Show CITY COUNCIL mayor scott presided at the regular session of the city council may the following members responded to roll call pickard spafford pendleton heath armstrong hall noble anderson Aud ereon lynn jlynn cohn and james PETITIONS A fritch asked that thac the irrigation ditch through lot 4 block 3 plat E be flamed committee on irrigation christopher stokes asked for an extension of watermans water mAns on second west street committee on waterworks water works dallas hedges asked to be allowed to pile building material in fronton front of D Hunt hunters erPs property on west temple street also in front of brooks arcade building at the corner of third south and state streets granted john mcdonald asked for permission to pile building material on fourth south street between main and state streets granted hyrum worthington asked for permission to change the location of his fruit stand from 40 south east temple street to the west end oi of the kimball block on west temple street committee on license mount griffin asked for an appropriation U pria tion of 1000 on sprinkling contract granted ranted richard hope et al asked to have the fence in front of his property on first south streett remove removed cl committee on streets cyrus twitchell C L I 1 noon et al asked to be allowed to withdraw their application for street railway franchise beginning at the intersection of second south and first west streets thence running north and westerly to point at the futer intersection section of austin and charles streets committee on streets FROM THE CITY ENGINEER the city engineer reported that was due mccornack mo me for constructing a masonry gate and screen chamber for city creek waterworks water works and recommended that the same be placed on the appropriation list appropriated the same officer reported that hines auer succeeded in sinking the well near liberty park to a depth of feet when the casing gave way and the work had to be stopped no water had been obtained and a balance of was waa due the contractors the total being 1464 1454 adopted the same officer called attention to the necessity of providing iron covers for the stone monuments at street intersections ter and recommended that they be purchased at a cost not dot to exceed committee on streets FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WATER WORKS the committee on waterworks water works recommended that the petition of C jensen for an extension of the water mains on ninth east street be granted that the petition of A H TILY taylor lor for fora a 4 inch main on seventh south street be granted that the burton barton gardner company be allowed to extend a 2 inch pipe to their yard for protection in case of tire fire that the petition of wm price for the extension of the water mains on south temple tube granted that the petition Deti tion of mrs dver for extension of af the water mains on 8 street be granted that the petition of emmeline B wells asking that the deseret hospital be relieved from paying water taxes be not granted gran tedi that the petition of M B R for extension of water malner along the west di rile dile le of block 4 plat J be granted that the petition of john kirkman for extension of water mains on thirteenth east street be granted adopted TANG assessment city recorder jack reported that the list and plat pertaining to local assessment no 1 for the sprinkling ng of streets in district no 11 1 had remained filed in his office for a period of more than teu doe days and asked that the same be confirmed granted the same officer reported that notices of intention for the extension of water maini had been completed on first east street from midway between fifth and seventh south streets also on first east street from fourth south street to midway between fourth and fifth south streets ADVERSE LICENSE REPORTS the committee on license reported as follows your committee on license to whom was referred the petition of shoemaker and witcher for rebate of 3 on liquor license recommend that the same be not granted that the petition of martin for permission permie slon to erect a fruit stand on the corner of third south and east temple streets be not granted adopted STREET IMPROVE improvements KENTS the committee on streets recommended that an inexpensive guard fence be constructed on south temple street for two and one half blocks east of state that the utah central be required to put ninth south street between seventh and ninth east in proper condition that the petition of the salt lake city railroad company for permission to lay a single track switch to ao the west porch of the warm springs bath house be not dot granted that a foot bridge be constructed across the canal ou ninth west and first south streets that fifth street from I 1 to J be repaired at once that the proposition of W H remington to pave curb and gutter the intersection of first south and state street with strad mant mastic cement be accepted ne the committee also reported that the city engineer had been instructed to prepare six ordinances covering the six paving districts defined in the resolution offered by mr james and recommended that notices of intention to pave district no 1 state street and district no 2 east temple street be published as soon as the same became a law the committee further burthe r reported that they had examined profiles submitted for street and sidewalk grades on south temple first south second south third south west temple first west second west third west fourth west east temple first east and second fast east streets and recommended their approval mayor scott called mr cohn cob n to the chair tools took the floor and stated that when the bonds now ordered old shall have been disposed of the bonding capacity of the city would be reduced to less jew than of this amount had bad been de banded by the board of education when their request was granted the borrowing capacity of the city would not reach to pave the streets with that amount of money was out of the question the city intended doing work this year that they could not do last year but now all was frustrated by the unreasonable demand of the school board there waa only one course left to pursue in ln order to do the work and that was to i see if the tax papera would not pay three fourths of the expense and that paving districts I 1 and 2 be stricken out on motion of hall the suggestion was adopted equalization REPORT the board of equalization and review appointed to bear objections to the assessment and levy of a special tax for i constructing sidewalks in districts nos NOB 1 2 4 and 13 reported recommending I 1 that the tax levied against i feet fronting on first south street and belonging to E 13 wicks be cancelled as there was now an asphalt walk there there had been no other objections filed and the committee recommended that assessments set got forth la in the list as corrected be confirmed adopted an ordinance was passed confirming the assessment of the lots abutting upon both sides of second south street from second east to eighth east on both sides of first south from east net temple to fourth west streets on both sides of south temple from east temple to third west streets both sides of first south from east temple temple to second east for the purpose of constructing ting sidewalks thereon as approved by the board of equalization PAVING ORDINANCE an ardi ordinance dance was also ing six paving districts as follows district no I 1 all that portion of state street between the north lindof fourth south street and the south line of south temple street district no 2 all that portion of east temple street lying between the north nonh line of fourth south and the south line of south temple district no 3 all that portion of west temple lying between the north line of fourth south street and the south line of south temple district no 4 all that portion of first south street lying between the east line of west temple and the west line of state streets district no 5 all that portion of second south street lying between the east line of west temple and the west line of state streets district no 6 0 all that portion of third south street lying between the east line of we wet 4 temple and the west line of state streets PRISON LABOR assistant city attorney eichnor reported an ordinance requiring prisoners to perform labor when ordered by the court pawing passing sentence the ordinance provides that any person sentenced to imprisonment for violating any ordinance of the city may be ordered by the court passing sentence to perform labor on the public works of the city during the term of such imprisonment but no do prisoner shall be required to perform labor on sunday or any legal holiday referred to city attorney hill hall emigration PIPE LINE the following resolution by mr hall w was as adopted resolved that the city engineer is hereby instructed to locate a water tunnel near dear the head of emigration pipe line at some oine point that when constructed on proper grade it will tap the underground flow of water at it a depth of about twenty teet feet below the bottom of the excavation already made for the development of underground waterland wat erand report same with an estimate of the cost of construction to this council LIBERTY PARK FENCE the committee on public grounds recommended that a post and chain fence be erected around liberty park after considerable fruitless discussion it was decided to ignore the suggestion made by the committee mayor scott then appointed mr armstrong to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of mr pembroke on ilo grande eon conference ference committee appropriations after passing the following appropriations the council adjourned mount A griffin 1 coo 00 mccormick methane mcshane 78 hines auer 00 total 1904 78 |