Show CITY COUNCIL the city council met in regular session at tuesday evening eve may ath mayor scott presiding the utah stove and hardware company J R and other merchants on first south f street between east temple and first firs t east streets asked that their names be stricken from the protest against granting any more liquor licenses on the block in question the petition weis was granted and the license applied for ard ar d protested against was granted T A davis and other residents on first south street asked that the sidewalks on that street from first east to seventh east streets be paved with either portland cement or flagging referred to the committee on ab streets wm rushton and martin kerr asked permission to make adobes acobes on the knoll at the corner of fourth north and seventh west streets as the removal of the knoll would prove a benefit to the public referred to the committee on 1 bublic grounds C W lyman asked permission to take dirt from a lot owned by the city in block 88 plat F and put it on a lot belonging to him referred to the committee on public grounds A petition from residents of north salt lake asked that li C cromar be appointed for that district tabled mr mcgregor Mo Gregor and others asked that the water mains be extended on twelfth east street referred to the comm commilee itee on waterworks water works Q G E yeadon and others asked that fourth west street between eighth and ninth south streets be graded referred to the committee on streets chas auer and others asked that the first street north of capitol hill grounds be graded referred to the committee on streets streeta benjamin haddock asked permission to grade seventh west street between fourth and firth fifth north and to use the dirt removed for adobe making referred to the committee on public grounds thos S higgins asked that the water mains be extended on J street referred to the committee on waterworks water works E H and others asked that apple street be graded referred to the committee on streets williams and gerrans asked for a rebate on their liquor license as they had been ejected from their place of business before their license had expired referred to the therom com mitte on license L J newson asked that his license Ps as a peddler be continued tit t per quarter as he be could not afford more referred to the committee on license E J bench stated that the city owed him 96 for work on artesian wells referred to the committee on claims C E and others asked that a certain street north of agricultural park which had never been opened be abandoned because the subdivision streets did not dot conform to it referred to the committee on streets john P isaacs asked for fora a new deed to his lot as he bad lost his old one referred to the city attorney J M harvey reported that gates in the water ditches had boon been carried off on and he wished the assistant water masters empowered to arrest the culprits if they could detect them referred to the committee on police city engineer A I 1 F doremus reported that he had been with the artesian well men inen to locate certain and suggested that all further prospecting be done with small instead of large pipes referred to the committee on waterworks water works W H ryan superintendent of f waterworks water works reported estimates of the cost of certain extensions of the water mains and the notices ot of intention to make the assessments was ordered to issue the committee on claims reporting on the claim of susan L simpkins for damages to her house by the a blast recommended thatis be paid in full settlement of the claim adopted city attorney merritt Merrit fc reported in regard to the removal of certain obstructions placed on land by mrs elizabeth H anderson that the lady owned the lot and le the city bad no right to interfere with it seventh and eighth streets could not be opened from B to A streets unless the land was condemned and paid for col merritt also reported bills billa to extend the franchise of the rapid transit and salt lake city hallways ril rall ways also that the city be careful to conform to the law of 1890 which did not authorize the payment of expense of sidewalk paving in ten annual payments but required it in one payment the ten annual payments refer only to the paving of streets and alleys A new ordinance on local assessments was advisable also an agreement with the ore gon short line li tie and Nort northern berD railroad for arranging its tracks swit switches elies etc the report was adopted city engineer doremus reported the work on the tunnel in city creek canyon and the indebtedness now due adopted the city engineer reported that he had bad appointed james austin inspector of cement sidewalks and asked that his compensation be fixed referred to the finance committee ane city en engineer gincer reported the amount of work done on sidewalk pavements by elias morris and the sum now due i adopted city engineer doremus and street supervisor paul reported that they had arranged with the rapid transit company to place its double track on first east street on the east side of the street the west rail six feet from and parallel to the center of the street adopted the city engineer said that provision should be made for fixing the grade on the south temple street sidewalk where it w was being paved as there was some expense outside of the paving the city atto attorney aney said the city must pay for any grading done the matter was referred to the committee on streets the committee on salt lake and jordan canal reported having found the bill of the utah lake commis commie sion correct also that the bill of J D H mcallister McAll lster was correct and both should be paid adofo adopted the committee on public grounds reported on the communication of th the e board of commissioners commis on capital grounds that the city a appropriate prop and also burnist furnish water for the grounds and buildings free of charge the report was ado adopted ted ta the ec committee ommittee on streets reported in favor of allow allowing ng a railway switch to the A anheuser muser busch brewery if the crossings were properly planked blanked plan ked adopted the committee commit tei on st et reported favorably on the petition of J B walden and others asking that social F hall alley be made into a street and that the land necessary for that purpose be condemned adopted the committee on license reported favorably on the petition of P J sullivan asking for a rebate of license adopted two retail liquor licenses were gra granted anted th the committee on irrigation reported on the petition of T W jennings for the extension of a canal that the work had be ben been n done report adopted the committee on ways and means reported favorably on the petition of E butterworth and others asking for the extension of the sprinkling district on third south street from third west to fifth west streets adopted the committee on cemetery on sexton dun ties nelis suggestions reported in favor of extending the city water mains the building of a lodge and office the enclosure of the ground not now enclosed and the building of a 2500 cottage the committee advised that the erection of a chapel and receiving vault to deferred for the present the report was adopted the committee on sewage reported arted in favor 0 of f appointing 0 W rr zane DO as edgin engineer eer at the sewer sump the committee on police reported on the petition of f B R walker and others asking for mounted police to gather in the stray cattle and recommended the employment of four mounted police allce at a salary of per month each the officers to furnish their own horses R report port adopted the committee on waterworks water works reported arted in favor of buying a beorse horse for ryan and stated thit that the city had bad a wagon that tha was good enough the report was adopted |