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Show ieJ Meet in Begular Session and Transact Trans-act Business of an Important Nature. . I IE ASSESSMENT BOLL FOE 1890. Si rwt Paving Petitions Appropriations Committees-New Ordinances-Miscellaneous Ordinances-Miscellaneous Business, City council met last night, linpor-nt linpor-nt business was transacted. City sesSor Clute presented the assessment 111 for thu year 1800, showing a total lluation of $54,353,740. In his report , suggested that the rate in mills be :ed at once, together with the time hen council would set as a board of liz.,tion of the assessor and collec-r collec-r as eight o'clock. 10 was also tleci-,d tleci-,d that the compensation paid the lscssor ami collector be 21 per cent of ,e tax collected. . . The report of tho linance committee ! this connection was that the rate of , be placed at 4 mills on the dollar, his was adopted. An ordinance mak-g mak-g operative this report was then pre-mtoil; pre-mtoil; read lirst, second arid third me and carried. This will give a neuiieof $217,414.06. On motion it as decided that council set as a Mrd of equalization - from iijrnst 20th to August 31st, Sun-ivs Sun-ivs excepted. STREET PAVIKO. Citv Engineer Doremus then handed i a supplementary report in regarding i street paving. Some additional es-niatcs es-niatcs were also handed in on the pav-iiof pav-iiof East Temple street between South craplc and Third South. Tho figures iven at last week's meeting of council i;rc: I'OH GRANITE BLOCKS. imttei's' proportion. $33,516.00 iiy'8 proportion 16,017.00 Total f79,556.0O SHEET ASPHALTUM. hutter' proportion S71.BJ5.00 ay's proportion 17,587,00 Total $.S9,S32.00 The following estimates were handed a last night: FOU VITRIFIED BH1CK. butters' proportion liradlnpr 8.490.00 i Orbing 3.9BO.0O liuttew 9,475.00 I'avini? 40.4SH.O0 Conduits a,000.00-$54, 405.00 itv's proportion Gradintt '.$ 3,532.00 CurbinB . - 480.00 ((utters 410.00 Paving .' 7,850.00 Conduits 1,600.00 13,662.00 Total $65,067.00 FOR MACADAM, butters' proportion-Grading proportion-Grading 2.390.00 Curbing 3,930.00 Gutters -. 2,475.00 Paving 12,144.00 Conduits ' 2,OCO,00 $23,069.00 lty's proportion-Grading proportion-Grading $ 3.522.00 Curbing 480.00 Guttering 310.00 I'aving 2.355.00 Conduits., 1,500.00 8,167.00 Total $31,236.00 STONE THE MOST DURABLE. lowing petition: to . Ft h P.'11011 yur honorable body In 1 1 S tniSt iilU8e "i ,he oontraets of agreemont buUdin ?ha L?d ending, that .aid and fOT Sau iv !1 .by ounlon en only, inKinen. orl for Salt Lake ' The petition was referred to the committee com-mittee on public improvement. . WATERWORKS COMMITTEE. The committee on waterworks presented pre-sented the following report: Your committee, to whom was referred tha )fvfiHk8.',beirl'!4vetorel'ol'ttl'1't we have S Sh'T a,ul mp:irea the est" SSmmt "a1l01r2'itensi?,18( Hn with the amount levied by special tax and find that In fourtwn .neta fleeted covers the nree-fourth nree-fourth cost, and also find that the cost of tlBgiiiB and tlttiug the trenches by tho super- trn teu lor 1 When the worlc was THE COMMITTEE ON STREETS. The committee on streets, relative to the petition of William Kidd and others asking that the Union Pacific be restrained re-strained from laying a switch on Fourth West street, reported adversely to the petition. This report was, however, referred back and amended, so as to grant the petition. It was so adopted. I he matter caused considerable discus-siou, discus-siou, and the general opinion was that the co npanv owned land enough in the city to build its switches on rather than on a public street. The same committee reported in favor of granting the petition of Josephine Spears and removing the bridge and tilling up the ditch in lot 8, block 47, plat A. NEW ORDINANCES. An ordinance prohibiting the catching catch-ing of fish in City creek, the shooting or destruction of any birds or game in the City creek canyon, within the limits of Salt Lake City, was read three times and ordered for enrolling. The line shall not exceed $r0. An ordinance relating to the storing of hay or straw, in stack or pile, unless under certain conditions, was read a third timo and passed. No such pile shall come within sixty feet of any building in which fire is kept, unless it is properly enclosed or secured from flying sparks. The boundaries are: The west line of the military reservation, north bv Seventh North street, west by Sixth West street, and south by South Ninth street. Tho penalty attached is a line of not less than $10 normore than $100, and a like amount for every day the same shall remain after the notice to remove it shall be given by the chief of tho fire department. The ordinance defining the fire limits was referred back for correction. An ordinance relating to the burning of hay, straw and rubbish in the city limits, was read for a third time and passed. It provides that no rubbish of any kind shall be burned in the city except between the hours of 6 a. m. and 12 noon. The penalty for each offense is a fine not to exceed $10. An ordinance conferring the assess-iiu.vt assess-iiu.vt of lots aud blocks abutting on both, sides of First Easi street, from South Temple to First South street, and from First East to Seventh East street, in sidewalk district number 2. Read a third time and passed. APPROPRIATIONS. The following appropriations were then made after which council adjourned ad-journed : S.J.Morse 705.83 0. L. Stevenson 550.00 J. L. Seligman 125.00 .loseph Silver 120.00 T.h; Lloyd 1,000.00 J. P. Brien mtO A. M. Anderson 50.55 F. K. McGurrln 24.00 M. J. Mack 400.00 W. J. Coots 1,387.50 Mount & Orlffln 1,000.00 Total $5,612.88 In the report accompanying these Rurcs City Engineer Doremus says liat stone is the. most durable aud sit lie same time the most noisy of all uvements. "The best of this kind of pavement is laid on 'iicrete or sand foundations, the joints being Ilea with a mixture of hot pitch and sand or ty sand alone. Cobble stones had been eon ' mned as a 'barbarouH inheritance of a past sc.' and rectangular blocks were now used muslvely. Asphalt was regarded with inch favor, being capable of withstanding 'avy traffic and being noiseless. Vitrilled nek was gaining favor, and he was confident Mer brick couldn't be produced to 1111 all E'lmrements. Macadam was the pion- r pavement, but was no Ion-" Ion-" considered suitable lor city streets. "Ming the Inauguration of any paving lovement. much could be done lu the way of I'Piiratiot). Most of the principal Htreets "Uld require to bo cut down from one to two before being paved. Aa a rule the streets Wan excellent foundation of clean uravel, "t were covered with several inches of pow 'iM stone, which in summer was ail unbear-"le unbear-"le dust and in winter Impassable mud. As means of clearing the streets of this, he sug-'yd sug-'yd that the su-faco be cut down from four 1 sixiuches, to remove the worn out mat-Ihe mat-Ihe report was referred to the oom-uttae oom-uttae on streets. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS. M. J. Mack sent in his resignation as Member of the expert water comniis-iun, comniis-iun, together with a bill of $400. The 1 'agnation was accepted and the bill unwed. : City Engineer Doremus submitted for PProval a profile showing the street 11(1 sidewalk grades on First street be-'een be-'een First East and C streets. Re-rwil Re-rwil to the committee on streets. Jidge Laney's report showed that !'fing July ho had tried 297 eases, he hues assessed amounted to $2058.30; lli hues Collected, $28; paid over to the 'sury. $075.30; paid in labor $1,027; ' appealed, $85. no watermaster reported in favor of 'owing John M. Whitaker to lay a ijjerpipe along the Jordan. Adopted. tMicordcr Hyams made a report stat-. S. that no protests had been filed Wiusi the paving of Commercial ".'Ml. Filed. h flic mayor was authorized to employ 11 oflice boy. !)fg tax collector presented his re-i re-i , 'l shows that the amount, real-from real-from the dog tax for Julv was ')U. - - ' PETITIONS. Among tho petitions received were 'u lullowing: Aing that George Neilsou, J. W. Abridge, F. D. R. Gray, Thomas Dob-and Dob-and George Hilton be appointed 'ec,al policemen. All referred to the "nmiittee on police. - j ? tnat tne special water tax as- i ilvs- M- p- Rasmusser be re- j J1ed as she is a poor widow. I J aco b Alt asked for a rebate of $213.80 n "is license fee, as he bad been forced 'f J-'ose his saloon by the tearing down K i) u-1(ling- Committee on license. VUcks and others asked that ' canal on Seventh and Eighth West reefs from Ninth South to North Tern-P Tern-P ,e "led up. Committee on canals. ,,TaI? House and others asked that North street, between Fourth -a Ninth West.be bridged and graded, "mmittee on streets. e sey & Gillespie ' asked to be 'e p i Permission to use water from irn y canyn stream for irrigation i Committee on irrigation, -uattmas Nelson asked for a free H-'i H-'i licensePetlC,le ,produce- Committee James C. Watson & Brothers asked -rtmltri,ght t0 continue taking sand! oml Ae(t of the Jordan for $10 per i- ,j Committee on irrigation. ntl i l(rCoven& Co., 83 East Second i'ttnl' as , d for a liquor license. Com- j ei; ou hecn,.-:.- ;;. .. j FROM THE WORKINGMEX. j ae tfades unions presented the fol- j |