| Show FATHERS f they talk about erecting a city hall AND FINALLY DECIDE TO LEAVE IT WITH THE PEOPLE A mass meeting to be held next monday night for this purpose the city council met in adjourned session wednesday night with mayor dusenberry in the chair A petition from the utah sign stencil company asking for the privilege of numbering provo city after the philadelphia system was read and re berred to the committee on streets and alleys the petitioners petition ers represented that they had just completed ogden cita and had given great satisfaction A communication from L representing that his city lots had been deprived of their legal and proper share ot water this season owing to the cutting down of the street on which his property is located and the destruction of liis water ditches in consequence and asking for his proper portion was read and re ferrad to the with authority to construct the needed water courses to the petitioners petition ers property and give him his proper supply ot water A communication was read from the street inspector stating eliat the ordinance establishing fire limits did not pay whether the construction of board fences the prescribed limits should be prohibited he wanted information as to whether lie should prevent the erection or such fences certain parties were contemplating building fences of inflammable material and wanted to proceed at once with the work the matter was referred to the committee on judiciary A proposition from the utah nursery co to furnish one year old hardwood ornamental trees at per 1000 or two year old trees at 1200 per 1000 was referred to the committee on the garden city park the mayor in behalf of mr thomas beekley Bee eley stated that when the city was platted a portion of mr beesleys Bee farm in the east part of town was found to be within one of the streets and he deeded it over to the city mr beesley had recently sold his land and in having it surveyed had found that the deed given to the city described another of land different to that intended and he now willied the city to give him a deed to that portion of land and in return he would deed the strip necessary the matter was referred to the committee on streets and alleys with authority to take immediate steps in the premises the report of the recorder for licenses collected during the month of july 1889 amounting to was read and accepted the report of the city marshal for the j month of july showing fourteen arrests and fines assessed during that time amounting to 80 was read and accepted councilor from the special committee appointed by the council to take steps for the erection of a city hall and the construction of a vault in connection with county courthouse stated salt lake city had been engaged to draft plans for the purpose but that since his engagement doubts had been expressed by several as to the advisability of building a city hall on to the courthouse some thinking it would be better to have the building entirely separate from the courthouse he thought it would be proper to submit the question to a mass meeting of the taxpayers and see what the people of the matter mr then moved that a meeting of taxpayers be called and the matter submitted to them judge jones who was present here stated that the motion by mr was in accordance with a suggestion he had made looking to economy as he thought that the city should not go to the expense of leaving plans drawn for the erection of a city hall until it was decided as to whether the people wanted such a building mr Pax mans motion was then put and carried when the time for holding the mass meeting was discussed mr suggested that in addition to the mayors proclamation in the papers dodgers be printed and circulated urging a full attendance judge jones the fewer you have at the meeting the better councilor fairer well I 1 would to see a large turnout finally it w as decided to hold the meeting next monday evening mr also moved that the question of selling the west half of the east equale be submitted to the taxpayers at the same time mr maiben was in favor of the proposition and be would like to hear the expression of the people on the matter mr brown could not see any necessity for such action tho council itself were the first ones to say whether the land should be sold an I 1 taxpayers did not approve of their course they could protest against agai it by petition te claim of the city marshal for police services for july amounting to was on motion of councilor farrer referred to the committee on police and city persons mr maiben stating that tho city was paying double pay for night service and mr farrer asserting that it was but a short time since that the monthly bills for the police rarely amounted to more than lately however they had increased to while now it reached the claim of the city marshal for board of prisoners during july amounting to 15 was allowed the claims of the street supervisor for services ps for july amounting to was referred to the committee on streets and alleys mr farrer remarked that there seemed to be something out of joint in the claim and the bill similar to that of the city marshal was albo rapidly increasing he had learned that the treasury was in a low condition and he was not in favor of the city getting into the same condition as it had to years ago he would like to see improvements made improvements atiat were badly needed if llie treasury ass to be depleted with beavy bills like this improvements improve menta never would be made he doubted much whether the item of incurred in grading hie street on alie aine of the D R G W tah hauled by thill company was no mure fur the ot eliat railroad ilian the city fur he considered it nothing more nor less than helping to grade that portion of their road the claim of the for lut lu vaa read tind a much as the I 1 mr thought there was a good isrial of deputy ben ire and us libor done that could be avoided aud t ie public money saved in consequence tie was very doubtful as to whether any benefits resulted from so math riding up and down the streets telling people they should do and what they do had more avater masiers than salt lake city it was he duly of the police to see that the ordinance relating to irrigation was not violated like any other law that was what they were paid for mr farrer stated that what had been aad by mr maiben waa too true there was too much unnecessary work done chere was also too much water stealing taking water out of their lurn if the police would only see that few individuals were arrested and made examples of it would have a rood eject he calier thought the men per tui ining alie orliea of deputy lora charged for thru work tue claim was the claim of william penrod for sprinkling streets amounting to was read and allowed as also the claim of walter cox for hauling thirteen loads of gravel and watering the dead trees on the west square amounting to 22 25 applications for renewal of liquor lis benses censes were granted to R S hines sim and mcewan rawlings on motion of alderman brown the council adjourned till tuesday next |
