Show CITY COUNCIL the regular weekly session of the city council convened tuesday march 3 mayor scott presiding the following members r responded p to fo roll nail call armstrong AXI aulderson d derson e r a 0 n pembroke heath wolstenholme pickard hall pendleton noble lynn parsons 3 jamea alep 11 karri arrick ck and spafford PETITIONS J E dooly asked permission lo 10 to connect the dooly block on the corner of second south and west temple streets with as large a pipe as the rules of the council will allow referred to the superintendent of waterworks water works dallas hedges asked permission to pile building material on first south street in fjone aront of the jennings building granted lewis and pary parry asked that the city sand beds over jordan ordan be leased to them committee on public grounds St outwell demerest dealers in second hand band goods asked for a remission of license committee on license W W rivers et a al asked for an extension of water mains on fourth west street from corner of third south and fourth west streets to midway between fourth and fifth streets street committee on water works it george goddard et el al asked fot for the erection of an electric light in god dards court committee on improve ments watson bros asked to be allowed to lay jay a railway switch from the rio grande western track on sixth west street to their yards between first and second boutu streets committee ou on streets W kiddle et al asked to have a certain road graded over jordan or his ha road tax remitted committee on streets A G paddock asked that the north bench sand pits be leased to him committee on public grounds T 0 angell aingell et al asked that the utah central R railway 11 way switch on OH eighth south street be removed committee on streets J B reid et ct al asked that the street grade at the corner of north temple and sixth west streets to te reduced to the level of the sidewalk committee on streets GOING TO california the following communication was received rece ived from the mayor to the city council of salt lake city Gent lemenI have business calling me to california and therefore respectfully request you to elect one of your member to act as mayor pro tern tent during my ab sence respectfully gehrki M SCOTT mayor mr parsons 1 I place in noW nomination nation the name of mr anderson andersen councilman anderson I 1 respectfully decline the hou hondras ho noras oras I 1 have more business than I 1 can properly attend to councilman karrick nominated mr pickard councilman andorson anderson nominated mr noble mr noble 1 I will not accept ib 16 at I 1 too expect to be absent from the city in the near future mr noble nominated nomina tod mr parsons who emphatically stated that thai he would not accept the position mr hall nominated nominate I mr james but that gentleman shook his head and said no M mr r wolstenholme Wosten holme I 1 respectably place in nomination the name of mr hall mr hall I 1 cannot consistently ao ae capt the honor and therefore beg to be excused the balloting was finally proceeded with and resulted as follows parsons ft pickard 5 james jame I 1 mr parsons was declared elected mr pickard 1 I should like to kno know how bow long lon you expect to be absent mr mafoi mayor scott about four weeks PLATS OF subdivisions city attorney doremus reported that tha t plats late of midland and do de longs longle long le additions ad i lons had been made in accordance with all requirements and filed with him for approval comno tee on streetz streets WANTS TO BE instructed city J M harvey asked that definite instructions be von liim b m with reference to keeping given f f ridges I 1 es and wad coad brosel crossings bugs I 1 in n repair r ro referred erred to the city attorney appointments CONFIRMED on police offered the following report to the honorable mayor and members of the city cou cod gentlemen your committee to whom was referred the nomination of frank glenn as sergeant of police and jens jenson to position on the police furce respectfully rec recommend ammend that the sanie same be confirmed adopted FROIN THE COMMITTEE ON STREETS the committee on streets reported favorably on the petition of A J pendleton for the grading of the wept side of fifth riot est E st street from fifth south street sarec t to ninth south street adopted ESTIMATE FOR FOB PAVING AND GUTTERING FIRST EAST STREET city engineer dremus doremus ou submitted b bitted the following P estimate for paving and guttering first east street between first south douth and fourth south streets ADUr proportion curbing teet at 1 21 per foot ring square feet at 61 cents kerfoo tw tot cotil cost per running foot carys rno poRTiON ftp blag feet at per foot 60 guttering W square feet at 65 cents per foot total i 1010 1 grand total the report was adopted the recorder reported that notices of intention to extend water mains on the following streets had bad been published and no protest shad been filed eighth south apple street fourth south street seventh south street M X street adopted BUILDING AGAIN Theja int elty city ani county and build log ing committees submitted watch was read and referred to the city attorney at a joint meeting of the city and county building committee held at the mayors office at p in february 28 1891 the following resolution was anant unanimously in adopted that he joint committee recommend to tile the ity city council and county court tb aboy consider the advisability of changing the site of the joint city and county building to the eighth ward square and of erecting the said building in the contre centre of said square POLICE COURT REPORT the regular monthly report of police justice liney laney showing the business transacted in the police court during february was read it was as ai follows number of cases tried fines assessed j to 0 cash collected on old flues fines 63 OJ fines paid in labor 00 adopted A MONSTER PETITION REJECTED the following petition signed by rui more than six hund hundred red property holders aldi taxpayers of thu tho sixth ward W waa fw oswe honorable M mayor vor and members of 17 the city council gentlemen your petitioners petition ers property owners taxpayers and residents or of the sixth ward in this city understanding that a petition has been presented to your our honorable body asking that the old ot fort block be sold the property to be uhei as a ral railroad I 1 road depot we desire to say that we are decidedly opposed to the sale of this property and hereby enter a most solemn protest against granting the petition asking for the sale the section of the city in which we live where the block ra referred to is situated is already a network of railroads thereby rendering the streets in that locality almost impassable and certainly very dangerous our children are in constant danger when in the our property has already been greatly depreciated in value by reason of so many railroad tracks ru running on different et if the block to is sold and used for a railroad depot our property properly will be virtually worthless as homes wo we have already been sorely afflicted with all kinds of railroad nuisances but have not complained being satisfied in the ho hope e that some time in the near future the oad old fort block would be opened to ui in and our children as a place where safe recreation could be had if the petition is granted our hopes are blighted and a further injustice is heaped upon us the block should be reserved for the benefit of the public therefore we humbly ask your honorable body not to sell the old fort block but to reserve it for the use for which it was intended and your petitioners petition ers will ever pray COUNTER PETITION the following counter petition purporting to be signed by persons was then read to the honorable mayor aud and city counell council of salt lake city in consideration of the proposition now pending between your honorable body and mr bacon of this city oon concerning cernin the old fort bidock block between third ang and fou fourth rth south and second and third west streets we the undersigned undersigner under signed adjoining property owners and residents of that nearest vicinity being the most affected by your honorable decision hereby respectfully fully petition your honorable body whereas mr bacon offers not only a fair price for said block proposes to build a railway which will be of great benefit to all the citizens of our city ask that it be granted at ab this your regular regal a r session to dispose of the said block at the remuneration offered by kr mr bacon but if your honorable body will continue to consider it best not to 6 dispose of the said blockle bloc kwe the adjoining proe property perty owners of this vicinity do hereby demand a final action accio ab about 00 said block towards improving th the fe Bame considering that the said bloc block c in its present condition is nothing more nor less than a disgrace to our city a harbor for tramps and disreputable characters the sidewalk also clear around the said block is imp impassable amable we do hereby demand that your honorable body do at this session and without further delay make an a appropriation of not less than to 9 be expended yearly for ahe next six years or until the sum of is expended and the be put into such condition as to be worthy the name of a park the petition of mr bacon for the pure purchase hase of the property in question presented at the city council a week ago was read by request of james and lynn MINORITY REPORT the following minori minor y report was wag presented and read the undersigned undersigner under signed a member of the committee on pucho public grou ground ndel fully dissents from the report of the majority of said committee recommending that an option be given to J H bacon to purchase the pioneer square within two yea years sat at the price of conditi conditional that within that time said bacon or his associates or assigns shall complete and equip and have in operation a standard gauge railroad from salt aske city to deep crook creek and beyond of the length of at least miles the following are the grounds of my dissent I 1 because mf it t is not within the power of the city to dispose of public squares that have been set aside for public use and said pioneer 11 square has hai been so set aside and dedica dedicated t tiare to public use as a public square by acts and declarations of former councils of this city showing a clear intention to dedicate said square to public use 2 because the selling of said square for less than the real value is loaning the credit of the city to a private enterprise which is forbidden by the act of congress of july 30 1886 3 8 because public property belonging to the corporation of salt lake city can only be lawfully disposed of for a corporate purpose and the aiding of railroad construction by subsidies either in land or money is not a corporate purpose 4 because all public property is held in trust by salt lake city and can only be disposed of legally for the benefit of i the city as a municipal corporation and any ny other disposition would be in violation of law and against dinst public policy W L PICKARD mr pembroke I 1 move that the majority report be adopted and mr FA ba cons petition be granted this motion was promptly seconded d by mr karrick I 1 mr hall I 1 move that the majority report be substituted by the minority report and that the petition be refused councilman anderson I 1 second that motion mr pembroke excitedly aask I 1 ask that my motton be put before the house without further delay mr hall this savors strongly of an effort to smother iother an my motion and I 1 again ask teat my motion be put mr mayor mr pembroke Pem brake I 1 maintain that my motion is the only cioper motion before the house bouse and ask that it be put to a vote the mayor ruled that the vote would betoken betaken be taken on the adoption of the minority report mr pembroke appealed from the decision of the chair and the vote stood 7 to 7 the mayor announced that the chair was sustained mr hall I 1 now move that the previous question be tabled mr pembroke angrily I 1 earnestly protest against being crowded out in this manner you seem mom to assume mr mayor that what I 1 say is not true I 1 demand my rights mayor scott you shall have them mr pembroke after more warm debate the vote was taken on mr Pembroke Pem brokes la motion to adopt the majority report and grant the petition of mr bawn bacon it resulted as follows ayed parsons pendleton Spat Tord heath pembroke arm strong noble karrick lynn 10 noes Ande anderson mn pickard hall james 4 council councilman mau pinkard seeing that mr bacena bacons petition has now been granted I 1 give notice to this council thatis that I 1 in common with other or MB will immediately contest the mat terin the courts by enjoining the city from making any transfer disgraceful demonstration when the mayor announced that the majority report was adopted the crowd of spectators made a bolt for the door aud and with clapping of hands and tamping stamping of feet rushed wildly down stairs mayor scott addressing police ser leant donovan suppress that concu mon ion the officer promptly obeyed orders nd and quiet was soon restored VARIETY THEATRE LIQUOR LICENSE T the h e matter of granting a license allowing low I 1 rig liquor to be sold in the basement of th the 0 variety theatre came up for discussion A petition numerously signed by taxpayers payers and property holders in that vianit vicinity asked that thai the application be refue te fused action was referred for one week SOLUTION BY councilman SPAFFORD councilman efferd the following resolution resolved that the committee on municipal laws be and are chereb hereby v instructed to prepare and report an ordinance further regulating the issuance of licenses to liquor saloons within certain parts of thee the city y to be designated in said ordinance and providing further that no license shall be issued for any place with in rods of any school hospital church or other place of public worship and Pra providing viding further that no liquor license shall hall be issued where there ii i i a remon presented signed by a majority of the property hilderd on the face of the clock block where said license is to be used against the issuance of such license and ana provided further farther that no liquor license ban ball be granted at the same meeting of the council at which the petition there ftak rona is presented refereed Refer ted to the city attorney THE mae pawnbrokers PAWN BROKERS ORDINANCE the ordinance in regard to pawn brokers was referred back to the committee on municipal laws appropriations the following appropriations were made mn kerr 11 1127 i 10 A J bart 88 2 60 da las ft ff hedges edges BO 60 Joseph silver 57 00 adjourned for one week |