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Show THE CITY SOLONS. Action of the Council Last Evening on Several (Jul to Important Matters. THE MUNICIPAL GAS STOCK'. Its Sale Ordered aid the Mayor to Advertise Ad-vertise for Bids and Propositions. Prop-ositions. The city oinuoil met in rngnlnr session last evening, Mavnr Scott in the chair. Petitions were presented as follows: For the extension of tiie waterworks malum for a bridge the width of the street Rfross the North Temple aqueduct on West Temple street; asking Mint the grade of the sidewalks side of Houth Temple street, between be-tween Second anl'rhird East, be nstHlilisheil; for relief from a water tax sale by Catherino Morris, a poor widow sixty-six ears of age; asking that the Halt bake city and Jordan canal bo llumod across Seventh Kust street, it being dangerous in its present condition; by Thomas (I. Hywator, asking tlfiUO for injuries received from the caving cav-ing in of a (travel lied in which he was working last Novemlierj asking permission to Hume a portion oi me canal mnnuiif uiruuKii block 45, plat B; by tho Hio (irande Western Hal I way company, asking tiermission to occupy a portion of Hixth We-t stroet, from Second Sec-ond bouth to Third Month, without interfering with third Bouth. which at that point is called the county road, and without wishing to interfere inter-fere with any sln et running east or west, and in consideration of which privilege the company pronoun to grade a"'l gmvel Heventh West, from Hecond South to Fourth Bouth; Second South, from intersection with Bovonth Wost to Fifth Houth; fourth South from bixth to Seventh WestSJroforred to a siiecinl committee on fire, the mayor added; by residents on First East street, asking that their neighborhood be properly lighted; asking that certain streets within tho fire limits be pnved; by A. C. Voung and L. 1). Hardy, asking that Eighth Bouth street be opened; by 1 . 1). Kelly and others, to lie ier-mitted ier-mitted to lay private water pipes; by Wiscomb & Co. nnd a large number of others, asking the abolition of fruit nnd candy stands on the puh-lio puh-lio streets; by the Liberal band, asking permission to give Pnnilny Bacred concerts; con-certs; asking that Vine street be proixirly graded and thai, certain buildings thereon lie removed; lor me improvement, m uiw Bnimm.. u.,m. South street Is'tween Fifth nnd Eighth West and Hixth and Seventh West; that First West between Seventh and Eighth South lie put in proper repair. All of these petitions wore properly referred, Tho following ielltions were tabled: Asking that a system of gnrli-age gnrli-age wagons ho established, ncd ono objecting object-ing to the leasing of Washington miliars. A ieti-tion ieti-tion asking iwrmisaion to lay a cobblestone crossing cros-sing across Main stroet, from the Hooper & Klilreilge building to Johnson, Pratt & Co. 6., was granted. , , , . .. The city attorney reported that ho thonglit the council had full power to compel the railroad companies to put their tracks iu good condition wlionvor they run npun the public streets. Adopted. , The city surveyor and street snporvisor reported re-ported adversity on the proposition to grade the street next to Back street and north of the cap-itol cap-itol giounds, but nwouimcndcd that Back street lie continued and made passable throughout its length. Adopted. .,.,. , The city surveyor also reported that the grades of First South east and tho street car track were identical. , The extension of the wnler mnins, liegmnlng at a point of connection oorner of West Temple and Fourth South streets, and running thence westward west-ward one block; on Second West from North Templ.i to First North; on First South from Heventh to Ninth Hast, and on J street between Second and Third streets, running south a block and a half, with laterals half a block ca.it and west on Second street, was ordered. The recorder notified tho council that Councilor Coun-cilor Colin, Supervisor Paul and the elevon recently re-cently appointed policemen had qualified, Buporiiiloiidont Ottinger submittal estlmatos for the cost of extending the water mains, us follows: On South Temple street, from presold terminus between P and i) streets, six and one-hidf one-hidf blocks, flliriO; on B street north from present pres-ent main on Sixth street, JAM); on Fourth street, from proposed extension on Fourth street between be-tween li and It streets, then south on T Btrect to midway between First nnd South Temple, $atfiU; on Second West, from First North to midway w Iween Second and Third North, $1750; on Twelfth street, from Bouth Temple southward, touiidwny I etween Third and Fourth South, $2x(H); on Second Sec-ond Bouth, from between Ninth and Tenth East, to bet wien Tenth and lOleventh, with laterals on Tenth Esnt, $1I(K); on F, from present terminus, Isitween Heventh and Eighth, to midway between Kighth and Ninth streets, $000 Adopted, and the extensions ordereil. A resolution was adopted nuthoriring the sale of the city gas stock to the highest bidder. 1), W Hunter was granted the privilege of building a bridge across the Ninth street canal. The grade of First North between East and West Temple streets was ordereil established; and the petition asking that the grade of Twelftli East street lie esUibiishiHl was iiIbo granted. The street supervisor will report the estimated cost of putting Fifth South street in good repair. re-pair. The marshal was autliorir.ed to employ five additional ad-ditional policemen, anil also to purchase two patrol wagons. The street committee recommended that tho Salt Lake Itapid Transit company ho granted n franchise over certaiu streets uslted for. Ordered printed. Architects are llow figuring on the probable cost of tiie Joint public building, and will soon givo the committee such information as is needed to report. The city surveyor was Instructed to obtain plans nnd grades of South Temple street from Third West to the military reservation, with the viuw of macadeniizing said street and paving the south sidewalk. The mayor and committee on public Rrollndg were inst ructed to urge upon the hoard of directors direc-tors of the Deseret Agricultural nnd Mauufactnr-iug Mauufactnr-iug society and tiie board of regents of the university, uni-versity, the advisability of converting such land as was .now occupied by them nnd not used for buildings nnd parks, in conformity with the trusts by which they held the land. The ordinance creat ing the ollico of city scav. eager wiU come up for tinal action next Tuesday; ami the ordinance creating and defining the duties of the ollico of city ougineer was deferred pending print iur. The following roiolutlon was adopted: Whereas. The members of this council are advised ad-vised and believe that the deep cutnearthe point of the mouutain south of this cit.v (made bv the Kio (irande railway cnmimny to. provide a joint passage through the hill (or the said company's track and for the waters of the Jordan and Salt Lake city canal), la uns:ifo on account of tho many vertical sides theritif, which, in the opinion of t his council, arc liable to cave or slide into tie. said canal and obstruct or entirely stop the flow of water along its channel; nnd Whereas, ony such obstruction or stoppage would result in reat injury to tho inhabitants of this city, and in licw of the near approach of tho season for irrigation, and the limited time remaining re-maining in which to properly execute the work; therefore be it Unsolved, Thnt the lllo Grande Western Ilnil-way Ilnil-way company be required to flume or otherwise cover or protect the sidd canal for the entire distance dis-tance through the said out, against any such possible pos-sible accident and in such a manner as will restore re-store the said canal to its original safe condition iiudtotho acceptance of the Jordan and Salt Lake City ('anal conitiauy and the city surveyor associated, ami that, tho said railway company be requested to begin the work at once and prosecute the same with all rouaormhlo luihto in order that the PumU limy not remain riianbloil for ob lifter the accustomed Hcason therofor shall have arrived. The mayor was instructed to advertise for palo all the city'tt interest in tho iw company, Baid fldvertinoineiittt to run at leant thirty days, the oily reiwviiiK the rinlit to reject any or all bitU. The mayor was nlno authorized to receive propositions prop-ositions for the purchiiHo of aa Htock. The fmanco cominittt o will rejtort at tho next meet in of t he council what Halunea shall bo paid to appoint! vo officers. |