| Show CITY COUNCIL the city council met in regular session tuesday september president loof loofbourow bobrow in the chair the members present were rich foland and hardy horn moran B bel e ili lawson evane hawland Waw land karri karrick ck cb Sl 81 heiss STILL unoccupied roll boll called showed that 8 F walker Ewing loi successor was not present to fill the chair recent mude made vacant by the resignation of mr ewing the competing paving companies aud and a large number of friends and sympathizers and curious spectators occupied every available inch of room in the auditorium of the council chamber the minutes of the previous session were read amended and approved after which the recorder read the account of the proceedings of the recent board of equalization and review meet lags these were also approved TAX ROLL BOLL APPROVED on motion of folland the olty city tax roll as an returned by assessor and collector leonard and I 1 mooed assed upon by the city coun council ell sitting as an a board of equal and review was waa accepted and the board adjourned sine die regular Proceed proceeding ince it was when the regular business of the evening commenced PETITIONS were read and referred as follows the ladles ladled literary club asked that hat the council appropriate per mouth month to the pioneer library instead of 88 a month the amount already paid to that institution by the city moved that the request be granted horn said he wanted further light on the matter rich said that originally per annum only wa way applied for but ther council felt generous and gave 1000 to the library people he moved to amend by referring it to the committee on oil claims spoke in favor of the petition the motion to refer carried PITTS the resignation of forceman PoU PoR ceman pitts pitta was wai accepted SA 8 A mcdowall Mo Dowall asked to be reain buived bu ased for taxes paid in 1891 commit tee on claims WAN THEIR MONEY lewis M cannoo cannon who has hag paid SM and A H cannon who baa paid for water maln extensions which have not yet been made cent in the fo following lowing communication which was referred to the committee on waterworks water works we your petitioners petition ers beg to represent that we did on the day of july 1892 pay to collector F L leonard the sums set eel opposite our names in consideration of a romise that the water mains would immediately be extended from seventh to teth tenth south streets on eighth west the petition for such extension having been favorably acted upon by your honorable body the tax for the said extension of mains was to be levied without delay upon the property to be thus benefited and there here was to be refunded to us irom such collections an amount equal to that which we had bad paid less the amount of tax lax due on our property on the street named since this baym payment ent was made no effort has been made to collect the tax gaxnor nor have the mains been laid we therefore ask ak that you refund to us u the amounts we have paid into the city and nd for which we hold receipts we still hold ourselves in readiness n e s 9 to pay our proportion of the expense for the extensions of the main e P but we do not desire to have our money placed where we receive no benefit we therefore ask for your early and favorable action on our request for the return of our money STREET obstructions B pettit asked that a nuisance in the chilie of union pacific oa reloaded with freight standing in front of his preiss prem ss seis bs bd abated folland moved that it le be red referred erred to the mayor the chair was of the opinion that such action would be eminently proper the chief executive should go down there with his organized army of policemen and abate the nuisance the question was a serious one and r ra quiren heroic measures mea bures it should be handled without j gloves fulland folland said the matter had once before been considered on motion of f horn it was referred to the mayor jtb ath power to act REDUCED assessment A petition was received from 1112 property owners asking that a reduction of 28 25 per cent be made in the city assessment the assessment they claim is that much higher than the fair cash value of the property the times they complain are hard bard and money scarce and the high tax a great burden laid on the table PAVING PETITIONS A petition signed by name re presenting feet on main and pint first and second south streets abutting the district diet riot to be paved was read asking that the paving contracts on said streets streeta be awarded the Culmer Jen ninga company laid over until paving contract comes up A petition signed by citizens was read praying that the contract for paving daving main and first and second south streets be awarded to some of the home companies instead of the barber company and that the home compan companies its be to employ citizens of salt lake and that home asphaltum be used laid on the table until the paving question comes up 0 E ellerbeck Elj erbeck asked that he be be reimbursed for da mages damages done to his property on dorth state street by public grading committee oft streets william thompson asked for d damages a wages on account of manure pile 0 on n his bis property committee on streets MORE EXECUTIVE VETOES mayor baskin sent in the joi following lowing SALT LAKE CITY sept to G C E stanton esq city Re recorded cordet sir I 1 herewith return unapproved ordinances din ances number and for the following reasons section 11 of the act of the legislature relating to municipal charters page 63 of n statute of 1890 provides that the board bearc of public works shall superintend such work and the erection of such improve merits except the city halls balls market houses bouses jails or other public buil buildings build dinge inea as may be ordered by the city council this authority of the board applies well to work on improvements done by h workmen employed directly by the city as to work on improvements lot let by oon tract this aul authority hority can cannot not be limit limited 4 or taken away except b by v 1 the he bo body bod cl y y which granted it to the board and any ordinance or other act of the city which attempts attempt a to do this is nugatory and void each of the ordinances an question contains cont alna a a clause to the effect that the construction of the sewer and the making of the IM prove movements rove ments respectively authorized and directed directed in said ordinances stall shall be under the direction and supervision of the e superintendent of sewers this duty being imposed by a statute of the territory orv upon the board of public works it cannot ry be conferred by ordinance upon any 0 other ther person with the clauses conter 1 ing ng upon the superintendent of sewers rathe the direction and supervision of the proposed Improve improvements menti stricken out these ordinances meet my approval moran 1 I move that the communication be laid on the table until next meeting carried PROM THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS the board of public works reported favorably a vor ably on the cancellation of special sidewalk taxes against and park and charles crane adopted THE annexation SCHEME the city attorney sent in a favorable re report ort of the proposed annexation scheme which ws was received and filed GARNISHEE QUESTION the city also reported adversely on the garnishee resolution recently intro deuced by councilman rich adopt I 1 ed 1 the same official reported favorably y 9 on the brigham young company H transfer of property for street burp on es adopted S ROAD BOAD TO MORGAN S I 1 the city engineer submitted a re f vort dort stati stating ng that it would cost frow from j to to construct a wagon road up city creek canyon as aa far a the city lands land extend tt ft distance at f le about three miles he he also alao suggested that the purity of the city water be taken into consideration before ahw ui council act on the matter laid on the table until later in ia the evening appointments 41 the committee on police reported favorably on the appointment by ur the mayor of patrolmen estes eates hills ami 14 walker anoche also the appointment by uke the same i iclal of chief paul aa oly aft marshal the appointments weft confirmed in the matter of UM tin appointment of mr davenport ft liberty park policeman mau the also reported favorably wah the exception of mr folland had been informed that mr port was a nonresident nonresident adopted HB DONT WANT IT of Ps patrolman cantlon on request W was as not confirmed ate is appointment adopted ROSS WALKS on streets recommended committee the cross walks be on that streets where said aid temple 9 east south connects with north thoroughfare E R F and 3 streets D I 1 state bt B 0 adopted COMPANY FRANCHISE GAS on municipal law the committee the request of submitted two birts on natural gas J pipe corn com the indians indiana majority majori tj r report signed by any pany the horn and eairs loofbourow franchise be jed that the recommended signel algne t minority report ly granted ranted the hardy and Sinson Si dil by meagre be franchise recommended thu that t the denied until such time ai me as the company quantities had bad gas 8 1 in commercial the table laid on both reports arts were TO EMPI OY LIBERAL VOTERS on streets recommended toe the committee that sije wilks be constructed of east fact south temple both a sides iles on OB far south streets as second pint first and of the the estimates ew at as aa twelfth t they the report engineer soc accompanied 0 were brigham street 00 abutters proportion proportions 00 vittis mt proportion 00 I 1 total t first south street 80 butters proportion 4 N so 80 proportion eo 60 total second bouth street EO abutters Abat tera proportion 80 daya proportion 6 60 00 total folland said bald be understood t that property on fast south temple owners willing to have sidewalks elde walka threet were constructed but as to the first and second south street that was simply a of the committee it was wae an not prepared ominous move he was waa to act favorably on the committee recommendation commendation considerable disc discussion huggion followed and bilat artion of the report referring to portion r ara adopted tie r a t first t named street WAS wag rea was the cause of considerable dissuasion discussion objected strenuously to the mutilation of his report so did alaon who said some people pre tarred to walk in the mud it was with their natures nature more in harmony than cement sidewalks horn also made a moonshine talk about the mud dust acklam non laon progression find and a miscellaneous kjof lot of synonymous questions moran was not in sympathy with Want lands Ps scheme the property owners should be consulted I 1 folland raised the point that the P portion of the report was OUO out of 0 order on his bis motion the matter want over until butil miscellaneous busl busi man oe was reached MATTERS the committee on sewerage reported as follows that the folland fo lution relative to boiler and engine waw w being carried out that 8 sewer ewer improvements improve prove ments and repairs were going on on an fifth west street that the hardy reau solution lution with reference to the pur ebue of pipe was being complied with adopted THE MAYOR MAYOK ROASTED the committee on waterworks water works sent gent in the following on the water pipe purchasing question which him has been beau a bone bohe of contention between the committee and the mayor SALT LAKE CITY sept 18 1892 to the honorable president and city council salt lake city gentlemen your committee to whom was referred the communication of superintendent perin ryan relative to the purchase of tons of H ilch pipe for the extension x tension of water mains would report as follows your committee had this matter before them some time in the latter part of july and lully fully investigated the same law the necessity of the purchase being made an and d to facilitate business s sent ent letters and telegrams to thirteen leading manufacturers and dealers in the united states receiving bids from parties as follows D long per ton 39 60 50 howard cameon Ha meon 37 87 60 detroit pipe company 41 35 addyston Add yston pipe company 88 00 utah montana machinery co 38 ho lake shore 41 00 rhodes bros george M scott no bid the above prices were to be for 6 inch standard cr pipe 33 to the loot foot each and every piece placed under hydraulic pressure guaranteed F 0 B cars oars salt lake city the above prices will show that rhodes brothers Br olbers were lower in their b bid id than the next lowest bidder and lower than the highest awer bidder these bids with all communications from the above parties were pinned to your committees report and placed be fore the council for their action on august ath through some misunderstanding either relative to the powers of this council or to the power placed in the hands of your committee it was not acted upon until september ath when the said report was adopted and forwarded to the mayor for his approval and with authority to purchase the pipe from the lowest bidder which he be positively declined to do stating that the committee had pursued unusual and unauthorized methods in procuring 0 the said bids without first asking aar his authority also declining to sign for those bids as by so doing it would place his bis honor to perform perfo im a more mere clerical act ack he also stating that to a certain extent your committee had withheld from him his duty of inquiring into the validity or the reasonableness of the above contract we your committee understand that all matters referred to the mayor either for his approval or rejection gives him fall power to inquire into and investigate the validity and proper expenditure not dot requiring any resolution or motion of this council for him to act upon in each individual transaction we take it that as a salaried officer he is hired for this purpose and not to stop atop the advancement van cement of the departments by petty and frivolous excuses the clerical act which his honor objects to is what the law demands of him after his proper and judicious judgment is used for the welfare of the city government there certainly seems to be a misun standing ferstanding eer in this matter as your committee believes that all business pertain ing to the building up tip and the welfare of the city first originates and emanates from this council to facilitate its workings committees are formed to oversee the several departments of the city government ern ment to see to its wants and requirements for its successful operation with powers to bring the matters to as near a consummation as po isible that it may then be referred to this council for its final action this your committee did in connection wili with the rt quire qu irementa ments of the he water department for the tons of 6 inch pipe so BO that there would be no dolay delay in the workings of the water department knowing full well that the citizens who had bad petitioned lor for the extension of mains had already paid the amount into the hands of the assessor and collector tor for the purchase of said pipe to show you that we have not been misled as to the high prices placed on pipe we herewith submit you report ot of pipe purchased in 1891 and 1892 showing to you conclusively that we have done ir far better than was done heretofore may is 18 1891 harrison how ard arda 6 inch plue 39 00 per ton june jane harrison W howard ward 4 inch pipe 87 75 june 16 rhodes ars 12 6 inch pipe 37 85 september arrison howard 6 inch pipe 37 75 october octoba ar isal lf 91 rhodes bros 12 2 inch pipe 36 40 november IN 9 1691 1591 barrison howard inch pipe 41 84 december 15 1891 rhodes bros 8 inch pipe 42 25 in 1892 purchases were made as follows january 1892 harrison howard 8 3 inch pipe 38 00 per ton january 1892 harrison how ards arda inch pipe pipe 85 0 april 1 orado coal iron company 9 inch pipe 85 60 july 4 1892 rhodes bros 8 inch pipe |
