Show CITY COUNCIL T the lie business S 3 1 disposed 1 ap 0 sed of last E r e n 1 n g COMMITTEE REPORTS 8 xum numerous rous petitions listened to miscellaneous business the regular weekly biweekly bi meeting of the city council was held hold yes berday afternoon in the city hall in the absence of mayor peery 1 alderman dee was elected chair main after the opening prayer was offered the m i nute of the last meeting were read and after a few cor erections ions accepted the following P 11 11 1 I 1 T 10 is were ivere listened to la in view of their public services and the public nature of their organization the members of the ogden city brass band asked to be exempted from paying poll tax on motion of councilor driver the petition was referred to tho the committee rul atee on lawe laws george weber petitioned the council to sell him lots one and ten in block 27 plat plato 0 ogden city survey referred to the committee on public grounds gro unde H 0 clarka shaw S H frank co V M C silva co geo A lowe G W turner and J W abbott called the attention of the council to the lack of proper sidewalks from the corner of third street on main east side to the cor corner 13 er of fourth street and asked that eaid said sidewalks be made to conform to the ordinance in such cases made and provided referred to the committee on streets with power to act under sus suspension bensi on of the rules mrs al biel called the attention of the council to the condition of mrs lawrence who has beer staying with her since may alay last mrs lawrence is destitute and the council was asked to investigate the matter mr lawrence husband 0 of it the be lady mentioned is in town and the council should take some action in the matter the question n was referred to the mayor and the marshal for adjustment T A grant also attended the council in person pelson and asked if the tiu wo douses in me city he is an experienced hand at numbering houses and was prepared to give any information required the application was refer referred reil to the fin finance ance committee COMMITTEE REPORTS alderman E celes of tho the con committee on laws lews z reported a bill appealing the ordinance relating to the weber canal councilor thought the annulling of the ordinance premature until it was known that the object for which it was framed had been attained on m motion of mr boyle the bill was laid on the table until the report port of the ia is received alderman eccles reported the W waterworks ater works as in good order councilor driver of the commil committee on streets reported the improvement pro on fifth street between spring and pearl streets completed the grading of fourth street between young and main alain streeta streets is a commenced the is graded to fourth street there 4 are re dow four cars iu iii tute and two more will vill be in use in a few days other improvements were reported and anti the work of the committee was acce accepted ted the men engaged boring the arte artesian sian well on lester park represented that they had reached a d distance is of feet and had bored 12 feel feet into the rock their drill ia is broken in the rock with only a email mall piece of pine pipe attached they L therefore ask that the council appropriate a sufficient sum to remunerate mun erate them for diligent services and that the council release them from their contract as they felt unable to fulfil it mr folker of the committo committe on public grounds through which camu committee the petit petition iop waa wall presented explained the matter and recommended that tb the 0 men be paid ardithe contract bo be abrogated councilor driver criticised criticized the action of men inen who take contracts and aud then after going a certain distance ask that their contract be abrogated ro abed they may way not be eu entirely to blame but they should be sure they are rig right lit before they go 90 ahead the recommend af councilor or folker were adopted BUSIN M sir mr S S schramm under a sus pen pension sion of rules called the attention 0 of f the tile council to tv t bide raide walk from M lur corner to the tho depot I 1 ti iv was as constructed by pris avato citizens with the understanding from mr doddridge that when the walk wa was no longer needed it should be removed without expense to the i company by the right of posses eion tion the walk now probably belonge belongs to the council and it should bo be taken care of the committee which had charge of its construction stanford schramm wade vy acle and peebles had to settle a balance and if any benefits are to be derived these Fent gentlemen lemen should ba be the beneficiaries some letters from mr stanford referring to the matter were read on motion of councilor boyle the question was referred to the committee on claims with power to act the auditors report for the last three months was read and referred to the finance committee the treasurers report was treated in a similar manner the street supervisors report for the last three months showed a cash expenditure of on streets the amount expended on water works during a similar period was the reports were ordered to be filed alderman eccles asked for and obtained permission to use a portion of the street north of Z C ISE iq L for the purpose of storing building material during the construction of his new building councilor called attention to the fact that boys are in in the habit of starting arting ft the tram cars down the bill hill and riding on them while in motion it is a dangerous pastime and an example should be made of the culprits inthey if they can be caught the cars have been locked but the boys have taken pains to break the lock alderman eccles moved that the upper and lower cars be locked every night with a heavy lock and chain the usual bills were then read and allowed and an adjournment for two weeks wag was taken |