Show the committee on waterworks water works reported in n favor of the petitions of el sherman E downey M ludlow and george woodward for the ex of water mains partially in favor of J J snells request of a similar nature and also favorably on the petition of 0 B henderson as soon as there was sufficient pressure to force the water up to mr hendersons place the report was ado adopted ted we the committee on finance recommended that the compensation of census commissioners be 5 per day adopted the city engineer reported on mr blips building at al the corner of west temple and fifth south streets that it was three feet on the sidewalk and mr hilpa hills neighbor was waa three feet on him he thought the line should be moved to the proper place but as the others on the same side were 18 inches on the sidewalk he recommended allowing mr hill to go the same distance so all would be alike the recommendation was adopted the committee on streets reported that the repairs asked for by 1 H I mcewan on a bridge over a red bed butte gulley bad been made report adopted dog tax collector silver reported that he be had collected dog tax during april lawson brothers and others asked that sprinkling on second east street in front of block 37 plat A be sue suspended n e owing to t the e cutt cutting ng up of t the e st street t by the sewers until the r road was repaired or macadam iced referred to the abe committee on streets A R watson stated that on may kay 2 1890 through an improperly guarded sewer trench his big horse borse h ad I 1 been damaged and aimse 50 referred to the committee 0 claims the salt lake baseball club asked for a lease of the east half of washington square for the season referred to the committee on public grounds J jos os E caine and others protested against granting any more licenses for the liquor business on first east street referred to the committee OU on license mrs M merrill reported her bill for feeding city prisoners for the last half of A april ril filed police justice laney fi filed led his report for that the fines assessed amounted to referred to the committee on police four liquor licenses were asked for ir orand and were referred to therom the committee on license mr john offered the following resolution which was puse passed d whereas there inhere is now pending before the council a petition for a franchise to es ea and maintain main tain a gas company in this city and whereas this council does not deem it advisable dv isable to entertain any proposition to buy or sell VI stuck stock until the said application for or the new gas company has been definitely disposed of now therefore be it resolved that the bids for the purchase of the gas stock be rejected and the proposition taw to sell bell or buy be withdrawn A bill amending section 30 chapter of the revised OrJin was taken up and passed it provides that any theatre church hotel schoolhouse school house or other building resorted to by a considerable number of persons must be provided with sufficient and safe means of speedy escape in case of accidents or fire in all cases the doors doom of such building shall open outwardly and the doorways and passages shall be so constructed ted as to allow twenty four inches width for every people such building ia ial capable of ga seating eating all aisles and passages in such buildings must be kept free from chairs stools and other obstructions during any performance or service all buildings except such as are used as private residences exclusively st of three or more stories stones must be provided with oue one or more ladders or fire escapes buildings more than two stories in height used for manufacturing purposes shall have one fire escape for every twenty fi five ve persons e employed i above the sea second ond story A resolution to giant an extension of the franchise to the rapid transit company was taken up and passed A motion of mr james to make the limit of fare fl five ve cents was lost on motion of mr james the resolution was made anade to read that all rights on portions of streets where the track was not constructed and operated within three years are forfeited to the city the routes included lu in the new franceli franchise ise are along ninth east street from the centre of seventh south bouth S street to the south line of ninth south street commencing on seventh south street at the east bank of jordan river and running mailing thence ceotto west to oquirrh street thence south on oquirrh street co indiana In dialia avenue and thence west 0 on a indiana avenue othe 9 the county road west of glendale park along north temple street from first east street to third west street thence south on third west street to south temple street along ninth north from third west street to seventh west street along A long first street from first east to fort douglas reservation commencing at A street at the intersection of first street and running thence north on A street to second street thence east op see dec ond street to U street thence north on C street to fifth street street thence east on fifth street to the cemetery along sixth east street fro from fourth south street to ninth south street commencing on tenth east street at the intersection of fourth south street and running thence south on tenth east street to fifth south street thence east on fifth south street to eleventh east street thence south on eleventh east street to sixth south street east on sixth south street to twelfth east street thence over so much of the streets as may be vested in the city south on twelfth east street to eighth south street emt east on eighth south street to thirteenth east street south on thirteenth east street to ninth south street thence east on ninth south street to the centre of section ten township one south of range one east along second south street from first east street to seventh west street A resolution to grant the salt lake city railway company an extension of its franchise in the southern southeastern and northeastern part of the city was read twice and referred to the committee on streets with directions to tho street railway company to furnish twenty five printed copies of the frane franchise hise asked for an ordinance for the construction and re repairing pairin of sidewalks was taken up ft it was reported by city attorney merritt Merrl tt and passed its first and second readings the bill came up on the third reading and mr hall urged that it be deferred for a week for the council to consider its provisions with all due respect to the framers of the ordinance said mr hall 1 I think the city council should scrutinize such an important measure with great care and should not rush it through this way there is some responsibility on us to see that these matters are proper and not leave it all to somebody else city attorney merritt who wh reported cne bill argued upon it at some length in a desultory way mr pembroke said he had not read the law but was ready to vote on the passage of the ordinance the bill was then mil railroaded through all of the members present except mr hall voting no an ali ordinance creating an additional pound to be located in north salt lake was read twice anti and referred to the committee on municipal laws an ordinance to prevent obstructions and encroachments encroach ments on the public lic streets was read twice and referred to the committee on municipal r laws A resolution providing that appropriations heretofore made be hereafter made to a fund for sundry expense and that the marshals fund be abolished was referred to the committee on finance mr hall moved that the rapid transit company before it put any track on first fi rat east street south of eighth south make so much new rade on the west side of the street as the tracks occupy on the east side carried mr parsons moved that the mayor be empowered to fill vacancies that might occur in the board of census commissioners there were two of those thoe who had bad been appointed who would not act because there was not pay enough to suit them recorder hymans stated that a tax of eight cents a foot frontage would pay for sprinkling the streets the fhe sprinkling proposition was taken up ind and a scrambling discussion follo followed wed at last it was decided to assess a special tax of eight cents per foot mr hall suggested that in reversing its action of a week agnand granting a license for a saloon on first south street east the protestants against such a course had not been treated with due consideration the mayor ruled that as aa the matter had been disposed of any discussion of it would be b improper the following appropriations were made elias morris s ma oo 00 J D H mcallister 15 mrs merrill men ill for feeding city prisoners on ers aw 65 dog tax collector 96 00 city sextons sex tons fund 00 superintendent of waterworks water works iv 10 oo 00 waterworks Water works department 00 76 board of commissioners on ua itol grounds 2249 85 susan L Bim simp pHina K ins P J sullivan 00 utah lake commission 2637 26 87 the council then adjourned for one week |