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Show 1 orable body still desire and so direct to have such ordinance prepared, I shall attend to it at the very earliest opportunity." ' Received Re-ceived and hied. The city attorney also presented an ordinance ordi-nance providing for the keeping open of barber shops on Sunday which was laid over for a week. The following resolutions were transmitted transmit-ted from the chamber of commerce as having hav-ing been adopted by the body at a meeting held y-sterdayt Whmjib, it has been represented to this board that a franchise heretofore granted to the Saltair Railroad company by the honorable honor-able council of Sait Lake City is unavailable to said company to enable it to reach a connection con-nection with the other roads centering in Salt Lake City, for the reason that a portion of the right of way granted to said Saltair 1 railroad is already covered by other railroad tracks, and Whkrkas, The said Saltair railroad have j already commenced w ork in grading its road bed, and has purchased ties and steel rails for the immediate construction of its line to Saltair, and WhbRKA-S, This board is informed that the said ecmpaay .on empales extending its line to the westward to the new mining region-, and Whebkas, This seems to lie the first sab- : staniial effort towards building the long- j wished-for Deep (.'re railroad, and Whereas, The city council h:'.s heretofore I been ready and eager to grant valuable franchises fran-chises to every j aper railroad that has been proposed; therefore be it iMofa That this board earnestly urges i the honorable city council lopromptiy make j such orders as may be necessary to enable j said com) any to avail itself o the franchise I already granted, and in the event t'ia' the said company decides to convert its Hue into a great trans-Continental ra Iroad that it be given further ti rminal facilities and franchises fran-chises commensurate with its importance as a great thrqugh line. The resolutions were laid on the table to be taken up at the next meeting of the board. The committees oh water wcriis. and pub c grounds reported favorably on the petitions' of Thomas i'.. Jeremy and O. IE. Fioiscth. The street committee rbcoinr.iend' d that the citty attorney draft an ordinance providing pro-viding fr the opening of streets through the teii-acre Mocks of the city, and thai the petition of t. M. Spear with reference to the cancellation of sidewalk tax be referred to the b aril of public works. The same committee calls upon the street supervisor tu provide a map of sidewalk district dis-trict and request the engineer to submit estimates es-timates for t ie paving of both sides of First West and Second East Iron South Temple to Sixth South street The street com; cltce submitted the following follow-ing ;i the petition of T. P. Murry asking a franchise for the Deep Creek railway. ffis- .'i-u'. That the i".";'. ehise for a railway heretofore granted to Thomas P. Murray over certain streets of Sa't L:ike City be amended rs follows: By striking out the List three lines of the clause describing the streets over which the right of way is granted and Inserting in lien thereof the foil., w ing, to wit: "Second street; thence south on Second V,Yst to Roper." .The resolution wt laid on the table for one week. The following opp. opr.atious were made and council adjourned. SI. G, Taylor 3 Bdab L. W. Reneh a?5.13 E. I). Aiikins 85.00 E. 1). Ai kins 431.47 Rhodes Bros 5f2.30 Total ;IJ2!1.16 TOOK THEIR SCALP. Ten Old Members cf the Police Force. Go Down Before the Unerring Aim of tho Council. RAILWAY TO DEEP CREED COUNTRY Latest Movement of the Saliuir Line To Cut Up the Ten-Aero Blocks Preparations Prepara-tions for Ex'ensivo Paving W ork of the Local Sajjes. t . The official blade fell with deadly effect last night and the heads of ten patroimen and one sergeant adorn the basket, this afternoon. after-noon. The Dcrsonnel of the batch includes H. L. Glenn, .1. 15. O'lietlly, J. W. Jenkins, William Pool, J. L. Sanders, Charles Schilling, Schill-ing, S. D. Chase, Thomas Smith, Robert Thornton, J. D. Brown. Succeeding these parties on the force are Joe L. Green, Felix Castellano, C. S. Ford, W. H. llurd, J. W. Minor, J. A. Davenport, William N. Carman, R. L. Pitts, W. EL Dag get, W. H. Ford, D. II. Carson. On the recommendation of Marshal Jan-uey Jan-uey Frank S. Wire is made sergeant, vhc J. D. Brown, decapitated. At the same time the commission of Special Officer Frank M. Stanley, who has been presiding over-tho welfare of Franklin avenue, was revoked. Mayor Baskin presided with Councilmen Rich, Foiland, Hardy, Moran, Home, Bell, Loofbourow, Law son, Evans, Simondi, Beards ley, Wantland and Heiss at their desks. A large number of petitions and communications commu-nications were read and disposed of, among them the petition ri-Jating to an ordinance providing for the Sunday open ing of barber 6hops, which went over to the next meeting-Joseph meeting-Joseph Coiidle asked that an appropriation appropria-tion be made in his favor in the sum oi $t000for ground in block (i. Superintendent of sewers Sheltou represented repre-sented that the department was in immediate immedi-ate need of 500 feet of lire hose for the purpose pur-pose of lltishitig the sewers, which were gradually closing Bp because they had not been properly flushed for some time, when hose had to be borrowed from the lire department. de-partment. The department also needs a circuit breaker. He also asked that the salary of the assistant engineer of the pump be raised from $00 to $75 a mouth. The manholes of the sewers were in many easts away off the grade of the streets, and this was a defect that should be at once remedied, reme-died, as the sewers were being Hooded by surface waters. Referred. Fire Chief Stanton presented his report for the quarter, showing thirteen alarms during .January, live in February and eleven iu March, a total of twenty-nine. The loss Uy lire was 158,674.83; insurance paid. $97,-lU'.i.sil; $97,-lU'.i.sil; net loss, SULC. The cost" of maintenance main-tenance of the department was $8660.09. Referred. The appointment of P. H. Ramsdale and James Austin as inspectors was announced by Chairman Haines of the board of public works and conlirimed. The board of public w orks reported that they had entered into contract with the Mountain Stone company for the construction construc-tion of retaining walls on State street and in frout of property owned by Lindsay Sprague and others. "Referred. The reeommandation of the health committee com-mittee concerning a stand for express wagons was referred. The city engineer called the attended of the council to the manner iu which the as-phaltum as-phaltum pavement at the intersection of .State and First South streets was being repaired. re-paired. A good foundation was essential part of a substantial pavement. At the place refefred to there was practically no at all other than that which ordinarily forms the surface of the streets of the city. He-did He-did not know to what extent the power of the could be make manifest in the matter, but he did not know that failure would be sure to follow the haphazard and careless method employed, aud he therefore suggested sug-gested that the matter be called to the attention atten-tion of the board of public works and that the work he done under its supervision. The opening of Green street aud the changing of its name to West Capital was ordered. The engineer reported that the Union Pacific had been ordered to move its track on South West Temple street and that the city marshal had been instructed to so notify the company. Au estimate of the cost of paving West Temple street was submitted at $i,:5() of which amount the city's proportion would be $280.40. The city recorder was instructed instruc-ted to advertise notieeof intention. The recommendation of City Treasurer Duke that I. N. Fisher be appointed depute paymaster was referred to the finance committee. aicrmaster llarvny's application for an assistant to look after Parleys canon was referred re-ferred to the finance committee. The recommendation of Marshal J annoy concerning a jailer and court bailifl were referred re-ferred to the police committee. The marslial's mar-slial's opinion was that the work of a patrolman patrol-man could be combined with that of jailer and bailiff. The petition of the Salt Lake Rapid Transit Tran-sit company to lay a passing track alongside along-side its main line ou Indiana aveuue, was referred. re-ferred. City Attorney Hoge submitted opinions relating to street paving and to the authority of the city in the approval ap-proval of the plat of Fremont Heights. lie also submitted an ordinance prohibiting fast driving and making the penalty not less than -?" nor more than $-.. The same of'.icial passing on the authority of the city to order private alleys held that it extended no further than a general police power. The city attorney, who had been requested to draw up an ordinance fixing the salaries of the various city officers, also reported that be had examined the law on the matter, and had found that an ordinance was passed in April, ISdO, by the city council, fixing the salaries, fees and compensation of the different differ-ent officers of the city. "I do not believe," be said, "'that an ordinance, if now adopted, can or wouid alfect the salary, fees or compensation com-pensation of any officer now In office which was fixed by the ordinance heretofore referred re-ferred to. If tiiis be so, i conclude it would not effect the purpose which your honorable body Intended, atid therefore it would be unnecessary at this time. Should your hon- i I |