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Show sum ma TO 6E ENLARGED, i Capaeity Will Be Doubled, at Cost of Something Like $25,000. SUGAR HOUSE TO BE TAKEN INTO THE CITY Second West and Fifth East to Be Paved, and More Firemen to Be Added. ' The first meeting of the committees, of the new city council Thursday was ,a busy one. and considerable Important buslncs? was transacted. ' The council met as a coiiunillc of the whole with Mayor Brausford find discussed dis-cussed the proposition of enlarging the surplus canal, which leaves die Jordan rivet- about Twelfth South street and runs northwesterly toward tho lake. It was decided to spend S2.1.000 in ithls Improvement, Im-provement, and work will begin-ua soon as practicable At present tho canal is -about thirty feet wide and four feet deep, and it is proposed to widen It to mly-llvo feet and made it at least seven feet deep, so thru tho capacity will be about doubled. dou-bled. Notices will be sent to the Salt Lake Route, Western Pacific and Salt-air Salt-air -railroads requiring them to take :il once 10 wiucn incir urmges over tho canal. The municipal laws committee decided to report favorably upon the petition of Klmbuli & Richards and other property owners in Sugar House, for the annexation annexa-tion of that territory to the citv. The city attorney was Instructed to draw up tho annexation ordinance, to be submit-, ted to the council Monday night for passage, and tho petitioners are required to give a bond ot $7500 to guarantee that the streets iu the new territory will be brought to grade Change in Route. The same committee also had up for consideration tho petition of the Salt Lake t Los Angeles Railway company for a franchise to run iis Saltair cars up to Main street. A change in the route was agreed upon. Tho cars will run along North Temple slrcet 10 Main street and thence south to First South Insteid of to South Temple, as first asked by the company On First South they will then run west to First West a.nd then north to North Temple, and l1!cn.,Vk't 10 vlah West Instead of Eighth West, as originally asked, then south to South Temple and then west to the city limits over the company's present pres-ent track. Arrangements will be made to use tho Utah Light and Railway company com-pany 3 track on Main street, so that a third track will not be required. The committee will take a trip of inspection over the proposed route Saturday afternoon after-noon at 2 o clock, before making a final report on the franchise. Several important improvements were decided upon bC- the eommitlco on engineer en-gineer ng and sewerage. It Instructed ir,c.rJity r("?0l'(i lo advertise notice ot intention of paving Second AVest street with asphalt from South Temple strce arm ?Pril,'ss- jThis improvement when completed, will make a splendid drIvow.ijWnt to the springs and will be oo?Veat '-nt- l traffic to and from Davis county. ToS&avc riftiBast. .T!lf..c.om,T,,.WPn.,a,so -'"dborlzcd the ro-o? ro-o? r?vin Ta-mfrl ,noUco of "'tantlon ?i rv?r J'itll Kust street from Thin! to Mn I h Sout.lt street, and or laying :, cement sldewajlc "on the east side of Can -yon road irom Second to Third avenue The boa nl of public works as rIvci a dig by tho -finance cnnunittc- which rccominended the adcJfon of a resoiu-lion, resoiu-lion, lij A. .L Dnvlsf request ng Ihc V? 10 the ruiicll for its - av,1th rcfrms of contracts 10 bo used v. uju -uoaru ior tiio year on naviug w"&trt,I,t" ."rb ff " id waterworks . .c'lnns ona. Tlij resolution further statcV that no oonLractJ isha I be executed by the board untl? iho Suest piled' wlihUr,Cn ln thIs ,cs1cct is com- n-ilsnCg.a.',nrC.nim,"i,V0rt recommended tho passage of tho ordinance ncreasing tl n salary of tho mayor's priv-ato seeret-irv from 5100 p, 5ir,0 a mo it , udcrred h G naia?lc I''idlug for the increisc in ihc salaries of Ihc health commit woiici; and members of the 1 ,. Uml n u tro departmen a to the comm ttce v f, Pci'u-in'eef Pci'u-in'eef M;o!1,:!ay.!'1,POrt,0m,1Ct- oh "vft n,Mf1nirso,lllIc"1 hy lr Hnll. providing that all nionoy received from the "a In .If el ty lands sli.nll be placed in a fund to be u.sed for providing parki "?u?i ? for the roSdoifta i couimifleeaiJ orAvMa fi!otJ b' "io flilSnco Must Pay for Water. ,.T; J." l01-an will be rcouired In Ihc future fu-ture to pay the city ?f,r) a munth for cirvWpo-,1HOcl :,t ,,is asplwl" Plant f?,, S Stran-e c?"?,0"- ,TI,is,c "boit oj. ftu-ange t Maguire. who bavi u,,. contract for paving" Third Soutl sireet asking permission lo locate their asnlnk mixer in City Creek canvon niA. Ifeeld'to yXn?10 month for the use of the citv J .?.? wnue on that subject. It aVridofl to im-Moran. im-Moran. SHm rM'nt upon flvH In accordance with tli'e .suggestion of tui?'?fn Dransror, In his aim wf message tho license committee rc-omniniidcr It frit he city attomey be Instruct ul to ,lVaw up an ordinance crefiling a license de partment of the city wlileh will haw charge of assessing all licenses now mid c?nse cx.ctlns lie water tax II-Tho II-Tho committee also recommended tho bvnc?afe,of I'r a?PlntnTents m 2 by City Auditor Alff of the employees 1,1 tho- license department of his office , " follows: F. R Kimball, deputy ' l?Cen"n wev?V ,T" KsMinri bokl eep"r pecors.V00d and B!ack' HcenseVi-' IVIorc Fircniou. . Tho fire department of the 0!tv will ho increased from sixty-four to sevenly-fo ? membera to provide for the new "ire sta tipn on Eighth West and E sWr The action will b0 Uikon upon rccS mendatton of the fire committee; It was also decided lo appropriate S700 f o r r , r-chnslng r-chnslng equipment for the new staton l-ormer Assistant Fire Chief w c: hnn,ai" so,,,t ln a PiMon asking thai he bo placed on a pension or given e ... I Ploymem by the city. The petition Stated that he had spent twenty-four veurs in the department and had received nume pna injuries in the service of 9 - J , nc was released from his ret-' Hon for political reasons- aboui K." years ago. Since that time he has -in A L'VlrrV.m- ""P.P01"1'"' m.s .family and he is of the opinion that the citv shot d reward him for faithful services by giving giv-ing him a pension or employment The fire committee, however coiiiri ( n things In the An.ne nni flr W' man. and decided to fllo his petition The wn erworks committee decided that the city did not care to iiiri..: the ni.ooo gallons of m ., oi T Rett.t E. Dudley, which nmAlm S llZ I.arl-s canyon conduit, so her pmnoi Hon to sell was filed. 1'ioposl- A meeting or the sanitary ..timmhi was held hi the orflce of iho hcalit . ? partmept Thursday afternoon - t llu 0,' tin miocil,.!. rr ,u.-. ..'""."'' Which clerk of the -boanl o hlVhL, ,u dercd. Nothing was do c ho wove "'in thai, matter, so who will be ti e nmV ,1 . 1 1 remains undecided. 0 no crk That Garbage Qucstiou. The committee also consider n. ylwihiiity or giving lhoSm SLrtoy'in1!: " lug away the city garbage to the q 7 Lake & Los Angeles railtvrwi ),. .. to the Lambed,- Whlci' n 1v'.,,I,,r tbe contract. The nnitt Ys, t- Jl location for Mm garbage di .,m . Saltair road w?,s rathoV'n h ' fn! U!" t Ion sis it . was atUflrsL Vn oBC,? ' eatc the. dump on the present rttv ,in. lo" lug ground. . rhis was Considered &T&v S t 1 out. and JJumitlce will trrBfe duce the to locate the dUjKf pronei1 c:ist- ol" the -'BL river. I . Slllf Former lmai lartiu apMkfb Thursday f,r 'ds private cjdHhit as an arcT' Jr submit tud nIaoBQ P'.'clficatiV 1,10 n,'w ltol'?jHll34 fort siatl.' recommended ;(HftL uiayor In Hl PlIBPS vldcs foi- -slx stations locuJUaWC dcr the sf Inti-rcsectloim.acMt. and -First LS'-'cond and ThlrdB -strccus. -i lions for mci located 0- ,r 6j?9Bi!m Uioso fo,ijIt"ii,fh,. tvJSRS fifteclf 'f 'uf uidon.s, and' j'BK wainilnrtj? 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