Show CITY m PITY HOLDS SESSION street materials are aire up for discussion lie ile roods floe ds from the west we hills to le be provided against Aga insl by opening new street the city council mt lat thursday night in the new council chamber and considerable business was transacted for the liev the matter of most imD importance ortance was the discussion ti to street material councilmen le cleais is and hansen had spent considerable time securing shale limestone rind and rock to to the state university to have it tested as to its fitness for rod ro d material samples frore the shale bedi bed north and ad south of town ton from annabella glenwood Glei wood and the eart hills were submitted to the council and the samples were ordered sent to the university mayor mavor christensen christeneen and councilman H n en learned a good deal about road materials durine the good roads convention and chev are now of the pinion dinion that the red gravel heretofore us aid d on the richfield streets lacks eil A the qualities necessary in a good road niB tenal any mure more itoney is expended on streets the council wants to be sure as to the t e material and the ledvort on the samples sent to the university will be waited awaited with considerable interest another matter that occasioned considerable discussion was the provisions for flood waters west of town As it stands a break in the big canal or a flood fruin the west hills deluges the of the city and pollutes the waters from the city ltv ng councilmen lewis and jessen have investigated conditions and they are of the opinion that if the street a block west of the senne ditch were opened up and a good ditch and embankment ban kment were constructed along the west side of this street the flood waters be checked and diverted into a course running south where little damage or inconvenience would be caused this course will likely be pushed before the next flood season arrive the matter of the sale of the city properly adjoining adjoin ine the school and the tabernacle grounds was informally discussed the majority of the council members are not in favor of the sale gale ol of that piece of property ean though the city could dispose of it to financial advantage it offers such a splendid addition to the play ground of the that it t is is likely the lity ity will keep it for the present the condition of the streets ne rally were talked over and as seen foon ws the mud dries an effort will be made to put the streets in I 1 food condition the holes along alone center street made by the railroad men while they searched out the break in the pipe DIDO line has been the cause of a vi vorous roua letter from the street committee to the railroad officials the matter of water for the north lots was also taken up and after considerable discussion was left to attorney bates and he will try and let the owners of water in that quarter to place those rights iso so that the city can i control and distribute the canal water himon christensen city justice aDD aup cared and asked that quarters be arranged where he could hold sessions of his court the council decided to furnish the south room of the suite occupied by bv them for the justice justic A number of minor matters were ot of when the coun council il adjourn judge chidester iq i a salt lake 1 aitor thi this week cek he hd tome me urgent business matters halh called ailed him to zion |