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Show in various parts of the city; the Eio Grande railroad was given permission per-mission to construct a temporary track, on South Temple street, and the city attorney reported he had made a number of changes in the ordinance covering the matter of private sewors; 2000 feet of new l'aragon hose was ordered or-dered for the tire department, and the Salt Lake City Gas company sent in a bill of $137.75 for light furnished last month. After adopting the following resolution resolu-tion the council adjourned: Whereas, The OJty creek canyon for the distance dis-tance of about a mile anil a hulf has been used as a dumping ground for manure and garbage, and that itB present condition Is a menace to the health ot the citizens and a disgrace to the city; therefore, be it ... Kesolved, That the sanitary inspector be instructed in-structed to remove all such manure and garbage, gar-bage, either by burning or hauling away, as In his judgment may be deemed best. THE WORK WILL GO ON. Commercial Street Property Owners Ordered Or-dered by the Council to Get Eeady Tor Paving. TO MAKE NEOESSASY CONNECTIONS What Was Done at the Eegular Weekly Meeting of the City Solons Held . Last Night- The city council were in session a little lit-tle over two hours last night, and the principal question under debate was the paving of Commercial street. It was announced that the majority of the property pro-perty owners favored "Slagolithic," and asked that .the material be included iu the advertised bids. This was deemed inadvisable by the city attorney attor-ney and the most of the councilmen, ud the following resolution was adopted. ' That notice of the Intention to pave Com-miTclal Com-miTclal street be published, and that the ma-wnal ma-wnal to be used shall be asphalt, as adopted by tae property owners when they proposed S.ave tlle street by private subscription. rnat notice be given of Intention to pave "il Butter Commercial street. 1 hat notice be (riven to property owners to l'liike all gas, water and sewer connections thirty days, as provided for by ordl- I'ETITIONS ACTED UPON. li- M. Forbes asking for the use of the water from" a spring on military road. Referred to committee on public grounds. ; The committee on public grounds were ordered to give the petition of C. jJ- St. George and others relative to the bad condition of Jordon canal in the resident portion immediate attention. George W. Reid and others requested that some action be taken in regard to the fence line on J street. Committee on streets. The dog tax collector reported that he had collected $174 in dog taxes dur-la2 dur-la2 the past month. -A. Woolley's communication, signed sign-ed by eleven others, complaining of the deplorable condition of Ninth South, i-ighth East and Lake streets was turned turn-ed over to the committee on streets. .R'.chard Brothers and others petition-cd petition-cd for the opening of a new street, aortu and south, between South Temple and First South streets and East Temple and West Temple streets. ine committee on public grounds ere directed to consider the matter of J-addock and Stephens in reference to he City's contract with them relative to sand B- A. M. Froiseth requested that the county road be repaired. Committee on streets. Charles F. Beecher sent in a bid to pnt up the necessary street signs for 'i cents each, except on posts, which ul cost $1.25 each. Referred to street committee. LICENSES GRANTED. B-1'. Nvstrom, No. 42 E. First South '"t; Jeff Clark, 71 Commercial street; ames and 0' Donald and Sinclair, 01 E. Second South street, were granted the privilege of selling liquor. I THE OTX'3 FINANCES. ' 'ty Auditor Hoag handed in his report re-port for the quarter ending June 30. It "owed as follows: 1 siw? '? asury April 1 lf..fi.5S ""wpts during quarter 84.1;.aw To,l .19,853.11 ' Disbursements during quarter , 211,768.00 Balance in treasury July 1 ..J 98,085.11 In detail the accounts are as follows: , receipts. Sewdrage $13,078.30 Water tax ll.'lW J Sidewalks..... ' 2'wn License, liuuor Hir-X License, miscellaneous 7,HM.M Water rates. S'iTlHJ Fines d,M7. Jordan caual ''SS-'.1? Cemetery JJ0.46 Poll tax M 3- jjen; (Hn.00 Bogtax... fiotl.00 Warn Springs Washington square l'' Sewerage (sale of pipe) Tax sales utS Interest on tax sales J" Liberty park (trees sold) p-o Sprinkling tax J Engineering department Dividends (gas Btock.i 2. dl.( 0 Watermaster -w Total........ SS4,167.5 DISBURSEMENTS. Sewerage 1 SkS'IS Supervisor 'ffi'S Jordan canal 2'5?2sS Fire department ; oS'rlw' is Waterworks ,'1,5 Liberty park Ja ,2 Street lighting i''JS Cemetery...: omiw Watermaster sCi'in Sprinkling rSS'S Engineering department j'JS'Sj cw 1 TOuntV'buVidin'g::::::::" Legal expense, (including attorney's salary)..... imm Ponce11 ser. .c.e::v.::':::::v.::::v.::'.:: .:! Stdewaiks'.'.'.V.'.'.V.' ' Marshal's fund 4'5,3i Irrigating water, (artesian wells) . . . . . Prison expenses ittoVi Eoads and streets : Su nd ry expenses ............ ' JS' ii 1 Expert water commissioner 0.u , Capitol Hill reservoir S'SJ Claims and damages. ..... &.M7- Washington square and weighmas- ter's salary j Quarantine and physician's salary'. '. '. 'aawiO Warm springs (repairs) Water rates (salary). City creek canyon funnel ' l- Dog tax (fees to collector) Mayor's salary , Recorder "JJ-JJj ; Auditor Was Police Jndge ,4 Police clerk Watermaster... -. '" Recorder's clerks , Assessor-sand collector s clerks Janitor and assistant jailor A"- Office boy i' Total .WIWWOO QUARTERLY REPORTS. The city scavenger reported that he had received and filed MB complaints. Ninety-six horses, cows, sheep, mules, doss, etc., had been buried, in addition to 176 carcasses that had been left on tho dump by his predecessor One hundred and fifty-one water closets and forty-four cesspools had been cleaned, and 3300 loads of rubbish, garbage, manure and ashes removed. Total expense to June SO M.W I Appropriation Appropriation newssry The city potindkeeper reported 1W animals impounded and a balance of $-.10.40 due the city. Committee on finance. APPROPRIATIONS. The following appropriations were ordered: Professor Kingsbury 1 Board of Health....... a (() Feedmg city prisoners , Mount i Orimn j&OOl S. L, P. & H. to vvih sSkDeparVient:::::::::::::: m MVTTER-S rERTAISISO T TUK POLICE. It cost the city SIO'W to feed prisoners lust month. Mayor Scott was authorized author-ized to make the necessary contract for he putting in of the Gayuor pohce alann , the cost not to exceed $3000. MlsCELLAJitOl. The cotumiltce ou streets recommended recom-mended the budding of new sidewalks |