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Show submitted to the joint -"city" and county Priding committee was uiade, v. ; Moran and Kelly wanted the phrase "with power to act" tacked on to it. i'olland said, he believed that proviso had a:ready been made by the council. I Simondi wanted to be sure of that,, as he tad something to say when the tiual act was PropoBifi. .(.'' ' , ' ' ; " '. .P- j, Morau;ati?fled the council by having- read BeiPs vrigiual resolution which passed and was ref l fred to the joint committee. It metut w!ih power to act ...' , ' lUsa Kimiouiii placed himself oa record as an obstructionist, i Taking a recent Tribune editorial for hta text, he made excellent use of the writer' gray matter, and made the same prediction as toJthe ultimate cost of Wse fireproohng , scheme. He . wanted the toildinj to' go on as it is, without, any change ori modification, for he , was very much afraid that it .would become such an elephant to. the city as is the famed city hall to San Francisco to that city. , . - . . Wantland combatted the absurd ideas of chnocdi with sound business logic, and net with an able second from Evan. The. latter fcafcl that it wii aiready decided to fireproof the third and fourth floors and all that remained re-mained was for the work to be ordered. Kelly entertained similar views and hesitated hesi-tated not to express them. " -- Finding himself in a losing attitude oiraondi lost his head and on getting the floor started in to harshly criticise his colleagues. col-leagues. . . - . ' ''1 rise to a point of order." exclaimed jxo. ,.-......-. ..... ,. . "State your point of order," responded the chair. , "He has already spoken once ou the question." ques-tion." replied Moran. . . H "The point is well taken," said the chair. .Again Simondi essayed to speak, but the chair was firm and ordered him to take his sefit Like a schoolboy, whose lesson is not half learned, Simondi petulantly moved to adjourn. Rich, who was In the rear of the chamber, gavfc a second, but owing to the noise made telSimondi, the chair did not hear it. So Simondi excitedly called his attention to the motion in a manner neither dignified nor polite. .Whack! went the chairman's gavel, and tone which admitted of no mistake, be HjJ p: VThe chair will take eognizance of Wise Points without remarks from the 1.1 i .r " ' . . ' THE CITY COUNCIL j Simondi Opposes Fireprooflng-, the Joint Building1-' ' AND IS KNOCKED OUT BY MORAfJ ' y The Cost of Restoring tn-Easle Gate A. t. Kendall Is Appointed Inspector of Provisions Xeede4 Crosswalks Ordered Street Peddlers Ped-dlers Prohibited Prom Working the Business Districts. : - ' -A'-l-H- Messrs. Rich, Folland, Karrick,Hardy Horn, Moran, Lawson, Kelly,,' ..Evans, - Loof-bourow, Loof-bourow, Simondi, Beardsley and Wantland were present at last night's session of .the city council, and under the skillful guidance, of Beardsley, and later of Loofbourow, the solons transacted a great deal of business and, with one exception, in a manner that reflected credit on themselves as , well as on the trusting constituents who placed them in power. The one exception was an exhibition exhibi-tion of spleen by Simondi, who, In opposing the fireproof scheme, lost his head, talked "sassy" to the chaL and misbehaved himself him-self generally. ' T " ' ' The following was the most im porta oT business transacted: . . THE RESTORATION OF EAGLE' GATE. Spencer ClawEon, W. S. McCornick and many others asked for an .appropriation of $1778.19 to pay the balance due on the work, of reconstructing Eagle Gate. . The. total cost was f4500.' ' .- ' ' LOXG LIVB THK PEOPLB'8 HOTEl.t - ; ; Frank Monroe notified the couneil-that he Intended to construct a hotel to be known as the People's hotel, and. seked that a liquor license for the same be granted him.' A petition pe-tition signed by every property owner on Commercial street and a bond, signed Jj Auerbach Bros, and B. K. Bloch. accompanied accompa-nied Monroe's communication. Referred to the license committee.- - I ." ' ' f THE INSPECTOR OF PBOVTSIOjJa. j Vpn!'.-was all that Simondi could say." ilC moti(,n adjourn was then put and UA, and Simondi gave vent to his chagrin tf snrhjy growling: "See that the rules are hereafter enforced by everyone." "Yes," was the chair's only response. ' A motion to eive the joint committee power to act then passed by the following VOte: " ;s ... . . .;,: b t A yps Beardsley, Evans, Folland, Born. Kelly, Loiifbourow, Moran. Wantland 8. Noes Hardy, Karrick, Hich, Simondi 4. ) " , ADJOURXMEST. " '. The council then adjourned. . The mayor notified the council that he had appointed A. 8. Kendall inspector of provisions. pro-visions. . , Rich asked for information. Who Is he, Mr. President?" he asked. "I don't want to put a blacksmith in a plumber's place or a brickraason in a carpenter's place. I don't propose to vote for him unless I first know who he is." In reply, Kelly said that he was a schoolteacher, school-teacher, a gentleman and a scholar, and had been raised in a butehershop at NephL Messrs. Simondi, Wantland and Lawson eulogized the appointee. Moran wanted it referred to the sanitary committee. "He knew butchers, better butchers than Kendall ever dare be, who were after the job," and for that reason he wanted it referred.. And referred it was. a 'needed improvement. "' 'J. The supervisor of' streets recommended"3 that crosswalks be placed on-First South' street at Fourth, Fifth and Seventh East streets. Referred. in the same The board of public works reported that 1 they had entered into a contract with Frank ! TUmgan-foa 4owi tto-nlVs..OJvE&ifew West Temple street fMn Second to Sixth South, where needed, nbe work will cost $2.65 per square yard anli is to be finished by December 15. ELECTRIC riGHT CKDERED. Electric, lights were ordered placed at the intersection of Eighth West and North Temple, Tem-ple, Eighth South and Third West,' and Fifth' West and Second North streets.. WATERMAINS ORDERED. j The waterworks committee recommended the purchase of 800 feet of sixteen-lnch. and 400 feet of eitrht-inch pipe," whith is to be laid on First South street before the business portion of that thoroughfare is paved. So Ordered, and the committee instructed to! call for bids forthwith. J STREET RAILWAY RECOMMENDATIONS. The street committee reported on the pe-: tition of the Salt Lake City Railway company com-pany for an extension of franchise and th1 protests of property owners on the same, and made recommendations which will benefit ben-efit West Temple and Currant streets and : Capitol hill. Adopted. MUST DO A3 THEY AGREED. The street committee recommend the work of grading West Temp i - from Eighth South to Roper, as ask f petition from F. Heath and they- J ferred until the property own' 'v.-l. I the fences and widen the streams vf fore agreed. So ordered. , STREET PEDDLERS MUST ov The committee on municipal laws reeot -mended the passage of an ordinance proht; . iting street peddling in the business distric Adopted. An ordinance, covering the recommendi . tion, presented by the committee, parsed, tts boundaries of the prohibited district bein' North Temple, Third South, West Temp$ and State street, and on State street t Fourth South. The prohibition will notafT feet farmers and others who raise the pro. ducts they offer for sale. f i. STREET SPRINKLING CURTAILED, i The sprinkling committee reported ahlan by which the bills for street sprinkling fuld be curtailed and the ueoessary work h re-after re-after be done under the direction of them-mittee. them-mittee. By it a saving of perhaps $3000 rill be made before the season closes. Adofed. LCCKT TAXPATIRS. J The assessor and collector reported a list of property-owners to whom was due a rebate re-bate on taxes for sidewalk improvement In districts No. 1, 2, 4, 6, 15 and 17. The ,ttal to be paid back to them is $503.21. Adajed. THE PARK COMMISSION. The ordinance creating a park commisssn, to consist of five members, and definin, its duties, etc., was taken up and -read fotthe first time. A motion to read second i'rne was defeated, thus passing further coi id-eration id-eration nntil the next meeting. - , APPROPRIATIONS ORDERED. Appropriations aggregating $7080.00". 'ere ordered. , , f A HEiRTT KICK BY RICH. Among the claims, read were several for electric light, which caused Rich, what a member of the committe on lmprovcmtits, to inquire by what right the committon claims passed on them, when as a msttJ of fact they kne nothing whatever of thejat-ters thejat-ters they related to. " ' l A debate followed, in which it was browht out that the service was not what it .shftld be." Some portions of the city were in-lighted, in-lighted, and in others only a paitial seJjce was given. The general opinion was hat the city was paying for more than itre-ceived. itre-ceived. The bills were finally referred tose improvement committee, as demanded ly Rich. - j THE VlREPROOFING SCHEME. L Through thTWfitUnt effoytj.K and Moran the city engif"" hearty and for a report of his 1 riven; Trtbme neveri) proofing the third floor Ijt favor anions' and he replied that twl. 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