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Show HE TAKES IT BACK! COUNCILMAN PICKARD WITHDRAWS HIS LATE RESOLUTION. The Paving Contract with the Pacific Company Com-pany Ratified The Auditor's yuarterly Report Revenues from the Police Court Street Railway Franchises The lobby of the council chamber was packed last evening, the large number of spectators having been drawn there to escape es-cape the storm without and to witness the one which they believed w as brewing within. In the latter, however, thoy were disappointed, disap-pointed, as Councilman Pickard, to whom they looked for the tempest very quietly rose and withdrew the resolution agains-Marshal agains-Marshal Young, thereby withdrawing the powder from the cartridge. There were present Maj or Scott and Coun-cilmcn Coun-cilmcn Pickard, Parsons, Spafford, Folland, Hardy, Hyde, Young, Tuddenham, Lynn and Heath. A copy of the resolution adopted by the school board prohibiting saloons within certain cer-tain limits was read and placed on file. Councilmen Spafford, Lynn, Youne and Folland were appointed a committee to confer con-fer with a similar one from the chamber of commerce with reference to proposed revisions re-visions of the city charter. The request of the school board that drinking drink-ing fountains be erected at the schoolhouses was granted. John Davis reported that his lot in the cemetery has been robbed of its fiora and asked that he bo allowed damages. Referred. The petitipu of M. E. Cummings and others recommending that Belgian blocks be used for the paving of State street was killed by the board of public works who set up that to grant it would be to hazard the right of the council to levy and collect assessments as-sessments for the proposed improvements. The action of the boord of public works in awarding the contract for the paving of State street to the Pacific Paving company was ratified, after some discussion, the solitary opposing vote being cast by Coun oilman Folland. Sidewalk acceptances were ordered in favor of George D. Haver and tb Salt Lake academy. The engineer asked instructions ts to how to proceed to get the railway companies to till their portion of the contract with refer--ence to cross walks. Councilman Farsons offered a resolution directing the recorder to eommuuicate with the railways upon the matter and if they decide de-cide to let the city lay the walk that the city engineer be authorized to proceed with the work at once. The assessor reported a disagreement with the Rio Grande Western railroad which claimed a reduction of 20 per cent on the valuation of its roadbed consisting of grade, steel etc.. valued at $70,000. Referred to Solicitor Hall. The report of the police magistrate for the month of October showing 204 cases. $401 in fines paid in labor and $2780.20 paid to the city treasurer. City Auditor Hcag submitted his quarterly report showing receipts from various sources amounting to $206, 51)3. S0 and disbursments to SOti, 431.&7. with a balance on hnd November Nov-ember 1, of $163,872.13. An ordinance fixing the license upon bottlers of spirituous liquors at $150 a year was passed. The ordinance also contains a clause setting forth that no rebate on liquor license sh3ll be allowed except in case of damage by fire or other uaforseen accident. The committee on streets reported on a long list of petitioners; petitions for extensions exten-sions were allowed in favor of the Salt Lake City road were allowed; the petitions of the Rapid througe a similar section w ere denied; it also recommended that the petition of winiam Leverick a-rainst the granting of a franchise for the Deep Creek railway on Indiana In-diana Avenue be granted and that such right of way be chanired to a wav along Eighth South' to Fifth AVest, to Fifth South thence wet on Fifth South to the city limits. The petition of Humphries fc Moran for license to carry on a saloon at the corner of Franklin avenue and Second South, was refused re-fused because of its proximity with a public school. The ordinance granting a franchise to Colonel Col-onel Murray for the Deep Creek railway was parsed with slight amendments. The ordinance amending the license schedule sched-ule and aholishing the merchants' license went over for a week. The ordinance granting a franchise to the S:tlt Lake City Railway company from the intersection of First South street aud West Temple, thence south on Vet ..Temple to Ninth South, thence east on Ninth South to the center of Last Temple was read the first time and went over for a week. The following appropriations were made: T. F. Craig (error $ 20.55 Elwtric Licht company 2,387.00 Holy Cross hospital 108.00 A. J. F.urt In5.9i Mount Griffin l.Wm.Oo Mrs. M. Merrill '-Jim 40 W. P. Richards RK.oo. Auditor's warrants 87.S5 Hunter & Williams ii.OO Total $4,81)0.30 |