Show 1 I call for the ayes and V VERY LIVELY SESSION the firetrap fire trap question water works but witcher mentioned city council met on monday night in adjourned session mayor booth in the chair the absentees were massre dunn liddiard and thomas mr dann arrild later in the evening there was considerable discussion during the reading of the minutes in relation to the report of the committee in fire department as presented at the last meeting in reference to rawlings Kaw lings graye building on west center street A slight amendment was made on motion of mr maiben the amendment I 1 was not satisfactory to henrichsen and dixon and they opposed it mayor booth casting the deciding vote in favor of the amendment mr dixon moved another amendment convoying the idea that at the previous meeting mr henrichsen and ue had not been opposed to he amendment of the fire ordinance but to the report of the committee allowing the gray building to stand mr booth explained that the recommendation men dation for amending the ordinance was apart of the report of the committee and the voting had been on the whole report the motion was lost on a tie hen richlan and deion voting for and maiben and glazier against the amendment the ayes and noes on both motions were called and placed on record by request of henrichsen Henric haen and diroa PETITIONS AND OTHER communications from the city assessor and collector submitting for the approval of the city council the assessment roll blank books of provo city for 1891 with such changes as were required by statute in consequence of the new free school law and requesting that he be authorized to secure the services of the county collector in furnishing a list of recorded mortgages numbering about names at 10 cents per name referred to the committee on finance from the city wate asking that the ditch running through mr daniels lots be removed to sixth between M and N streets ee berred to the committee on irrigation the city recorder asking that the marshal he authorized to purchase a desk for the recorders office referred to taft city marshal with instructions instruct ious to purchase a desk su abject to the approval of the committee on public grounds and city property from edward F jackman civil and hydraulic engineer asking to be authorized to locale a waterworks water works system for brovo city referred to the committee on waterworks water works from the city surveyor asking for information as to what should be done in relation to parties who had platted city additions and had not furnished the city with maps on thick paper according to of the city council referred to the city recorder with instructions to notify those parties who had platted city additions and who had failed to furnish the maps on thick paper to do so from J B love asking that the city exchange a portion of the city sand bank property for a portion of his erty in close vicinity referred to the committee on streets and alleys from the city marshal setting forth that the city jail was in a very poor condition and entirely inadequate to the requirements of the city and asking eliat new doors window s and a cage be put in that sewerage be provided and that the jail be otherwise renovated referred to the committee on police and city prison and wilson brown with approved bonds asking for retail liquor dealers licenses carr MARSHAL of the expenditure of contingent fund report accepted and filed CLAIMS the following claims were presented allowed and the several amounts ampro pria ted provo book stationery co 2615 farrer brothers co oats etc 1015 john ferre running street spunkier spun kier 36 10 jensen kingins curfew bell during december 1890 i hatton fire engineer 15 the claim of the provo commerce al savings bank for 2000 a loan was presented an appropriation of 1000 was made and the mayor authorized to continue the loan of for sixty dava the claim s of alie P L M B co for painted stakes and lumber amounting in all to were referred to the committee on streets and alleys the claim of the M F estate 39 50 was referred to alie committee n waterworks water works with instructions to report at next meeting the claim of the provo baet coop co op for sundry merchandise was laid on the table awaiting the of the city marshal BUSINESS mr maiben called attention to the fact that the street line were not beins sufficiently protected the city marshal agreed to give the matter bis immediate attention chief of fire department john A brown called the attention of the council to the fact that it was very necessary that the cita should purchase an additional team for the exclusive use of the fare department and that suitable accommodations near the fire engine building for tha team should be provided also that bleeding bleeping Ble accommodation for a number of the firemen in the vicinity of the engine and bose 1 be provided Kofe to committee on fire department and he chief with power to act mr maiben moved that the sum of be placed in the hands of the city marshal as a contingent fund gained mr moved that the road supervisor be instructed to place a good and substantial bridge across the mill race on the north sile of sixth street ai at the intersection of E street within two weeks carried and the supervisor so mr henrichsen stated that the rea son he hd specified the time for the building of the bridge was because he had noticed that the supervisor was very negligent io performing any work that had been ordered done in the west part of town streets that had deen ordered repaired sever months since had received a load or two of gravel and had then been left he had spent considerable sid erable time in hunting ap and talking to the supervisor but it had not resulted in much goodr mr daxon referred to the report of tho committee oa fio fi o department in relation to the erection of buildings buil dines not in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance another building had been erected on thy pea rod block since the of the comi com i ailtee mayor booth gentlemen there ix no motion before the house mr dunn then proceeded to inform the council in relation to the fact anat the road supervisor had not complied with the order of the council in repairing fourth street at the intersection of H treet and E street fifth aud seventh street there detill being no motion before the house mr dacon offered the following it is hereby ordered that the building recently erected near the northwest north west corner of seventh and ninth streets not being in accordance with the requirements of the ordinances of provo city be removed outside of the fire limits and the marshal and inspector be instructed ted ta carry this order into effect mr dunn was not in favor of the order he thought the building nearly with the city than any building of the kind erected mr dixon admitted that the building was a good one for the kind but he thought it was about time we were find ins out we stood on this question mr henderson one of the proprietors of thy building was present and stated that the building was fire proof if the council could burn it with th assistance of a load of bay they were delcoma to do so mr haibon was in fay or of allowing the building to remain inspector samuelson stated that under the circumstances he thought the building should be allowed to remain hea had before called the attention ofa abe council to the fact that tha fire ordinance should be amended in several par the motion as lost the ayes and noes were called fo and the result was as follows i nya anoai dunn glazier and maiben S absent 2 judge J D jones was present and called the attention of the chancil to the resolutions passed by th chamber of commerce in relation to having compe tent engineers make surveys from provo river apar the mouth of provo canon to some spot in tha vicinity of the city with the object in view of uniting the various canals in one and of providing the city with water borka owing to the prospects of a scarcity of water during the coming summer immediate action should be taken the matter was referred to the pint committees on arri gatin and water works with an auth arity to act in with the chamber of commerce committee on the same council adjourned |