| Show CITY COUNCIL the city council met I 1 in a regular W W on october 27 acting mayor pick ard ard pres presiding iding the following members to roll call spafford heath folland hyde hardy udden bam young parsons arious ar sous and ne absent james karrick anderson lad d smith PETITIONS X were read and referred as aa hereinafter ithe rhe gres great t salt lake and hot springs b railway y company submitted maps mapo and of its grade on third west PC street 0 et between north and south temple 8 streets referred to the city 0 to toe metropolitan stone company a map mal and profile of its i h switch asch recently laid on eighth south street referred to the city engi engineer hobson wilkerson asked an ex f tension of thirty days time in which A y Z to comple complete te their contract on the ft canyon conduit granted f aljas morris represented that he had bad udd a sidewalk in front of william turtons Tur oar tons tongs property and add that mr clute pt tead bad collected payment he therefore asked for an appropriation vering the amount due him k J 4 O granted J thurston Tb urston asked for the cor t llon oj of assessment on certain real state te granted Jr anted 7 I Willlam willi am H mcintyre and jame A mal represented that certain onal property owned by them had subjected to a double taxation en n id d asked that the matter be properly hasted committee on claims J H clive asked that he be allowed make a private contract for curbing in property on state street corn com tee on n and board of public arks 9 with city elty attorney associated L wall awall I 1 clays asked for fo a rebate on license committee on license 1 ottoe athe salt lake dramatic Ab association asked that some action be taken to re it for damages sustained ined by thae h recent high grade established in aront of its property on state street referred to the city attorney abris christian Db ris dign johnson asked that he be adlaw ed a rebate on certain dog tax P paid id by him granted ranted i CX jaura jura cushing asked a remission of thaes fixes on her property on account of baoe a widow in destitute circum laid on the table I 1 peter cunningham presented ft a cow corn li in which he called atten ih to a former petition asking that an ii light be established on thirteenth east street near fourth y south street committee on improve mento j 3 0 brooks asked that certain curb ing done in front of his property by private contract be accepted board of public works P F auerbach bros asked bermis islon ion to have the curbing done in front bf f their property by private contract board of public works and street committee with the city attorney assoil sited P A dix represented that his son bad been seriously injured by falling over an unprotected embankment lm mediately medi east of the K nu teford hotel aud and asked that he be rem remunerated committee on claims joseph kelson secretary of the baddie and whip p makers ur union ion asked that henry roberts be appointed inspector of 01 stone atone work on the joint cil city tv and county building the pacific paving company com any of utah and other companies comp antes asked that the matter of street paving in district no I 1 be referred to a special committee and that the time or of opening bids be postponed until the findings of said committee could be reported to the council referred to a special committee and time for opening bids deferred until november 5 C E and others asked for an extension of wa termaine water malna on sixth south street committee on water 7 works C M schmidt asked that the liquor license of george A spence co be transferred to himself committee on license henry dinwoodey and fannie V Y clayton clay ton and the brigham young trust company asked that the special tax levy on their property on richards avenue for water mains be canceled committee on waterworks water works E N childs child asked that certain taxes paid pa id by him be remitted committee on claims EXTENSION NOTICES recorder jack reported the completion of pub publication libation of a number of notices contention for ex tension adopted FROM THE COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS the committee on claims reported adversely on the claim of john eddins for damages claimed by him by being thrown out of his buggy by reason of his horse taking fright at the he steam street roller adopted QUARTERLY REPORT tue tae committee to whom was referred the report of the waterworks water works department for the quarter ending september 30 80 recommended that the report be received and filed adopted A NEW POLICE SERGEANT acting mayor pickard reported the abe nomination by him of A N randolph dolph to the vacant position on the pollee police force of third sergeant confirmed FROM CROM THE COMMITTEE ON WATER WORKS the committee on waterworks WAter works reported as follows gentlemen we your committee on waterworks water works to whom was referred the petition of thomas carter and others asking for an extension of on eiith S rath south and ninth east streets recommend that the mains be extended on sixth south street from midway between eighth and ninth east streets to ninth past east street thence south on ninth east street from sixth south street to midway beaw between een seventh and eighth south streets with laterals literals late rals on sixth and seventh south streets adopted FROM TREASURER WALDEN treasurer walden submitted the following which was referred to the committee on license with instruction to report at ac its earliest convenience 1 I respectfully call your attention that upon recommendation from my department and by the approval of the committee on finance an ordinance was drawn revising the license schedule of t the he city said ordinance has been in the bands b nd of your honorable body seven months but has not been acted upon presumably on account of pressure of other r business the present system of license is not in keeping with the requirements quire ments of a city or of our population and in many instances abdo absolute lute hardships 8 are imposed by its effects upon the public especially upon the poorer classes who in a small way are transacting business again there are numerous paying enterprises that are flourishing in our midst that can afford and should pay a license into the treasury you will note that the ordinance as drawn has the effect of equalizing our present system and would not materially affect the revenue of the license department in view of the importance of this ordinance I 1 take the privilege of call calling irig your special attention to the importance of its passage in connection with the question of city licen license seI I 1 again renew my application that the merchants license be abolished and that said change be made a part of the new ordinance the merchants of other cities competing with those of our own are not encumbered by the system of double taxation and I 1 submit that salt lake merchants should be put at least upon the same basis as their competitors publio GROUNDS the committee on public grounds re ported as follows that the petition of F fred red trimmer as asking kIngto to purchase a portion of sixth street in plat B be denied that elder and Munro ebe denied the lease of the city gravel avel beds that the petition of christian E kenner enner asking to be allowed to camp on certain city lands in dry canyon be refused fu that the petition of waliam william E X R ryan rl asking kin to purchase lots no I 1 and 2 block k 20 plat plat G also be denied and that the ard record title of the lots loti in question should be looked after in order to protect the cites interest as against tax titles titled which may be secured against the city by improvements placed on said add ground and occupancy of the same that the land belonging to the city situated ted on the west want side of the jordan river near north temple street and formerly used as a city dumping ground be set aside as a public park and that t the he necessary steps be taken to dedicate said premises as a public I 1 ic park adopted DEEP RAILWAY FRANCHISE the committee on streets recommended that the peti petition n of T P murray for a ri right ht of r way i for railroad purposes ehg through rg h the city ty crded be granted the right of way recommended comme by the committee is as follows commencing at the eastern city limits on tenth and roper streets running thence west to the city canal thence northwest along the east bank of said canal to eighth south street thence west along said mid eighth street to the jordan river from this point westward to the city limits the committee has not yet t decided upon the most feasible route cut but are of the opinion that the right of way should be granted from this point westward over indiana avenue the report concludes as follows that in the granting of this right of way the ordinance should contain conan all necessary restrictions and safeguards necessary to protect the in inte terestA reaia of the city and the public and that a reasonable time lime only be granted mr murray within which I 1 mence operations and com complete 1 11 B an and 0 operate er this railway between 9 salt 1 t lake gity city and deep creek adopted crosswalks CROSS WALKS the follow following jug resolution relating to cross crosswalks walks was passed hac resolved that it is the sense of the council that in the laying of crosswalks cross walks on state street at the intersection of second and third south streets the same V plan an be adopted in their construction as a at the intersection of state and first south in this that the crosswalks cross walks shall meet the sidewalk grade on the same level that in the construction of water conduits carrying water across the street the same plan be adopted as at the he intersection of first south street and the city cily engineer be authorized to advertise for bids for the construction of said conduits for five days and that the contract be let to the lowest responsible bidder LAID OVER FOR FOB ONE WEEK on motion of councilor young the ordinance granting the baltais ballway company a franchise over south temple street west was wag laid over for one week TO THE LOWEST responsible BIDDER councilman hardy offered the following resolution whereas all public work should be let to the lowest responsible bidder therefore be it resolved that the olty city recorder be instructed ted to advertise twenty days for the excavation of the trenches for the mains running from city creek to the worth north bench and to capitol hill also for the excavation excava tiou of the drain trenches on washington square and that said contracts be let to the lowest responsible bidder and the committees on water works and sewerage respectively open said bids and report their recommendations to the council for its action councilman lynn it will never do for us to adopt such a measure the work has baa already been commenced be city laborers will perform the work cheaper and better than contractors councilman spafford Bp afford I 1 am always in favor of letting work by contract condrac but a resolution has already ben bean passed pa e authorizing mr ryan byan to do the work or councilman young was not a aware re that any such measure had bad been adopt ed but be was informed that the resolution was passed in may of the present year before he took his bis seat in the council he denied dented however thattie that the city could do the work cheaper or better with the sewer gang than by contract it appeared to him that some one had been and was acting without authority councilman hardy I 1 do not think that any sane man will deny that the work can he be done cheaper by contract than otherwise councilmen parsons pendleton and lynn all opposed letting the work by contracts the fhe city could and should employ men to do the work councilman folland an open 0 en question with me as to whether the we city could do its work cheaper by hiring men direct or letting the work to contractors it to is so no longer I 1 have been confronted by several object lessons lemons the last few weeks not many days ago 1 had bad occasion to pass a gang of city laborers four of whom with the forman were seated around a telegraph pole reading the police gazette this came under my observation three days in succession and these periods of rt ast st lasted two hours at a time another gang I 1 have seen drop theft tools and play toss and pitch during working hours A third gang I 1 have seen in front of my office who for two hours at a time did no work at all I 1 inquired their names and was tola told by thereto them to go to a region where the country was hotter than our own favored clime councilman lynn declared the resolution out of order and was sustained by A acting mayor pickard CAPTAIN PARKER OUSTED the ordinance abolishing the office of police captain then came up councilman young I 1 believe that this council adjourned one week ago to allow the acting mayor to consider whether he had bad the right to vote on this question I 1 suppose he has had bad time to consider acting mayor pickard I 1 have and am now ready to vote councilmen parsons and lynn coni tended that it was out of order acting mayor pickard firmly it is not out of order an adjourned meeting was called there was no I 1 quorum present and the question can be legally carried over for one year if necessary seven votes were cast in favor of the ordinance one week ago I 1 will cast the eighth now recorder call my name the order was complied with and mr pickard responded with an emphatic yes he then declared the ordinance passed nam g PASSED 0 o A bill bill for an ordin ordinance anoe repealing section 1 of chapter 26 of the revised ordinances of 1888 of salt lake city and a portion of chapter 2 of said ordinance I 1 which gave the city weigh master control of washington Qa square was read the first and second times and passed under a suspension eua pension of the rules the following appropriations were made after which the council adjourned for one week is IONS 0 johnson dog deg tax falt f alt lake foundry and machine company 65 55 |
