Show CITY COUNCIL the regular meeting of the city council was held last fast evening mayor blackburn all the councilmen and recorder standing were present C hoist appeared and stated that a meeting me eting had been in the commercial club rooms last friday evening which was participated la fix by citizens generally A motion prevailed that it be the sense of the meeting that the city coonc council 11 be requested request ltd td to defer action on the proposed franchise to the oregon short line railroad tor for a right of way on forest street from the depot to main street until the first meeting in april granted application ot of M B D olsen to run water from field ditch along certain streets in the third ward to his d dry V lots lota was referred to committee on streets and sidewalks E E buster of woods cross appear ed and exhibited some products of the utah culvert co ellas elias jensen pres anted a petition signed by himself and others asking the city to place three cement crossings in the center of the blocks from first north to second south streets referred to committee on streets tor for investigation upon application ot of E W dunn abstractor st a resolution was passed releasing a certain portion of land described in a mortgage from W 0 knudson and wife to brigham city IV kotter hotter J christensen Chrls and N J valentine appeared in behalf of beet and fruit growers and asked the coop co op oration of the city in securing better loading facilities from the sugar and railroad companies mayor blackburn and councilman larsen were authora zet to act with the committee and use their efforts to secure the needed improvements the committee on streets and sidewalks recommended that petition of lar barberi e jensen fo for r a stairway to 0 their basement on oil main street be granted the tailing railing not to extend over three feet on the sidewalk adopted mayor and recorder were authorized to release a mortgage given by jas jag C madsen and wife tor for the principal and interest having been paid new agreements were submitted by the bell telephone company in the matter of a contract with the rapid transit company for placing arms and wires on the joint poles of the telephone company and city referred it to 0 attorney for investigation recorder was authorized to draw a warrant for in favor of the intermountain inter mountain electric co to apply on contract for certain machinery to be installed in the city power plant A number of claims were allowed |