| Show PETITION AND PROTE TS The Council Engulfed by a Flood of Business THE GRAVITY SEWER WORK Bids for Construction to Be Solicited nt Once The Ordinance Excluding minors from J Saloons Is PassedAn Underground Wire Petition Street GrailiJiF OrderedOther Business The city council met in regular session last evening and transacted an unusually j large amount of business Councilman Beardsley occupied the chair and all members were present esceptLooibonrow T Bell and Siniondi BOWMANS STEEr BEAMS 1 Contractor Bowman of the joint city and county building sent in a communication communi-cation stating that he had written to several of the largest lumber firma in the west relative to kiln dried materials for I the building and had been informed that he could not getitinless than thirty days In view of this fact he asked for the advice o ad-vice of the council and recommended the substitution of steel beams for the floor joists etc Referred to the city members i of the joint city and county building f committee b WATER Von MT OLIVET t Elijah Sells et al a committee appointed f ap-pointed by the board of directors of the Jslount Olivet cemetery asked that a water pipe line be laid from a point in Parleys canyon conduit where the continuation i con-tinuation of Fifth South street would intersect e in-tersect the same to Twelfth South street and that when the line is completed that the petitioners may be allowed to use the t > water for the cemetery Referred too to-o committee on water WANT PART OF THE FI ESt ES-t A petition signed by the chief and L captain of police several ministers and a lumber of reputable citizens was sent in t calling attention to the good work being done by the Rescue home for women aud asking that a portion of the money colt col-t lected for fines in the police court be I given to that institution Referred 4 MISCELLANEOUS PETITIONS J B Higgs st al asked for an electric light at the corner of Eleventh East and Sixth South street Referred Samuel Rieben et al asked for the extension ex-tension of water mains on Fifth South street between Twelfth and Thirteenth East street Referred Charles Surdee asked for a free license r to sell fruit Referred to committee on license Helen A Butler asked for relief from a tax sale Referred Groesbeck Co registered a protest because be-cause a former petition had not been acted upon Referred Emily Warner asked permission to construct con-struct her own sidewalk on East Second South street Referred Barzilla Williams made a similar request re-quest which also went to the board of public works E F Crandall et al asked that Tenth South street be put in passible condition between Fifth and Eleventh East streets Referred E W Jenkins et al petitioned for water main extension on Mead Second West and Tenth South streets Referred J W Jenkinr et al asked for water main extension on First North street between be-tween Seventh and Ninth South streets Referred The WasatchAsphaltum company asked permission to put wagon scales on the treet fronting their place of business on Fifth West street Granted Joseph Baumgarten et al asked for ex tention of sewers on Second South street Referred The Utah National bank et al protested against the granting of permission to the Salt Lake City railway to erect a waiting room on the southwest corner of First South and Main street Referred Fred Smith asked for a license to peddle f fruit Referred WANT ALL PARTIES PROTECTED The coal dealers sent in a communication communica-tion stating that they had heard that the council intended withdrawing the coal inspectors from the yards asd asked that a committee be appointed to confer with L them in order that some arrangement might be made that would protect all panics concerned Referred to the mayor and committee on markets A Keysor and A Fisher asked that their sidewalk be accepted in lieu of tax Referred John Beck petitioned for relict from a tax sale Referred William Longmore et al asked permission per-mission to lay their own sidewalk on East Brigham street Referred 4 E W Taylor ct a11 asked for extension of sidewalks on East Second South between be-tween Eighth and Tenth Referred The Z C SI I asked permission to lay a crossing opposite their place of business at their own expense Referred Ellen E Clawson asked for an extension exten-sion of time for the payment of water assessment as-sessment Referred Henry McEwan et al asked permission to lay their own sidewalks Referred A COAL PROPOSITION b S Stone offered to take charge of the weighing of all coal at six of the principal i princi-pal yards of the city for 2500 per year i and stated that he would give any reasonable i reason-able bond that might be required Referred I Re-ferred The Utah Stove Hardware company I asked that the sidewalks around their premises be lowered Roferred I Coats Corum et al asked for the construction con-struction of a drain ditch on Fourth I L South street from Seventh to Eighth West street Referred to Jordon Canal and Irrigation I Ir-rigation committee with power to act I AN UNDERGROUND WIRE ORDINANCE I E E Rich asked that the city attorney be instructed to prepare an ordinance to provide for the placing of all electric I wires underground within the paving districts Referred E E Rich petitioned that the city engineer en-gineer be requested to estimate the cost of paving all alleys leading in and out of blocks 1 2 3 4 and 5 as required by ordinance A parliamentary scrap followed fol-lowed these petitions and the last one was ruled out of order The city recorder reported that sidewalk intention No 33 to extend sidewalks on South Temple street from State to Fourth East had been published as by law provided pro-vided and no protests had been filed in his office Referred i The city recorder reported thatthe plats pertaining to the local assessments for the extension of water mains on Roper Eleventh East streets etc had remained on file in his office for ten days and the notice completion of assessments had been published as provided pro-vided for by law The usual order was made The mayor sent in a communication withdrawing the appointment of James R Terrell and D B Carson as policemen police-men now pending before the council for confirmation Filed GOING TO LEAVE TOWN The city recorder simply as a matter of good faithinformed the council that he would leave for San Francisco next I Saturday to be absent tor three or four weeks and staling that his deputy and clerks would properly handle the business of his office Filed The health commissioner called attention atten-tion to the pool of stagnant water on Sixth West street between South Temple and First South streets Referred to street and sanitary committee with power to act AT THEEE DOLLARS A DAY The health comissloner recommended that five sanitary insnectors be appointed pt once to complete the sanitary canvass I Referred A MUD HECOMIifENDATION The street supervisor recommended that the mud be scraped off South Temple J u T h street commencing at West Temple street I and ending at Third West on First South I from West Temple to Fourth West on I Second South from West Temple to Sixth West Laid on the table indefinitely in-definitely The city auditor sent in a statement showing the amount due to property owners for paving curbing and guttering on State street in district No 1 and recommended that the several amounts be I placed on the appropriation list as follows fol-lows Paving 218977 curbing and guttering 50025 Adopted ADVERSE TO PRIVATE WALKS The board of public works reported adversely ad-versely upon the petitions of the Groes beck company Holy Cross hospital and H P G Coates asking that they be permitted per-mitted to lay their own sidewalks on the ground that the walks can be constructed as cheaply by the city and that a more uniform character of work can be secured se-cured Referred The board of public works recommended recom-mended that conduits be used instead of catch basin at the intersections on the four blocks of West Temple street and that a trial be made of the ordinary gutters gut-ters with cast iron covers Adopted The city engineer protested against the miscellaneous changing of the names of certain streets and asked that the plats be examined in his office to prevent a repitition of names Adopted FLAGGING FOR PAVEMENT The board of public works recommended that the petition of P T Nystroin et al asking permission to lay flagstone sidewalks side-walks on the south side of First South street between State and Commercial streets be granted Adopted A START ON THE GRAVITY SEWER The committee on sewers recommended that the gravly sewer be extended to Ninth South street and that the city engineer engi-neer be instructed to add the extension to his plans and specifications so that the whole can be included in one setof plans and specifications In connection with this report there was a resolution signed by Hardy Lawson Harrick Folland Horn Evans Heiss Moran Bell and Beardsly follows Resolved That the board of public works and city engineer be and the same are hereby authorized and instructed to proceed to advertise adver-tise for constructing the gravity outlet sewer the plans and specifications of which have been made by the city engineer and that such advertisements ad-vertisements shall invito bids for both concrete and brick masonry reserving to the city the right to use either or both In the work The committees report and the resolution resolu-tion were both adopted NO MINORS IN SALOONS The committee on police recommended that the ordinance prohibiting boys of tender age to visit saloons or billiard halls with saloons in connection be put upon its passage after striking out the words 21 years and inserting 18 years Adopted The ordinance was then taken up The section relating to age was left to read twentyone years and after a few slight amendments was passed The committee on police reported adversely ad-versely upon the appointment of James R Tarrell as a policeman on the ground that he did not pass a satifactory physical physi-cal examination Adopted The same committee reported in like manner on the appointment of D B Carson Car-son on the ground that he had been formerly removed for cause Adopted The Jordan canal and irrigation committee I com-mittee recommended that the petition of Mela E Steele asking that the course of Red Butte ditch be changed be granted if the petitioner desires to do the work at I her own expense Adopted The same committee recommended that the petition of D N Swan et al for flumes on West Temple street at Vance I street and on Paxton avenue and Lucy street be granted Adopted DEPARTMENT REPORTS TO BE PRINTED The committee on enrollment reported on the matter of printing the reports of the heads of departments and recommended recom-mended That 200 copies of the combined reports be ordered at an average of 120 per page and that the Salt Lake Lithograph company com-pany handle the work That 200 copies each of the annual reports re-ports ofthe health police fire and waterworks water-works departments be printed separately in pamphlet form for exchange and distribution dis-tribution That the committee be authorized to have printed 100 copies of the rules and regulations of the police department as per request of the chief of police made in his report to the council That fifty copies of combined reports be ordered bound in full cloth The estimated cost of printing combined com-bined annual reports sixteen pages at 5120 per page 20280 Approximate cost of printing department depart-ment reports in pamphlet form comprising compris-ing about 100 pages at 22 cents per page 2275 The report was adopted The committee on sewers recommended that the petition of Abland Knight that they be allowed to connect with a sewer be granted Adopted STREET GRADING ORDERED The committee on streets recommended in the matter of the petition of Jennings et al asking that First street and Center be graded that the street supervisor be instructed to sufficiently grade these streets as to put them in passable condition condi-tion the total expense not to exceed 900 Adopted The committee on streets recommended that the petition of W E Smedley et al asking that grades be established on the north bench between Ninth and Thirteenth Thir-teenth streets be granted to cover grades as far north as Eleventh street Adopted The committee on prisons submitted specifications for the new jail in accordance accord-ance with a resolution adopted last week I Laid over until Friday night APPl RIATIONS I Appropriations were made as follows Salt Lake Rapid Transit company S 437 50 Salt Lake Power Light and Heat company 3168 fit John Uarnoy 120 UllllamFlannory i 20 It C Wise ISO Wasatch Drug company 18 15 William Sltowes Son 15 00 Phil Kl1pple 2 50 Scars Li Llddle company 2 8 > VolStenholrae Morris 73 00 Morrison Menu Co 48 Dr E W Tllton 12 CO Utah Steam laundry 559 A CalneCo 70 V L Pickard company 25 Morlz Greenwood 650 Sierra Nevada Lumber companyi 05 W C Pavey Co 475 J SLHlgney Co 30 Rudolph Alfl i5 Charles T Holloway 2436 Cunnlngton company 100 Thomas McCoy 150 T E Smith jr 2 00 Continental Oil company G 50 Salt Lake City Gas company 33 00 Salt Lake Power Ighs and Heat company 7 SO Salt Lake Power Light and Heat company 31 51 Druehl Franken 40 Sait Lake Power Light and Heating company u u n 43 N F S 5 D company 20 00 Thomas McCoy 400 TrlbunePublishlnir company 33 20 F E McGurrln 1000 Tribune Job Printing company t 3 oo AWCatnoCO 7 80 A W Caine Co n 240 Wolstenholme Morris 210 00 A Q Paddock h 7 50 Sal t Lake Lithographing company go 10 Salt Luke City Vater Works department depart-ment 3 15 i J S Morse Son 10 75 Salt Lake Lithographing company 5 50 I Utah Oil Tank Line 100 T R Ellerbeck Co jo 00 I Salt Lake Power Light and Boating I company 3 10 I Tribune Job Printing company 24 00 IJ C Murphy t Co 3 oo J C Murphy Co i 00 George S Bell jg oo Salt Lake City Gas companyh 157 ooH oo-H P Lytle 17003 A W Raybould auditor 2690 o U P Klipiio 250 J B Thompson 24 00 G1J Scott > 58 01 Peoples Forwarding Co 250 Consumers Trading jg 73 Stenhouse Co < n oo J B Thompsonnu 15 ii g F Harrison 74 25 Thomas McCoy u 200 Sullivan k McCoy 232 23 |
