Show CITY COUNCIL r ft City e-City Council met in regular B on at o'clock last laet evening Mayor Armstrong being absent from The city Alderman Sharp was se- se se selected ted Je to 0 pr preside i e nten ent Bancroft and asked Uw ked that the water mains mains mains- If be eXtended extended from Third S South uth Street Vao Ib to in tn front of the Rio Rift Bi Grande Gh-ande depot We depot also that a fire hy- hy V hy-V t t he put in there Referred to the committee on water works works works- J I C Conklin and other property pen on J Street petitioned the e not to move the Ii line ne fences a a derided decided on at a recent meeting they stated that it would be a great aage to the property the line t having ug been established years ago agos 1 fer lie the city surveyor and that a a- a z huge now Dow would necessitate many e Ref Referred to the committee i and action of the Council r upended until such tim time as the theco theftS co Council may learn the amount of 1 i ce a J BCe not now on the line and theli the li ill amount of fence requiring ng a change f The She following petition signed by x jl persons was presented Salt BaIt Lake City Railroad I pany having asked for the right right- right t wy way along certain streets in the ern and northern portion of thes the s we the property owners and andt t x of said locAlity respect respect- filly flaUT petition your honorable body ie said gold company a franchise franchiser r I r the street railway on said Deferred to the committee on onA White A Sons presented the fol- fol fol J erg petition The Thc undersigned respectfully nt Dt that they contemplate esIn es- es este bIng in Salt Lake City exten- exten r s te e stock yards for the purpose of Alp Alp- the handling of live i c fort for tor t the e Territory an and surround surround- nd- nd country ki a together with Aa with a pack pack- ack- ack j f m house in i connection with the 1 ry slaughterhouse and r re- re rei i tor for that busin business 88 We you to sell Bell us the grounds tw used med by the city for dump- dump purposes and will establish ft stock took yards necessary for growth h of the stock interests of of 9 country in addition to a pack pack- pack's s 's lay 1 hou home douse e and refrigerator business to Be would call attention to the fact we jy are not asking from the city Uny bonus for the establishing of ofA needful I industries and for l ie peon uon we would ask you to tor r the above described lands at ati i Dable price as your honor honor- honory honor IJ dY y may deem pr proper per if under mst and if if we are the purchase of said land der r price we will erect build build- build d improvements costing y is thousand dollars w rr public Referred to the committee on pub pub- lic grounds William B Preston asked per per- permission permission permission mission to change the location of the weigh scales sales and house houw how e now occupied occupied occupied pied by him on East Eist Temple Street north to a site feet fet due north of present position Granted John A Clark dark sent in a communication leation thanking the Council for promptness and kindness in placing a water tank or spill near his place of residence Received and filed flIed Elias A Smith sent in a rt request to remove 11 his is name from a petition which he had signed favoring the granting of a railroad franchise along Fourth West Street as he had learned that a majority of the residents were opposed to any fur fur- further further ther grants along said street Re- Re Received Re Received and request granted grante Simon N Noall and others presented p petitions aski asking ng to nave their names changed to favoring the rail rail- railroad railroad railroad road all of which were granted Among these were the directors of the Salt Lake Glass works A state state- statement statement statement ment of the situation was received from the railroad company but it was laid over to come up with the franchise Parley P Pratt petitioned the Council not to permit the opening of a rod four-rod street through his land he be alleging that he had been in possession of the property for many years and that when he came in possession of the property no street was laid out as was shown by old maps He made many citations to show that the Council had right to open said street Referred to the I committee on streets with the city attorney associated Hyrum W Kimball and others represented that they had hel held certain certain certain tain property for thirty y years rs and asked that a perfected title be grant grant- grante granted granted e ed Referred to the committee on pu public grou grounds W W Riter Biter and John dark Clark of the committee on streets reported in writing in reference to the application application application cation for a franchise for the Utah Western Railway on June 25 1889 sai said present present- presented ed a petition asking asks g for a ri right ht of way for its road on North Temple Street treet from its intersection with Fourth West Street westward on said street to Fifth West Street thence northward on said Fifth West Street to the city boundary There There- The re- re report re report port referred to the almost unanimous unanimous I mons opposition of the people on said street to granting it and the effort of the petitioners to get the con con- consent consent con consent sent of the people of N North rth Temple to ha have ve the road built westward on that street hut but encountered the same ob- ob obstacle obstacle ob obstacle stacle The petition of July 15 was then referred to withdrawing the I former petition and asking a right of way northward on Fourth North Street showing that there was com com- comparatively comparatively comparatively little opposition Re- Re Re however occurred subsequently The report goes on reciting the his his- history history history tory of the company in its efforts to obtain the franchise and showing the final result of a house to house can canvass vass to be beth th that t 62 per cent of the frontage opposed and 38 per cent favored the scheme sell erne Twenty-four Twenty residents had bad expressed se themselves against the franchise five in favor vor and two had bad made ma a no expression that is 83 per cent cent opposed and 17 per percent cent in favor of the railroad In regard to a petition numerously ly signed by the residents of the north north- northwest northwest northwest west pact pait of the city in favor of Q a franchise a large number are resl- resl residents resi residents de dents ntH on streets where it was waR first sought to obtain a franchise and where the people are almost unan unan- unanimously unanimously unanimously opposed to it and many of the petitioners sign signed for tear that the road might be built on their own street This being the status of the community's community sentiments or that portion of it affected or su supposed to be affected by the roads while the committee are in favor of the building of railroads and the he growth and progress of the community they are not in favor of granting the franchise in question so long as such a majority of the people interested are opposed to it and until there is is- greater necessity for fora fora fora a railroad there In reply to the argument that thata a franchise had been granted d on the south end of the same street the report says that it was urged that the petitioner wanted to get in the locality of the other railroads f for forthe forthe r the interchange of business bu but t this argument bad no force in the toe the other application If the commercial needs of the city demanded it if there could be found a way out of the city that would be less objectionable but for the present the committee re- re recommended recommended re recommended commended that the resolution be indefinitely postponed I After the was read Coun Coun- Councilor Councilor Smith arose and said that he was a member of the committee but did not sign the report because he did not feel assured of the feelings of the majority of the population ACcording to his understanding rods frontage favored the franchise opposed it and 80 rods were neutral I If f these are the honest facts they should be heeded He then said that there were gentlemen present with notarial evi evidence ence who should be heard 3 Alderman Riter stated that the committee had driven to every house and secured the opinions of the residents and that the report was correct as presented and if the petition was signed by other than thaB property owners they had been misled d B F Cummings Jr in behalf of the Utah Western Railroad spoke fi fiat at pome some length on the i question stating that there were a number of pieces of property which bad had either Just changed hands or were about to todo do so and that all these new owners would favor the road t Councilor Smith said that he was of the opinion that one side was about as strong as the other Councilor Bowles move moved that the question come up when the fran fran- franchise franchise franchise chise was taken up Lost Councilor Young said he would like to know how the people stood on the question and he wanted to see whether anyone would change his mind by morning The report was laid on the table for one ODe week Cou Councilor Bowles Sow lee offered a areso- areso reso- reso 1 K J 1 terry Jr r T lution to the effect that contracts for an all public work be let to the lowest bidder and thy that t the sewerage along the streets not yet opened opened be beo o also let by contract After a lengthy I discussion the resolution was laid over for one week Councilor Smith introduced a abill abill bill biH to uniform the police force g It provides that all members of the police force of Salt Lake City shall within sixty day days from the date of the passage of I this ordinance provide themselves r with u uniforms and badges of office which shall shaH be worn by them upon f f- f all occasions when on duty fluty with such exceptions on the part of officers officers officers cers performing detective duty as asI I may be permitted by the chief of police The full fuH dress of the mem mem- members members members bers of the nolice police force shall be of blue cloth Utah made It then goes goeson goeson goeson on to describe the suits to be worn I by the different officers the ar- ar arrangement arrangement ar arrangement of the buttons etc Referred to the committee on Alderman stated that if the police were uniformed it would require a larger Jarger force foree and recommended that the ques ques- q ues question tion of increase be also referred to the committee on police The question was so referred The following ordinance was passed SEC 1 1 Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City That section 9 of An Ordinance J Prescribing the Form and Mode of r 4 Local Assessments Assessments passed June 12 1888 be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows Sec Sec 2 The assessor and collector shall pay over to the city treasurer all moneys collected by him at the end of ea ea- h month or sooner if re- re require required re quire bv by the r ii Council and o shall r a list of taxpayers show show- showing showing r ing the amount paid by each to the city auditor who shall th thereupon cause each person whose name Bame ap- ap appears appears ap appears pears on said list to be credited with I the amount of tax paid by him r which shall apply on his Ids water rates andall and all taxes heretofore col col- collected collected collected under the ordinance hereby 7 amended shall shan be credited to the i persons who paid the same and shall shaH apply on his water rates Sec 2 That 2 2 That an ordinance passed April 24 1888 entitled An t Ordinance Providing for tor the Exten Exten- ExtenSion Extension sion sian of the Waterworks System be and the same is hereby repealed f BOARD OF EQUALIZATION F- F I The Council Council resolved itself into a aboard aboard aboard board of equalization when the s recorder presented the following statement r Assessed valuation for the year Total reduction Valuation as a corrected Amount of tax at 5 mills W 76 r Remission of taxes Amount to be received for 1889 tax The report of the recorder was ac- ac accepted ac accepted the assessment ro roll approved and the collector was ord ordered red to proceed with the collection jq |