Show 1 THE CITY COUNCIL Another Proposition to Purchase the Water Work tJTAH WATER COMPANYS OFEEE L No More Electric Light Franchises The Tourth of July A New Engine House The city council met at S oclock last evening teith Acilng Mayor Parsons in the chi The Burton Gardner company asked that the water mains be extended to their premises nt the earner of First east and Eighth South strcts Committee on waterworks The Rio Grande Western asked permission to lay a sewer pipe across Third and Fourth South streets and connect with the sewer on Fifththe South street the Company to lay the same at their own expense Committee onSewerage AVAST A BKIDGE REPAIRED W W lien and others represented that the bridge on Ninth North street over tho Jordan river was In < dangerous condition and asked that it be repaired and that a street be open don d-on the west Committee on streets WANT A JOB Iaec N hUtltr and Joseph C Perry of ffercd to clear North Temple street west from the White bridge as far as it had been gradedof and place it In good condition for i ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRING Haeusgen Hall asked that C C Lconhardt be appointed inspector of electric light wiring meats throughout the city Committee on improve WANTS RELIEF Mrs R Christensen asked to relieved from I paying an assement of SS91 for extentions of The water mains as she was a widow and unable I to pay the same Committee on water works AS EXCESSIVE TAX F Auerbach Bro called attention to the r act that they had been assessed 516753 for water tax for the Progress building for four months ending June SO ISO amounting to a pearly rate of KjKrX They considered this a sessment excessive and asked ttat the matter be investigated and an equitable rate charged LIQUOR LICENSES Three retail liquor licenses wens granted WAtT A sTET REPAIRED John D Shaffer and many others called at r tention to the bad condition of Eleventh East street between Third and Fifth South and asked that it be properly graded and repaired Committee on streets BASKIN HEARD FROM The following dispatch from Washington was read Hear street in front of my residence is being graded down six feet Appeal to you to stop eonsumation of this outrage R N BASIOK The communication a 11ed AVANT TO SPEED rLYERS Governor Thomas and others asked that the city establish u track or drive for speeding horses Committee on public grounds with the mayor associated grund te WANT A ROAD REPAIRED John W Stroll and others represented that oter renrsente the old Van Natta road north of the city had been made impassable by the Utah Lime and Cement company and they asked that it be repaired Committee on public grounds G < o1L Scott C asked permission lo store boilers etc unoathe grounds UFe l by the city fir storing pipe the petitioners to pay for the privilege Committee on public grounds A CLOSED STREET William M Stewart called attention to the fact that a fourrod street between First and Second North streets rnnnfrom Main to First Eat was closed and aSked that it be opened Committee on streets KO CAMPING IN CITY CREEK Edward Scarce and others asked that citizens citl be allowed t use City Ureek canfion as a camp ina ground this summer under such icstrictions cstrictons as imght bo necessary to protect the water from t11et pollution the timber from destruction and the proper sanitary regulations be maintained The recorder was instructed to notify one of the petititioncrs of the ordinance forbidding ordance camp ing in the cannon forbiddg A SAVINGIKG SIGN Morris Merrill Co asked permission to t liang a wire swing sign in front of their premises on Fourth West street Committee on streets MORE LIGHT F H Dyer submittedtwo propositions for au 3 additional leO arc light for street lighting One i was for itO perjnonth per light for un additional I lOOHghis The other contemplated the annull te annul ing of the present contract of i15 per light and I the making of another contract for 200 lights at 2 1ghts S11250 per light Mr Dyer stated that in Chi cago as hgh as IR a month was charged for 1k electric lights wLile in Denver the price was 51SSO He suggesied that the proposition to cancel the present contract and make a new one at Sl2r 0 per light would be more satisfac tory to all parties than the existing satsfac mittee on Improvements Cm LAID ON THE TABLES TABLE-S P Teasdel represented that he was the owner of a lot at tho corner of South Temple and C streets and that the surveyor in estab lishing the new grade for sidewalks had cut down the walk two feet and eight inches which would subject liiin to serious inconvenience as the former grade was given t the petitioner by te pettioner 1 the former city engineer with the uuderstand lug that it would not be changed He therefbrc asked that i thb grace be changed as now proposed pro-posed ho be compensated for any loss that it might cause him Laid on the table Vincent Shurtllfl represented that Shurtf he was the owner of a lot on Fifth South street and that John Harkins a neighbor was accustomed to taking water to Ills lot through a ditch which ran near aa iron fence of the petitioner and was doing damsso t his premises He therefore asked that Mr Harkins be instructed to con struct a flume to convey water to his premises without delay Committee on irrigation PLEASE FIX I J H Bacon and others residing on South Main street between Sixth and Eighth South street represented that the street was in very bad condition and asked that it be repairOd at once and sprinkled Committee on streets AVALDENS HUMOR J B Walden the Kentucky humorist pre sented the following I I respectfully request your honorable body to institute a spring clearing process hi your coun cit room and that you remove from the walls some of the present decorations which in my judgment are not in keeping with the present surrounding Laid on the table ANOTHER WATER PROPOSITION W H Dickson said that he wished t present a petition from the Utah Water company for the purchase of the Avatervorkfc now owned by the city The matter was an important one and he bespoke for i careful consideration belieAing that it would meet with favor as it was investigated investi-gated The water company is composed of R Mack R intosh R C Chambers J J Daly N Trcueek A Hanauer J E Dooly James Qlendinmnsr Dennis Sullivan and W S McConilck Tne city is asked to convey t the company its sys tem of Avatrnvocks including its reservoir and apparatus and its right t the waters of City creek Hed Butte creek Emigration cane in creek Pure 5 canon creek ad the land calon of Liberty park where are situated the artesian wells also to grant tho said company the right of laying down and maintaining such water mains and apparatus for the supply of water for public and private urcs and the distribution of water In and along all streets and public places in this al tet pubIc th city and for the extension thereof or addition thereto also for the right of maintaining and operating waterworks for a public and private supply of water such franchise to take effect on the 1st of July 1S9J That the city shall also pass such ordnance as may be necessary t protect the operations opertons and property of the company from molcstion its water supply from pollution and its apcra tionb from interference That after the maltD of said conveyance and within six days after the passage of such ordinances the company shall pay to the city the sum of 150000 in cash So much of this asmaybe required shall be used t repay persons who have credit for assessments assess-ments paid for water pipe extensions it being understood that th city shall retain possession of the waterworks until such payment is mnde The company will maintain a reservoir at City creek and the present system of pumping Avater April 1 lS9 and use the water therefrom 1 the same manner as it is now used that after i April 1 lb92 the company will i the cit so elects maintain said reservoir and st s tem of piping at the cost of tho city and allow the city the full use of all the wetter in city creek free of chare for irrigation purposes through the city ditches and also supply wet cr through the present system for filling sprinkl leg carts or ilushlng sewers and gutters from April 1 to October 15 of each year gtter That the company vill within sixty days after such conveyance is mado and pos session given proceed to put pS along and upon all the streets upon which pipe is now laid an entirely new system of piping and water works capable of furnishing all the water the inhabitants of the city may neel for public and rate use with a pressure maintained at the corner of East and South Temple streets of tO pounds t the square inch a and with an equivalent pressure at all points in poitsm I the city considering the difference in elevation r also to change all service pipe t said new sys d r torn at its own expense said system of works to = be built and ready for operation within eighteen months after tho passage of the 1iccas > sary I ordinances The company also bonds itself to extend its mains unit pipes arid connect fire hydrants therewith on all streets of the city when and as required by resolution and ordinance of the city council provided no such extension shall be required unless a lire hydrant shall be ordered set for each 400 feet of such extension And provided aiso that the city shrill rent from the I company the use of the lire Oydrants row set for the term of thirty years at i5i per annum I the hydrants to draw no rent until eIghteenths mon eighteen-ths have elapsed and the hydrants con I net tcd with the new system lt mains in alls I cas all-s where tho company puts in additional hydrants < at the order of the city they bhall draw a similar rent Provided further that tho hydrants ofthc company shall bo used by the i city only for extinguishing lire That within I said eighteen months the company shall expend ex-pend in addition to any sum paid t tho city not less than seven hundred and fifty thousand I dollars in providing an adequate water ystem and in procuring an adequate supply of pure water to met all demands of the city I is estimated that it wll require the expel diturc of 1500000 to furnish such works and the company agrees to expend any amount necessary toaccompllgh such result The company com-pany will In tho meantime operate the old wor les antI shall be Permitted worJs anlshal ncrmited to charge prices not exceeding those now charged Tho company shall furnish witer to owners Of premises abutting upon any street In which III may have a main line at prices not exceeding those now fixed exeeedtg The company shall at all times hold and save the age city harmless of and from all loss or dam ageAt the expiration of thirty years after tbo passage of the ordinance tho city shall have the right to repurchase the works and all additions addi-tions thereto thoprico to we determined by ap praisers i not otherwise agreed upon The company i t supply the city at all times with witer for fire purposes provided the city shall not be in default upon any of tho agreements agree-ments and the company shall also supply free of chare water to tlie city hal offices and pub lie school buildings Js SThe company also petitions that for the period or one year after the adoption such ordinance it shall have the option to purchase the Utah lake canal and the citys right to the water of Utah lake upon tho payment t the city of JliOOOa onehalf of the entire flow of the canal which has not been granted by the city to other parties to be reserved to the city provided tho company hal keep the canal in good repair for three years and return the canal to the city forfeiting the purchase price of 150000 In conclusion the petitioners state that their proposition is to procure a new supply of water and the city shall have free as soon as the works can be put in all the water of City creek for irrigation street sprinkling and Hushing and will receive the sum of 150000 while the domestic and fro supply the city will be sup pled to it without cost Another advantage to property owners would be a saving in insurance rates In the event of an increased water supply larger mains reservoirs on high ground giving a s stem that could be depended upon at all times the insurance rates would without doubt be decreased from 15 to 25 per cent The proposition was referred to the committee tee on waterworks MATERIAL SCARCE The city engineer stated that the work of t flapping crosswalks on South Temple street tI I was being Belayed on account of their being no material The report was adopted and the recorder re-corder instructed to advertise ior material and for the construction of the walks A PAVING DISTRICT The same officer reported in regard to the res ol ution requesting him to divide the city into ivinpr districts that it was desirable to create district from time to time as required instead of districting the entire city at once He then ubmitted boundaries for district No1 which is bounded on the north by South Temple street on the south by Third South street on the east b v First East street and on the west by West T Temple street The report was adopted TO GRADE SOUTH TEMPLE STREET The same officer staled that i was necessary to > grade some portions o South Temple street elcrred to the street supervisor ACTION UNNECESSARY The committee on irrigation stated that the p a rties owning property on Capitol hill who petitioned pe-titioned for water were now being supplied by the Avatermaster and action was unnecessary Adopted MORE HELPNEEDED The city engineer was authorized to employ a raughtsmau TO EXTEND PARLEYS DITCH The committee on irrigation to whom was re erred the petition of W E Hubbard asking for a a extension of Parleys ditch from J street long Ninth to G street and thence south a lock and a half recommended that the same b e granted Adopted TO CONFER WITH THE COUNTY The committee on streets recommended that the petition of J C Mackey and others asking that Red Wood road be graded be referred t ho recorder to ascertain whether the county Adopted vill bear its proportion of the expense A NEW ENGINE HOUSE The committee on fro department to whom was intrusted the duty of securing plans and specifications for the erection of a new engine house reported that the work should be done without delay The cost of uch a house would ae SOM and they reported a resolution author zing the mayor to advertise for bids for twelve days the erection of the house The report and resolution were adopted A LARGE MAIN NEEDEd The special water commission reported that he present main on Sixth street inadequate S or present needs and recommended that a new pipe of eight inches diameter be put In the cost being estimated at about nine thousand dollars The committee also recommended Parleys ditch west of the cemetery be completed as originally contemplated Laid on the able The same committee reported that they had I arranged with Prof Kingsbury to have an analysis anal-ysis of artesian watermade Filed NO MORE ELECTRIC LIGHT FRANCHISES The committee on streets to whom was re ferred the petition of A F Schroeder and T P Murray for electric light franchises recommended recom-mended that the same be not granted on account of the relationship at present existing between Adopted the electric light company and the city the committee on streets to whom was re ferred the petition of J E Dooly in regard to I the bridge on Seventh South and Tenth Eas streets recommended the bridge be remodeled DONT CQMPLY WITh RESTRICTIONS The superintendent of water works reported that many users of water for sprinkling purposes pur-poses in the Twentieth ward had refused to comply with th restrictions imposod by him and heasked for instructions Referred to the committee on water works The special water commission reported that t they would at the next meeting of the council present a report relative to Parleys canon am I the wells at Liberty park Adopted EXTENSION OF WATER MAINS The committee on water works recommended that the petitions of J B Elder and Jame Kcnnelly asking for an extension of the water r mains be granted Adopted EXPENSE OF THE WATER COMMISSION The committee on finance recommended that the expense of the water commission bo pal I out of the city engineers fund Adopted STREETS T BE IMPROVED i The committee on streets recommended that the petitions Alfred Sunn Sarah M Kimba land l-and E IL Rippeto asking that certain street be repaved be granted Adopted NO INCREASE FOR TUNNELING The export water commission t whom was referred the petition of J W SneU asking fo ran r-an advance from 4S70 to 12 per linear foot for tunnel work in City Creek canon recommende that tho same be not granted Adopted lIES ON THE POLICE FORCE NOW The committee on police recommended that the nomination of Frank l Glen as a polic Lto I offlccrbe confirmed Adopted I Councilman Pembroke submitted a resolutio n resoluton the Salt Lake restricting City Railroad company com-pany and the Rapid Transit company fron I using the center of the street over the uque duct Adopted Councilman Pcndl ton submitted a resolution providing that no assessment for extension of > water mains be levied on property already fully fuly supplied with water from tbo city mains Re fez red to the committee on water works APPROPRIATIONS MADE The following appropriations were made Burch u S P6 00 Salaries ol city officers 1000000 Vatson Brothers Brthers nn 812X0 W J Cootsn nn 07 01 U C L Stevenson 300 00 J 11 Mack 3 0 I I Salt Lake Abstract eompanyno I 15 0 IJ I FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION George Arbogast said that on behalf of tho behaI citizens of Salt Lake and the chamber of com merce he appeared to ask the council to assist in getting up a magaitleeni Fourth of July celebratIon cel-ebratIon The coininiUo appointed to solicit subscriptions was meeting with great success I and it seemed to bo the unanimous desire on the part of the citizens to have the council make an appropriation t the fund I was thought that between ten and fifteen thousand dollars could be raised Councilman Hall was in favor of making an appropriation of 2500 at once He wanted the j eagle to scream In good shape and thought it would bo appropriate act for the city to come j to the front with a liberal subscription j I Assistant CitAttorney Elchuer said that Mr Merritt was of the opinion that such an appro JI I I I priatloncould not bo legally made Councilman Cohn had his doubts on the matter and thought it should be referred to the finance committee The discussion became general and Treasurer Wald < Jn arose and intimated that i the appro priation should be made i would bo rather J embarrassing for him t refuse to oav it The I tl I J It 1 matter was finally referred to the finance committee 4 NO PROTESTS Recorder Hyams reported that notices of indention t in-dention to extend the water mains on the following fol-lowing streets had been advertised and that no protests had been fed Fourth South street First West street F street Wall street Center street Fifth North street Second South street Ninth East street Third South street Third street First street Second East street H street Adopted SUPPLIES FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT I The chief of tho fire department suggested hat the two additionalfive houses bo erected at once as the present facilities of the department depart-ment were not sufficient to control largo fires He also suggested that the following purchases 111 made One thousand feet or hose one chemical engine a new hose wagon for engine No1 Committee on fire department I evening The council then adjourned until tomorrow I |