| Show CITY COUNCIL AK march 17 the city council was called to order by acting mayor parsons Pa reona the following members answered to roll roil call pendleton karrick pembroke cohn pickard Pio kani lynn ofaf ford heath hall wolstenholme noble armstrong Arma trong and james jamee the of the following bustness business w then proceeded with the bio aurande railway company asked that they may be permit permitted ted to connect their heir city offices with a 9 telegraph line likie committee on streets F W little lidle and J H cuve clive asked to be allowed to pile building mate material riol on first east street between second seand and third auth south streets for a period of thirty days granted C W peck asked that lie he be given the privilege to pile building material at 14 north first west street for 16 days granted W A byers asked for the privilege of piling building buil dlug material at 53 vine street tor three months granted elias christenson asked for a free peddlers licence committee on license H T evans et al asked for an extension of water mains on first south street west from the present terminus to a point midway between fifth itna and sixth west streets committee on waterworks water works J B walden city treasurer asked that certain amendments be made to the ordinance licensing and regulating pawnbrokers pawn brokers recently passed by the council committee on municipal lawe edward wilkes W likes in behalf of the puget sound dillway company asked for a right of way on the south line of sections 10 and 11 TI S R W committee on streets robert smith et al asaei to have sixth x th west street graded and put in passable condition committee on streets ralph et al asked to have the proposed new reservoir located far enough up the conyon to have water carried with due pressure preE sure to thirteenth street committee on waterworks water works WANT WATER the following petition from C D st george and I 1 ta others was also aleo referred to the committee on water works SALT LAKE CITY march 16 1891 to the lion ilon mayor and city council of salt lake city GENTLEMEN 4 your petitioners petition ers would respectfully represent that they are arc all owners of ofero property erty on the north bench between ninth aint and thirteenth streets that many of them thein purchased ved their holdings from the city over a year ago with the understanding that the mains would be extended to toleat that district without unnecessary delay that some gome time ago they petitioned your honorable body for such extension but on recommendation of your committee on waterworks water works it was not granted we would call attention to the fact as shown in the annual report of the superintendent in of waterworks water works and which to ia well known to your body that a considerable sid erable portion of the twentieth ward pipe line in city creek canyon is composed of wooden pipe which is in a bad state of repair and will soon have to 0 o bo be replaced by iron pipe the suggestion of the superintendent of waterworks water works agid city engineer is that when this is done dolie the line bo be extended up city creek canyon a sufficient distance and connected with a now reservoir this would give sufficient pressure to carry the water to thirteenth street and would furnish a supply for the capitol hill grounds your petitioners petition ers would further represent that oa february your beorn ailt toe tee on waterworks water works made the following recommendation that a new reservoir be located up city creek canyon of one and one lial halt f million gallons capacity to hupp supply ly the warn I 1 cap capitol t ol 01 hill grounds and tho the ward pipe lipe line as well the work should be done some time during the coming year al Q this action whilo it defined the policy left it as ag to when tho work would actually be com commenced mencel wo we would therefore renew our petition asking for an extension of the mains to said district and respectfully ask that some action be taken MB COWS AGAIN J B walden et al represented that mr 8 H B of the tenth ward was main tain ing a herd of 58 cows at his bis yard in violation of the city ordinance regulating nui nuisances sauces and asked that the evil be abated forthwith mr critchlow stated that this herd of cows had bad been for months a n nuisance u ilance to the comfort and health of the pe titio ners and that it was tile luty duty of the council to have them rem removed ved without further delay mr eichnor the cows have not been there for months as ae stated as they have been kept outside the city limits until two weeks ago mr smith ha been arrested for the offense and will be arraigned in the police court tomorrow I 1 think it would be well to await the outcome of the trial before proceeding to remove them mr walden I 1 ask that the council instruct the city marshal to remove them immediately mr pembroke the city marshal has nothing to do with the matter whatever it is entirely within the scope amps of the duties of the board of health mr hall I 1 contend that it is the marshal marshals mar s duty and move that he be instructed to abate the evil at once if mr smith repeats the of lense arrest him every day if necessary the motion prevailed PROTEST AGAINST THE REMOVAL OF THE JOINT BUILDING SITE your petitioners petition ers the undersigned undersigner under signed do hereby most respects respectfully tilly and earnestly cotest against the action of your honora g protest le body in attempting to change the location of the proposed city and county building from the corner of first south and first east streets the site where the erection of said building is already commenced to the eighth ward square tho the reasons for our protest are e I 1 that the first named location was wai selected elected as a site for said building after due deliberation and the work of erecting the structure has already commenced thereon that there are no objections thereto except by certain individuals who are actuated solely by motives of personal pera rhonal onal gain in having said site abandoned eo ed 2 we are informed and believe that it is ia the purpose of said parties after the present site is abandoned to enjoin the city from using the eighth ward square tor for the building and thereby throw the whole matter mattek of location open again this will result in endless delay discussion and strife 8 we iffe are informed that the he conveyance from the city to the county limits the use of the present site to the erection of a joint city and county building this it limitation tion if it exists eliat we have been e en informed for b by attorneys will be an insurmountable oun 1 obstacle in the way of making ma any 0 ther other u disi disposition tion of the present site governed 1 arned by an earnest desire to see the public building erected without further delay and to defeat the attempts of all persons to hinder i postpone and defeat its erection we ther therefore etore most emphatically protest against the action already taken in passing the resolution adopted by your honorable body at i a last meet ofal ing and respectfully petition you to rescind such action W P Q MCCORNICK W 8 Cn CRISMON ISMON JOHN B FARLOW 11 8 YOUNG W H SHEARMAN PARRIET HARRIET A PARTRIDGE UTAH AND CO JOSEPH E UAIN annin H CAINE CORK CORA B E ISAAC JENNINGS 0 0 W HITTS MORIC B E R ELDREDGE P L WILLIAMS JOHN B R WINDER JR JK T A WILL ami AM laid on the table PROPOSED the city attorney then submitted a form of agreement between the city and county providing for the erection of a joint city and county building on washington Square said wilding luil ding to be for the joint use of the city and county official that the pity city shall pay half of the cost of the building which is to be not less than nor more than unless hereafter changed the plans and specifications for the building to lo be obtained by the thi joint committee and approved by the couto ell cil and county court that the city shall deliver to the county a deed of an ua undivided divided one half interest in the block that the county shall sell its undivided one half interest in the site first selected and baythe pay the proceeds to the city fu councilman onoe more it becomes my duty to enter a solemn protest against the proceedings of this council in prostituting its powers by perverting er verti ng the use of our public squares Equa res ff if an attempt is made to ratify the action of the joint committee with reference to the removal of the site of the proposed public building remember gentlemen that you will be the papers are already being prepared I 1 mean just what I 1 say nothing more nor nothing less leas the parks must be preserved mr lynn por for information I 1 will inquire of the city attorney if it would not be possible poE sIble under such a contract cop tract for the city and county separately separate or jointly jint ly to disposer dispose of their respective portions of the square for any purpose that they might deem proper city attorney merritt as rn in the face of recent occurrences anything th I 1 ng seems possible in this city sir acting mayor parsons by the adoption of mr spafford i resolution last friday night bearing on th question we agreed to go to wash washington agton square in a meeting with the county building committee last evening that action was sustained in my opinion we should now stand by what we have done and at least be consistent with ourselves mr pembroke I 1 move for a reconsideration of the action taken friday night and also oner offer the follow following ingreso reso lution whereas it has been asserted in a communication to the council signed b by many prominent business men of tz this city that lerl legal opposition will be made to changing the t 0 site a to of the joint city and county building and against a IV not further farther delay in the contraction ruction of said mid building which delay would occur in a any y uch such change as contemplated and a be le detrimental tr I 1 to the interests of this city did dd whereas while we may think the site of the eighth ward 8 square aare superior to the original we view with with alarm any ef fort to further delay this building therefore be it resolved that we do request the he committee of the city council to endeavor to procure the sanction of the joint combite tee that steps be taken to immediately commence the construction of the saia eaid joint county and city building on the original site 11 the resolution was defeated and the motion lost mr hall I 1 am heartily in favor of erecting the public building on wash ington square tl and parking the grounds when the e quest question lan of selling pioneer square was wag so urgently advocated the council did not seem deterred from disposing of it because of an injunction then in the face and prospect of another injunction why should we be deterred from action we are as likely to be enjoined from building ou on the original nod site as on washington square the majority of the in members embers of the county court are in favor of the pra proposed d change por mr lynn if this matter has come up for final action I 1 will state that I 1 know that the members of the county court are not in favor of the chango change of site alto if it will cause delay in the face of the the petition presented tonight to night and the warning given us by mr pickard that we will be enjoined it should be ba sufficient to prevent us from going as tray trayia on this thia point if the matter is taken to the courts it can be kept there for two years at least without much difficulty councilman pendleton the selfish motives of the petitioners petition ers are plain plainly lyt apparent I 1 do not think we ought to pay any attention to the protest councilman james in my 0 it would be a strange proceeding on ode part to uke take cognizance of the threat ened iD injunction junction our joint building must be erected and we are going to do it IL washington square must and shall be parked and improved whether the joint building to is placed catt lu we original site or not if erected on tb ate site first selected and in addition to that we have to grade park and improve washington square then the th lour mills on the dollar levied by action of this thia council last year will be entirely inadi inadequate quate to our needs Is it possible to rain this city government st at the present bato aate of tax not if the proposed policy is pursued irwill it will bo be necessary gentlemen to raise the rate of ux tox to at least six mills on the dollar and perhaps more and we ourselves in common with the people will have to pay it I 1 know where the kick comes from but I 1 do not care icax between the east and west side how then let us do something councilman spafford I 1 move that the Ithe joint building committee maetto meet tomorrow afternoon and come to some definite understanding and report the result of their labors to a special meeting of the council held for the purpose of considering the matter councilman pickard 1 I am not in favor of railroading the thing through I 1 move that it be laid oia OH the table and be made a special order of business for friday night and that the form of if agreement and deed be ordered printed carried ON SETTLING TANKS superintendent of waterworks Water works ryan stated that it was about time to begin to make preparations to use the emigration gration canyon water and as no steps step had bad yet been taken to arrange for set tanks at the head of the pipe line he recommended that the old tanks to in city creek canyon be moved and placed at the head of the emigration pipeline pipe line committee on waterworks water works FROM MR MB BACON the following communication was read and filed 1 I would respectfully report to your honorable body that we have commenced construction under the franchise granted us na october 29 1890 and by yon conr r honorable body afterwards extended sixty days making the time limited for the commencement of construction und under the tha extension to be on or before mait march respectfully youw JAMES H SPRINGS auditor H hoag lo 10 a asked for an appropriation of thea the t due on the purchase of manitou springe the amount was appropriated PARLEYS 8 CONDUIT the board of public works reported that they had entered into a contract with do de bole bois williams of colorado for doing all the work of constructing the conduit from parleys parley lb canyon except the grading for and had executed a bond with james H bacon and J C C glanfield as bondsmen bon demen the matter went over until friday night ON OM GRADING f the board of public works reported that they had made a contract with hobson wilkerson of ogden for grading the trench for the conduit from parleys canyon for who had bad executed a bond with K C coffin n and W it morrison as bondsmen the contz contract act and bond were approved ON DRAINAGE the City Engineer and to whom wits was referred the matter of constructing a canal along ninth south st street from kle reventh west eat to the jordan 0 river lver with a view to relieving that neighborhood of water reported that the water complained of was due to insufficient drainage of slum alum waters and to avei flows from the canals they suggested that the drainage of the district was rather a subject for private prieme enterprise than of public necessity the canal already constructed on OB eighth south would drain the land genth just at as well as a new one constructed on ninth south adopted ESTIMATES ON SIDEWALKS the city engineer offered the following report on the cost of sidewalks and cross walks BRICK first south street from seventh put east to fifth west both sides including cross walks abutters proportion 10 proportion ai total 64 second south street tram seventh et east to fifth west went both sides abutters Abul proportion 80 cites proportion 89 42 total st south temple from the templeton hotel 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