Show OUR CITY FATHERS the work transacted in r monday bights session PROVO CITY assessment BOLL the property amounts to over three million dollars claims allowed report of city officers the city council met on light in beular mayor booth u hie altur pr tin i an A petition waa received from H H bip nii others asking for the covering r iliin up ot the old mill race on sec mil as the said lace is not now ased referred to the committee on md alleys A petition dt received from W D to end ml otter araking permission to lay a sewer pipe from the roberts house at the coiner of oth and J streets u alie enill race on II 11 street and such branch pipes as may be necessary tu connect with the roberts house and with the residences of R H dodd and geo sutherland on motion of mr maiben the petition was granted durig the pleasure of the council U W smith asked the council to et cablish the street grade on alie side u 1 estreet ath and ath streets referred to the committee on streets and alleys A petition from nels markman ask ingbor 15 damages done by a runaway which had occurred on account of alie bad condition of a city bridge on H referred to the committee on claims REPORT OF CITY OFFICERS the report of city marshal brown for the month of may showing 30 arrests fines collected and 9 head of was presented and accepted T E samuelson city assessor asses and collector reported the following assessments railroads and banks corporations city at lare total referred erred to the nuance mr maihen moved that monday june 30 be appointed as the time for hearing complaint of errors in carried mr anna moved that the compensation of assessor and collector for the ensuing year he fixed at 7 per cent on the amount of tax collected the question was referred to the ou finance mr maiben moved eliat two mills he the rate of taxation for contingent expenses and one mill lor opening am improving the streets mr glazier moved to amend by mak ang the rate equal namely one and a half mills the question was referred to the committee on finance REPORTS OF alie report of the committee on fire the purchase of an additional feet of hose and caps and belts for the members of the company was presented mr maiben moved its adoption some discussion 0 allowed as to the financial conditions of h e city present embar ras ments by reason of the heavy expend incurred one or two of the members refined to the ENQUIRERS editorial suggestions on the question of retrenchment and economy and apparently misunderstood this newspapers purpose in so lottering ottering ott ering its suggestions the motion carried mr henrichsen evidently being the only one voting no samuel Liddi ardin behalf of the committee on manufactures reported on the petition of jacob gates and others corn smokestack not being high enough at the prove foundry and of being disturbed by the noides made on said premises by making boilers in the open stack was thirty feet high instead of twenty as reported and that considerable noise will be made at boiler borks whether in the open air or under ached alie proprietors of the works propose to build in the near future the committee were of the opinion that the city did not have the power to boiler works as being a nuisance and they would therefore recommend that the petition be not granted the report was adopted the committee on fire department reported on the proposition of the excel bior livery stable to house the steamer and furnish horses recommending that alie proposition be not accepted out that a temporary shelter be constructed ad jining j ining alie jail report adopted adoo ted mr maiben also stated the committee were making negotiations with mr hatton to beote a portion of his time to the care of the engine and to act as engineer the following claims were allowed soren beusen for ringing curfew bell H joseph fausett policeman 14 marshal and police bill for may 24 mrs B S simons for copying ordin inces 0 G HAW 3 and deputies i he claim of 2350 of A wilkins for baird of prisoners was referred nek to tho Maia lial for correction and coL liance with alie order of the council the resolution granting a franchise to brovo city railroad Kail road company way taken up on it third reading pending its consideration the council nd unil this evening at 8 |