Show OUR CITY FATHERS The Salt Lake Fort Douglas Franchise Passed SHALE BEDS TO BE PURCHASED The Nulsxuce Ordinance Amended Water Mains Extensions Petitions Peti-tions Granted and Refused It was just 710 when the Mayor gavel fell last evening and the regular weekly meeting of the City Council was opened After the usual preliminaries prelimi-naries the following business was transacted PETITIONS Elcridge Tufts asked that the water mains be extended so that his residence resi-dence could be supplied with city water Committee on waterworks A communication from Whittemori Busby enclosing a plat of Geneva addition was referred to the committee commit-tee on streets William Baylisi represented that he had been unjustly taxed for the extension of water mains and asked that 5iAi beTefunde1 to him Referred to the committee on waterworks Julian Sandberg and others protested pro-tested against the extension of waterworks water-works on Fourth West Luoinda Petit also offered similar objections Laid on table to come up in their order Dr Groves and others protested against the extension of the water mains on First South between West Temple and First West Streets because of the fact that they were already supplied sup-plied from other sources Laid on the table to come up in its order LICENSE GRANTED Henry Luce was granted a license asa as-a retail liquor dealer THE POLICE BUSINESS Police Justice Pyper presented his report for the month of October showIng show-ing the number of arrests made and the amount offine3 collected in labor cash etc The total number of cases tried during the mouth was 119 Received I Re-ceived and placed on file NOT JUST AT PRESENF The committee on streets to whom had been referred the petition of A A Leonard and others in reference to the grading of Apple Street reported recommending re-commending that tne improvement be be not made just at present Adopted AS TO STREET LASIP3 The committee on improvements to whom had been referred the request of Peter ystrom and others asking that more light be shed on First South street recommended that a street lamp ia placed at the corner of Commercial Street Mn RITEB thought the present a good time to discuss the advisability of plac ng all the street lamps in tha cente of the street MI DOOLY was of the opinion that the centre of the street Was the proper place for them There was a little discussion when Mr lItter > moved that the petition lay on the table pending a report from the committee on improvements as to the advisability of placing all street lamps in the centre of the streets including those now in use and those hereafter to be erected ME CLARK saw no reason for a refer once There were but two members of the committee and both were present It was a matter of opinion and the opinion could probably bs obtained right at once Mr EnTER thought a formal report much more desirable and the motion was carried FOUND THEM CORRECT The committee on waterworks repre seated that they had examined the quarterly reports of the superintendent waterworks and had found them cor root Adopted WATER MAINS EXTENSIONS The petition of M Livingston and others asking for an extension of the water mains was granted on a favorable favor-able report from the committee on waterworks The same committee reported in reference to the petition of Hiram Newton New-ton and othars that it was very indefi nate and asked that the recorder make an effort to discover just what the said petitioners desired Adopted REFUSE TO EXTEND The applications of Enoch Covey and L B Rogers asking that they be allowed lowed to lay private water pipes from the mains to their residences were raken up and it was reeonnread that they be refused Adopted MISCELLANEOUS The bill of Mrs M A Burt boarding city prisoners 1221 meals at loc 18315 ws allowed Jesse W HoxJr city surveyor presented sented a bill of 240 50 for services endured Referred to committee on claims C E Mitchener presented a petition asking that the city approve of a certain plat of land in Brighton Ward On motion of Mr McCornick the city recorder with the attorney associated was instructed to examine the matter and report on the same THE SALT LAKE i FORT DOUGLAS A resolution granting a franchise to the Salt Lake Fort Douglas Railway Company along Fourth West Street came up on its third reading MB YOUNG moved that the title be amended to read John W Young and associates instead of Salt Lake Fort Douglas Railway MR RiTERwas opposed to the change Every franchise given lately had been granted to somebody and associates md the Council never knew who in thunder the associates were If the Council were dealing with corporations they knew what they were doing MR DOOLY thought it about time to cease granting franchises to paper corporations cor-porations all over the city SEVERAL OTHERSSO do I MB YOUNG wanted to know whether Mr Dooly meant to say that the Salt Lake Fort Douglas was a paper corporation cor-poration L MB DOOLYIt certainly will be i the change S mide Mn RICHARDS paw no reason why th change asked for should not be made There was no second to Mr Young motion and it therefore failed The resolutionwas then reaa through by sections and Mr Young moved that it pass There was silence for a few seconds when Mr Webber seconded motion and thn resolution passed Area Riter Webber McCornick Young Carlson Teasdel Roberts Jeremy kosPyper Clark Dooley Sowles Referred to the commutee on enrollment enroll-ment LICENSING SAMPLERS AND SMELTERS A bill for an ordinance amending section 81 of chapter 23 of the revised re-vised ordinances then came up for consideration It provides as follows For a license to engage in crushing or smelting oresI00 for a license as an assayer 12 for a license to engage in the business of sampling ores 25 The bill passed and was sent to the committee commit-tee on enrollment Ayes 12 absent2 AS TO NATIONAL BANES Ma DOOLEYNow that the question of lIcense is before the Council I would like to ask whether the national banks of this city have paid any Hc2nse for thiS yesr THE RECORDEB Nosir MB DOOLUY Then I would like to asl way the other banks should not also be exempt THE RKCORDEB We have collected from the national banks in the past Tia year however they object and say they should nothave paid any sinse 1881 RELATING TO NUISANCES No 20 a bill for an ordinance amending amend-ing section 19 chapter 32 of the Revised Ordinances introduoed by Alderman Pyper came up for consideration It was passed and said section now reads as follows Section 19 Where a nuisance exists upon property and is the outgrowth of the u uaI natural or necessary use of the property the landlo thereof or his agent the tenant or his agent ana all other persons having control of the property on which such nuisance exists shall be deemed to be the authors thereof and shall be equally liable therefor but where any such nuisance shall arise from the unusual o unnecessary use to which such property may be put or from business theieon conducted con-ducted men the occupants and all other persons contributing to the continuance ot such nuisance shall DC deemed the authors thereof TO PURCHASE SHALE BEDS The Mayor stated that he had a chance to buy eighty acres of shale bed situated in Emigration Canyon and within from half to threequarters of a mile ur the present terminus of that branch of the Silt Lake Kort Douglas Doug-las Railway The land with a perfect title he said could be obtained for about 10 J Ha wished to know whether tne Council would anttor z she s-he expenditure of 100 for this purpose pur-pose lh unanimous vote the pur chase was ordered le be made and the Council adjourned for one week |