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Show CITY COUNCIL. I Tho Asinlnlty or tno Provo City Fathers Displayed. At the regular meeting of tho city council Monday evening the first business busi-ness of importanco was the presentation presenta-tion of tho following communication from Messrs. Reed Smoot.and L. L. Nunn: Pnovo. April 17, 1800. To tho City Council of Provo Cllvs Gentiomen: From tho report of last city council, w understand tho question ques-tion of electric light for Provo City will be discussed this evonlug, and in behalf be-half of the local company lo be formed, make you tho following proposition: We will furnish to Proyo City, for a period of one to live years, as thuelty may elect, as many SL'-caodlo power lights, on tho II in or our circuits, iih It limy decide to take, ut tho prleo of CO cents per mouth per light, and tho clly lie at uoexpeuse whatever for renewals or fixtures. Wo also propose to fix our residence, rata nt three, lights for $1.00, ami commercial com-mercial lights at 00 cents and givo a meter rate of three-fourth cent por umpere hour. After a littlo of tho regulation "rng-chewing" "rng-chewing" the city's aggregation of incompetents in-competents got down to what they call 'buslnoss." They passed two ordinances, and In tho langungc of Governor Wells, they nro "pca-wnriiicrs." One gives the bicycles eight feet on the west sldo of J street with no rights to property owners, no right to hitch teams and nothing allowed to pedestrians or tho rest of tho sulloilng public 'outside of bicycle Hernia' but death or jail. The other is strictly mural. It prohibits card playing or dice shaking in saloons or places adjoining, being an adjunct to what Is supposed to be a gambling ordinance, hut pays no attention to poll to society games of chance, for prizes. The majority of tho council again demonstrated their aslnluitv and their lawful heirship to the long ears possessed by the humble beast of burden, Unless wo are mlstakon in Mayor Jones be will uso a veto on both measures. |