| Show REPORT WENT OVER I Consideratonof Kelsey Mater Deferred De-ferred I TALK OF OTHER THINGS I COUNCIL AGUES ABOUT TRI I HATTERS 4 I Odinanc Closng Part of South Main Street to Bicyclists and Traffic Wagon Adopted as Was n Measure Mea-sure Restricting Par of West South Temple Against Bicycles I I The expected argument at last nights meeting of the council over the report of the finance committee exonerating City Engineer Keisey failed to materialize ma-terialize The report simply stated that the committee had found the engineers en-gineers figures to be correct recommended recom-mended that his schedule be fed and that he be exonerated from all charge At the request of Siddoway consideration considera-tion or the report was deferred for one week As I to male up for the chance lot on the Kelsey mater the council put in a lot or time In talk about other business most o which was trivial il character The license committee recommended rec-ommended that the Salt Palace be granted a free blanket license covering all or its attractions Tomne wanted to know why the association should be so favored and Chairman Veler replied that the directors thought the council had be n rather hard on them and the committee wanted to show they could be liberal Morris requested that the report go over for one week and it went over under the rule when Cal hater seconded the request Wanted Street Sprinkled A communication from citizens living on Eighth South street between Fourth West and Eighth East street creatd no end of discussIon The corlmunlca ton relied that the Rio Gmnde West ern had covered the twelve blocks mentioned wi a sixInch layer of I ne sand that was almost dust The passing pass-ing winds had blown It around and into the house until the nuisance had become be-come almost unbearable Calster was in the chair when the discussion began be-gan First a motion was made to refer the mater to the street committee Then somebody offered an amepdment providing that the chief of the fire de I partment send men down to sprinkle the street Tha amendment was carried car-ried and afterward at the suggestion of Allen was reconsidered Buckle offered an amendment directing the city recorder re-corder to notify the railroad company to put gravel over the dust at the earliest ear-liest possible moment Calster rule the amendment out of order and Buckle appepled The oun appefed cl refused to sustain the chair and I Buckles amendment carried The question oC sprinkling was brought up again by Ferotrom who hrs moved I that the fire chief be instructed to do the work Robertson fought the proposition propo-sition on the ground that It wouldnt I be safe to send fremen down there on account of the danger of a fire in some danbe I other section of the city He declared that Bishop Romneys I house might e destroyed while the I firemen were out sprinkling Bishop I Romney expressed a willingness to take the rfsk and Robertson suggested that he must have plenty of insurance The laugh was turned on Robertson when Romney replied that he didnt caT a dollar of insurance The problem vas finally solved by the passuge of a motion I mo-tion directing the street supervisor to sprInkle the street i Question of Scales A resolution by Barnes requiring aU persona who apply for license to ped dIe to secure a certificate of scale inspection in-spection from the city sealer of weights and measures brought on more talk I Robertson charge that the sealer was neglecting his dutyand Buckle olferec an amenume1 prOVJI1g coat me 01 cia be directed to read chapter 40 oj the revised ordinances This Is the ordinance relating to his duties The amendment was adopted and inserted In-serted in the resolution which was them passed as amended all hands votng for it except Barnes The ordinance reported by the municipal mu-nicipal laws committee closing Main street from Eighth to Ninth South street tobicycles and traffic wagons was passed An ordinance including the north side or South Temple street from Vest Temple to First West street in the restricted bicycle district was also adopted A measure prohibiting prohib-iting the befouling of the ctys sources ot water supply was passed on its first reading and laid over for one week I Doolys Offer Accepted The committee on public grounds recommended that J E Dol be 1 I lowed to purchase a lot on the westside west-side of the Jordan for 30 This is the lot that the Utah TanninS company offered of-fered 200 for and which 111 Dool agreed to bur at a higher price than I the company would pay in order to get rid of what he thought might be a nuisance nui-sance I The street committees recommendation tion that Third Vest street from I ton Ninth to Tenth South streets be I opened was adopted The public grounds committee recommended rec-ommended that the offer of JUdge n X Baskin to FeU the city a piece of land in City Creek canon be declined The reort was adonte Calster moved that the ordinance fixing the salary or a dog license inspector In-spector be made a special order for next Tuesday night Fernstrorn objected ob-jected on the ground that the council had a job or whitewashing schedule for that time AU the councimen except ex-cept Calser seemed to know that Fernstrom was alluding to the Kersey mater but Calster was or feigned to be Ignorant I he really dldnt know he was allowed al-lowed to go unenlightened His motion mo-tion waking the dog ordinance a special spe-cial order was adopted Siddoway moved that the council chamber be calcimined and tinted Robertson thought it should be frescoed fres-coed He said he was opposed to any cheap job of tinting but when the question came to a vote he wIth aU the other members present voted for Siddowars motion Committee of the Whole On Calsters motion a meeting or the committee or the whole was called for a week from tomorrow night to go over City Engineer Kelses maps and plats and consider the advisability of allowing him to continue his investigation ton ot the water supply question H E Carter and twentseven others cle the councils attention by pet tion to the bad condition of hlrd ton South street west ot the Rio Grande Western tracks and asked that it be i repaired The petition went to the I street committeeS I committee-S F Drown the tankman in Parleys I canyon who shot the chutes up thereIn there-In June presented a petition asking that the city pay his doctors bills for injuries received on that occasion The bills amount to 150 and Brown said Ir the council would allow them he would be very grateful Referred to commit te on claims Dr E S Wright presented a claim for 2 He wrote that while driving on South Temple street Aug 24 his horse stepped Into an unprotected hole at the intersection ot Main street and was thrown violently The harness was ruined and the buggy broken Referred Re-ferred to the committee on claims |
