Show plans submitted for a fire Buil ihne city council met on monday night in adjourned session mayor booth in the chair the only absentee was E H thomas PETITIONS communications G 0 haws road supervisor represented that the grade and crossings of R G W and U P railroad tracks were in a very unsatisfactory condition and asked that an order be made requiring the companies to lower the grade of their tracks and repair the crossings OF committees E C henrichsen Henrich seo chairman of the committee on finance reported that a double assessment of had been made on prove commercial savings bank property and recommended that the error be corrected and that a further abatement of be made L S glazier chairman of the com matteo on streets and alleys reported that city blocks had been platted in two sections on the west side of the townside entry and that tracts of land were being platted and surveyed into city blocks as additions and recommended om that two sections on the north and two sections on the west side of the townsite entry be added to the survey of the said townsite entry and surveyed by A J stewart jr and that good large stones be set at the section and quarter section corners the compensation pensa tion to be the same as for the townsite entry considerable discussion ensued in relation to the acceptance of the report some of the council holding that the work should be accepted by the survey or general before it was accepted or oaid for by provo city the report was amended by basins the recommendations on alie condition that the be approved by the general report accepted E C hinrichsen chairman of the committee on finance reported recommending that the resolution providing for the registration and payment of city warrants pass deport accepted E C henrichsen Henri cheen chairman of the committee on public grounds and city property reported that they bad conferred with the county court and recommended that the city pay for one arc light in the reir of the co urt house the county paying for the of the building report accepted mr in af the same committee made a verbal report hub a proposed fire department building mr kletting the architect was present and on being asked aliat the up proximate cost of buch a building as lie had planned would be replied all of the members of the council seemed to fully comprehend that alie city was a financial condri onto mens building buil diug at a cost of mr dixon moved that the committee be instructed in relation to the arico of the proposed building carried mr moved that the committee be instructed not to go over 2500 in se curine blaik plaik for the building mr liddiard was in favor of erecting a building that would be an ornament to the city if the city could not complete it now the shell 0 I 1 the building should e constructed and then the building could be finished at some autu re time mr maiben was decidedly opposed to erecting an expensive building provo city could not afford it salt lake icicy had not expended any such a sum for fire department buildings and the revenue of provo city city was not a drop in the bucket when compared with that of salt lake cita alter some lurther discussion me motion was lost mr maiben moved to limit the committee to in securing plans for the proposed oro posed building discussed and lost that the matter be referred to the committee on fire department motion ruled out of order by the chair mr maiben moved that the committee be limited to in support of his motion the gentleman stated the committee on tire department had ruder the ettin up of the ippei of the city jail foi a hall alie present bun v ini be libed anil made arin lor alii engine aliu antei and a irani hose tower anil a bore bor e baru could b built at comparatively small expense the motion was lost the mayor suggested that a motion t reconsider the motion to instruct tin committee would be in order on motion of mr maiborn the question was reconsidered and tha committee was allowed week to prepare a report CLAIMS the following claims were presented allowed and amounts appropriated william H king T ETli urman city water master 93 soren jensen curfew bell 4 1 telephone co 1660 miscellaneous mr noon justice ot the peace asked for the leire of anew police docket the resolution in relation to the registration and payment of city warrants passed its second e 0 n ahe recommendation men dation of the committees meeting adjourned until Monday Sep 15 |