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Show PARK CITY NEWS. Tha Council Meetn and Transact! a I.arir Amount of Bulnewp. Park Citv. Aug. 7. Special correspondence. corres-pondence. Mr. N. Treweek came up from .Suit Lake last evening on a business busi-ness trip, returning this morning. At an early hour yesterday morning a lire broke out in a stable near the Ontario On-tario mine, and before it could be ex-tiuguisbed ex-tiuguisbed a horse belonging to Joe Mutt, a miner, was cremated. Mi'. A. B. Richardson of the Park City bank, and Dr. U. U. (jiegor left this morning for a ten days' hunt in the mountains. Our city fathers met in council last evening and the following business was transacted. On account of the absence of the mayor Alderman Kimball tilled the chair 'in the fore part of the evening. even-ing. After the reading and adoption of the miuutes, the bills were read and approved, ap-proved, and by order of the committee the several amounts were ordered paid. The recorder and treasurer's report re-port was read, which showed a cash balance on hand August 1st of $12,-224.03. $12,-224.03. The bonds of the city assessor and city marshal were then presented to the council, and after being duly examined by the prosecuting attorney and acted upon bv the proper committee, Alderman Alder-man Williamson moved that the bonds be received by the council and placed on tile. Carried. The alderman then read a petition signed bv I,. Mitchell and others asking that a certain nuisance be removed from near his dwelling. Petition referred to committee on public health. A recess was then declared for ten minutes to give the committees on petitions peti-tions and bills time to report. After recess the committee on streets, alleys and bridges reported favorably on the petition of Brausford and others asking that Norfork avenue be graded. The committee on licenses reported favorably on the petition of M. H. Quirk asking a rebate for his unused license. Report of committee accepted and an order drawn on the treasurer for the amount of $125. Alderman Berry, chairman of the committee on lire and water, stated that the lire apparatuses ordered or-dered had come and that they were all in , good order. lie stated also that ho had visited tho Lackawaxan lakes, and thought there could bo nn adequate supply of good water brought from this source at very little cost; also that should the council not sec tit to investigate those resources they should put several cisterns along tho line of pipes already in use and purchase pur-chase a lire steamer to draw the water from this source in case of lire. Under the head of unfinished business the resignation of Alderman Richardson, Richard-son, on tho grounds that he had moved from tho ward in which he was elected, was accepted. Under the head of new business Alderman Williamson put in nomination nomina-tion Mr. C. A. Tewksberry to fill the vacancy in the council caused by the resignation of A. B. Richardson. Mr. Tewksberry was elected. Marshall Bennett requested, that the salary of city scavangcr bo placed at $75 a month. Granted. On motion of Alderman MeDonahiigh the city council were instructed as a whole to visit the Lackawaxan lakes before tho next meeting night with a view of ascertaining the feasibility of utilizing the water iu the, lakes for' the uso of the city. The council then set apart Aug. ''() as a day to meet as a board to hear objections objec-tions from taxpavers. On motion of Williamson the meeting then adjourned. .. Mr. Fred Walker and party were in the Park triclay cn routo for Brighton. The t en-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. Geo. Wilkinson died yesterday morning morn-ing at 10 o'clock, of pneimionia. Funeral Fu-neral will take place tomorrow. The following are registered at the Park hotel: John A. Condon, Ben Fox, B. H. Petton, E. Strauso, Prof. Andre, K. O. Howard, G. II. Wilson, James Millow, J. O. Connors, N. Treweek, Dr. E. Mantor, .Salt Lake; T. F' Home, Milwaukee; Mil-waukee; Geo. E. Carpenter, J. Beatty, Omaha; E.JB. Smith, St. Joe; M. Sulks and son, Chicago. . A recent visitor to the Ontario mill desires to acknowledge the courtesy and intelligent explanations given o'f the workings of the machinery by Mr. Daniel Bader. He has much experience iu this line, and visitors whom he shows through this immense mill will go away with a satisfactory understanding of the general process by which ores are treated. |