Deseret Evening News | 1909-12-31 | Page 5 | City Council Clears Decks

s COUNCIL A i CLEARS DECKS 1 Practically Finishes Up Business At Session Marking Close of Year MANY REPORTS ARE DENIED Objects to 0 Changing Word Jog Ins on P J shorans Without Wf A Avail all Tho city council pr up Its business last night when It ad all adjourned Durnell to meet moot again at tit 1030 Monday morning Jan Jon 3 1910 to remain In session scission until the new near council Is s 01 or and sworn In at nt noon noon lioon The Tho The members did nothing last night except listen to committee reports most of oC them thorn being denied dented The petitions were the tle end of ot things which had ed cd during the last year jear oar in tho the commit tees pouches and laid over ocr without consideration Crom boa meeting to lo an another another another other When hen the contracts awarded 1 to P J Moran the official contractor wele taken up It was discovered that the tho board of oC public works had ha 1 changed the wording of oC the tho forms Corms to a i great extent Councilman Fernstrom sought to have hio the contracts laid over but failed the thc 1 American members stating that the th terms of or the thc contracts were cro not chang ed cd but only made clear and less lelIS com complicated c m Thomas Wheeler heeler submitted 1 a claim of oC against the he city for Cor dama done to his property west of oC tho the Jor Jar dan dap river caused by b the Ice jam Jim two wo weeks ago at the Ninth North street bridge It went to the claims com committee City CI Engineer George O 0 Chanov Changy recommended the Installation n of or two t WJ man holes In the tho Intercepting sewer sewel s on un Ninth South street between Fourth and und Sixth East Ent streets The Tho two will cost about and the matter mattei was waH re n in inferred erred to the engineering committee committe The strip of oC land running south from COm Monroe avenue to Twelfth South sti street ct and amI from Sixth East Tast street streel to Seventh East Easl street was annexed to Salt La Lai Lake Mi by ordinance The Thc ordinance changing the license of or I machines was passed lust last night but Councilman Holle gave gae no nr notice tice of or reconsideration Jt provides s that on penny machines the license I Hhall shall be 1 50 a year car oear on 6 cent ma mar machines machines marchines chines G 5 a year rear eai on 10 cent machines 15 a year and for 25 cent machines tb h license Is 15 25 a year ear car carThe The he plans and specifications for the City ty Creek conduit c and dam for catch basins costing were approved by b the council upon the recommendation of the finance committee