Show CITY COUNCIL the city council met in regular session sealon june mayor scott presiding the following members responded to roll calli call Pick nril spafford heath fo folland land Hyde Hardy tuddenham young anderson lynn parsons pendleton and james after the reading and approval of the minutes of the previous meeting the following PETITIONS we were reread read the salt lake brewing company asked for a rebate on liquor license committee on license C f fisher asked for a rebate on real estate license committee on license W D bowring et al asked that the temporary fence around the cunningham corner be lowered from six to four feet in height committee on streets sullivan lange saloon keepers asked that the portion of their liquor license be remitted in favor of the salt lake brewing company I 1 committee on lJ license oense john E butler asked that the grade for sidewalks on the south side of second south street from fifth east street for a distance e of feet west be changed committee on streets mount griffin asked for an appropriation pria tion of 2000 for street sprinkling granted 0 D amos et a al represented that the slaughter house near the salt lake mill and elevator comp company anys ground northwest north of the warm springs was a nuisance anti and asked that it be abated sanitary and quarantine committee Spear asked that the time for laying the sidewalk on west third south seuth street be deferred committee on streets af E F P F hanna asked to be allowed to lay a cement sidewalk instead of asphalt committee on streets 0 W walton and ellhu elihu wry represented that the great salt lake hot springs railway company in constructing its grade on monroe street had done considerable damage to abutting property and they asked that the company be requested to conform to the orders previously made by the chuu cil committee on streets the mountain lee ice cold storage COM company pally asked that a wagon bridge be erected over the irrigation ditch at the intersection of third west and ninth south streets committee on streets william P rowe samuel galleli Gall Gal ezi lexi levi axtell ed milford and M hutchison Hutch isoo employed by the city asked that their salaries be increased from 76 75 to per month committee on irrigation P W madsen protested pro against a franchise being granted to the rapid transit company for an additional track on first south street between state and mato main committee on streets L B coates et al asked that a slaughter house nuisance on third south street over the jordan river be abated sanitary and quarantine committee mrs kate mccornick asked for a remission of hotel license committee on license the salt lake halley hailey puget sound bound railway company presented a communication in which it signified the acceptance of the railway franchise granted it by the council on april of the present year george E woolley asked for the erection of a flume across parleys canyon conduit committee on irrigation mrs mm dudler represented that her property bad been damaged to the amount amo of 1600 1500 by surplus water coming from the parleys canyon conduit and asked that the amount be ap atod committee on claims rudolph alt alf et al asked for an extension of sewer laterals literals late rals on fifth south street committee on sewerage R kletting asked for permission to pile building material for the erection of the state bank of utah on first south street immediately west of the salt lake theatre for four months granted ex policeman lowry asked that he be allowed twelve days pay committee on police henry Grund sides eldes asked to 1 be allowed to maintain a bootblack stand on second south street committee on streets k R kletting asked permission to pile building material on commercial street it reet for four months granted mary B burbridge and J W burbridge asked that the tax assessed against them for extending the water mains be canceled committee on waterworks water works FROM THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS the board of public works reported that a contract had bad been entered into with the pacific paving company of utah for laying feet of bituminous or asphalt lo reek rack sidewalk pavement on both sides of state street between south temple and fourth south streets and on second south street between second east and fifth west streets and on third south between state and second east streets and between west temple and third west streets and asked that action be taken on the same mine the board also submitted the following abstract of the bids received pacific paving co work complete utah anhalt asphalt co payment and grading W H warwick arwick without adamant Str co without grading adopted THE NEW COMM committees the mayor announced that he had rearranged the standing committees as follows the councilman first named being in each case the chairman of the committee ways and means karrick anderson And ereon lynn streets parsons pendleton james hardy hyde waterworks Water works anderson spafford lynn young smith finance lynn anderson karrick sewerage james pickard parsons spafford young public works james parsons folland improve improvements menta lynn anderson tuddenham city prison pickard karrick barrick hard hardy X irrigation pendleton heath karrick barric smith hardy license karrick pickard hyde markets spafford pendleton folland elections heath lynn hardy revision pendleton lynn tuddenham police anderson pendleton parsons heath folland sanitary regulations and quarantine pickard heath james young hard hardy icil jordan and salt lake canal Karr karrick pendleton james spafford smith public grounds parsons ard tuddenham hyde fire department anderson parsons smith municipal laws lynn heath spafford parsons young claims james ames pickard young cemetery karrick Karr iok pickard tuddenham enrollment lynn anderson hyde unfinished business pendleton spafford folland PAVING proposition the board of public works presented the following communication from W H remington president of the stra damant company we herewith beg your honorable body to consider the proposition from this company to pave with our adamant Str asp baltic mastic one block including intersections inter intersections ter already awarded to us in the streets of this city the pavement to be our standard pavement the irhe price per square foot to be paid to be determined upon open the same basis as the contracts to be let for the same character of work on the of july next the conditions and guarantee to also comply with the specifications as already accepted by your body we desire that a full block of pavement in addition to the intersection above mentioned for reason that paving the intersection furnishes too small an area to thoroughly demonstrate the s superior or qualities of of our adamant str pave pavement for the reason that inasmuch as the intersection will adjoin dirt streets mud and dust will be tracked over it thus concealing the surface which we desire to appear clean to the eyes of the public and any inspectors that your board may appoint t to investigate it also that some of the members of your honorable body expressed themselves to the effect that they had now sufficient knowledge of the str adamant and other materials which are to be bid upon on july 20 in view of that fact we desire as much for an educator as for any other purpose to before have our street paving test tested before that date we submit herewith reports from the engineers of the leland stanford jr university at palo alto california and also a report from the chemist of the board i of df su supervisors of the city of san francisco which wp trust will meet with careful consideration trusting that hat you can favorably recommend to the council the acceptance of this proposition we beg to remain SALT LAKE ADAMANT ASPHALT co councilman hyde requested that the reports of curtis barker engineer of the leland belaud stanford jr university and 0 A ogden chemist of the board of supervisors super visors oi of san ban francisco be read which was done committee on streets BIDS FOR FOB FLAGSTONE SIDEWALKS the board of public works reported the following abstract of bids for laying square feet of flagstone fide eide walk pavements on third south street all of which greatly exceeded the estimate before submitted INCH paving grading and FG palmer 85 35 is 13 skinner 00 36 35 35 85 wm win bastaja Ba etapa 37 45 metropolitan stone company 40 POUR FOUR INCH paving grading wm bastaja Ba 39 45 skinner tyne Pid uzza 40 35 85 F G campbell Oam and FG Palmer 40 43 metropolitan stone company 40 FIVE INCH paving grading wm win Baa tapa 45 45 metropolitan stone company 45 F G campbell and FG falmer 55 35 skinner oo co 46 35 the matter was referred to the board bo i of public works THE NORTH BENCH WATER QUESTION the following report from the city engineer submitted april ath brought forth a resolution by councilman anderson andersen authorizing the issuing of bonds to the amount of for the construction of the system in accordance with instructions received from the city council on march 19 of the present year I 1 have made and herewith submit an estimate of cost coat for constructing a reservoir and pipe line system for supplying water to those portions of the city known as the north bench and capitol hill to distribute the water as high as thirteenth street it will be necessary to locate the gatehouse se feet in elevation above the gatehouse of the present twentieth ward system and will require about feet or two and three quarters miles of main pipe which I 1 think should not be less than twelve inches the cost of such a system will be about as follows for reservoir gatehouse etc 00 for 12 inch iron main 00 councilman anderson andersen i 1 renew my motion made one week ago for the adoption of the resolution authorizing the system to be put in councilman james I 1 am emphatically opposed to the adoption of the resolution and can give you good reasons for my objections they are these it has been asserted that members of a former city council pledged themselves to supply the purchasers purchase re of the unimproved and uninhabited d land on the north bench with water if any such pledge or promise was made the information is certainly on file in the office of the recorded and should such be the case I 1 will oppose the pro doettl n no longer for then are we bound bound to supply that portion of the town with water otherwise not addressing recorder jack are there any papers in your office containing such promise or pledge mr jack I 1 know nothing of such papers mr james then I 1 certainly shall oppose the proposition lecause I 1 think it is unjust I 1 have weighed the matter well and have carefully examined every detail and enquired into the rights of the petitioners petition ers and the alleged obligation of the city I 1 have talked with ex mayor armstrong dooley mccornick and sharp all members of the city council when that land was wag platted aud and sold and all of them are emphatic in their statements sWe ments that there was no promise on the part of the city either expressed or implied to supply it with water purchasers sers of lots probably expected that water would be obtained at sometime in the distant future but they took their chances I 1 have recently visited and carefully inspected the grounds which the petition if granted is ca calculated acu to benefit and to my surprise there are if I 1 remember rightly but four small cheap wooden 44 houses located above the present water limit below the limit is much valuable and unimproved land on which people deop le could easily settle and be nearer the center of the city the people on the bench many of whom I 1 talked with personally informed me that while they did not have the water force that that exists below them they had sufficient to sprinkle their lawns and water their trees if the gentlemen who advocate the granting of this petition can produce one single convincing idea in favor of it I 1 should like to hear it so far they have in my opinion signally failed an argument has been made in rebuttal of my position by saying that the unoccupied latil land on the north bench if supplied with water would be rapidly settled and soon begin to contribute revenue to the city in the shape of taxes but there is much available land within the water limit to improve and from which taxes can be collected another thing is we have many needed improvements to make and the city can ill ift afford to spare the money at this time councilman hyde 1 I am heartily in accord with the sentiments of mr james while water to is as p plentiful lenti ful as it has been this season and last there might be water augh gh to supply the wants of people W iab may settle above the present water limit but in seasons as that of two years ago they would have to go without besides the water from city creek belongs to another portion of the city the old inhabitants have the first claim upon it to take it from them would be wrong another thing financially I 1 believe the city to is running close to the wind every good business man inquires carefully into the standing of his bis bank account so eo likewise I 1 believe we should understand the state of the cites finances councilman hardy I 1 do not think the city council is under any obligation to grant the petition I 1 have a relative who purchased a great amount of land on the bench at the time of the public sale and he assures me that he received no promises from the city that he would be supplied with water but that he be took his own chances councilman pickard I 1 know that there were several hundred thousand dollars spent in the purchase of land there with the implied promise that the city would furnish water councilman james allow me to correct you mr pickard I 1 am able to bo do so as I 1 have the figures to bear me out producing a paper from bis his pocket you certainly cannot mean hundreds of thousands of dollars as on this portion of the bench there was but worth of land sold above the tha water limit east of city creek to this mr pickard did not reply councilman parsons I 1 believe that it was understood when this property was sold that the city would furnish it with water ad as soon as it was able to do so I 1 further believe that the time has now arrived the taxes would soon pay for the investment the lots lota we were last year assessed at 1500 each the revenue was considerable councilman james jamee I 1 arise to correct this statement councilman Council mn karrick I 1 object mr air mayor the gentleman cannot can not speak twice on the same subject without the permission of the council mayor scott you are right mr karrick councilman young 1 I move that the gentleman be given the privilege to speak carried councilman james the lots were not assessed nt 1500 each nor yet one third of that amount here are tile the figures figure of the purchase price again reading from a paper showing that the lots jots were disposed of at prices rankine ranging from to it is not likely that they were assessed so BO much in excess of their real value councilman young I 1 agree that the land to be benefited by the granting of this petition to is a very beautiful fu I 1 part of the city and will at some day when we cau can afford to improve it become very valuable and much sought after but it seems to me that the cou counell council a should confine itself to the field of improvement in which it to is now operating at a future day when our finances will permit the proposition might be pro proper fo r but today to day I 1 do no not think it is I 1 have the word of ex recorder wells and others that the city y did not bind itself to supply that property with water I 1 am not yet thoroughly acquainted with the financial ai condition of the city but I 1 apprehend that we have no money to spare and am therefore opposed to the granting of the petition at this time the question was then put the vote being as follows ayes |