committee Reports. The report of the license eomrnit-, eomrnit-, tee recommending that certain sums collected for fruit peddlers' llrens? ; In- remitted to Joseph Lee and F. J. 1 Ross find that proper ones be issued ' in their place, was adopted, j The report of the street and flide-j flide-j walk committee relating to the aban-I aban-I doning by the owners of certain prop- erty on Thirty-second street between Ogden and, Adams avenues, which Is . needed tor widening the street to its I proper dimensions, was adopted. ! The finance committee recommend-I recommend-I cd that three certain warrants of ! $1.10 each Issue bv the city be paid j j out of the general fund. I'pon mo-, mo-, tlon of Councilman Dickson, the re-! re-! port was idonied I Payrolls Allowed. The petition from the Pacific Realty compa-jy was granted for the creation of a sidewalk nnd curb and better district dis-trict on Bedford and ether avenues, was granted with the exception of the east side of Qulncy avenue, where the j Bench canal wojild Interfere with said construction. , . l'pfn recommendation of the law committee and the city attorney, Anna i Van Horn w as allowed the sum . of $2"io for Injuries received on one of j the city streets. The wacrworks payroll amounting to $090.95. was referred to the waterworks water-works committee to decide the matter mat-ter of paying the employes of the department once or twice each month. Waterworks claim 'amounting to $7007.75 were allowed. Salaries Arranged. A communication from the president of the council stating that the revised city ordinances . had been completed and recommending that the compilers thereof be Dald the wages due them, was adopted The communication from the city engineer relating to W. E. Roach. ts?on Browning and W. L Russell, employed In the engineer's office, came up for general discussion and upon motion of Councilman Peery the men named were placed on salaries amounting to $12."".. $75 and $50 per ; month respectively. The petition from R. E. Hoag et al. asking for an extension of sewers on Twoty-flfth street' and Capital avenue, ave-nue, east df Taylor avenue, was referred re-ferred to the sewer committee and th city engineer. Upon motion of Councilman Peery, the $7o deposited by the Davis County Telephone company as a guaranty of I good faith was ordered remitted. The protest from residents In the vicinity ef Mealy and Lincoln avenues ave-nues regarding the storage of ?team locomotives by the Bamberger company com-pany was referred to the railroad committee. com-mittee. A communication was received relating re-lating to the revised ordinances, and stated that the leather-bound copies would be sold for $3 each; cloth-bound, cloth-bound, -.SO. and paper-hound. $2. Upon motion of Councilman Humphris the Clerk was Instructed to return tho courtesies of various city governments that had sent free copies of their ordinances to Oden. Upon motion of Councilman Dickson each member of the council was allowed one leather-bound leather-bound copy. On recommendation of the city engineer, en-gineer, an estimate for sewer construction con-struction amounting to S1H2 was allowed al-lowed W. S. Donaldson. On recommendation of the city engineer en-gineer an estimate due P. J. Moran for repairs on Twenty-fifth street was The city fathers last evening inferred in-ferred the major's recommendation to purchase a car of oil for dust fettling fet-tling purposes on the streets to the street committee. The mayor suggested sug-gested the use of oil as a matter of experiment at this time. The matter of cleaning the cana's that pass through the city, attention to which was called in a communication communi-cation by the mayor, was referred to the law committee and the city attorney. at-torney. The mayor also called attention to the crossings at alley wavs on Twcaty-fourth Twcaty-fourth street, and recommended that the city engineer make a careful inspection in-spection of the same and proceed to see to It that proper drainage arrangements ar-rangements are made. The recommendation recom-mendation was adopted bv unanimous vote ami the recorder was instructed to advise the engineer of tho action of tho council The mayor's veto of the nction of the council In allowing the salary claim of Superintendent of Waterworks, Water-works, Charles Kircher, war. sustained by a vote of 6 to 4, as follows: For the veto Austin, Barker, Dam, Larson. Against the veto Browning, Dickson. Dick-son. Flygnre, Humphris, Peery and Wilson. It requires two-thirds majority vote of the council elected to pass a measure meas-ure over the niavor's veto, hence the veto was declared sustained. Klrcher's Salary. Immediately after the action of 1I10 council, sustaining the mayor's veto claiming that Superintendent Klrcher's Klr-cher's salary was excessive, the chief executive handed the recorder a communication com-munication appointing Mr. Kirchu-superintendent Kirchu-superintendent of the waterworks department de-partment at a salary of $2. luo a year. Tho appointment was confirmed with all the councilmen voting "jos," ex-cnptlnp ex-cnptlnp Councilman Barker, who feR that another f 400 should be chopped off the salary. In making the appointment, appoint-ment, the mayor stated that It was being done for the purpose of settling the differences existing between the Mayor and the council regarding the salary fixed by the council, in the lieplptiine, the city council fixed Mr. Klrcher's salary at J3.000 per year This was vetoed by the mayor and then the council -fixed the salary at $2.7t0 per year. This the mayor again vetoed, statine that be would be pleased to hand in Mr. Kerchor's name at $l,$oo per year. The mayor. In all this controversy was sustained solidly by Councilman Austin of the First ward and Council-men Council-men Barker and Dana of the Third ward. This, however, lefi seven coun- I ell men who would pass the veto ovt the mayor's head. The mayor, however, how-ever, kept vetoing the pay roll every two weeks ami, In order to keep on passing the veto over the mayor's head It was necessary for all seven of the councllmeu to be present at each meeting. Should one be absent there would be only six votcn, or not enough to pass tho veto over tho mayor's head. This i-s what made tho councilmen tired They also fearel that If the matter was prolonged that Austin, Barker and Dana might win over some of the other councilman and eventualh reduce the salary even lo a lower figure. The mayor had I made the offer that he would send in Mr. Klrcher's appointment at $2.4uu whenever the councilmen would concede con-cede his right to make the appointment appoint-ment and, at last nights meeting. Councilman Larson of the second ward went over to Austin, Barker and Dana and showed that there were enough votes In the council to prevent the veto "being passed over the mayor's head, alid the result was as indicated, indicat-ed, the council and the mayor each conceding ?ijUi), nnd the compromise was effected. The mayor says that he believes ! $1.S0 Is all the office is worth, but there Is much Information which Mr. Kircher Is possessed1 tif that Is valuable val-uable to the City of Ogden. For instance, in-stance, the city must secure more water Immediately and on all the test j work done by the old waterworks , company Mr. Kircher Is posted and for that reason Mr. Kircher is worth more than any other man who could be selected at this time. With the selection of a fire clilef and the settlement of the waterworks 1 siiperlntendency It is now predicted ! that there will be absolute harmony and that the year will close with a record for Ogden City that will sbo.v that the Democrats and Republicans can work In harmony under the present pres-ent administration. Upon motion of Couik llmaji Flygare an invitation to the council lo attend |