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Show circuit was broken, and the efficiency of the mains reduced more than one-half. one-half. The remedy for the. first, was to lay no more pipe's of Insufficient size. For the second, to immediately close up the gaps now existing and thus secure better circulation.. To lay street mains of three and four inches diameter was practic'allv money thrown away. Nomina Nom-ina le.-s than six inches should bJ permitted per-mitted for mains. ' A six-inch pipe supplied sup-plied one-siMh more water than two ot four-inch or four of three-inch, rrotn liieir examination, the committee recommended rec-ommended that in the upper system the four gaps in the three-inch pipe on Second street be filled up so as to make a continuous line, and that in the lower svsteni numerous connections be made. The committee suggested that they be authorized to prepare a mail to show the size of all mains and the position of all hydrants, stop-gates, etc. One strong reason why large pipe should be used was'. the fact that all canyon w aters contained notable quantities quan-tities of sulphate of lime and magnesia, which soon formed a coating in the interior in-terior of the pipes and reduced their capacity. ca-pacity. I" thirteen years a pipe 'would be reduced to threo-toltrths of the original orig-inal capacity. Referred to the committee commit-tee on water works. IT IS GBANTEU. The petition of C. K. Wanlland et al. asking that a street in Jordan plat survey sur-vey be vacated and another accepted, was granted. The-superintendent of waterworks asked for men to cloan up City creek eanvon, which request was granted. Then the marshal's contingent fund was abolished and the "sundry expense fund" created. The salary of the inspector in-spector of sidewalks was lived at $100 per month, and Iho deputy watcrmas-ters watcrmas-ters were allowed $15 for six months iu the year for horse feed. A pound for North Salt Lake was then established after which the committee com-mittee nil streets, to whom was referred re-ferred the petition of J. K. Bamberger and others with instructions to prepare a resolution granting a franchise to the Salt Lake & Bountiful Railway com- i...' .... THE CITY FATHERS. ! They Call the Trihune Down on its , Charges, and Insist - ; Upon 'A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. Other Business Transacted at Lait Night's Session Street Rail ways, Etc. y ' There is mourning in the Tribune . office In-day; Hachael weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted because they arc not. The city council did it with its little resolution which was introduced along in the shauk of the evening in which the Tribune w as requested to make good the charges it lias made. Kvery member of the council coun-cil voted for it except Pembroke, and he didn't believe iu paying any attention atten-tion to a matter of.. that kind: The res-, olution reads s follows: .' Whereas, In an editorial In the Halt Lake Daily Tribune of May 8. llfflO. dlscnsHinif the action ac-tion of this council In granting to the Bait Lake Rapid Transit company certain franchises. It was distinctly charged that four members of this body were stockholders or otherwise directly di-rectly Interested in said corporation, and lur-ther lur-ther directly charged that the reason said franchise fran-chise was granted was becnuso there are dishonest dis-honest men Iu this council. . Therefore. Ho It resolved, that the manager and editor ot the Salt Lake Tribune be and they are hereby requested to send to this council the name of any and all persons referred to in said editorial ; and further. That they in some suitable manner place at the disposal of this council, or the city attorney, attor-ney, the proofs upon which said charges are made. M. K.Paiisons, Lot'lH ClIIIN, ' W. V. Lynn, pany, reported a resolution which was read and ordered, printed. The track is to commence at the terminus of the street railroad track near the Warm Springs bath house, and running thence north on Second West street to Ninth North, thence along Ninth North to Monroe street, thence northerly, on Monroe street to Hamilton street. thence west on Hamilton street f to the city limits; also for a track on Hamilton street north to the northern "limits of the city; also for a branch on Austin street north to the city limits. . The recorder announced thai in response re-sponse to advertisements for bids for constructing the foundation for the joint city and county building, three proposals had been received. The proposals pro-posals were opened aiid the bids announced an-nounced as follows; " W. J. Tuddenham ?W0 W.J. Cxl8 ,. WW Ellas Morris B'AU They were referred to the committee on improvements. The bill for an ordinance to preveut obstructions and encroachments upon the streets of this city was taken up and passed. The ordinance provides that any pnrson who shall throw or drop in the streets any stones, gravel, dtrt, manure ma-nure or garbage and allow the same to remain .there shall, on conviction, be lined in any sum not less than $3 nor. niore'thaii $100 for each offense. The ordinan'ee gocintq effect in live days. a I'intoriu atkins. Tho following, appropriations, were made: . , H. G. McMillan.... ; 32.00 Water works department : 5.00(1.(10 Thomas Jones , loo.no Williams & Gerraus .., Ktt.flO Deseret Hospital..... , 42.00 Charles J. Handley... . I?s.0() Hay roll street sprinkling, Mil.ff) Poundkeeper 11. 25 Carroll & Kern ; ft.ot) After a lot of minor petitions had been referred Hie (iiiu.stiou of the Salt! Lake City Hail load company came up ! and was read for the third time, amended and action deferred' for one week. The resolution was amended by changing the limit of a single fare from live cents to ten cents. Bes'des the streets asked for, N'.irth Temple, from East to West Temple streets, and Fifth South, from Fifth to Ninth East streets, wore added. The council then adjourned. T . r. I.I ., L. C. Kakkick. A. J. Pknw.kton, W. P. Nom.B. W.H. H. SPAKKOHl), Fhkdkhick Hkath, . ' ' D. WOIJi'rKlNHOI.M, UK. Haix. , : JAMKS ANDMISON. It remains to be seen whether or not the Tribune will substantiate its allegations. allega-tions. ' ' It was ten minutes of eight ' when Mayo r Scott' called the council to order and the reading of a large bundle of - vktitioss began. The lirst was ' that of . L. F. Kullack et al, who want Thirteenth East street opened, and repaired. Ke-ferred Ke-ferred to Uio committee on streets. Permission was granted W. L. Butler But-ler to pile building material on First East street, south of Jeukin's harness har-ness store after wldeh the petition of L. P. Kelscy . el al for a bridge across Jordan on Fifth South, w as referred re-ferred to 'the; committee on improvements. improve-ments. j - , When the request of (ieorge Stull and twenty-nine others, asking that Win. A. Sedney.and Lewis Taylor be appointed mounted policemen had been .referred to tho mayor the usual batch of petitions kob watku were read. The Deseret Agricultural Society said they had 'planted trees to the extent of several hundred and wanted mains extendeM to the exposition exposi-tion building frecof charge; O. E. Hart-well Hart-well et al. want t mains on Sixth East from First to Seeoud South; Ebeu Miller and neighbors desire mains on Third South from Ninth to Eleventh East, and William Fuller and acquaintances acquaint-ances desire pipes ou! Fourth South between be-tween Seventh and Eighth East. All of which went to . the,, committee on water works. . ',. , The claim of the Deseret and St. Mark's hospital for board and treatment of city prisoners, amounting to $142.25 was sent to the committee on claims. ' : Then Fred Trimmer notified the. council that he didn't want the arsenal building for an invalids' hotel ami F. C. Stebbins asked that a ditch in front of his house be cleaned out. Lo (irande Young, attorney for the Utah Central Railway company, stated that in the franchise granted to the Salt Lake & Fort Douglas railway, the com- pany was given until June 4 to complete the road. Owing lo some diniculties experienced in obtaining rights of way it would not be practicable to complete the work by that time, and an extension was asked for. Committee on streets. Sarah M. Kimball et al stated that they had opened Sixth, Seventh and Eighth South streets as ordered and now they wanted bridges. THEY ACCEPT. The Salt Lake Rapid Transit company then accepted the franchise granted it and promised to go to work right away. The sanio company also relinquished its rights on Eighth East from Seventh to Ninth South. The pound master then filed his report, re-port, showiug that tho ostray fund had been swelled $125.25 up to April 7th, which wont to the finance committee. The following communication from the mayor was read: In accordance with a motion made April 8 for (he mayor to appoint a committee com-mittee of three experts in hydraulic engineering to report our water supply, and means of obtaining a further supply for temporary and permanent use, I have appointed A.' F. Doremus, C. F. Stevenson and M. J. Mack. Adopted.' The superintendent of waterworks nsked for an appropriation of $5000 for expenses, which was granted. Then City Engineer Doremus reported that ho had taken field notes and was preparing pre-paring plans for the improvement of South Temple street, between Third West street and Fort; Douglas. In constructing the cement sidewalk on Ihe north side of the street, he found it necessary nec-essary to do some grading on the cross streets, and recommended that such action bo taken as would enable this to be done simultaneously with tho work Of paving. Adopted. WHAT THEY WILL COST. The superintendent of water works subn.itled the following estimate of the cost of water extensions:, On Fourth East, between First and Second South streets: $875. On Fourth South, between Fifth and Sixth East, $700. On Seventh South, between First and Second est, $110. - On Second South, from Twelfth to thirteenth East. $735. Adopted. The city attorney then tiled a report on tho request of J . P. Gaves, who wants a dee i for two lots in block 30, Plat C, recommending that the petition , ""'Rented. A biil for $33 for clerk s fees was also submitted. The report and the bill were each adopted. I lie expert water commission reported re-ported that upon examination they lounit the itipe system of this city to lie in a very deficient condition because of the small f th'0 pipe am, ., 8,.oss lack of couhuuity, whereby tho water |