Show DREDGING MACHNE MACHINE T TO BE PURCHASE City Council Counci Appropriates 10 for This Purpose By Unanimous Vote FRANCHISE MATTER TABLED DEFINITE ACTION WILL LIKELY BE TAKEN THURSDAY Though a capacity audience appeared at the meeting of the city council last night attracted by that tat stirring string melo inelo melodrama melodrama drama The Saltair Franchise nothing was done and the whole matter mater went over overto overto overto to be taken up Thursday night by the council counci as a a a committee of the whole Many women were present and the coun council counci cil cli chamber was crowded more than it has ci been in years Indicating that another large attendance will wl be seen Thursday night in spite of the disappointment last night As a result resul of a caucus in the after afternoon afternoon noon non all al of or the letters leters and proposed con contracts contract contracts tracts tract in regard to the widening and deep deepening dep deepening ening of the surplus canal were filed fied and the council counci appropriated for the purchase of a dredging machine to be shipped as soon as possible to be used on the canal work City Engineer George GeorgeF F 1 McGonagle will wi go east at once to buy the dredger and to attend a meeting of city engineers to be held beld in Chicago The council counci appropriated 25 as expense money The plan of the council counci is to run the dredger year in and year out on the surplus canal and the Jordan river to guard against floods foods in the future A large crowd of protestants against the granting of a franchise franchis to the Saltair under the proposed routing company ap appeared appeared pared on the scene to listen to council counci orators and to take part if allowed but nothing was heard of the matter mater The municipal laws committee met yesterday afternoon and changed the routing again This time the Saltair company is given the tile right to place a double track in South Temple street from the western limits of the city to Fifth West Vest street then ten north to the Utah Light Railway tracks across the viaduct at North Temple street east on the Utah Light tracks to West Vest est Temple street south to First South Southwest Southwest Southwest west to First West north to North Tem Temple Temple Templo plo and then west over the same route It altogether I takes the Saltair cars off of Main street Want Cement Sidewalk L L and others other p the council to lay a cement on 01 DO Doth sides of Ninth avenue tom H Ii to Al streets and ana another from J J hl tiit alter aKer nier and others asking tor lor a sidewalk on Oil 01 the north side of ot in avenue li ii bt 10 to t A streets and ad on the east side of A At street t t from to Ninth avenue Boll went vent to tan tue engineering committee Isaac Letter Lester sent a complaint to the council counci against P J Moran closing Gale street treet anti aim alu it for lor a private roadway rOdway asking the council counci to order the contractor lo to t open oIn it up Ul at once tor lor public use us Gale Gaie street is between Eighth south bouth uth and Ninth streets ts and Second West Vet and est streets Mr Lester lives lve at Vest et Ninth South street This went to the committee on streets A claim chum for IO damages from Joseph Josephine Josephinn Josph inn ine Sullivan went vent to claims commit committee tee Lee She he complains ot or damage as a re result result sult suit of the condition of tile the sidewalk in trout tont of her premises 4 hast kast First bouth street The Utah Automobile Dealers association asia Lion tion ton was wa granted grane the privilege of string stringing stringing ing mg a banner across acro tile the corner of ot First south and Main Mam MaI streets advertising tnt tit automobile show which will wi be b held from February 19 to 26 in the Coliseum oh 01 street Karl E was appointed clerk clerkin in m the city auditors office by Auditor Alff and the council counci approved the ap appointment p Williams will wi take the place of Joseph G Cecil In tile the future the city engineer will wi charge 25 cents for tor every eer hous house number given out for new houses houss That is it will willoe l oe ue done in case cae cc the council counci passes pass an or ordinance ordinance to be b drawn up by the city attorney ator attorney ney ne to that effect effet The city cit attorney was nihl instructed to draw the ordinance last I o 0 Railroad Responsible City Attorney H J Dininny informed the council counci in ill a letter that the franchise of the Suit Salt Lake Route holds the coma com company cm pany pan responsible for all al flumes fume and ditches blocked in building Us its is road He said the company had cut off a flume fum 12 1 1 by 4 feet at Seventh Vest West and Ninth South streets and another 6 by 4 feet at Eighth West and Ninth South streets The city recorder was instructed to tell tel the railroad company compan to arrange for the te flumes fumes at these two places at once Chief of Police Sam Sa M 11 Barlow an announced announced announced that special police powers had been extended to C B Turner J N Wheeler M Fitzpatrick and Ralph Dar Darling Darlng ling hag and asked alke the councils councils approval approval The letter leter went to the police and prison committee committe The old bill bi of 85 for Raleigh Har Harmon Harmon Harmon mon for supplying gravel to the city came up again and was referred to the city at attorney atI attorney torney torne B Jones one of the foremen for forlie he lie firm sent in the bill bi which has been up for the last six months Jake is supervisor of streets and it I is illegal to give him any money mone tor or this work In all al loads of gravel were sold to the city by this firm The talk of F S Fernstrom to allow alow the claim was the only bit of excitement furnished for the th amusement of the large crowd but Fernstrom and John Holley Holey were the only two voting against referring the matter to the city attorney The was Instructed to pre pro prepare prepare pare for a flood fod this spring and the city recorder was also instructed to notify the high railroad water companies to prepare for |