Show RECORDER JF JACK He Captures the lace by a Majority of One OLG AFTER THE RAILROADS The Great Salt Lake Hot Springs Railway to Start From Temple Block Corner Other Business All the members of the City council except Mr Lynnand Mr Hall were present when Mayor I venfng Scott called that body to order at 730 last TO LAY A SWllCH The Cold Storage company represent that hey had recently erected oh the corner of Third i South and Fifth West streets an expensive building > They asked permission to lay a switch from theKIo Grande Western traclc to their building Committee on streets TRIMMERS KiGnnqtrs > KicK Fred Trimmer called the coJncils attention to the fact that the city had reopcned gravel pits lii City Creek canyon and was hauling material 1 out and he enlered his most emphatic protest tgaiiist this as the canyon had been set apart ab a pleasure spot and this destruction of Its natural features could never be restored Committee Com-mittee on public grounds volt AllIlAXGISG WATKIl John N Pike sent in a bill for 15 for rearrang l iK and allotting the water of thj Sixteenth S Seventeenth Eighteenth Nineteenth and Twcntyseconl wards Committee on water RECORDER MAY REPORTS Recorder May reported that notice of intention inten-tion of the lollowint extensions of the water mains had been published and no protests ted Fifth East street to Xinth South Second West street toSixth South Filed WOULD LUtE A SWttTCH The Rock Springs Con 1 company asked permission per-mission to lay a switch from the Union Pacific I tracks on Third West between Filth and blxth South to the yards in block liv plat A Com I inittas on streets MORE MAINS Lorenzo D Young and twenty others asked for an extension of the water mains along Eleventh East street to Tenth South Committee Commit-tee on waterworks DITTO LIGhTS The same parties asked that electric lights be established at the corners Klcventli East and Ninth and Tenth South streets Committee on Improvements I Commitee STATE STREET GRADE George Klenke asked that the grade be estab gade lished on State street and Ninth South 10uth Granted and the engineer instructed te estab lih l the grade AX ERROR MADE The Security Abstract company asked that an error in the deeds to lot 1 2 ant 4 in block 53 plat D be corrected Referred to the city at torney GOING AFTER THE RAILROADS City Engineer Doremus represented that the Utah Central Salt Lake city and Itapid Transit Railroad companies all had Itairoud compae al tranchises to con struct tracks at the intersection of Fifth South and Tenth East streets and in the work so far done by them no reference seemed to be had to the joint rights of the several companies but each operated in its own way and for its own particular good regardless rCRurUess of the public and apparently for the purpose of precluding all otaers The rosetta snch action was to disttfjure the acton dsfbf the streets with unnecessary obstructions which i no way benutltted the contending companies He suggested that some action be taken in the matter On motion of Councilman iembroke the mat ter was referred to the committee on streets PROVIDING FOR VACANCIES City Attorney Merritt reported that in view of the vacancy in the office of city recorder he submitted a bill for an ordinance providing for lining vacancies that may exist In any elective office of Salt Lake city The charter author ized the council to provide for such vacancies as might occur to any elective office etc He found upon examination that there was no ordinance ordi-nance providing the filling of such vacancy and he therefore reported the bill and asked Its is passage before the council proceeded to 1111 such vacancy THE UNIVERSITY ASSESSMENT In regard to the special assessment against the Dcseret university for water iram cxtcc sion the attorney reported that the onlv remedv lie City uau was 10 asc iau lujjisiaiur 10 pay the city the amount of the assessment He recommended that the assessment against the university be written off Adopted tie TON SEWER CONSTRUCTIONS The city engineer sent in the bill of R Mar ron for W for matting sewer connections at the new engine house Filed The same officer was authorized to purchase a copy of Pratt Breckons works of this county PLUMBING IS THE CEMETEK The commilte on cemetery submitted with their approval the bill of Igo Carthey for plumbing at the cemetery Filed IT WILL HE REPAIRED The committee on public grounds rccom mended that the pcitjon of J W bach and others asking that tie Vaa Malta road be repaired re-paired be granted Adopted CHAKGED BACK TO THE CONTRACTORS The committee on claims to whom was re erred the protest of the Rio Grande Western against the sprinkling tax reported that only the south sprnkln8 ic sou fceoond South street wad sprinkled owing to the condilion of the street and they recommended that the railroad be re eved from paying iC5 ana that the amount be charged back to the contractors Adopted A HEAL ESTATE DEAL Auditor Hong asked for an appropriation of M31VJ to meet the first payment on the land recently purchased from the Union Pacific I THE VATEUUASTER KEPOUTS I Watermaster Harvey submitted his repcrt of I the expenditures in his cxpcndtures department for the quar ter ending September as follows Vatermaster controlling irrigating water L J10835 03 Jordan and Salt Like canal n 108 SI i alleys creek canal 515 hG I Total n uu n 113907 38 Referred to the committee Irrigation 3 CLUTE WANTS MAPS Assessor Clute asked that the city enineer be instructed to make forMs ofllce a complete map of the various blocks and subdivisions within the corporate limits wihin rilOJI THE COMMITTEE STREETS The committee on streets mad the following recommendations That the bill bf W folowIng denham for J13lti5b3 granted that the plat of Denver Place be approved that the alley west aie of Commercial street be made conform to the grade of Commercial street that the petitionof J Warburton and others asking that Roper street be graded l > o not granted that the city engineer instructed to furnish estimates of cutting and filling necessary to open State street to the Capitol hill grounds between North Temple and Capitol hill and that the bard of publicworks be authorized to let a contract for work to the lowest responsible bidder Adop dTnE THE CEMETERY TENCE The bill of the Salt Lake Building and Manu facturing company for S2U079 foj fencing at the cemetery was referred to the committee on cemetery FOR FILLING VACANCIES The ordinance for filling vacancies that may exist in any elective oulce of elcctve Salt Lake city was taken up and passed The ordinance ia as fol lows Section IBc it ordained etc that in I carte any vacancy may exist in any elective of fice of the city the city council shall appoint a suitable person tollll said vacancy who shall l qualify and give bond in the same manner shal form the same duties and be subject to the samo liabilities as the officer whose ofllco shall l become vacant and he shall hold once until his successor shall be duly elected ofce quali fed unless sooner removed by the city council l for cause cunci Section 2This ordinance to bs in force from and after Its passage SECOND SOUTH SIDEWALKS The ordinance levying the tax for the asess ment of property on both ides of Second South street In sidewalk district No 4 between First East and Third Eat strees for tho pur poso of constructing sidewalks thereon was called on streets up but was referred to the committe e THE NEW RECORDER At this point Mayor Scott said There is a vacancy in the office of recorder shall we pro shal ceed to fill tho vacancy The council voted to fill and nomination connci t fl s nominatons I were announced in order Councilman Cohn nominated J F Jack Councilman Pembroke nominated S T Pearson C O Farnsworth nominated himself in a leOn t ter terOn On motion of Councilman Ifarrlck It Counciman 1arrck was decided to elect by ballot and Councllma n Wolstenholm and Armstrong were appointed tellers The vote was taken and was announced as follow Jack 7 Pearson 6 n nnn n u on The mayor announced that Jack was elected but Councilman Pickard insistedthat it required re-quired eight votes to elect and moved that the balloting be proceeded with The matter was referred to the city attorney who sided with the mayor > Mayor Scott then announced that Mr Jack was elected Ir GREAT SALT LAKE HOT SPRINGS RAILWAY The resolution granting a franchise to tho Great Salt Lake Hot Springs railroad company com-pany was then taken up The resolution grants th company franchise to build and operate angle sib a-ngle or double track railway to be operated by steam dummy horse cable or electricity on the following streets becinning at the Intersection In-tersection of South Temple and East Temple streets and running thence north on East Temple Tem-ple over the aqueduct thence west on North Temple to Third West also a single track only from the intersection of North Temple and Third West street to Niuth north thence northwesterly north-westerly along Monroe street to the boundary line of Hamilton streetthence west along Hamilton Hamil-ton to the westerly boundary of the city limits Also a single and double track beginning at the south boundary of Oak street of Folsoms addition addi-tion at a point opposite alluy between lots I i and38 block 17 thonce northerly toCler land I j avenue thence northerly along Cleveland venue and the county road 1320 feet to a point on the weiierly boundary hac of the county I road The company is required t keep In good rep air tho space inside and between the I tracks ior a space of two feet on each side of j the same they ore to run cars as often as pub l ie convenience shall require the rate of speeds L ip speed-s not to exceed twelve miles an hour and the price of a single passage shall not exceed lu cents and the company shall pay a per capita tax of lat mills on each fare collected into the I city treasury The franchise Is granted for a term of twenty years Councilman Pembroke moved that the use of I he steam dummy be prohibited but this was efeated and an amendment was made by hich the cty reserves the right to order a hange of motive power Councilman Pembroke then moved to strike out the enacting clause This dlinot receive a econd and Mr Pembroke said As a citizen o f Salt Lake and in behalf of the citizens el Salt Lake I beg to enter a protest against this I c ouncils granting to any company the right to nter North Temple or any other streets by use of fa steam dummy Imove that action be de erred for one week Counc Imeu Karrick Pembroke Wolsten bourn apafford and Pickard voted In favor of his but the motion was lost The bill then came up on its passage and it was passed only varriek and Pembroke voting against it HE WAS NOT IN IT Councilman Lynn had arrived by this time and he asked that his vote for recorder b3 re ordej This was objected to and the mayor ustained the objection APPROriUATIONS The following appropriations were made Mr Morrison u S 6000 5 UP Kailroal 1434 0 I W J Tuddeaham 10125 IgoCutney 11 9 St Marks hospital J45 S5 1 T C Rooklidge n t5 0 1 Adjourned for one week |