Show CITY COUNCIL Electric lamps for the Sorthnesl 1arl of the CHr RAILWAY CROSSINGS TO BE PLANKED The Street MoprHeireraca nnm Other XMlrn II I I Time City Council met in regular scsslou last I evening Slayor Armstrong Arm-strong presiding A I Johnson and others represented repre-sented that South Temple fatreet where the Union Pacific and other tracks cross the street was in a dangerous dan-gerous condition and asked that the conii > anies be required l to plank betw een the tracks 11 Sharp wanted the mater referred ferred to the committee on streets Mr Clark wanted the work done at once and hb motion was carried the street supervisor being Instructed In-structed to > ec that the Work was done Immediately Robert Miles and fortytwo others asked tbatlifth West Street between tween Third and Fourth JTorUi streets b graded mid tlliches be made with EufTicieut fall to carry off the pools of stagnant water now covering part of the sidewalks almost making I Impassible for pedestrians Iteferred to tho committee com-mittee on streets J A Mann represented that be hal iniiortcd into this city thirty three heads of thoroughbred cattle which he desired l to sell at public auction but thought the fee of I percent demanded was unreasonable unreason-able and asked Lust a sjiccial license him In 1 reasonable sum L Allowed himHe He was allowed to sell tho stock without 0L percentage by 1 unanimous VS P Read superintendent of the Street Car Company submitted the fact that his company has been cmpn put to considerable trouble and expense Pease at various times owing to Uie lack of an established slope from the crown of the c to the aide There Is no public ofllcer who I authorized to definitely determine tlmls question and in consideration i ei of the fact that the street car com I1U I about to lay new rail along Main fctreet southward from First South and dn not desire to make any mi tako which will b expensive expen-sive and annoying to crn cpu Head asked that the Council designate desig-nate the slope of Main btreet or authorize some city oflicer to do so In order that the company might definitely iron know where to place their ironThe The surveyor was instructed to locste the crow of Main Street at the same height as the sidewalk at the base of the buildings and the Street at the edge of the sidewalk eight inches lower than the crown r c ft tt tt d It wis decided that the East Temple Street wooden flumesshould b replaced by stone culverts of red sandstone and cobble the curbs to be paid for by local assessment 11 It was also I decided i h f East Temple Street sidewalks must at once be put in good repair John Jf Larson respectful showed that he hid bent taxed for the lest twenty tears for the north half of lot 4 block 411at 11 that In Ins opinion he is entiUed tea ilccu for the same that at the lat meeting of the council a deed was ordered l to b made to Mrs Kd ardsfor nearly the east half of the above property and petitioner wa thus deprived of what he considered to b his legal right that he had examined i the records and found no claim of Mrs l lwards for such land that the had laid no taxes on the KUIK that the said ground either belongs to Petitioner or he has been overtaxed for fifty rods of ground for twenty I years past and therefore prays that the deed be ordered to b made to I him for the east In of said lot or I I that the amount of unjust tax I which he ha iiaid lie refunded tobIn him Referred to the committee oil claims cms J W A Timms asked that the Council order the soil tiken from the front of his residence h j order of the Council in lSSZ b replaced Referred to the committee on streets J K Gillespie and L P Kelsej submitted the following Referring to jour action of November 19 III relation to exchange of laud on Ar fceual Hill w c beg leave to say that we cannot accept your proposition a it does not convey n much land as asked from us Received and filed for the information of the Council Wildimar Van Cott desired to know whether the city intended to allow A S Gabbott for his time as agent under the agreement between ths owners of the primary right In Parlevs Canyon Creek and Salt Lake City The Council hid had the mater under consideration for some time and Gabbottw anxious to know jnt what notion thc body proposed to take The bill was ordered paid and time amount appropriated 11id nl Ile Thc committee on sewerage reported ported follows l > ro I folows We hire Ibis day accepted the i ropoi then ot the Utah and MonUna Miichlacrr Comi anj or orembcr 171 fumUb one Sprapie aaloiaatic astor of thirty assess tied none poirericitaH found uoa or tone or bnck to b erected at toe fewer ainp on I irth soaib vtrtet near toe Joe du lOser with luire frame spas waleh to erect mowr in inch a manner a > to atold a Tttirauonto etbcr with all materials and tabor to connect IS ereou runes box switch eolt nd mlr couopctesad zcudio crenert with toe overhead < n fjrtem of I the SumS Like elly ICailroad C mpanr > coctnc plaut tnclcdins a freights trans fen and labor the machine to be famished compete and In readiness for opcnUon dd nstrrstmh appurtenances to b In accordance ac-cordance n t f eclncaUonft snbmtucd tn aid proposition for the cnm of hIEo par = rr made In tuirtj days after slid machine fet and readr nprratlon and all gvaranuetareronii lied with Therrw dent of the I Lake elty Ira l 1001 though not prepared present to rater ra-ter into z contract ta the fcrnibin of IEC power tn propel raid motor drcs u his tsnnnc that his company 19 amply cmlaul amllT ijaalificd to fnrnl > h power and will male a contract dO to ala proc which thill b st leastten per cent lent than the cost oieratinpa steam plant the exact fipires to be arrived at hereafter in order that oar seerae pump may not at any time b left without motive power hUmse < have deemed I Jnulut la addlUou 1 te ectric motor to j rnde a Iem engine an1 bolter r than In cie of failure of either part there 1 Ire no caution of the cmpingworks We have deemed linn jree sary to procure the eteam engine and boiler as the Ifayor assures DS the city already al-ready has one that will ale every par pote Report rcceivedaud recommendation recommenda-tion adopted I ton < olto The committee on public ground to whom was referred the niiorts of the assistant I superintendent of Liberty Park to September 301SS9 ti II reported that they hurst examined rectThe the same and found them t bt cor The watcrmaters reports were reported ported to have been found correct and the were ordered J e The committee police reported that the city marshals report for Uie quarter ending September 3 1SSP was correct Adapted The committee tQ whom was referred ferred the petition of the I A Tuckitt Candy company and other who asked that they b allowed to tap tlie water mains recommended tint the they be rellev cd Just as soon as eastern reservoir was in Ilolr proper condition Adopted Jrpr The report of thecommittee to rpr cmlte whom had been referred the pet ton of several rld er nt protesting against the extension of water mains on Seventh East Street and other petitions of a similar nature was laid upon the table to come up when the matter W finally dl po ed > of The petitions of Orson Rumel and Mr Reneilict I regard t Uiu e tension of water mains were trrnnt mn edA A portion of tIme money paid for refunded license of John Coburn was ordered The committee on improvements reported as follow st The committee to bom wa referred the i tiUoa of thoe who have noSed for ettemlons in various directions within the ron dlrUn city of the rleetrte aro street IwUlnx te r I aptitf uily Capon That the area cm contemplated con-templated to Le Iff bled by electricity was the area caTered by OLe gsa light syilem lacrtly uUttttnlinc elcctncity tar po la tat area a3 ra lampat 153 etch per ee 00000ubethg di per unomihh It Tam found m011 I U COUld thai It embraccoer tUtcrlcctmon rmbrto Or totes I flnyee IllnruollofUL 1lr ntulflboeQt Ire hantp to IWbr a 1J f coserlOdocraorqotmtmp Isogo iauopaorahtj000rfrcssd La are oae thud 1 oa ar hkb tringa each arc lamp to tint U moat and the whole a to whoe arcs 10 the a te tame lam u the gato wlt5Om 4tpcmmonttj Jhgtdes tsJo ooothl Coatuf jl i c oCeet ltgluung for s stasiS pant there hue been rooliod two arc lamp on suttli nod Sixth Westoneet no south 1cm pIeniuaeunt of We tiilrray crossl s there viucue too lam are atlfl5d each per month mina f tots bf street light my for tonic ttonth pool of I3L On November 13 the waned ordered one more lamp to toe placed at the corner of lint > ortht tat r West streets t also one at the corner of lonrtli Last and Third oat and six more arts at the eat end of Second Stet to Tenth Earl and ran ninz down Fourth Njntli IhU makes ljtit atldUooil to the old area are add 5IU a month 01 the itreet Iwhtins account tot 11 Rax I per month ou cmlluc fusSer report Lust the petluou aforesaid call for flfly nine additional arc lamps which wonld add about hE to the monthly street liguunir bill or a little more loan doubling ItU g0 we think Is more than the city Is able t pay cat as at circumstances present litusted and under the pre But we would howerer recommea that the are light system bo extended from First Sonh on on Wet Street where aa an laup wa ordered two weeks aro to the outhwe t corner ot the Iniverslty and around the nivenstr block thence north to Ccniro street si the northwest pjrtof Ihe city has not heretofore been snpnlied with any street lichu The electric tight I company learn are purposing to build lneyrlyun the sprtnr and that they will I be i amply able to anpIrmyall and more than the city will require w there will be no dInt culty in meeting every public and ensue demand for electric lirhunr for street and every otter pun we Report adopted A communication was received from T W Ellerbecfc enclosing the enecD to last dividends on the shares of gas stocks fdLY the city J11S060 flue dividends on gaS tock paid to and received by the corporation amount to SS2033i5 while the total amount paid for the stock held was 722n2b7 The statements showed that the city has received back near ly ten thousand dollars more than It laid and if judIcially conserved and well managed for a 3 enr or s longer the Hock they now hold will at the proper Ume togeUier wIth what the city dw us In Uie electric lighting stock bring or ought to 1 = W 3 bringi mean it at made to bring about double what the city originally plia This however cannot bo done bj an unwise grant hug of charters to parties whose ob ject it is to comiil pie away our dynamos into the scrap l pile and buy theirs at a great cost s n t advertise their system or to punish us If we decline by I getting a charter Tho Thomson Houston ironic have refused to sell us in arc dj namo for trial Uiey de maud that we cell them our dynamos dyna-mos for scrap and pay a high price for Uicire or they wont trade at all Tills sort of raiding may bcrepcMed everfour yenta by other makers I respectful ubmit Uiat the kinds of peoplearc not the ones siiuo have at heart the welfare of this city and Its proniinint citizens and Unt such people ought not to b allowed al-lowed in opportunity to diprlvethe sc cit tithe advantages it now p The e committee to whom had been referred Uie claim of Dr Roach of I Ogden for 1000 balance alleged to b due on a M ell boriu machine purchased Ly the iHy recommended tedJohn recom-mended that it b not laid Adop John A Gnesbecks bill for K03 for use of a well boring machine was cut down to 105 ldn ordered aidThe The question of leasing the CIt half of Washington bquarc to the Salt rAke Ccling Club came tip The reject recommended Uiat up chub b granted a lease for three er with the option of two more tbcundcrstandlagbcingUiat if the Council needed the grounds for public ittrpoM before Uie expira lon of that lime the city could at i any tIme cancel Uie lease by pa Ing j the clubfor w hatcver improvements had been made up to that tme A lease for three years was granted at a yearly rental of SlVl The Council made appropriations to the following department Slucet S 5100 Svameunraster 1100 Marshal l ott > Canal 3D60 SeacraCe ulooo Wotesork 3100 Lutcrty Park 500 Adjourned until Tuesday next at i oclock |