Show LIGHT FOR THE CITY I U lore Electric Rays to Illuminate at Once THE MAYORS INVESTIGATION The Charges to be Considered in Committee of the Whole Last Evenings Grist of Municipal Business The city council met at the usual hour last evening Mayor Armstrong in the chair A REBATE WANTED Elias Morris represented that he had been taxed for Water which he had never used and I asked a S10 rebate that being the amount he had paid in excess of the pr peram unt Referred to assessor of water rates THOSE LERI WELLS P H Allrcd of Lehi wrote as follows I can view the tardiness of your committee in no other light than of silent contempt I hope I am wrong I also aslc you asindividuals to place yourselves in the ruined condition that you have placed me and think at the same time that it was I who wrought your ruin Then let me know whether 1 had done right by you or not when I was able to do otherwise as you are Filed for the inforniation of our successors on motion of Mr Dooly LIQUOR LICENSES GRANTED tflalf a dozen liquor licenses wer granted ff TO EXTEND THE WATER MAINS 4 Andrew Jenson William Hayes and D F Davis asked that the water mains be extended along Second West street fiom the mains on First North to North Temple street They were suffering for water and asked speedy relief Referred to the committee on water works MB IIAIIJIANS LAND CASE Edward Harman submitted the following Your humble petitioner a citizen of Salt Lake city a legal taxpayer and the ownerof the south half of the south half of lot 5 block 01 plat C Salt Lake city survey humbly asks your honorable honor-able body to examine the enclosed papers and on finding in them that the said described piece of lot 5 aioresaid is rightly vested in him earnestly earn-estly praysyou to grant execute and deliver to him a good and builicicnt mayors deed for the same at his expense and cost which he is willing to pay on presentation of the same Referred to the city surveyor for investigation investiga-tion tonI THE POLICE JUSTICE REPORTS police Justice Pyper presented his reports for the months of November and December showing the amount of business transacted by him during that time THE WATER MAIN EXTENSION G M Ottinger superintendent of waterworks reported that the water mains had been i-ex extended along First North street and residents along tnat street had asked him to put in water service He had refused because no local tax had been assessed He asked instructions and was informed that he might attach any of the petitioners upon the payment of the usual tax THE STREET OPENED The petition of J Bolton Co asking that a certain street on property owned by them be t1ed and accepted by the city was granted THEY DO NOT GET IT ijiie petition of George Morris asking a deed to certain piece of land was not granted Andrew D SoderbergS petition was similarly treated as the legal right of the city to do tended-other otherwise was not clear THE QUESTION OF TAX NOTICES The city attorney reported that he saw no legal objection to the consolidation of tax notices instead of publishing them separately as at present The information was received and filed THEY GET NO DEED Robert Allen and Martha Lund Allens wise-peti petition lor a deed to lot 1 block b5 plat D was re lUScU PLEASE DONT DO IT AGAIN The committee to whom had been referred the petition of W N Cook r ported that the land hs asked far had been recently purchased by the city for reservoir purposes and that the city needed the same They also recommended that as the same petition had been reported on several times previous to the present the petitioner do not again stir up the matter at least during the tile of the present council Adopted TilE TAXES MUST BE PAID The petition of Spencer and Bradley Clawson in reference to being overtaxed on a certain mortgage held by them was not granted THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM The committee to whom had been referred the duty of inspecting the electric fire alarm system reported that they had made a thorough inspection had found the service to be tion-satisfac satisfactory and recommended that the company be paid as per contract FROM THE EASTERN RESERVOIR The committee to whom had been referred the petition of Mrs I Cameron Brown tory-recommen recommended that the water mains be extended past her premises and that the pipes be supplied just ded-as yggO ass the eastern res ervoir was completed H 6 same committee towhom had been s-re K red the petition of residents of O P and Q cts asking for the extension of the water Viains advised that no further action be taken Jut present owing to the difficulty encountered in ootaining iron pipe but that the work be done just as soon as possible The committee to whom had been referred the protest ot Joshua Midgley and others d-recom recommended that it be filed to be considered later Adopted TUE ELECTRIC LIGHT The following report was submitted Your committee on improvements to whom was referred oi the 12th of November last the subject of ascertaining definitely how much the electric light service would cost per light and aso the subject of determining in what mended-direc directions it will oe most expedient to extend such service respectfully report that we have tions-con conferred with the president of the Salt Lake Power Ltaht kii J Heating company and understand that fcf id company will soon be in a condition to sup pij additional street lighting service to the ferred-ex extent that in our opinion the city will be justified in goIng at present and with a few to tent-equaliz 5 equalizing at > distributing the light as widely and judit i sly as possible we recommend that the bu i eojipany bt authorized to erect new lamps at the intersection of the following streets Sixth West street and First South street Third Wt ht street and Fourth South street Second Vest street and Fourth South street c Third West street and Fifth South street Second West street and Fifth South street Fourth South street and Second East street Fourth South and Third East streets Fourth South street and Fourth East street Fourth South atrcetand Fifth East street Fourth South street and Sixth East street Third South street and Sixth East street Third South street ana Fifth East street A street and Second street A street and Fourth street C street and Second street C street and Fourth street E street and Second street jyfcreet and Fourth street ASsireet and Second street G street and Fourth street North Temple street and East Temple street North Temple street and West Temple btreet North Temple street and First West street Nerth Temple street and Second West street First North street and East Temple street First North street and West Temple street First North street and First West street Second North stieet and First West Sheet Currant street and Almond street Currant street and Centre street and midway between First North street and Currant street on Centre street In regard to the cost of the are lights your committee have agreed subject to your ing-ap approval upon a basis of Sn per lamp per month and that the lamps shall be lighted and proval-extin extinguished 4n accordance with what is known guished-li lithe Philadeltha schedule except on dark and cloudy nights when said lamps shall invariably C be lighted at the usual hour for lighting in the dark of the moon the contract to run for three years scorn and after January 11890 The city attorney has prepared In accordance with your instructions a contract fully covering the points mentioned as well as such others a > he and the committee deem to the interests of the city and it is herewith submitted W S MCCORNICK JOHN C AKK J FEWSON SMITH I FBANCIS ARMSTRONG Mayor 1 The resolution was read and ordered printed being made the special order for next Tuesday THE HYrBAULJC CANAL A deed conveying to the Hydraulic Canal the-com company all the rights purported to have been pany-con conveyed to the city by it was authorized to be made jxTHE MAYORS COMMUNICATION TbCWommunication of Mayor Armstrong in reference to certain indictments found by the late grand jury charging misappropriation of public funds was then brought up and a motion was made that the five aldermen be made a veyed-com committee to investigate the charges made and mittee-re report the results of their work to the council Alderman Sharp objected to the appointment of this committee He was an alderman he had examined the accounts which were alleged to iiefraudiilent had found that the moneys had oeen honestly expended had so report d to this council the council had ratified the reports and ordered the accounts paid He did not fell like 3oing this all over again The mayor had asked for an investigation and some citizens seem to ihinlrthat one ihould be made So lar as he A T was concerned he was willing that the citizens should make it The charges brought had no foundation in fact and can be easily disproved Mr McCornick near as I can understand the nature of the chargesas I do understand themthey are to the effect that the mayor has broken a law of the city in reference to buying goods for himself for the use of the cityof city officials dealing with themselves For instance hat the mayor owned a lumber yard and The MayorYou will excuse me Alderman McCornick but that is not the question at alL Mr McCornick That was my understanding Mr SharpThe charges are that the mar shals contingent fund was wrongfully disbursed dis-bursed and that the mayor had aided and abetted the crime Mr Riter In other words that the marshal had misappropriated the PUblic funds and that the mayor had participated in the spoils Mr lItter admitted that he had been somewlmt puzzled as to what was the best method to per i sue in the matter To ask a committee of the council to investigate the charges might be I ooked upon by some as a whitewashing scheme because if there had been any crime of the j I nature charged committed every member of the city council was equally guilty City I council committees had investigated these same accounts had reported them as correct and these reports had been adopted by the council I coun-cil But if a committee of reputable citizens could be secured it might be a good idea to have one He did not believe that there was a member mem-ber of thiscouncil whowould be any better satisfied sat-isfied at the end of an examination than they ire now that the charges are baseless and hollow hol-low and made for political effect Mr Riter moved that the council investigate the charges in committee of the whole and that a special evening be set for considering the matter mat-ter erThe The motion was carried and the council adjourned ourned until next Tuesday evening at 7 oclock |