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Show Cfflf CDTOGIL. The Asphalt Gcmpany Gets It in the Neck. They Are Civen Forty Days In Which to Fill Their Contract. Con-tract. C. I2's Asks For Damages For Eeine: Deprived of Irrigating Ir-rigating Fluid. Hie City Council met in regular session ses-sion on Monday nipht, with Mayor Booth in the chair. The only absentee was Councilor Liddianl. A petition from the Provo City Railroad Rail-road company, asking the appointment of Win. It. Probert as special police-elan police-elan on all trains, was read and granted. grant-ed. The appointment was accompanied accompan-ied with the endorsement of City Marshal Mar-shal John A. Brown. The following communication from C. l"s was referred to the committee on irrigation: To the City Council of l'rovo City: Gextlkmen Your petitioner respectfully re-spectfully represents to your honorable honor-able body that he is the owner of the N. W. i of Block Plat B, Provo City survey of building lots, and is cultivating the same in fruits and vegetables. veg-etables. That before the time for commencing irrigation this year, he went to the deputy waterrnaster, James Gray, to learn when the proper time for watering said lots would occur. That he was then informed by (iray that the time would be the same as last year. The last Tear he was allowed the use of water on said lots from 4 p. m. every Tuesday. That he accordingly took the water at the time mentioned on Tuesday at 4 p. m. That while he was so using said water on Tuesday, between the hours of 4 and 7 p. m., the said Gray came and took out your pet. turner's water gate, and accused him of stealing steal-ing the water, threatening to prose-, prose-, cute him if lie interfered with him again, and informed your petitioner that his time to water was Thursday between the hours of 4 and 7 p. m. That your petitioner waited till Thursday, when he again took the water, as he was instructed by said Gray, lu a few minutes YY S. Rawlings look the water above your petitioner, and on consulting with said Rawlings he produced his water certificate, showing show-ing that the said Rawlings had a right to the use of said w -ten there upon your petitioner gave it up, and told Gray, who then informed him I that the said Gray did not know when your petitioner could have the water. That Walter Scott publishedin the """ Enquirer a statement to the effect tbt . your petitioner was guilty of stealing j wattr. That by reason of. said annoy- 1 ance and loss in the crops of your petitioner lie has been damaged in the sum of one hundred dollars. Wherefore Where-fore your petitioner prays that you will allow him that amount. Cuakles Twelves. ! The City Assessor submitted the following fol-lowing report: City Assessment roll far the year 1S91. Assessment -of the city "at large, S2.31H3.14U. Corporations $2f9.4.0 Banks 248.000 ! Railroads $56,430 Total $3,000,000 The assessment for last year was $3,1.7.t,430. The reductions in assessment assess-ment liave been made principally i:i residence property. The report, together with the assessment assess-ment roll, was referred to the committee commit-tee on linauce. On motion of Councilor Dixon, Monday, Mon-day, Juno 29, 1891, at 8 o'clock p. m., was appointed the time for hearing complaints of errors in assessments. Councilor IIenrich?en moved that, the Assessor's compensation be fixed at 7 per cent., and on motion of Councilor Coun-cilor Maiben the motion was referred to the committee on finance Councilor Dixon moved that there be levied for openiiig and keeping in repair the streets of Provo City, one mill on the dollar, and for contingent expenses, two mills on the dollar. This motion was referred to the committee on finance. The report of the City Marshal for the month ending May 81, 1S91, was read and accepted. The report of the City Recorder, showing licenses collected during May, amounting to $1201.70, was read and accepted. The committee on streets and alleys, to whom was referred the matter "of sprinkling the streets, recommended the erection of a tank at the intersection intersec-tion of F and Seventh streets, the appropriation ap-propriation of $20 to Bunnell & Eg-gertseu Eg-gertseu for the exclusive use of one of their flowing wtlls, and the awarding to Geo. Bean the job of sprinkling at 12.75 per day of ten hours, during the sprinkling season. Councilor Dixon thought there were those who would give the use of their flowing wells for nothing. Councilor Maiben favored the use of the Bunnell-Eggertson well. It was a large stream. The Mayor suggested that the committee com-mittee have a written agreement for the exclusive use of the well, and for as long as the city wanted it. ; Couicilor Ilenriclisen favored the striking out of that part of the report giving the job of sprinkling the streets to G-o. Bean, at least for a week, so as to give Oliver llolcomb, who had sent in a bid to do the work for $2 00 per day, an opportunity of perfecting his bid. On motion of Councilor Maiben the report was withheld for one week. The committee on license, to whom was referred the matter of merchants not paying a just license, recommended that the recorder be instructed to raise the license of all business men whom he thinks are trying to shirk a proper payment. . Councilor Maiben stated that this I matter of license should be attended j to. There were old establishments in I Provo. doing business with a capital I of between $20,000 and $30,000, and I yet only payi ng a license of $20 or $30 j about the same license thev paid I twenty years ago. lie thought" the re- 1 corder should adopt the assessment I roll as a guide m licensing the busU ness houses, as there was no business that was taxed one dollar more than the stock carried. Councilor Dixon did not hesitate iu stating that there was not a merchant mer-chant in town but was carrying one-third one-third to one-half more stock than they generally carried. The motion to adopt the report was carried. The following claims were allowed, and amounts appropriated: Wm. Fhraime, city teamster, services for May, $40; Jorge n Hansen, services for May, as road supervisor, $yy; Ge. A. Bean, leveling gravel on J street, $23.-00; $23.-00; Jos. S. Strong, services as deputv road supervisor, for May, $43.75: J as. Carter, shoeing horses, etc.', $0.10: A, A. Ferre. services for teamster forFiie Department, for May. $40; Boston Lumber Co., lumber, $71. SO; Police bill for Mav Citv Marshal. SS3: Wm. Strong, $70: Alex. Wilkins, $70; Wm. Hill, $70; James White, $32: Silas All-red, All-red, extra police service, $20; S. W. Worsley, special police services, $20; John A. Brown, board of prisoners, for May, S57.G0; E. L. Jones, services correcting assessor's plats, $0: Provo Manufacturing Co., electric light service ser-vice for May. $273.70; committee on irrigation. ir-rigation. $9.50; committee on irrigation, irriga-tion, $4.20; committee on judiciary, $G 60; committee on fire department, $1.20; Walter Scott, services as water master, for May, $73.70; James Gray, services as deputy waterrnaster, $(7; S. A- Pace, services as deputy water-master. water-master. $0J; Smoot Drug Co"., medicines. medi-cines. $7.70. When the cl aim of the Provo Manufacturing Manu-facturing company was presented, the Mayor stated that so far as the electric elec-tric lights on the corner of Eighth and the one up on Tenth were concerned, if they were no belter in the future than they had been, he would be in favor fa-vor of not paying anything for the ser- i vice. He would recommend the Provo Manufacturing company being told that if -they could not render better sen-ice that the city couid do without their lights. These sentiments were strongly endorsed by Councilors Dixon, Maiben and Ilenriclisen. On motion of Councilor Dixon, the reading of bills was postponed till next session. On motion of Councilor Maiben, the committee on streets and alleys was instructed to purchase a tank for sprinkling purposes. The committee on streets and allevs submitted the following lesolutions:" Wheueas, a contract was made, and entered into by and between Provo City, of the first part-, and Utah Asphaltum Company, of the second part, on the 20th dav of October, A. D. 1S90, by the terms of winch said company was to lay asphaltum or bituminous bi-tuminous rock sidewalk pavement upon up-on certain streets in Provo City, and 10 lurnisu material ami penorm all work in connection with the same in a good and workmanlike manner, and in accordance with certain plans and specifications, iu said contract contained; con-tained; and - W'MjsKfcAs. Ktlu Utah Asphaltum Company has not tuid said pavement, or any pavement, i'u said city in pursuance pur-suance of said contract, or at all, and has failed to comply with each and every of the agreements therein contained con-tained to be by it kept and performed; and WiiEKEAS, said company bus been frequently requested by said city to carry out the terms of "said contract, to which requests no attention has been paid; now - Therefore he it rexdera, by the City Council -.a Provo City, that the Recorder Re-corder be, and he i- hereby instructed to notify said Utah Asphalt jm Company, Com-pany, that it said sidewalk pavement be iii -t lai. . :md said contract fully porforme'i, so iar as its terms are applicable ap-plicable to i: on or b'-fore the 10th day of Juiy. A. L. 1S91, that said city will rescind, cancel and annul the same so far as it is wi. hin its power, and will hold itself free from its obligations and terms. On motion of Councilor Maiben the resolutions were adopted. On further motion by Councilor Maiben Mai-ben the time for filling the terms of the contract was placed at July 10, ism. The resolutions, as amended, were then passed. On motion ol Councilor Maiben the Recorder was instructed to communicate communi-cate with tl. County Court, with a view to the n ln.qui.-.hmentof it? right, if it has any, to that certain diagonal street from Douglas', northwest to Miller's, in the east part of town. On motion of Councilor Glazier the committee on streets and alleys was authorized to confer with the owners of land adjoining Fourth street, with a view to extending and straightening that street. Councilor Di::on called the attention atten-tion of the Council to a resolution a 1 pted over a year aao. instructing the snpei visor to box all the ditches on Seventh street, between A and J, the entire width of the street. He thought the terms of the motion should be carried ovt. There was another matter tint the Council should consider in this connection, and that was the. bridge on Centre street, adjoining George Peay's property. prop-erty. Some action should be taken to have this bridge fi.ed. It was dangerous. dan-gerous. After much discussion, on the motion mo-tion to box all the ditches with , the exception ex-ception of the one over the mill race, a vote was called. Councilors Dixon, Ilenriclisen and Dunn voted in favor of the motion, and Councilors Maiben, Thomas and Glazier against. The Mayor stated that under the present pres-ent stringent circumstances of the city, he would vote in the negative, so the motion was lost. After the Council had administered a scathing rebuke to Councilor Lid-diard Lid-diard for neglect of duty, the Council adjourned till Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. j |