| Show PRO VO CITY FATHERS A long bession sion held last madday night THE MUNICIPAL TAXATION A tax of three mills is levied new scheme for furnishings Furni shins water works is proposed city council met on tuesday night in i L mavor booth in the r A lull quorum was cirei enec AND communications A livas received from A L booth city surveyor that a new surveyors instrument be purchased jur chased ami that a city surveyors office be secured referred to the committee on public grounds and city property E G hurt asbed that an accompanying granting a to the western union telegraph co to put poles on I 1 street for the purpose of establishing a telegraph telee raph in the business part of the city he pasted communication accepted and resolution to come up in its order A communication was received from janes and associates proposing prop jo city with a 8 blein a utah june ath aon the mayor and city council gitig of prove GENTLE siet it is proposed by my to burnish the city of a complete and class of water ample supply of pure water with sufficient head tor fire protection without expense tu the city or its inhabitants upon the following the city oP to grant to me and my assigns assign 1 its to the water of Tim panagua or provo river and the right to lay water inaina and pipes thrush of said city and to supply the city and inhabitants ith water in sufficient quantity at reasonable rates fixell by the city council in consideration ot the grants and privileges anaed I 1 will agree and promise as first I 1 will organize a corporation to which the rights granted me shall be assigned and will interest aa block hold era and directory of aucta operation cooperation co leading and reputable cit izona of tho city oi brovo tie cond I 1 wiil at once and without delay r tiia surveys maps in to be icaco and within a reas shall as abon as the necesis y pipes and mains can be obtained the ork of laying the benl enl e distributing system and will CLUte tiiu me ot the water works third the excavation necessary for the laying of maina and water pipes shall be carried on by blocke and when commenced sli allbe completed with reasonable dispatch dis and the city ahall be leit iu ad od condition aa becore the excavation and only such of said shall necessary nece anil ad shall by the vity or its ensinger ens ineer fonna I 1 will supply and establish and nay and supply and establish all lire hydrants ca id city may from lime to time require and the style and quality to be approved and at lucli places as shall be desna led by alie cita filth in addition to the water for culinary domestic ami fire sea I 1 ill furnish nater ian which to hush severs and tor ciu public and foun Uius aud ater hb parks and city squares lans giitl street and all kotlier municipal uses sixth at the expiration of period of twenty yearb the time ct Kran tiny the aalee by mo and my assigns the city of shall laidve the light athia option to pun base from me and my the entire distributive tribu tive system at ane original cost ol 01 with lut creat added at tho rule ot G per beut per annum and may pay for the same in cash or in 6 per ceci bonda of the city provided are legal and valid bevente be in view of the possible purchase by the city it may exercise the liht in examining all the ani s and bills rendered against myssell or during the of awatar works and if they aie deemed and uncalled for it suhail state the banie and auch objection shall be presented eidth As fast as the cit bitof of provo shall grow in population ana extent 1 wi 1 and bhagi extend the valer b stem as fait ad UK adjoin ing property prop eity produce eveni ic locc cent of the bobu af llie extension und soch extensions to be approved by the city council and anni cieus water shall alas be at the bup ply of tho inhabitants if my proposition is accepted it ft ill result in the expenditure ol 01 a ast a st tuii of money immediately in our city it will result in bihy ihy city with a complete and of water horkst and wiil yc to the inhabitants inhabit anty an ample ut and pure water from aliu it will in crepau aliu value of fall real estate the city it will the cost of lire insurance it will the city and inhabitants filin lie burden ot taxation which must necessarily be imposed if the city undertakes the itself and at the barne time the expenses for water will not be so great upon the con ensero as it would be if the city shall proceed to build its own works all of which is very respectfully submitted referred to committee 01 aliff whole bohu ferro offered to run a street sprinkler for ler day referred to committee on and alleys T E city and collector a communication 1 abat alc tlc tax lovied be as low as compatible vi h tl u expense 01 abe city and abut coition of the tax which is to bo used for street purposes should be paid before the of de bembe laid 01 the table to william A mccullough proposed tu run a sprinkler for kyj duft r red to committed on streets and alleys oy CITY the report of the city recorder for t be mouth ol 01 may showing thit the film 0 bad been collected for uc ass and paid into the city treasury aa re and dr M H hardy cian us to llovy tie hon and council of provo cly C ly in with section 24 of ordinance m eagins bearc of health and dp finin s thereof the board submit following report of its labors tor spring eudin slav 31 1890 on march designated as members of the health board met at the office 0 hon juo E booth and effected the organization mayor jno E booth permanent chairman dr milton U hardy anar antin physician ecret nry councilor lowe glazier james annn ad vard t S L liddiard 3 J ward H ath ward contagious the first work of the board of removing under strict the old buil din iu the firt ward so long held under quarantine on of its having of peet huse where savera eucce asive cases malignant diphtheria had caused some alarm the building and its entire contents was thoroughly dis infected the furniture washed with a infecting disinfecting dis fluid the building razed to the ground and remove devery part considered at all dangerous was hurried or burned outside the city even the cellar filled with material during alie quarter there have been reported nine cages of diphtheria with four deaths and five recoveries of these it is proper to remark that six are considered to have been genuine diphtheria adopting the dry disinfect ine plan the first order of the board requiring within tha fire limits the clearing of the hack yards belonging to the business houses of all unsanitary conditions and fire abolishing of privy vaults and cess pools the cleansing of privies stables and other like prices and of suitable receptacles for s ft c for removal at short interval to take effect june ast 1st has already a hearty response from the majority odthe parties that the board takes pleasure in reporting the voluntary clearing up yards and the necessary wort still goes on from indications may be urged summer quarter just beginning may likely be one of considerable illness among our children te them and our citizens generally the literature commonly used in the prevention and management of diseases dangerous to the public already been compiled bv conr servant A second edition of preventable disease circular number 3 diphtheria being urgent will be ready for use in a few dis respectfully submitted MILTON II 11 city physician or committees mr glazier in behalf of the committee en streets and alleys reported on ane petition of richard antton asking for alie use of a portion of H street ro co that said petition be not en anted on the grounds that adjourning property owners objected report adopted i ane committee on finance reported as folio us to cita council of provo city your committee on to w horn was referred the As ses ors report of abo assessment of provo city for the year 1890 report that we have examined the assessment roll and find the assessed value to be as reported and we respectfully recommend that there be levied a tax of two milla on alie dollar for contingent expenses and one mill on the dollar to open up and keep in repair the streets ortho city and the council order that the whole tax assessed to open improve and keep in repair the streets of the city for alie year 1890 may be paid in labor in conformity as far as applicable the adopted by the city council of may we further recommend that the assessors compensation for the year 1890 be fixed at six and one half per cent of the tax levied EC chairman mr dunn moved to amend the report by making one and one half mills able in labor and ono one half mills payable in cash considerable discussion jollon cd the sentiment of the majority of the council to be that prove could not afford to put more than one mill on the streets during the present year the one mill this year would amount to more than alie oliree mills of baat year the contemplated improvements could not be made with less than two mills mr booth called mr glazier to the chair and to the council that a tax of one mill be levied to open and keep in repair the streets of the city and one and a half mills be made payable in cash he stated that he had been spoken to by quite a number of people and alie general opinion seemed to be eliat a tax of three mills would be rather severe when the hapli assessment was taken into consideration achsen were of the opinion that the man who did the most talking and blowing about bieh taxes was the one who paid the least taxes the amendment was lost dunn and bixon voting in favor of it and thomas glazier henrichsen Henri chyen and lid diard against it the question was ihen put on the original aport it was adopted maihen thomas glazier hinrichsen and lid dim d favor of it and annn and it mr maiben moved the adoption 0 the fI filkins loins order it ii i i lier by ordered that there shall he ivd I and collected for the year a tax of two mills on the dollar for con indent expenses and one mill on the to opan improve and keep in re bic streets oi the city the who leof the to open and keep in repair hie streets of the city may be pi in labor carried mr haskela was present and by pcr mi pin of the council made a statement in to establishing establish ine water warl an ad jiin the city to build their 0 n water works civi nivi pin to furnish the sitf pine mr dmn iu of mr thompson aika fr the of in a scale on fourth between ath and trept Ilef erred to the committee on alleys ali cita zt orney was present and that a card containing a statement of the population finance etc of alv city should be printed to alie committee on finance with tl R city attorney added counsil adjourned antu tuesday |
