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Show THE CITY LEGISLATURE. laiors of tie Board ol Eqnillza-tlcn Eqnillza-tlcn Ended. EAdLt CAfE TO Bt SUED. A Hoard of Medical Eximlntw Xlrclcd. Tho Council nict as a bodfd of rlnl-vliiitlon first, and listened to tlie reading of tbe loliowlng: Gentlemen-, Your oc-ial cemt m'.ttia to Whom wasreferred the casts of Fred Simon and ten others, Ig leave to report that In answer to a summons all the parties appeared before our committee excepting Mary Mion and Emms IS. Davis, and after having examined Into the merits or the several cases referred to Us we make the following rccom-menddIon rccom-menddIon rtcnrdlhx the fame, vhu Tnatthe assessment against Fred Simon on nersocal iironerty be raied from SiQOO to S15.00U. Tint the following sums of moneys assec-cd against thefollowlng parties be abated, they having satUCed your committee that the moneys so assessed csralrvt them havu ben ex pended In teal property that has been assessed ouce tor tbe current year: ClauJItis V. Spencer. $3000; John McDonald, lol IT; L. E.Snell,$5J; W. A. edhdm. J50VM; J-ph IL Jtaiiani, idr, H. B. Critcblow, S93IC, an J J. T. Belese, $5J. That the r.S5 assessed against B. S. Young be abated if Mr. Young can satisfy the avessor that lieliaJ disposed dis-posed of the mortgages which this mam r rrrfeswits Prior to tbe date ot UieaserMenll-Vy. That the assessment as-sessment of J210J against Mary Xixon and J50JJ against Emma , Davis be confirmed. Ilespeclfully submitted, m. k. 1'absons James Asdehsox, W. 11. H. Sl'At-HHU, Committee. Tho report iru a Joiitcd, which action ac-tion wound up the bu'Inesi of the board of equalization. The Council then rcsalvcJ Itself Into a municipal l-alatiirr, acd trausacteei tile fallowing Uislncse: Wm. Burke and others asked to have established the grade of a new street rxtenXilog from Main to est Temple, Utwecn Third and Fourth South. The city attorney said the council had no control of tlie street, until It should be deeded to the city, and the matter was referred to tho committee on streets. Tlie faun -qor Comiany present cd an amended proposition to furnish furn-ish 100 street lights, reducing the pricuSl.5') eacli. Iteferred to the committee on improvements. W. N. Cook requested action on his claim for damages sustained by his wlte, w ha fell In a trench along which no warning lights vtre placed. Referred to the comniittee on claims. A communication from Sarah Slewcs regarding a claim previously previous-ly presented by her, went te the same committee. A communication from iolic justice I.ancy urged an inc-vase in the compensation of the police court clerk. Iteferred to committee on police. K.U. SIssctt wanted to rent a house in the Scvcrth Wanl which belongs to the city. ltferrvd to committee com-mittee on public grounds. Aurclius Miner presented a demand de-mand for damages for false nrrol and Imprisonment on July a'b. Iteferred to tbe committee on claims. T. K. Gregg and others asked to have Second South rtrett near Twclfdi Iiut, graded. Iteferred to committee on streets. The Utah Central Italliray Com-jany Com-jany informed tbe Council tliat it wa ready to lay its track on Fourth West Street, ami asked that a committee com-mittee be charged with locating the same, the Union Pacific liaving taken up much of the street. J. H Young, Esq.,madea brief adlressln which he slated the situation tersely and comprehcn'Ively. The msttei was referred to the committee ot. streets with instructions to retort as soon ai possible. Peter Tourney put iu an amended bid for a lease on the Warm Springs property for five yea-. HeoHercil to ay 375 er mouth J u ring the first year, S150 per minth for the second year and $200 lr month for the ttakinru of tlie term, and he also agreed to expend immediaMy In improving the place Si'MO, and $500 additional during each year of Hit lease. Committee on public ground'. Alfred Solomon and others asked that the license of the Kattcrn Uil Company be revoked, giving rea-sous rea-sous for the request, ittferrcd to the commltlce on licenses. The city engineer rciwrt-d tliat to make a good job of the bridges proposed pro-posed to be built at Lilierly lark, they should be supported oy masonry, mason-ry, which wculd cast f3u0. Adopted. Adopt-ed. The same oflicer reported that the urn of STIS-SO was uuc J. S. Murx & Co., for work done on the Kmig ration pipe line. FileJ. The same oflicer reported that the Utah Artesian Well company list completed another E-lnch well oi tbe 10-acru lot near Liberty talk, und the company,underiscoulrait, was entitled to S-.15. Filed. The same officer reported that n plat of Harrington, Donnelly A Xewell's subdivision had leci. made and he asked for authority to approve the same. Granted. The cWy engineer reported tha' the sum cf 5,lU7.7' wai due liullahan & Grillith outheirCapilol Hill reservoir contract. Filed. Marshal 1 uungtubmltted a report showing lili receipts during thi quarter ending August "II were $507.97, while the dlsburtcment-weru dlsburtcment-weru the same. Committee oi. police. The commlttecon streets ruade tut following recommendatlotu : Thai the petition of B. It. Hickok am. otlitrs asking that tho city at-ct-ptasta-etthrcugh block l"t,pdtii. benotgranle-d.ThatthrlittltioiiofL F. Kulak, asking tliat the carl! removed from lot 5, block S2. iilat F be restored, oe granted. Tuattht petition cf Simon BamVrger foi permission to construct and ojrale a spur track froni tbe main track on the ccuuty road across Gem Street. across Klghtli and Ninth North streets to a point near the pits of the Utah I.imc.t Cemcut Company, be granted; that the petition of J. It, Walker and others asking that Main Street, between Kiglith aud Ninth South, be graveled, bn granted that the Utah Central Hallway Company lc instructed to gravel and put In condition Fourth Wwt Street, bstween Ughtb South and South Temple streets fr a distance o! forty feet on each side of their tract; that the rrport of the city engineer, allowing a profile of the street and sidewalk grade on East Temple Street, between South Temple and Third South streets, be accepted, and that tbe estimates of tho cost of grading, curbing and guttering and paving Willi asphalt First East Street U-tween U-tween South Temple and Fourth South was approved, except the estimate for gutters to carry otTIrrl-gating otTIrrl-gating waters; tliat the petition of Frank Kunkel for permission to unload stone from a switch near tbe gravel beds bo not granted; that tbe request of B. It. Hlckon and others for an electric light on tho corner of Seventh South and Seventh Ea.4 Streets Seventh South and Elichtb East, and Seventh South and Ninth Iiut be granted. Adopted. Henry Deiter offered to lease tho Warm Springs for 03 years on the following terms: Within Ibe first ten years he wonld expend $250,000 In Improving tbe property, and $150,000 more If circumstances would warrant. For the first three years he wonl 1 pay a rental of $100 per month, for the next ssven years $200. Every ten years thereafter the property should l-e appraised, and ho would pay 3 per cent of Its value. Iteferred to the committee on HUic grounds, '1 lie long pctillqi) for Pieprcena- MMBBBilBBBlHMi tlon of Eaglo Gate was read when the Mayor remarked: "I did not know wc had been asicd to remove It. This Is the first I have heard cf tho matter." SpaCbrd Both street railway comranlrahaVepctltloned the council coun-cil for its remoVaL. Parsons I don't recollect about the petition to rrmoye it, but tbe question came Up beforb th street committers when tbe franchises of tbe street railroads on that street were being considered, and the understanding un-derstanding was that the companies were to raSVo II up so that the cars could pass tinder IU alie committee ueVcr cofilEulplated the removal of the gate for a moment. - Oa motion cf Pembroke the mailer wsi temporarily laid on the table. Later it was brought ujewben Cohn moved that tlie petltiou to preserve Eagle Gate be grauted. Carried unanimously. Tlie supervisor of streets and city engineer reported tbatat tbe re-quest of cltliens residing on the south side of North Ternplu Street, between Fourth and Fifth West, they had visited that locality and found the -jVio-tch to loo premises praelWJr cut off by new tracks of the Union PcI2cOomiurctUe;at)d by the North Temple S.reel aqueduct on tlie north aud West. To afford proper occesa to ttio property they recommend the erection cf a combination waon road nnd feet bridga across tlie aqueduct at a point on line Willi tlie West boundary boun-dary of lot 7, block S2. rlt A. The ufEce-t dfc called attention to tbe tdmrttlrnpanab'econdltlsu of Thin! Wct Street, bvlw-xn Poujli Temple aud second ajutlt streets caused bv the comtiuction of aJdillcnal railway tracks and advised that ar ranseiucutsbciiiadewltll thellapld Transit company for tbe ne .f a single lntcau of a dcttble track between be-tween First aud Second South l3lnt- lit ordr lo leave n wagon way between tbe east curb ami toe tracks. All tracks east of the centre of the street should tie planked tlie entire distance from HJoth Temple to Second South Street to provide prof rty owners a safe approach to their premltcs. iteferred to the committee on streets. . The matter of i-ocotrurllnga high fence around Capitol Hill reservoir wax referred to ithe committee which had hitherto acted in the city's behalf in relation to tlie reservoir. The commlltt-e on wilturir rr-t'i latlons to uuom was referrcl the communication of E. B. Wicks in regard to tlie dense and sooty smoke that issues front the many chimneys chim-neys of this city, reported mat they had investigated the matter, and ofltml the folk-wing tlnft of an ordinam-o on the stil Ject: j Section 1 Tlie I tOprletor, Itrjer croccUiut, cDsiueer or fireman ut any building In which boilers are ust-tl for gen-ra"li).j slctSm, who shall permit or allow c'cnMi smoke to Iucfrom tho cMmneya of such building within the corporate limits of this city, shall for every su.li offense Le fined In the sum of not less titan $- nor more tliau $50, and each days on which such smoke is so permitted lo Issue shall be considered a separate olfense; provided, iioa-ever, that the penalty herein shall not apply to the fire-minor fire-minor engineer ofauy Ui!!d!ng,lhr owner or occupant of which lias not supplied a devlcu for tho eonsumi-tlou eonsumi-tlou or prevention of smoke; and provided further,that this ordinance dial! bo held lo apply only to such building in which is used or is In operation a bailer or boilers which, either singly or iu batteries, are of the capacity of .5 Irorse iowcr or over. See. 2. This ordinance shall be in forcu from and after lilue inontlts after its ossge. The report was adopted and the ordinance referred to the committee on municipal laws. The committee on streets reconi mendol thai tilo profile for gride ot First fouUi rJtreet, as suumlllod l Hie- t-ug'uctr, be auojot. In the opinion of the comidttre it w as not necessary to bring the street to the grade thus c-itabUshrd at the present pres-ent time and reeommendeel that tlie Miggesllon of the engineer tliat in order to pre, rve tlie shade trees, tlie north sidewalk be tenqiorarily extended, ex-tended, and by sk.plufi.tfic extended westt rn, bring the same down to the required crailn of street cur'i, tiiu-illaning tiiu-illaning the si Jcwalk to conform to the natural lay of tbe land as marly s possible, luasm'irh as it would likely be many years before Ihi-street Ihi-street would br jeived, they did It t tea sufficient reasons fjr changing tbu male-rial from cement to Hag--tone, as suggested by the engineer After a long wrangle, the rejort was laid en the table for one Week. The commHlee oil sanitary regulations re-gulations to u hum was referred tlie letitlon of 7,. Wood, asking fur a .-outract to receivu and disise of til garbage, etc , from tbe cily after She same was delivered at Ins ;rounds over Jordan. Tlie report was referred back to tho committee to ascertain if suitable arrangemenu-lor arrangemenu-lor tran!iilliig tlie ratings could be made ' Tlie following apprupriationa w ere then made: II . CVKley .... jsr Monr.t crMto..... . taHuw ll.Umtem ............ laut T. K Manl 1-tW KTaaaarEoM loo Wilrnrorti lsa-HS S.I. lUAil dMtfatr :t.7 luh ArsuliBltaHtvaMsr..... Slkw J.-calerwiAC .... 7i. llaHaban A CirUttli ... ISMS' lokn -mild ISVJ IriAClrllir. XM Tlie ordlnanco regulaticg the-iractlceof the-iractlceof mod Id no In this city was amended by extending tho time for the election of the loird of ex eminent from September 10 to September). Sep-tember). It was decided to proceed with the election of the examiners and Councilman Parsons nominated Dr. Uascom, Councilman Lynn nom'- nated Dr. Douglass Councilman Anderson nominated Dr. Foster, and Councilman Cohn nominated Dr. I'Inkerton. this closed the nominations and tho physician named were elected. Tho resolution granting a franchise fran-chise to the Salt 1-akc llty Hail way comny to construct aud operate by electric or cable motive nowrr a single tr double trac's railway rail-way from the InteMectlnn of Ninth South and Seventh East streets oulh to the rlty limits and thener weslon Itopcrstrctt to Sixth Ia-t came up. The resolution was laid vrr for one week, and, tl.c council then adjourned. . , , , |