Salt Lake Herald | 1890-07-23 | Page 8 | 'T Was the Day After

TAS THE DAY ATER I The All Night I Convention Has Its Effects < A MILD CITY COUNCIL MEETING Councilman Halls Good Ideas on the Saloon NitkancFare to Go Down Ron r tine Business l the members of the council wore a sort of cnedayaftertheconvention look lat night when the gavel called them to order Eleven of them were present when the session was called and the reading of I petitions began rusT xbnxn GRADE James K Gillcspip asked that the grade on First North street be completed Granted TO SELL GOODS AT SANDY William Henderson stated that he had applied for and received a license to sell goods in Sandy said license having been granted by th recorder by mistake Referred Re-ferred to the license committee scitvrixnSAxn AND BCBXIXG rutn R V7 Ilallen asked permission to scrape sand from the Jordan river near tho sewer pump while En Tyson requested that the burning of lime in the Nineteenth ward be stopped on the ground that it is an intolerable in-tolerable nuisance TEm ruoiEirrr DAMAGED Louis 1 Kulok and Oscar R Zepf stated that by excavating lot 5 block 32 plat F their property has been damaged and they want restitution TO PUT UP STHEET SIGNS James S Anderson offered to put up street signs at the following rates A at 50 cents per board 4foot post 1 at 35 cents per board no post A 2 SUO I per double board 44foot post B 2 f 115 per double board 4 < 4 foot post A 3 SlflS per double board 9foot post B 3 51 45 per double board 0foot post AS INVITATION TI An invitation from the Grand Lodge I O O F to attend the tyenty fifth anniversary anni-versary exercises in this city Tuesday July 29 was received cty A SPECIAL POLICEMAN S H Auerbach and fiftyfive others asked ask-ed that Louis Stein be appointed a special policeman I rnoM Tnn AUDITOR Auditor Hodg submitted a report to the effect that quarterly reports should in his opinion be referred t the proper committees commit-tees before going into tho auditors hands Molt DAMAGES WAITED John Kerr asked for damages for injuries received while working in the city gravel 1 its Committee on claims AlOUT TiE SMOKE NUISANCE E B Wicks asked that the council take some steps to abate tho smoke nuisance in the central part of the city A motion was made to lay on the table but was afterward after-ward withdrawn and the matter referred to the committee on sanitary regulations the mayor saying that now was as good a time as any t take steps to regulate the smoke nuisance LAID ASIDE William Langtonasked that the protest against extension of water mains on North Temple between Second and Third West be laid aside it having been made while he was in Europe Laid on the table TO LAY A SPUlt The Salt Lake Bountiful railroadcom pany stated that a single or double track street railway to be operated by a steam I dummy horse electric or cable power beginning be-ginning at terminus of the track of the Salt Lake city railroad on Second West near the warm springs thence on Second West across Eighth North t Ninth North and thence to the boundaries of the city had been laid and is now being arranged for active operation But in order that I work may be facilitated the company designs de-signs to lay a spur track fromthe county I I road between Eighth North and Ninth North t a point near the Utah Lime and Cement companys gravel pits for the purpose pur-pose of hauling gravel for ballast Referred Refer-red to the committee on streets AXOTI1EU FKAXCIIIbE WASTED The Salt Lake city railway company asked icr perrnission 1o lay a single or double track from the intersection of West Temple and First South t Ninth South on West Temple thence east to East Temple Referred to the committee on streets MOltEn DAMAGES CLAIMED Mary and John P Wetherby and John Hard asked NO damage for a fence put upon up-on a lot sold to the city after a purchase effected Committee claims was Commitee on caims TO WLE liCIIIIIXCS MATEHIAL I E Hall St Co asked permission to use 25x90 feet on First East between Second and Third South for the purpose of cutting stole during the erection of the Lake building i build-ing Committee on streets TUB WATEUMASTEK KCIOKTS T 1 Harvey the watcrmaslcr made I his report for the quarter ending June 150 as follows f Men and team labor u i ilofOUVj Material and supplies i7eii87 1 I Total S1682JW i Which funds are divided as follows I I Jordan and Salt LakecanalS 719i WatermasicrV 1 > department SifUOI Parleys crock canal Jtflio I 1 otaL SlCS l M3 I I MKEUTY PAKK EXPENSED I Superintendent Taylorof Liberty park reported expenses during the quarter as follows I Paid for labor m Slm310 I Supplies n n 12103 Balance lUJ Total r u 1C U3 Mr Taylor suggested that tank be built at the wull recently put down at tho house I in the park which will be of great convenience conven-ience in sprinkling The reports were referred to the committee II com-mittee on public grounds ANEXT THE WATEIIWOUKS The superintendent of waterworks reported I re-ported the following extensions On Second West between North Temple Tem-ple and Third ct J i83587 I Ou Third East and laterals on Thirt South l 4 I lI I On Filth East anil laterals on Third nail Fourth South 011S71 I I On Fourth South between West Tern Glsn pie md First iet 1 On Third J at let ecu South Temple 131 and First South 215f > 3 On Ninth Eat between South Temple and Second South S2 On Seventh Kast hetwcciiSouth Tem pleand First Sourth < u itllll On Kigth Kast betveui South Temple 11 I and Second South 8341 On First street and liteiulb on G and streets 2901213 On J antl Eighth I streets between Seventh 291 > 1 Sev-enth ail tNinth 733M I On btieets F street between Third and Sixth lS9ueO > i On U and Seventh streets 7ia5S i On H street between Sixth and Eighth 1M5 streets HIr Total i 0 5301 187 Balance appropriation April 1 SlQXSLO Appropriations during quarter wtjr > oO Qtal 1 u S3l5520 Amount expended for labor and material Balance mate-rial unexpended i 534i51tS X17M Total u 83158320 AGAIN KEJEGTEO The claims of William Lone and John P Writberg for damages old cases having been passod upon by tIle council before were again rejected A GKAVE UI5IECT The city sexton reported the receipts of his office for the quarter as follows I a Lots sold C07CO less 10 percent commission com-mission for collecting u 3246 r Sprinkling and caring lor lots 43325 Total uu 587355 Total Income tlrstslx months 5206000 Expenditures n S 331453 TIRED OUT John R Wilson put in a claim for 501 for damages done him as lessee of the Des eret Woolen mills during the smallpox period iod of 1SS claiming that his tenants for so ak < him and that he could not get men to harvest his crops The claim was rejected DAMAGES FOR HOUSES I HOUSE-S K Marks was allowed 100 damages done a house some two years ago SEWER EXPENSE smn1 rxrESE I The superintendent of sewer construc ton reported that during the quarter ending end-ing June 30 there has been expended on sewers ti43043S of which 1444558 was on the main sewer system and 4965380 on district No L FROM THE EXPERT WATER COMMISSION The expert water commission filed the proposition od H M bones agent of the Sprague Electric company for supplying iin electric current for driving the sewer pump motor at the pump house the power to be 30horse power twelve hours per day lie contract to bo made for one year at 100 1 per year over time to be charged ate th at-e same rate The cost of the line completed com-pleted will be 446 APPROPRIATIONS The following appropriations were ordered or-dered kVatcrworks tlenartment110000 0 Remington 5 Johnson 33 S Tavlor Uomncv Armstrong 01 44 Continental hotel 7500 John Stewart I i 25 S R Marks 100 0 I St Jones 4m 0 Total flO746 49 A COCKTAIL VICTORY Then tho council went into committee of whole on kicks The first was from C ouncilman Hall The committee on licenses to whom was referred the petition oj lames S ODonald for a liquor license on State road near the city hal reported favorably ll Hall objected Ho said the city council was doing wrong in the promiscous granting of saloon licenses The city was building a city hal near this spot and it would employ a great many men This saloon would be a constant temptation On Main street the saloon business had been kept within a prescribed circle All the gin mills were on one side Of f the street He thought in this case os some restriction should be made and the locality near the city hal kept free from saloons Little Councilman Cohn remarked that if the property holders did not object the council had no business to interfere Then Hal gathered himself together and said it had That the council was supposed to look after the citys interests that the city hall matter was a city matter and that the men employed thereon should be kept sober But Hall was set down upon and the foaming bock and the seductive cocktail will be sold James ODonalds just the same SOME JUSTIFIABLE KICKING Then Mr James had an innings Ho < kicked on people poring oil in the irrigating irrigat-ing ditches and kicked on the street sprinkling sprink-ling Ah of which were duly discussed WATEIl AND POLES The possibility of a telegraph pole at th corner of First South and Main streets falling was then discussed after which the expert water commission filed an analysis of the water in City creek and a few wells All contain chloride of potassium albumenoid ammonia and other substances substan-ces but the quality is said to he exceed iugly i good with odds in favor of City creek PAVING MAIN STREET Pembroke then moved the city engineer bo required to make a paving district Main street and furnish cost of paving curbing and guttering the same He was i informed that he must get up a < diagram himself The city attorney not being present pres-ent Pembroke couldnt call for an opinion and the matter went over anl Then the council adjourned