| Show THE CITY COUMIL The Public Grounds Committee Resurrected A Rush of Business The City Council met at the usual hour last evening Mayor Armstrong presiding PETITIONS H C Jacobs petitioned for the privilege of buying a certain piece of land at the mouth of City Creek Canon A ember moved that the petition be referred Mr Cannon reminded the Council that a resolution had once been adopted to the effect that no public lands should be disposed of He moved to amend by not granting th pe ition Lose and the petition was referred to the committee com-mittee on public gr uud Trowbridge k Kcclea manufacturers ol brick in the southeastern part of the city asked leave to stack brick on a portion of the street not used at present pres-ent Referred to the committee on streets and alleys Matthew Barnes of the White Cottage Cot-tage stort > N > titiienth Ward a ked a retnision of his license until business revives Referred to the eon e-on license Jesse W Fox Jr stated that during Ju labors as city surveyor on the new water system he had had the misfortune misfor-tune te break a valuable instrument the repairs on wfcich amounted to 36 He asked the Council to reimburse him in this amount and to relieve him frau further responsibility as City Surveyor an alike he said which had become a burden to him there being be-ing no adequate pay for the labor ostly instruments used etc t < Referred partly to the committee on claims and partly to the committee on elections I M Barratt was granted an au tioneers license Benhtolcfc and J W Elliott J C L rey Luc Duncant Toruney ELiusteaa and the Sale Lake City Brewing Company were granted the usual licenses B H Williams a man 66 years of age applied for a free license to run a job wagon for six months Referred to toe committee on license EEPOBTS The Strjet Supervisor gave a recapitulation re-capitulation of he expenses in his department de-partment for the year ending November Novem-ber 30th 1SSG The total amount I expended was 230i25S including the amount paid in cash poll tax labor prison labor etc Received and filed The committee on fire department reported that they had examined and found correct the report of the chief engineer for the past quarter The foimg silent committee hat on public JrJunl ie cute to the front with a rush of reports clearing up every thing exccDi toe Warm Springs problem prob-lem With regard to the petition of Orson Rogers in reference to a piece of his land which he thought had been deeded to the city by Joseph O Kings bury they reported that Mr Rogers t m mistaken his possessions had not been infringed on They reported un faVOrablvLOri his nrnn viitinn rr ivivr front or sell to the city Adopted They also reported unfavorably tre petition of Johri South asking that the city sell him a piecevof ground m block 150 plot A Adopted They reported that they had examined and found cor rec the report of the superintendent of improvements at Liberty Park for the quarter ending August slst 1S30 With reference to the petition of Mr Birctnn head asking a deed for ground in lot 4 block 89 and plot P c 1 timed by him they recommended that the transfer bema be-ma le when petitioner had paid the usual amount The claim of MH Jeremy to certain pasture lands owued by her late husband they thought just she was of right entitled to the ground in question and they recommended that it be granted on payment of the usual fee Adopted They reported similarly on the petition of Charles Taylor who claimed n piece of land in block 17 plot D Adopted With regard to the petitions of An drew T C > t e aiiuJJoseph H Stay ask ing for a lease of the Tenth Ward Square they reported in favor of Mr Ias at a yearly rental of 100 Adopted The committee on license reported favorably on the petitions of A E Fo = ter asking a free license to run an excursion ex-cursion wagon and of Christian Kar rish asking a free peddlers license unfavorably on that of Mary Latitte for a free license to sell candy favorably on that of Mrs B A Crockwdl asking a free license to run a boarding house for one year and favorably on that of Stanley Taylor asking a remission of his license as hack driver Tor 1S3G L The committee on canal reported un I IVU url 011 tIle petition of Josenh N Edyard asking for material to build a foot bridge across the canal on Seventh East Street Adopted 1 The committee on municipal laws appointed to frame a bill for an ordinance ordi-nance regulating secondhand dealers reported the ordinance they had prepared pre-pared and recommended that it be received re-ceived and printed in open lines The proposed ordinance is an important measure in that it makes dealers record all their purchases and prevents I years J them from of age buying of minors under 118 MISCELLANEOUS One thousanddollars was appropriated appropri-ated to Supervisors fund Five hundred dollars was appropriated appropri-ated to the Marshals fund The Council then proceeded with the consideration of the Revised Ordinances |
