| Show IT is CAPTAIN mm The Captaincy was Never Legally Abolished BROWN IS PROMOTED SERGEANT The Natural Gas Company Flies a Bequest for a Big Franchise and Promises to Supplant Coal The city council met at S oclock last evening Mayor Scott presiding Auditor Hogo occupied Recorder Jacks chair and the councilmen present were Young Hardy Tuddenbam Hyde Folland Pen dleton Heath Spafford Karrick Quite a number of spectators were present among them being United States Attorney Varian who occupied a seat near the mayor PETITIONS GKAXTED OS REFERRED Barlow Ferguson and others asked for + an extension or the water mains along Jeremy street at the citys expense Committee Com-mittee on waterworks Governor Thomas and others asked that T J Dozier be appointed nigntwatchman on South Temple street East Granted James Williams asked for a rebate on his license as he bad been compelled to retire from business Committee on license Matilda Winters and Ezra C Adams asked for reductions in their assessments Laid on the table PILE ON THE SIDEWALK L G Adams was granted the use of the sidewalk at the corner of Third South and Seventh East for building purposes Carthy Dumback askea that the matter of the sewer connection on Second South street west made for Kelsey S Glllespie be investigated and if found satisfactory that a certificate be issued Committee on sewerage > J Belton was granted permission to pile building material in front ot his premises on C street Thomas Borlaso asked that his liquor license be transferred to J H Clark Granted SIDEWALK ADOPTED The board of public works notified the council that it accepted the sidewalk completed com-pleted In front of the property of the Dramatic Dra-matic association and the State bank on First South street Adopted SIDEWALK XOT APPROVED The same body reported that It was in receipt of a communication from the city engineer cal inK attention to the fact that the sidewalk work on Fifth East between South Temple and First Soutu was not according to specifications Tne board reported re-ported that the work baa been done without their inspection and asked for information on the subject Committee on streets EXGIXEEES ESTIMATES The same body submitted the following monthly estimates of the engineer for the month of November Mountain Stone company 5675 00 Houlahani Griffith 1156 > Adopted THOSE BETAIXttG WALLS In regard to the retaining walls ordered to be constructed on State street between South Temple and First South streets Engineer Doremus reported that the dif feront property owners wished tne wall in front of tnelr premises constructed in different dif-ferent manners and he therefore asked for further instructions Referred to the special comm ittee ONLY ONE TRACK ALLOWED The same officer submitted the profile of the Popperton Place and Fort Douglas Rapid Transit railway and recommended that the same be not approved for the i reason that the plan represented a doubl tract whereas the franchise prescribed a single track railway Adopted CROSSWALKS In regard to crosswalks to be laid by the Salt Lake City Street railway company com-pany the same officer reported that Superintendent Super-intendent Heed had notified him that the I company was not obliged to have more than four of the seven feet between sand s-and objected to doing more than that Referred to the attorney TBE IfATUHAL GAS CO WAXTS A FRANCHISE The American Natural Gas company represented that it had several flowing wells of gas on its grounds in Davis county twelve miles north ot Salt Lake that the company had since its organization expended f2uOOU In the purchase of lands machinery etc and had sufficient capital to sink other wells and conduct gas by mains to this city and distribute the same for mechanical and domestic uses The petitioner therefore asked for a franchise granting the company the right of way to construct cas mains through tbe streets of this city for the purpose of supplying gas I for heat fuel and motive power A franchise fran-chise for illuminating purposes was not sought for In asking for this franchise J the company offered to furnish gas to private priv-ate consumers at a cost of 33j per cent less than the present cost of coal and tho municipal and county buildings less than f 0 per cent of such cost and would guarantee guar-antee to the city a supply of natural gas sufficient for all present or future requirements j re-quirements In making this offer the I I company had in mind the almost certain stimulant to tho citys 1 growth which such an enterprise as this > Insured and which had promoted a growth in population equal to 100 per cent in three i years in the gas fields of the > ast I I In view of the enormous cost of develop i I ing tht flans laying seventyfive miles or more of mains etc and the stimulation to all industries in tho city wbich this enterprise en-terprise insured Mr Whitmer confidently considered entitled to the franchise asked Committee on improvements I AUDITORS XOVEMBEU STATEMENT < I Auditor Hoge submitted the following statement of the receipts and disbursements disburse-ments for the month of November RECEIPTS i From City tar C 131528 50 Watermain extension tax 7013 87 Liquor license 570J oo General license 3182 10 Water rates 2138 44 I Sidewalk tax 1340 97 Fines police court 6700 Cemetery 750 UO Poll tax 744 00 Waterworks pipe sold 495 CO Sewerage pipe sold S67 4t Sewer tax 300 00 Engineering department 07 75 Tax sales 91 43 Streets gravel sold 10 00 I Interest on tax sales 6 25 Liberty Park 4 00 I Prison 31 05 Total 141673 85 DISBURSEMENTS To Waterworks S 33352 47 Parley conduit iouS7 9 S Crosswalks 7723 73 Salaries 7756 31 Police 4183 50 Sidewalks 00 3933 00 Fire department 29M 23 Engineering u 2637 87 Street lighting 2587 50 Streets i a553 63 Sewerage 2456 72 ntermaster 2133 78 Street sprinkling lSCOSO Cemetery 16SlI 00 Health department 1169 10 Licenses Sit SI Printing and advertising 4s3 95 Prison expense 459 75 General expense 404 27 Liberty Park WI 39 Hospital 28 oo Gas u 149 oo City and County building I3i OJ Estray pound 122 10 Dog tax lit 50 j City tar 71 sj j Jordan and Salt Lake canal CO 05 I Claims and damages 55 50 Rents 15 > 03 I Total 1 87316 18 8tmlARV Balance in treasury November 1 8 163872 15 Add receipts 14J672 83 l Total 338545 00 Deduct disbursements 67348 18 jtlance In treasury December 11dL10j S 1 I hereby certify that the above statement is correct RALPH E HOAG City Auditor w 5249 FOR DOGS Joseph Silver reported that tho dog taxes collected in Nov amounted to 249 adopted ASSESS FOR WATER MAINS Recorder Jack reported that the notice of extension of water maiDs on Sth South aud Third West street had been published and no protests had been filed Assessment Assess-ment confirmed ASSESS ron SEWERS The same officer reported that no objection ob-jection had been filed to the notice of Intention to extend the sewer on South Temple from State between I and J Assessment confirmed TRADE A HAND EXGIXE Chief Stanton reported that he had sold tho old hand engine > for 325 and asked that the amount be appropriated for the purchase of horses for the department referred UNUSED nOTEL LICENSE G S Holmes asked that the unused portion por-tion of his license on the Continental hotel amounting to J2060 be refunded him Committee on license SPECIAL COPS I The committee on police recommended that E A Franks Benjamin Johnson J H Hardman A W Harvey and J H Keen be appointed special officers Adopted BILLS AUDITED The joint city and county committee reported re-ported that the following bills had been audied Colorado Coal and Iron Co 10525 27 J H Kumel gr 8 70 1 T 19 J C Dowlin 4S tO Utah Central railway company 20 uu C > stanton Us 00 r ii g J U Bowman 8132 12 Total 119619 09 Due from the city 5 9t21 55 SALOON LICENSE < Albert Herz was granted j a license for a saloon on Commercial street GRADING TO THE CAPITAL GROUNDS The board of public works reported that it had entered into a contract with M H Hennessy to open and grade State street I from North Temple street to the capitol l grounds his bid being 14J cents per cubic yard for trading > In earth and IS cents per cubic yard lor grading in solid rock Adopted EIGHT HOURS FOR LABOR Councilman Spafford Introduced the following fol-lowing resolution Resolved That from and after the let day of f January 1893 eight hours shall constitute a days work for all day laoor employed by the city This shall not apply to contract wont At the request of Councilman Young the matter went over for a week FIRE ORDINANCE An ordinance for the prevention and ex tinguishment of fires introduced May 10 was referred to the committee on fire department de-partment NO SALOON < FOB THEM The petition of Greenwald and Livingston Living-ston for a license for a saloon at 3i9 State street was refused THE CAPTAINCY The fallowing communication from City Attorney Hall was read GEXTLEJIES In answer to the Inquiry made by 1 jour honorable body was the action of tbe city council in passing want was entitled an ordinance abolishing tile office of captain of police j regular and valid I have to say that I 1100 not been ablo to Und a precedent for the manner j procedure adopted 1 he usual rule IB j that whi n a vole has been taken the presid fag 1 officer must then declare the result 1 do not know of any rule by whlca U the presiding officer I offi-cer has a vote and falls to cast It the result of the vote could be withheld and carried I stet to another meeting and he then be par mittcd to vote and announce tho result of the vote My conclusion is that when a vote Is taken upon th passage of an ordinance and It requires the tote of too presiding officer the mayor or acting mayor and he does not vote or tben declares the result of the vote tbe question could not be carried over to another meeting to enable such presiding officer to makeup make-up his mind as to how he would vote If at all If such a rule could be auopted as to the pro siding officers It could be as to any member of the council and it would be a very dangerous precedent to adopt and therefore the socalled ordinance in my opinion was not legally passed and It In of no blnuln g force Very respectfully W C HALL City Attorney Mayor Scott said I hold that the oti dinance creating the office of captain has not been repealed and there is therefore a I vacancy in the office caused by the death of Captain Parker So holding I recommend recom-mend that the following appointments which are unanimously approved by the I committee be made CAPTAIN JEXNT AND SERGEANT DROWN Auditor Hoag then read the following Gentlemen of the council I recommend the following I appointments i be made Edgar M Jenny capam of police t vice lhnd B Par ker deceased and Patrolman J u Brown to be police sergeant vice E M Jenny promote to the captaincy GEORGE U SCOTT Mayor Tho recommendation was adopted as was also one recommending the appointment of Charles W Milner to fill tho vacancy caused by the promotion of Mr Brown APFJiOTIUATJOXS The following appropriations wor made Mountain Stone company 53071 04 Houlahan Griffiths 1156 so Jos Silver 124 SO G S Holmes 20 00 City andcounty buildln 9834 5 s Total 516706 65 The council then adjourned |
