| Show THE TAX IS RAISED The City Council Fixes It at Five Mills MECLUTE GETS TWO PEE CENT The Total Valuation Nearly 38000000 An Estimate of the Citys Receipts and ExpensesA Lady Djputy Recorder EThe city council mot at the usual time last evening Mayor Scott presiding The members in attendance were Councilmen Parsons Lynn Anderson Young Tudden ham Hardy Hyde Folland Pendleton Karrick Spafford and Pickard JltN HAS RECOVERED Ben Whittemore Informed the council that having survived tho political earthquake earth-quake of Monday ho had returned to business busi-ness and hoping the council had done the same ho ventured to ask permission to try an asphalt sidewalk in front of his hotel building and requested that tho sidewalk side-walk tax against his property be remitted Referred to the board of public works A PROTEST A number of residents of Third West street protested acainst the uso of that street as a repair shop coal yard etc by the Great Salt Lake Hot Springs Railway Rail-way company Committee ANDTUEK on streets 1 C O Valentino and others doing business I busi-ness on First South street asked xor the removal of the fruit stand now being erected near Richards avenue and also I that the fence around the site of the Clay ton building be set back Committee on streets PRO UONO PDltLICO Joslin Park asked permission to place a Howard sidewalk post clock at the edge of the walk in front their store Granted THE SMOKE NUISANCE G A Lowe and others asked that the Salt Lake City Railroad company be required re-quired to use some device to get rid of tho smoke at the power house Committee on municipal laws TO SERVE WITHOUT PAT R F Cunningham asked to bo appointed special policeman Granted G E Poage submitted the pay roll for the construction of a ditch east of tho penitentiary pen-itentiary to the city canaL Committee on irrigation SMITH WANTS A JOB Smith McComsey asked for a position on the police force Referred to the mayor Ill PItlVATE CONTRACT James Kennelly and others asked permission per-mission to lay a sidewalk by private contract con-tract in front of their property on Third South street Board of public works W Young asked permission to lay a flagstone flag-stone walk on the corner of South Temple and State streets Board of public works Mi ROWE HITS lACK W H Rowe of the tannery in the Nineteenth Nine-teenth ward reported that he would not be able to comply with the order of the council coun-cil requiring tho management of the tannery tan-nery to pipe its waste water for the reason that there was no waste water to pipe Besides the tannery would of necessity have to dispose or its water in the manner that had been pursued for years and when the council insisted upon a chance the tannery would close its doors The matter was referred back to tho committee for further investigation lORE LIGHT B Y Hampton and others asked for an electric light at the corner of Fourth and I streets Committee on improvements George Robinson aaked for a rebate on his restaurant license Committee on license TExT WANT WATER E B Wicks and others asked that tho petition for an extension of the water mains on Seventh Somh street be granted Filed Mary Gillespie asked permission to pay her special tax for extending the water mains on yearly payments Laid on the table I WET II JTl I F G C Heisen asked that the difference between the tax for constructing a sidewalk side-walk in front of his premises and the contract con-tract price for the same be rebated Laid on the table I ANOTHER FRANCHISE J J S Cameron for the Rapid Transit company asked for a franchise for a single or double track railway on Fifth West street between Third and Second South streets Committee on streets HE GETS IT BACK G A Friedel asked that the money paid by him by mistake for a peddlers license be relunded Granted WANTS IT REMOVED E W Taylor asked that a certain bridge over the surplus canal on section ro township town-ship 1 north range 1 west be removed Committee on irrigation HE MAY PILE George E Yeadon was granted permission permis-sion to pile building material in front of 03 South West Temple street L X Gregory asked to be appointed assistant as-sistant engineer at tho sewer pump Committee on sewerage I STREET PROFILES The city engineer submitted profiles showing street and sidewalk grades between be-tween Fourth and Sixth West streets Committee on streets j The same officer to whom was submitted the maps of Fremont Heights recommended j recom-mended that the samo be reported to the city attorney Adopted ASSESSOR CLITES VALUATION Assessor Cluto reported that ho had completed the assessment roll for the city for the year 1S91 The total valuation amounted to o79GoGGb and the assessor recommended that the council fix the time for the board of equalization to sit from August 21 to August 31 Adopted KEfCKRED TO THE HOARD Assessor Clute to whom was referred a number of requests for credits on account of assessments for constructing sidewalks recommended that all the petitions be referred ferred back for a better description of property Referred to the board of public I works FOR THE CONDUIT AND SIDEWALKS The board of public works submitted for approval the following estimates of sums due contractors DuBois Williams work on Parleys caSon conduit 14 7G4GO Hobson Wilkerson work on Parleys canyon conduit 299340 Pacific Paving company laying asphalt pavements 5T44U3 J S Morse laying brick pavements pave-ments 37869 Houlahan Griffith laying cement pavements 130476 Adopted and amounts appropriated MRS DR GAOEAPPOINTEDDEPGrTRECORDER Recorder Jack reported that C H Grain had been forced to resign his position as deputy recorder owing to the continued illness of his wife Mr Jack reported that he had appointed Mrs E C Gage to the position and asked that his action be atirmed which was done THAT TROUBLESOME SPRING The committee on irrigation to whom was referred the petition of S F Walker in regard to a spring on his property on Fifth South street recommendod that the matter be referred to the committee on sewerage Adopted JOE HEAKD FROM Dog Tax Collector Silver reported that he bad collected dog tax to the amount of 2JO during the month of July Adopted Joe also sent in ono of bis unique Bill Nye epistles in which he recited tho woes of the dog pelters life LANEYS LAST REPORT Judge Laney sent In the following report of the business transacted by him in July Number of cases tried 103 Fines Imposellnnu S > 55 Fines paid in labor 32I Cash collected from lines assassed under terrtoiial laws u iS4 50 Adopted Judge Gee sent in the following report of business transacted before him during tho same month Xumberof crsis tried 01 g Fiacs assessed > J3 Fines i aid m laboruuu S 231 35 Adopted THE POPPERTON PLACE FRANCHISE The resolution granting a franchise to tho Popperton Place Fort Douglas Rapid Transit company was then taken up tho route namcu being along Fourth street from Popperton Place to C street along C street from Fourth to South Temple along Second street from Popperton Place to T street along T street iroin Second South to the south line of First street The protest of thirtyeight property owners against the granting of this petition peti-tion and the request of twentyseven other I taxpayers asking that the franchise be I granted were read I Councilor Young in behalf of tho protestants pro-testants said that this proposed road ended at Mr Teasdels residence over half a mile I from Main streot and in order get to the business I part of the city those patronizing the road would have to get transferred to one of the existing lines and there seemed co be no necessity for an additional line Further ho did not approve of granting franchises indiscriminately It ought to 1 be shown in the first place who the officers I of tho compauy were that they had tile means to unable them to carry out their plan and that they did not ask for a franchise I fran-chise with a view to selling out to others Judge Colborn the president tho company com-pany was granted permission to make an explanation and ha stated that the projectors project-ors of the road were the owners of Popper ton place including Messrs Bartels Vil lard Thomas and other Colorado capitalists capital-ists They bad the means to carry out their plans and had sufficient money now in the bank to build the road and if the franchise was granted they would give the people the best equipped electric toad in this city In reply Councilor Young said that the fact remained that tho people along the line of the proposed road objected to haying hay-ing it and hejlid not think JudceCclborns argument overcame their objection The vote stood as follows Yeas Kar rick Lynn Scafford Parsons Pendleton Anderson G NaysHyde Folland Hardy Tuddenham Young 5 Packard excused The resolution was defeated as it required S votes to pass it IT IS LAID OVER Tho resolution granting a franchise to the Salt Lake City railway company to Capitol hill was then taken up and after being read was laid over for one week WATER MAIN EXTENSIONS The committee on waterworks recommended recom-mended thao the following petitions for extensions ex-tensions of water mains bo granted C Stokes and others Christensen S Jensen James Cresby and others Lo Grande Young and others H Hill and others J A Morland Adopted ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES Mayor Scott submitted tho following communication GENTLEMEN compliance with a reso lution introduced by Mr Young July 1C I submit herewith an estimate of expenses and receipts for the ensuing year EXPENSES Streets repairs and improvements fOCOO Salaries meduuu 10 Interest on outstanding bonds LOIOO Interest on bends advertised for sale UlO I Water works maintenance repairs and improvements n 50000 Police department uuu ttCOO I Engineering department Un 15000 I Fire department 14000 Street ligntlng 33003 I Water master and canal irrigation I water uu wCOO I Health department 1800 I Cemetery OCCQ Sewers maintenance and jepatrs 10000 I Prison nu u 10000 Liberty park 8 < W Printing and advertising u 500U Claims lSOjO General expense and miscellaneous 10033 I I Street sprinkling excess f ttX i Totaluu 4rJiOJ RECEIPTS j Licences SlAOOO Fines cash 24 < i0 Engineering lees 50CO Poll tax n 40JO Cemetery lOCO i Dogtar 300j E 1 Rentaccount Water rates 1CLOO 20 0 Sundries r Total u 2207000 Estimated expenses over fixed receipts to be raised by assessment SCSaw Respectfully C GEO M SCOTT Mayor TIE RATE OF TAXATION RAISED On motion of Councilman Lynn the rate of taxation was Jixed at 5 mills on the dollar CLfTE8 COMPENSATION FIXED AT 2 lEI CENT Councilman Lynn moved that the compensation com-pensation of the assessor be ixe at 2 percent per-cent u the valuation was a little higher than last year when tho compensation was 2K per cent There was no second to this and Councilman Coun-cilman Anderson moved that tno compensation compen-sation remain as it was last year 2 > percent per-cent This would be less than the amount the county was paying I Councilman Hyde thought that 2M percent I per-cent was pretty high and ho favored a re t auction Councilman Young also thought the rato was too high a it would bring the collector col-lector about 9OGl He did not know what the expenses of the collectors office which came out of this amounted to but ho favored the idea of Using a salary for the officer and having the city pay the expenses of the office Councilman Pickard offered an amend that the amount ba fixed at 2 per cent The amendment was carried FIX IT Oil FORFEIT Councilman Hardy offered a resolution requiring tho Salt Lake Hot Springs railway company to put the street and crossings along the line in good condition Adopted within CO days or else forfeit its franchise HEAVT APPROPRIATIONS The following appropriations made J H Taylor ot al opening streets 25CO 0 Power Light and Heating C 1 537 50 St Marts hospital 65 03 Salt Lake Gas Co 115 r Mount iGrimn 500 0 Dubois Williams 11704 6 Hobson Wilkerson 2 > 40 Pacific Paving Co 5711 V3 J S Morse sTS 6U Houlahan Grnllu 1SM 70 JOB Silver Ir COG CO-G A Friedel 13 7 J F Drimu > 00 Totalu S3195021 Adjourned for ono week |
