| Show I 1 COUNCIL TALKS WATER city lawm lawmakers akers anxious about supply FAIL TO TAKE ANY ACTION proposition mado hado to sell tho the city a reservoir site nt lit the youth mouth of little cottonwood canyon that would a superficial area ot of forty five acres find it ft depth ot of sixty feet all rights eights and rover power filings included in the offer silos silas T smith as desk sergeant salt lakers lahore who aho have been hu ging to their bosoms the belief that the vexed ra ed question of 0 tt a sufficient water supply has been settled tor for this sens season ol 01 i would have hava been surprised and pain pained e d could they have heard the gloomy word pictures drawn at last nights council meeting the question according to several of the cites lawman lawmakers era 1 Is by no means settled DIEHLS proposition A wide beld field of discussion was opened by two propositions fathered by councilman diehl one was a resolution empowering the city engineer to make surveys tina anil secure data showing how I 1 the lie supply of water may bo be inam increased ased the other was the f favorable report of the sprinkling committee on a resolution by mr diehl for or the construction ot of ten at a 9 total cost of 0 mr diehls first resolution was referred to tho the special committee on oil water supply appointed several weeks week ago this committee has formulated no report and has taken no steps looking toward a betterment ot of the situation chairman howo gave as a reason for or this inaction the absence from the city of one of the committeemen on the standpipe question Ch chairman patrick of 0 the sprinkling committee spoke of 0 the necessity lor for keeping this tha dust clum laid isad with us little drain on the maine rnald as possible in this connection he be bad lead 0 letter from waterworks Water WaiL works superintendent caine i alna to him in alch which mr air caine stated that the supply is 13 lower today than at any time this season mr patrick offered an amendment to the committee report providing for the alio erection of four instead of ten stand standpipes pipes as originally contemplated this would involve an expenditure of oc 1210 1200 romney gomney callister and bernstrom preached sermons on an economy and a 1 motion to recommit to the tha sprinkling lint comin ilter mas A as carried by a vote ot of eight to six RESERVOIR SITE OFFERED A communication irom from J st IT thomas and 11 II 11 cole a proposition to sell bell tho the city a lesur voir site silo at the iho mouth of little cottonwood Coit onwood w waa tile th offer included all the lakes and nd power potter illings filings of 0 little cottonwood creek it wua tea su that a dam LOO axi feet long lone at the top 80 feet it at the ahe bottom and io 0 feet act high could be built so it would a 0 of forty tiva ovo acres arti area and sixty feet in depth it 11 was represented that the lakes would refill the reservoir at as tho the water ia was 9 used from 11 ille alie title to tile ali reservoir site 19 1 by deeds on piton patented to ol 01 land and to the lakes by government bilings under the reservoir act acl tho the communication was mas referred to the special committee on water supply the all P 0 in ament ot of silas T smith as dealt sol team at the police station to succeed james D adams resigned was atas handed in by mayor dark clark 0 on motion ane rules bete suspended and a not tile the appointment unanimously con firmed A letter from B E it II rollins sons a aking that of their bovo check given ns as u IL guarantee guarante 0 that they would take lako the recent bon bond d issue be refunded was as read liy BY way of a arffa r rumont the firm stated th that 12 1 V r of too bonds have already been del delivered evered and liN of old bonds were e en 11 route to siut salt lake and had probably been del delivered hered and halid tor for bifora bedora the iilo date of the communication this would make atonal a total of the letter said und and a rotund ot of ro would in still leave a 6 5 per cent guar guarantee tee in the hands of 0 the council the ne letter w sas as referred to the finance corn com rallied without discussion FROM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS A communication was received from tho the board of publio public works asking that pavements in the business district be roughened it was referred to the street committee another communication asked power potter to employ an in lor for the culmer jennings pave ing companas comp anys contract on east bast temple tempie first bouth and second south streets the guarantee of which expires IT id november this letter also went to the he street committee on such pavements now out of repair on which the ills guarantee has not expired tile the board asked that it be given authority to have the work done at the expense of the contractors this was nas also referred to the street committee tho the board suggested that the street railway companies bo be required to lo repair the street pavements IL long along their lines the suggestion was adopted and recorder backman directed to notify the companies another communication from the board of public works recommended that the wooden aprons which have been put in over tho the sutter gutter by the tha property owners at allys alleys and driveways be P abolished lic linked on the ground that they ratch catch filth and cadugo nuisances nulan rea the board further recommended that return curbs curb be put in where jt it Is necessary to drive from the street str et across tho the sidewalk nik the recommends minda tlona items were approved the anard also recommended that a new walk bo be constructed truc ted on both sides or of third south street tr t between east and west tempi streets ceta and the cost ecial be aza essed again ej the abut abutting tl ng property the recommendation was waa nent bak baak to ta the hoard board with directions to the preP president ident to request the owners to repair the pavements councilman canister callister and nommay had bad another chance to talk economy when the reports of the iho committee on Improve improvements mente ram cam in that an arc I 1 ight abt be put on canyon road between A and 13 streets and ono one at t the ia ir arg atlon alon of twelfth east anil and seventh south fouth treats streets they objected to the th consideration of 0 the reports and they went over one week under the rules rule the roe alution of councilman caula cattle t ter er citing the utah power corr company ivany to appear before ti council at lla its next meeting and show bow cause why ITS ita franchise should not be forfeited was as passed this resolution waa introduced two weeks ago RO the utah power company arleed to erect a note nole line for are arc lights for to the city th company hoa has failed to comply with the condition and this wan made the buts for mr Cal callispers listers resolution DRUGGISTS LICENSE councilman introduced a 1 lill for nn an ordinance which he be believes will vill settle tile question of druggists licensed it tro provides vides tor for a license tor for the SWO sale of spirituous and vinous liquors tor for medicinal dna sacramental and i culinary purposes only tile the druggists will bo required to pay quarterly into the th lly city t tre treasury u ry should the they I 1 sell liquor as a bev rage orane or r allow at low tiny any 1 b drunk in n th ih lr ir s t hev loy lay ther noth 8 liable to a une tine of fro from ta taa to 1100 or not cot to exceeds exceed 1 too days in jail or both the droll nanco ua aas i referred to the committee on licenses A bill submitted by chief pitt piatt for 10 for street car CAP books lop for detectives shoots sheets and gillespie nearly not got the ox ax chairman inowe of 0 the fir fire and police committee saved paved it by bv explaining that the detectives had always hero been allowed allotted street c car a r tickets each per month and that th the e bill was correct it was then allowed lowell al 17 A li artenstein asked for a rebate of on his slot machino license or that he be allowed to run the machine until the expiration ot of the ella li license conse 3 1 J lilley co S booth 13 K aroh moyer meyer george J bollich ike woolf albert alben swain it L I 1 mulvey shade A anderaon d raon the new grand saloon anil and mrs r johnson nied f led a petition by attorney I 1 AI A brouse i se making a similar request the PL petitions 1 lions were referred to the license committee councilman dowos resolution p pro ro riding that the services ot of the liberty park patrolman be dispensed with alter september vas ties adopted bannino WAn w NINO TO waier councilman buckle introduced a res gutlon authorizing tho the placing ot of warning I 1 lit at street intersections m where here t alie aid sidewalks e wa lk a are closed to bi cyclists the le solution was adopted A dequest from tile the utah implement company lor for permission to uso use it portion pori peri ot of the street and sidewalk on state slate I 1 street below first south during the construction of a three story business Z blo block k aoa n a subject to the usual nv eo conditions 1 eions I 1 city Engl engineer neer kelsey was directed to pur purchase haae a er carload lId 0 f sewer pipe the greater part of wh which ch v M ill III bo be sold to the troy laundry company and used by it a sener connection imaging n superintendent calne ns authorized to purchase so half a carload of 0 pig lead tor for use in his hl department I 1 ment alt city prosecutor diehl reported that cases had been tried during tho the month of 0 august before judge tj tim molly fines and forfeitures resul tim ng aggregated aKrc sated 1251 H R I 1 E mcconaughy Conaughy lIc and others hied a petition on asking that Q street be cut down from brigham to first sart to the established grade the petition pel lilon was referred to the street committee A bill for an ordinance regulating the ase 11 ot of steam boilers and providing tor for the examination of engineers in charge of or operating steam engines or bollers boilers or op passenger elevators in salt sit lake city vas n as read anil and laid over one week the ordinance provides tor for the appointment ot of a board of examiners and prescribes the qualifications of its members |
