Show CITY COUNCIL the city council met in regular tuesday J uy uly 12 President Loof bodurow in the chair the councilmen in attendance were ajob bibb folland har dy morao moran ben bell lawson evans si amoddi beardsley hiss ewing absent Karr karrick lck after the minutes of the previous had been read amended and approved the following PETITIONS frere were reata reada and referred as specified fled william laugdon and others renewed their request for an extension of water malna mAIDS on first north street as fur beskas estas ninth west street committee on waterworks water works john cook and others 88 asked ked that second west street b be sprinkled com sprinkling I 1 H P nielson and others pro tested agal against the great salt lake hot springs railway company y being allowed to amend its franchise committee on streets C driscoll and others protested bainet dinst paying tor for water main exten Z on ZU committee on water waterworks works 8 K X hooper and others ban sent t in a calling attention to a Pi lon presented to the council re which they re represented abed had not been acted feted upon referred he salt lake Str adamant asphalt y asked ed the council counce to exa examine and 16 tauy 17 accept the pavement it bad tow laid at A the intersection of first south and nd state streets committee on streets ward board of public works and city attorney associated A DANGEROUS I 1 PIT george osmond and aed others asked that tops estepe be taken to prevent further blasting in the gravel pit in the eastern part fit the city between first find and second woth streets the place they states state is rb clan dangerous geret and unsightly one and lbs continued use of explosives in gravel was damaging their esl UsI dences committee on 01 streets TO BE A POLICEMAN G Q M bridwell asked to be appointed to 40 a position on the police force committee on police RELIEF ASKED hobert Rb ert mclaughlin Laughlin Mo sent bent in a corn com muni cation in which he represented that on the of july 1890 his son mobert hubert aged nixie nine years was k wed killed at the intersection of F first arst ikast east and fifth south streets by being run ov over er by a elty alty team which was employed in bauling tea aling rock he further stated that himself and wife were very p poor and without work and asked that thal he be granted ranted such relief as might be deemed deelbe flat just and equitable committee 0 on claims MORE ANI AND appointments mayor baskin sent in a commini nation appointing samuel paul 84 a city jailor in place of ex chief ol 01 f police janney also appointing appo intine jolin join J gleason at liberty park in place 0 of daniel he asked the councils Counci ps confirmation of his bis action committee on polite police GAS ORDINANCE VETOED the following was wag read by the recorder E 0 stanton city recorder dear sir I 1 hereby return disapproved ordinance no entitled an ordinance for the construction and maintenance of street mama mains and services for utilizing and distributing natural and manufactured fuel gas in the city of salt lake passed by the city council july ath 1892 for the following reasons first the new american gas fuel coits boits successors and assign sare granted the right and privilege of using any and all 11 streets avenues and alleys of the city in in which to lay and maintain mains and service pipes the only restrictions placed upon this sweeping grant are in the foll fol lowing proviso to wit that all streets avenues and alleys shall be speedily repaired andrut and put in as good condition as they were before the excavations were made that not more than one main pipe shall be laid in any one street without the express consent of the city council and that in the construction maintenance and 0 operation n of said mains and service pipes pipe t the h said i d grantee rantee and its successors and assigns shail shall at all times conform to such auch ordinances rules and regulations as may hereafter be adopted by the city council in relation thereto py in my opinion the general grant quoted to is not sufficiently limited by these proviso if but one pipe be laid in each street it follows from the grant itself that the company would have the right light to lay service mains across the street wherever it chooses some of the streets are already paved with asphaltum others will soon be and within twenty years gra granted anted in the proposed charter charier the streets in most parts of the city will be paved it is impossible to make th these ego pavements met m et by repairs when out through ty by trench anything thing like as good as they were before therefore in place of requiring only one pipe to be lai laid in each street a pipe on each side of the street should be requiem when the gas is used on both sides aides and the company prohibited from crossing the streets by service mains except by of the council the he c city t ty has haa already expensive systems of water and sewer pipes these gy systems stems must moat in the near future be greatly extended for this reason should be so limited as to prevent any interference with these systems or their future extension this can be easily done by reserving to the city the right to require the company to change the locations of its pipes and mains as necessity may require aire and the right to designate the location tion of the pipes and mains in the tb first instance second As it is very difficult to prevent the escape of natural gas and as fatal accidents are liable to occur in case of its escape the right of inspection ion ought to be reserved to the city with authority to require the company to make such repairs as it may find necessary and adopt such mich appliances as experience has or may hereafter point out as a conducive to safety in the use of gas third the maximum price 30 cents pe per r 1000 cubic feet which the company m may y charge consumers at present I 1 do not think exorbitant considering onside ring the great cost and hazard of tho the proposed enterprise rise nor do I 1 believe it will be ex ef exorbitant Eor hor bitant tor for several years yeara to come but it may become so before the expiration n of the charter the city is rapidly increasing in population and business and the co consumption of gas must correspondingly increase and as it increases the profits of the enterprise must also increase an and d while I 1 recognize the fact that a practical use of the na ural gas discovered by the energy and enterprise of the prin principal apai promoters odthe of the proposed company is of great value to the conk community and the parties who have developed this important element should be granted liberal opportunity port unity to enjoy its if fruits yet if in the future the profits should reach a point as to render the price fixed exorbitant the city should have power to reduce the price to a reasonable amount I 1 therefore recommend the insertion of a clause allowing the city council after the lape of say three or four years to fix the price within the limit between thirty cents and some reits reasonable sum less leis than thirty cents B R N BASKIN mayor lawson these points are all fully covered they were thoroughly discussed before the passage of the ordinance and the mayors recommendations are therefore unnecessary and I 1 now move that the ordinance be re passed notwithstanding the mayors objections the ordinance passed over the mayors veto on the following vote ayes ayee beardsley evans evane ewing folland hardy heiss horne home karrick karrich lawson moran rich ondi noes loofbourow bell considered A NUISANCE robert J jessup of the ibe salt lake tribune and others represented that one peter Niel nielson stu of sanpete Ban San pete has for the last two wo seasons been afflicting this patient and long suffering community with a wild screaming handorgan hand organ playing some eight soul destroying airs this distressing person with a persistence born of innate depravity starts in at 8 a in and whoops it up until after 11 p in daily in the principal thoroughfares of the city to the public disgust lu iti general and the destruction st ot of the tempers tempera of nervous people in general this niels peter larsen is a public nuisance of the most kind and your petition ers ere respectfully but urgently ak that he be abated without klela snipped shipped back to the wilds of sanpete Ban San pete 21 committee on finance THE BOND CONTRACT the ma mayor y or treasurer and finance committie reported that the contract with blair and company for the sale of bonds had been entered into as provided by law they asked that the cou contract tract be ratified Adopt adopted eJ MAJOR REPORT chief stanton of the fire department sent in his quarterly report on ending jing june the total expenditure amounted to fo received and filed THE AUDITOR 28 REPORT auditor presented the following accod account nt of receipts and disbursements bur fur for the month of june paving tax 41 liquor license 00 Water mains extension tax lax 8 64 general license 46 fines 1826 1626 00 water rates 29 tax sales 67 7 sidewalk tax 92 dog taya tax 00 cemetery engineering department wt 75 poll tax curbing and guttering rent bent sewer tax 73 60 city tax 1893 1892 66 68 60 interest 61 97 street department depan ment 42 40 waterworks Water works 14 1486 85 city and county building 9 00 8 sprinkling pr inkling tax 4 95 fire department 2 00 0 disbursements waterworks Water works 72 interest january 1891 bons bone 1200 00 city and county building buil duag 46 45 street department 70 I 1 grad grading seventh west went street tree 96 Inte reit july l bonds 00 police department 0 01 fire department 43 salary 42 state street paving 73 street lighting 2 water master 42 62 street sprinkling 2710 64 health department 2486 67 engin engineering ering department 1948 10 retaining 1860 10 cemetery Cem eiery sewers sewerage BO 60 sidewalks s 1126 49 assessor and collectors office 77 pr ison dep department artmen t 8 62 52 P parleys conduit 25 1 liberty park SO pr printing inting and advertising re Ee bent nt 00 donation 65 land expense am 03 dog tax 00 license 66 mayors contingent fund 17 56 55 hospital Hosp tal 41 L claims Ll aims 72 20 supplies canal SUMMARY balance in treasury june I 26 25 additional receipts 08 33 deduct disbursements 69 balance in treasury 64 TREASUR treasurers ERS city treasurer duke submitted submitted ed his report from february to july lot it shows a balance in the city treasury july let ol of SIXTY DAYS EXTENSION the board of public works reported thattie that the pacific paving company bad asked for an extension of sixty days in which to complete the paving now on state street the report was adopted and the request granted VALUATION OF CITY PROPERTY assessor leonard repin reported ted that he had completed the assessment of the city for the year 1892 the amount of the assessment is laid on the table until friday night WATER MASTERS REPORT the submitted his re port for the quarter ending june so al 1892 it shows the total expenditure expend of as follows le department labor and supplies 67 65 jordan and stilt salt lake canal parleys Parley Js creek canal CITY physicians PHYSICIAN 19 REPORT the quarterly report of city physician meacham was referred to the committee on sanitary rules and regulations SEXTONS SEXTON Is REPORT the report of the city sexton for the quarter ending june let was referred to the committee on cemetery DEPUTY CITY AUDITOR the mayor and finance committee reported re arted that P 0 perkins perking had been appointed deputy city auditor at a salary of per month evans Is ie this appointment permanent bell bel it Is ie evans E vans then I 1 shall oppose it for when the matter of appointing such an officer first came up it was clearly stated that the office was only a temporary bell one sarcastically it is your privilege to do so mr evans evane moran it seems that the action of the committee and mayor is unsatisfactory and I 1 move that the appointment be made to bold good during the pleasure 0 the council only lawson 1 I second the motion it is if time that this council was looking after its ite officers I 1 consider mr moran morans Is motion an excellent one horn 1 I am opposed to making the appointment permanent evane evan did the last city auditor have an assistant the city recorder he did not evans then I 1 am more strongly opposed to the pr position than ever moran morans Is in then carried MORAYS MORANS MAJORITY REPORT moran offered the following majority report july 12 1892 to the president and council we your committee to whom was referred that portion of mayors report reflecting upon the conduct of the four members of the council and the testimony upon which said report was made beg leave leave to report as follows after a careful examination of the testimony and after hearing the swe ments of the gentlemen in que question alon we believe that they were actuated by a proper motive in visiting the houses mentioned their purpose being to in 1 vesti gate certain statements made to them which they found to be true the committee commit teA on police were given the facts by these 4 councilmen but the action of the mayor relieved that committee of further investigation therefore we recommend that said four members of this council be exonerated and that their action be sustained respectfully submitted P J MORAN 0 H HARDY J S LAws LAWSON ozi MINORITY RE REPORT PORT FROM EWING ewing offered the following minority report and asked that it be adopted in lieu of the majority report asa As a member of your committee ap poin ed to investigate the action of certain councilmen as set forth in the communication of the hon mayor to the city council on the ath day of july 1892 1 I beg leave to submit the following minute report touching kaid haid matter ic 16 appears that the members of the said council referred to in the communication of said mayor went upon the evening in question stion at their own sollon soli and on their own responsibility sivility lity and were not upon auy any official but business sines authorized by the body to which they belong it also appears hom the testimony before the committee that said councilmen on the evening and occasion in question were engaged in in investigating ing the conduct of certain officials aud and employed emp loyes of the city this investigation was entirely unofficial and not called for by the council it is therefore my opinion under the circumstances that thi this IS body has no authority to take any action in the premises holes rising quickly I 1 move we the adoption of the minority minu mi aulty aunty rity report bell I 1 second the motion moran I 1 move to amend by adopting the majority report lawson promptly I 1 second the amendment bell I 1 claim that the th Co council has ho jurisdiction over its members after they leave this chamber their aoto act are chuse of private citizens and this body has no power in the premised premise I 1 shall therefore vote aute against the majority report evans As an interested member of the council in this matter I 1 wish to nay my that I 1 made the tour of investigation so BO sarcastically referred to by his honor the mayor in the communication be best sent nt to this council I 1 did vo BO with four other gentlemen gentlemen of thia thi council two of whom were members of the police committee ugly rumors and damaging insinna ins inua eions bad come to our hearing about immorality in the police department I 1 was asked to assist in investigating the charges As a matter of duty accepted the invitation and would do so go again under like circumstances tb strict u rue of the mayor mayo ing I 1 have no apologies to offer for my conduct that night I 1 did no nothing but what I 1 am willing and the public should know I 1 have beba compelled to listen to this thing it in 1 silence for three weeks abis to is th tb first opportunity I 1 have had to defeat myself and shall speak plainly |