Show city park it will be JRe pealed the combustible material bill is passed the city council met on monday night in adjourned session mayor booth presiding all were present with I 1 the exception of thomaa and i dunn PETITIONS robert boardman asked that the time for opening second street between L and M for twelve months from date granted peter and others asked that silas ailred be again employed as policeman at the depot kaifer ed to the committee on police and city prison W H freshwater and others asked that the ringing rin gina of the fire bell for curfew purposes and all other purposes except in case of fire or some serious disaster be discontinued granted wilson brown and henry harrison applied for and were granted retail liquor dealers licenses the smoot drug co wag afi anted a wholes liquor dealers license REPORTS OF committees the committee on quarantine becom mended the allowance of the claim of W L nielson city nurse ex officio for 50 deport adopted the committee on public grounds and city property reported aa follows to the city council of provo city GENTLEMEN your committee on public grounds and city property beg to report that we have visited the public grounds of the city and find the garden city park is in a very bad condition on account of not having been properly cultivated and attended to according to contract and we therefore respectfully recommend that some action be taken to bave mr J 0 nielson the person employed by the show cause why he has not performed his labors according to contract E C henrichsen chairman keport adopted mr nielsen was present he ex that he had devoted his whole time and attention to tending ane public grounds of the city he thought that he had kept his agreement according to contract in consequence of having been neglected last year the grounds were in a very poor condition this year and it was impossible for him to get them in as good shape as if they had been properly attended to last year he had been somewhat delayed in cleaning out the weeds from the park on account of storms but he would commence doing so immediately then ensued a long and varied discussion cus sion mr henrichsen did not h nielsen had kept his contract the grounds were in a fearful condition but very little work had been done on the park he then advocated that grasses should be allowed to grow and white clover planted about the trees to form a turf air glazier differed with aen as to the turf there was plenty of time fer that when the grounds were leveled but he did agree with him in that the arounds had been neglected mr maiben had visited the park several and had never seen any one at work there and but very few signs of any work were apparent he also commented on the best plans of park gardening differing from mr henrichsen thes park would not be a park for ten years yet and there was plenty of time for the formation of the turf the contract was read and several questions asked by liddiard and dixon which were answered by henrichsen and glazier mr glazier moved that the contract be and the city take other steps for the cleaning and caring of the tark and other city property alie motion was laid on the table mr nielsen promising to put a force of men at work at once CLAIMS alie folio ring claims were allowed W L nielsen services as city nurse 50 hyrum hatton fire department engineer 20 pyne maiben rent of surveyors office 25 BILLS mr maiben presented a bill providing for the repeal of the curfew ordinance passed its first reading the bill regulating the storing of in fl amable and combustible materials was taken up and passed ita third reading and was passed the title of the bill being made the title of the ordinance the council adjourned the corid enriched the facilities of the present day forthe production of everything that will conduce to the material welfare and comfort of mankind are almost unlimited ana when syrup of figs was first produced the world was enriched with the only perfect laxative known as it is the only remedy which is truly pleasing and re freshing to the taste and prompt and effectual to cleanse the system gently in the spring time or in fact at any tims and the better it is latown the more pop alar it become 4 A prosperous institution the west coop co op is now in flourishing condition four years ago next august superintendent eggertson took charge of the institution it was then at a standstill for beveral years no dividends had been paid and few if any improvements had been made but with the accession of superintendent erin eggertson to the mercantile throne of the institution a change came over the acene improvements were at once commenced and have been kept up ever since by hard work and close attention to business the trade of the store crew commensurate with the improvements last fall the old incorporation of the institution was done away with and a new one was effected with andrew eggertson Egger teon simon P eggertson Eggert pon william H brown and walter cos as owners of a majority of the stock the new firm commenced business under auspicious ces the old store had been enlarged and remodeled and a new brick are three stories high had been erected with william H brown as president and andrew eggertson Eg as superintendent the new institution has been making rapid strides the quarters for doing business are commodious and convenient the stock of is large and varied and it goes without saying tha the management is an able one and business is done on business principles the public are treated hone atly and fair ly and the keenest competition is not feared in tha language of Super indent eggertson we are hero to stay and help build up the country as we haye done in the past and we think we can ith consistency ask for a share of the public patronage |