Show CITY COUNCIL Tlc Hjilranllc Canal Claim Itclli quislied lj the CiIyOthgr Matters The City Council met In regular session on Tuesday evening Mayo Armstrong presiding Mr F Sturges represented that ho wag a candidate for the ofllceo city surveyor which would probably prob-ably be made vacant by the reslg nation ot Jesse V V For and asked that it L given him Laid on the table tableWilliam William Pinuey was granted the privilege of piling building materIal in front of the situ forties Chamber of Commerce building on Sccom South Street under the usual restriction re-striction I P Evans and others resident near First South and Fifth Wt streets asked that an electric lIght L placed at the corner of Firs South and Fifth and Sixth Wes streets Referred to the committee on improvements W M Cook of len East South Temple Street asked that he b given a deed to a certain lot near Lliat pInt wblh he claimed to own Referred J W Each replcscnted that he had been informed that theacceptet bIdder on the City Creek Canyon tunnel had withdrawn and as heW he-W the next lowest bidder he risked Uuit the contract bcnwardcd to him I was so ordered The county clerk reported that the CountyCourt had accepted the proposition prop-osition of the to sell undivided 0iton city t I an unll vided onehalf interest in the City Hall corner and asked that a deed jc mad t that eilect The mayor and city attorney were Instructed to draw up a deed to be delivered upon up-on the payment of the amount agreed upon The city attorney reported lhatin his opinion the city could give no relief to JohnWhitebecause the land which lie claimed was a subject of Court litigation in the ThIn District r The > eiition of C M Sorenson asking tat he allowed corrected deed lo a certain i > iecc of ground vas granteu The committee to whom had Itecn referred the < i eilloii of a memorial t Congress on the matter of a I Ublic building reported thai they lad agreed upon the following Tu Ar senate am llmtr t 7rirw RrJr3rr aticr 0 Ccugrfa nttMUol Your memorialists llo mayor nil shy council of Salt Lake Cily Terri tory of Itali respectfully represent liit timer mire in the city at the preent mime no buildings owned by olr gay rmuciit in which its officers tray ransnrt their business that ho United Slates courts tIme lost onicc the national maven e oflicc and all other departments of thegov eminent service located lit this cit v oc cults building wIll are rented menu > rivato parties ant arc entirely iuailc Iualo to the needs of the citizens that nes Salt Like City can no longer bo justly regarded HS 1 mero hallway liou o larking the distance between time lissoiiri river and the Pacific coast rer ant hut she has recently prospered and grown into great Intermountain me ropolis ranking in commercial ini nrtance population industry and munificence with tho chief cities of the Cniled States Vlicrcfore your memorialists beg t present these facts to your attention and pray for an appropriation hy your honorable Llvor not less Iban JiiO oi for the erection of a government uildiiig in this city Mr lItter moved that the amount asked for b amended to read S > 0 000 and it was carried Crrtod Mr Sharp thought the oiler of some suitable grounds should be tade IMe Mr Webber The Eighth Ward Square do you mean Mr SharprVi the half or the whole of IL I Mr McCornick objected a did ala o Mr Body They saw no ne messIly fit granting any lands Mr Iliter did not believe that the lemorial would receive the slight I ct attention down at hington j Itt a I-tt l citys reputation there wax not of the lraUtOI Mr Dooly And it shouldnt be If we make such an oJTer a that Vu might jut ts well J give the ilghmUi1Vard Square to Mcfomick to build a lank upon it Mr Iliter urged that the donation ftlie land absolutely necessary If we desired favorable action on the ucmorial 1 Mr sharp in view 01 me im littmic of the step we are about to take I move that the motion to accept ac-cept the memorial b laid over for one week Mr Iliter seconded the motion lade by Mr Sharp and the matter was laid over for ole week Mr Dooly oflered a resolution troviding that the city collector tie retracted to advertise for bids for the publication of delinquent tax notices and that the names lie warrant w-arrant as t occupy ken space than at present As the muter now stood a delinquent who owed I W as put to an expense of M Jj or 10Mr Mr Biter said the notices were niblished more as scarecrows than anythIng else Mr Sharp realized that some leaner method should employed I was ncccsary that the collector JvertUe property before ho could ell 1 but the expense should b cut down a c much a I > ossible The resolution was referred to the attorney Attorney Richards reported that he had investigated the subject of the hydraulic canal as carefully a he couIJ had gone through the C cords etc and had come to the onclusion that the county had ailed to acquire any right to the water in question and therefore hey had nothing to grant the city In that respect Mr Doolv then moved that the Her of the Hydraulic Company to I Kirchase lock the deed to the one 1 sIxth I of the Jordan waters lie accepted ac-cepted by the rt1an The motion wa adopted I The Council then adjourned until Thursday January t 1S90 at 7 11 A |