| Show TH MAYOR SCOLDS Another Opinion as to His Pre s roratives The Sewer Ordinances Passed Objections to Narrowing Sidewalss The ias and Hallway Franchises When the council opened last evening Bell exiled the attention of th members to tie fact that some time ago it bad been reported re-ported that the crosswalks on BrIgham street could be repaired aud raised to the heighth of the sidewalks for about 20 each and moved that the committee on Streets with the city engineer associated be given power to make a contract covering this work Horn said the sidewalks were simply impassable im-passable now They wore away below the grade of the street and pedestrians wore compelled to goout into the street in order to cross it Hardy moved that the mayor be authorized author-ized to have the work done at once and his motion carried moton THE MATOR SCOLDS THEM The mayor sent in a communication as follows I regard to the the matter of the purchase of 850 tons or Cinch castiron pipe referred tome to-me on motion of Councilman Moran I beg to report that the facts In the premises are as follows fol-lows In the latter part of July last the water works committee contra t the methods heretofore pursued in the purchase of I > e without authority au-thority Invited bids from severJi of the largo pipe manufacturing institution of the country and upon receiving such bids mado a report recommending the acceptance of the hia of bodes ilros This report was made Aug I No action was taken on resolution because as I presume the methods pursued were unusual un-usual and unauthorized until the 6th day of the present month at which date tho council adopted the renort of tha water works committee com-mittee and passed a motion referring thu matter mat-ter to the mayor for purchase The adoption of the report recommending the acceptance of the hid of Rhodes Brothers in connection wIth tho motion referring the matter mat-ter to me to make the purchase is susceptible of no other construction than that I am required to make the purchase on the ithodcs Brothers bid and am not authorized to act In the premises pre-mises beyond this To any such requirement X I decline with emphasis to yield The bids were made a month since without any consultation wJth me norhave I since been charged with the duty of inquiring Into the validity or reasonableness rea-sonableness The council by Its action in the premises simply calls upon me to do a clerical act giving validity to a transaction which in the regular course of bUbiness I should have participated in and in regard to the validity of which I am not required to investigate In the former purchase of pipe which was made by myself In conjunction with the waterworks water-works committee the prices paid to Rhodes Bros was much lower than the bid upon which I am required now to purchase For the 555 tons of 1C Inch pipe purchased May 30 from Rhodes Bros their bid per ton was 533 65 The bid In the present case Is JS050 per ton a difierence of 28 or on the tIJ tons directed to be purchased 242250 Even i the transaction trans-action was in tbe regular course this difierence would of itself be sufficient to arrest further action until explained The communication was filed amid profound pro-found silence THE IAVINO BUGABOO Beardaley reported that the special committee com-mittee on paving contracts had so far been unable to come to an understanding but would probably be able to submit the results re-sults to the council on Tuesday next THE SIDEWALKS TOO NAKROW George M Scott F Anerbach Brothers and fourteen others submitted the following follow-ing which was referred to the board of public works and city engineer We the undersigned property owners on tie west side of Main street between First and Second Sec-ond South streets respectfully protest against the curb line as lately established as it reduces the width of the sidewalk to eighteen and one half fe Instead or twenty feet as heretofore hereto-fore and TvhiL s the rale throughout the city The traffic and travel on this block is greater than on any other block in the city and the assessed i as-sessed valuation and taxes paid i nigher also I I view of these facts we consider it wrong to the public ourselves to reduce the sidewalk in width as I done by the newly established line and we respectfully ask that you restore the 20 feet rbrr eCtulY rile NEW SEWER DISTRICTS Ordinances levying taxes for the purpose of constructing sewers in districts 4 5 and 6 were passed TLe districts are on the south side of First South street from Second East to Fifth East street on which the assessment is 3 per front foot On the north sido of Fifth South street from the east line of West Temple to the west side of East Temple The cost per front foot is 54 On both sides of Fifth East from South Temple Tem-ple to First South street the cost per front foot being 3 On the north aide of First I South street between Second and Fifth East streets the coat per front foot being f3 THE GARBAGE ORDINANCE BeardsleJ presented the new garbage ordinance or-dinance revised and improved as he humorously said It was rend the first time and a motion to suspend the rules was made when Moran said he was opposed to rushing the ordinance through one night Wo had the other orainance he said before us for a month and then we found there was some mistake about it Beardsloy Id like to correct the gentleman gentle-man We had it before us six months x Morn Well lt is a very important ordinance or-dinance and should not be rushed through in a hurry The rules weresuspended and the bill read the second time and then laid over council until the next regular meeting of the THE AMENDED FRANCHISE The bill for an ordinance amending the franchise of the Great Salt Lake Hot Springs Railway company was called up by Hlmondi Rich voting no The resolution allows the company to convert its line into i regular steam railway rail-way providing commences the active construction con-struction of a railway to the west within four months The bill was read the second timo when Simondi moved a suspension of the rules that it might be read the third time Rich wanted all the protests against the f amending of the franchise read There was no reason he said why the bill should i be rushed through over the heads ol two hundred or three hundred citizens without fully hearing and considering their wants I and desires in the matter I Moran also demanded that the protests bo read The rules were however suspended I and the bill read the third time Hardy moved to amend by making the I time for actual construction of a rail I way to the west within sixty days instead of four months Evans wanted to know at which point tho railway to the west was to bo started 1 There might be a pin In it somewhere No one answered the gentleman however I how-ever when Rich made a savage attack upon tho raihyay company He did not boliovo I there was any man in the council who i knew what the bill meant Such action I was not right or proper Tho bill was giving giv-ing away I a franchise worth hundreds of thousands of dollars for which the city did not got one oont Wantland could not answer Evans question ques-tion bo said but there was nodoubt but the railway company would have to start from some point of course The road iaightbe started west from several points Evans said the company should state t the council just what point it proposed to start from The council was left in the ThE ouncl dark on the question I the city council could not let them go in the direction the railway men wanted to why they could refuse re-fuse to build at the end of sixty days or at all They would then have all they wanted and the road to the west would never be built Folland supported Evens idea The west was a very indefinite term A half dozen franchises bad been granted for roads to the c cst and none p them had ever materialized Besides sixty days would not give the company time enough to do anything toof bourow thought the whole bill should be drafted anew Ho was in favor of allowing the company to have a steam franchise fran-chise but the franchise now hold by it allowed the building of a road to the Tem platon corner and certainly no steam railway way should be allowed to oome there This created somewhat of a sensation when Hardy moved to lay the matter over until the next meeting in order that some further light should be had on it Tho road as now run and operated was a nuisance nuis-ance The mon who wore anxious for the passage of the amendment did not live in the railway districts or they would not be so anxious to have it passed There was not a railroad in the city that lived up to their franchise not one It was high time that the railways were brought up standing stand-ing Rich made another lunge at the road and seconded the motion to iay over until next Tuesday and this was carried INDIANA GAS FRANCHISE Beardsloy called up the bill for an ordinance ordin-ance granting a franchise to the Indiana Natural Gas and Pipe Line company Tne matter had been referred to the committee on municipal laws and from it came a report re-port in favor of the franchise signed by Loufbourow and Horn and U rooort against the granting of the franchise signed by Simondi and Hardy The latter did not believe I franchise should be granted Lawson wanted both roporta laid over For Gods sake he said dont commence com-mence on gas franchises Just as soon as you Laughter havo got through with railways Lawson and Moran made D request that the reports go over until the next meeting loge gave it as his legal opinion that while there was n provision in the charter that allowed a committee report to layover at the request of two members the section did not apply to Salt Lake city The chair ruled with the attorney and a timehonored custom of the council was wiped out of existence And tho council then adjourned |
