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Show HE WANTS IT ffi!) Buporvisor Paul Domands That Certain Inflections on Hia Escutcheon ba Ventilated, EIGHT EOUE3 A DAY'S LAEOE The Trades Uaiou3 Launch a Suggestion tiwt Calls for Given Hours The Hallways Appear. The feature of last night's session of the city council was theanswer that Colonel Paul, supervisor of streets, wade to curtain inucudoes that have been appearing periodically in the columns col-umns of a morning paper. The communication com-munication to the council demands an investigation in most emphatic- terms, and the supervisor for the next few weeks will be tha drawing card in tho present administration, j When roll was called Cotincilmoti James, Spafford. Heath, Wolstenholme, Pembroke, Hail, Armstrong, Pickard, Anderson, Noble, Cohn and Lynn answered, an-swered, while Mayor Scott held the gavel. ) Tho minutes of the previous meeting Were read and approved, after which tho following petitions were read ami Te furred: .' A communication from Assessor Chile was referred at his suggestion to the litianeo committee, it calls attention atten-tion to certain delinquents who will be promptly proceeded against. William ll. W. Smith asked permission permis-sion to erect a fruit stand on West Temple Tem-ple mid Second South, i Tho bills of the Holy Cross hospital and Skewcs it Son we're read and ordered ord-ered paid. J. 11. Best applied for a rebate on his license. William P. Heed, superintendent of the Street Railway company, asked that Rallrovl company, '"1t iurcefxi'irn anil assign. have the utliorlt mid cnum-nt ot the illy I council, iiutl thH jerm it.in im hereby granted It, to construct anil operate by electric or cal'i iniitive iKiwci. a utituie ur double Umk railroad, rail-road, together with all the nee sury nwltches f'r the lu'commoaarion of said road, on tho following atrt-et ot sail city, uamely : r irst CoMniientini; at t tie mtontctlon of I'lrt South street mul Eighth West street. Ilit'ttce Kotitb aloii Kiirhtu i e.r ttiroet to the intersection of Seror.cl Soitt h street. Second Commenc.nu? t the interaction of Fourth Kast street ami Ninth Houth street, thence south upon wo uiiu li of Fourth Ka.nl street as has been dedicated to public use for a street., to the south boundary ot TeutU South or Kopcr street. The matter was laid over for a week. On motion of Councilman Pembroke the Rio Craude Western was ordered to gravel Sixth West street. The report of tho recorder was again taken up. It provides lor notices of intention in-tention to construct sidewalks on both sides of Third South in district Ho. 5, from West Temple to Third West. In district , both sides of Third South from First to Secoud Kast. In district I!, both sides of Third South from Second to Fourth Kast. In district 17, the south side of South Temple lrom Fourth to Eighth Kast. in district No. 5, both sides of Third South from Kast to West Temple. In district No. fi, both sides of Third South from East Temple to First East. Ordinances authorizing the paving of the above were then introduced, read the first time and further action deferred de-ferred uutil Friday night, at which time a special meeting will be held. Mayor Scott auuouuccd the following committees: For the Paul investigation Hall, Pickard and Anderson. I'pon the Rio Crande Pembroke, Parsons, Anderson, Hall and Lynn. As a lioard of Ktpiali.ation Spaf-ford, Spaf-ford, Heath, Wolstenholme, Noble and James. Tho following appropriations were made after which council adjourned: Holy Cross hospital I 2.rt.X! Sicwpa & Son W-'O l'arley's canyon conduit uo I. Walters VM Kred tirern 1 '''' l'aclne KX'uess company ltwim Alex. T. W'vatt H0O X. ti. Larseu 0u.(w Total ll.4M.9l tno lamp posts on South lemple east of Main be removed. Thomas C. Armstrong tiled a docu-rneut docu-rneut relating to a strip of ground ad-joiuing ad-joiuing the military reservation, which went to thu committee on public grounds for investigation. Tho Salt Lake City Hailway company iisked for a franchise on Fourth Kast, between Ninth and Tenth South. Kelscy & (.iillespieet al asked that the reitiest bo granted. It was granted and an ordinance ordered. William Iluskinson et al filed a bill for repairs on a ditch amounting to $-'0. 11. W. Lawreneo et al prayed that Samuel t'arlyle bo appointed as supervisor super-visor of paving or sidewalks. (J. A t'arlipiist called atteutiou to the bad condition of Fourth West. A communication from the Kiotirando Western railway upon the attitude of the council towards it was referred to a special committee who were instructed to euforce the instructions of the council. coun-cil. The city auditor reported that there wero KIS linns paying license that had been exempt under the old rule. F.ugineer Doretuus reported favorably favora-bly on Mack addition and Gibson'sspur track on Fifth South and Third West. KecjrderJack submitted that plats and lists of assessment for the construction construc-tion of sidewalks in districts 1, 4, 1:3 ami ll! had been tiled before him. On the matter of the request of lly-rum lly-rum llarton for extension of water-mains water-mains from Capitol Hill to Oak and Plum streets, tho recorder asked that notice of intention bo postponed until tho streets in plat J are named", so that the work can be done regularly. The recorder reported that but 7000 feet of protests had been liled in the matter of street sprinkling, but some of them wero entitled to consideration, lieferred to tho recorder and assessor. On Application of a number of freeholders free-holders the name of First East was ordered changed to Statu street. Ilepair.s were ordered tor South Temple east of Sixth Kast upon the recommendation of J. C. Conklin and others. Supervisor Paul was instructed to complete the work of repairing First Js'orth between Main and First Kast. The committee on claims reported favorably on the bill of Neils Karscn, who demanded SCOO as compensation for iujuries sustained by him in failing in a sewer. After considerable debate, in which the matter of court costs was dicussed the report of the committee was adopted. ' The committee on license reportod as follows: On the application of Thomas I?or-lace I?or-lace for a liquor license at the Morgan bouse; that it be granted. On tho application ap-plication of Levy & Kalisky for license ot. "?!! South Main: that it be ranted. The committee also reported in favor of rebates for pawnbrokers as follows: Alcx.T. "Wyatt I 8.0. I. Walters su l'n-d GrcHU 111.17 In the matter of the rebate of $100 for the Denver & Kio Grande Express company, com-pany, the committee recommend that t his license be refunded, ns its collection was illegal. The report was adopted. Liquor licenses were granted to Wilson Wil-son oo I'.usbv, F. S. Hadra. F. M. Short, C. W. Parker, C. T. Sparks, A. Moyer and Williams it Gerrans. Tho subjoined resolutions were submitted sub-mitted by the Trades union of the city: Wherese. Wc dectn tl necessary for the promotion pro-motion of the lalnirinv classcx that an eignt-nour eignt-nour work day shall bo inamnirated; and. VVncnvis. A nunilii-r of contract arc being P-t from time to tlniB to construct Imlldlturs, sewers, do public printing, etc.; therefore I e it K.'xolvcd. That we pctitlnn the mayor and Incnihcrs of ttic common council to enact and finrorcc a law ntakinK ciirht hours tocons'itme a Irtjal work Uuy on ail work to be done for thH cttv. Hb it" further resolved. That we unto upon our city father-; to five union men preiorenco where, sUlllod labor is employed. Kesolved. Tnat we petition our common council when aiiout Ut tet a contract that union labor shall be emploved. K. soU ed. Thai a copy of these resolution he sent to the next meeting of the aforesaid body. On motion they were referred to City Attorney Hall. Supervisor Paul launched the following follow-ing communication: GkN'I'i.kmkn: In the Issue of the Tribune of the'Jitli int, Is published an article. "The Work on the Streets," copy of which I here-t-iattaeh. Inasmuch as the said article up-pears up-pears f'-um one of your own members, and to the citizens must be rotisWerod as oltte al. and further since the said publication is a direct chaiv.e against my Integrity, and a gross aeca-hi aeca-hi Ion as to my ouuliflcations for the discharge or the otnee to which yon have appointed' me, nnd as It also contains other matter timinua-tory timinua-tory of my reputation as a citizen, I must rc-spe'ctfnlly rc-spe'ctfnlly ask thnt you cause these charges to be invustitat.ed, and a'l my acts and accounts since 1 entered upon the oitlee of mipervisor of hircets lie examined to th minutest detail, and I most emphatically deny any nnd all of the charges as iliey appear before the public. Speaking to the communication Councilman Pembroke stated that in his communication hn had intended to convey no charge of dishonesty, and moved thai the matter be referred to a committee with instructions to investigate. investi-gate. Councilman Cohn introduced the following: fol-lowing: A resolution gtantlne a franchise to the Salt Lake City Street Kuilro id company. Section I. He It resolved bv the city council of bait Lake Lit), that the "Bait Lake Cny |