Show CITY COUNCIL the city council met in regular session feb 7 in the absence ab flenoe of president loofbourow councilman Want laud was waa called to the chair following members were present rich poland hadjy horn bell evans bvans heiss hates lawson Li awson kelly beardsley St after the minutes of the last regular session had been beau read and approved president loofbourow entered the council chamber and the chair was vacated for him by mr the Proceed lugs W H whitehead asked for the release of certain certa iii land sold by the city in 1890 for delinquent taxes committee on oil claims isaac hunter by bis bin attorney bar low ferguson asked that the water from city creek be allowed to run into his bia joe ice pond between ninth and tenth west streets not granted the diamond kyune ayune and gistle stone company sent in a uon tien in which they represented that contractor bowman ot of the joint city and county building owed hem some thing over 1900 and notified the council mot to make settlement with that individual until their balms had been satisfied Batis fled in full filed B R oliver and others asked for the removal of fe fences and the opening of ninth west street committee on streets with power to act james 0 watson and others asked that an electric light b be placed at the intersection of filth fifth est east and fourth south streets committee on improve ments A freebairn asked to be allowed to connect his premises at west seventh south street with the water mains committee on waterworks water works charlap M et a al lavingon liv living ingon on B street west grand view addition to salt lake city asked to be allowed to suffix to the streets letter IB B 1 the letters yron lyron making the name byron street that it may not conflict with other lettered streets in the city committee on streets the amy estate asked for the refund of certain paving taxes committee on an claims M pitts pitta and othera asked that sixth west street be put lu iiii a passable condition committee on streets Q G H shearer asked to be appointed keeper of liberty park committee on public grounds DEEP WATER HARBOR the following from C 0 whitte more ot of lus angeles was read and ac adopted to the honorable the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america in congress assembled sem bled gentlemen we the undersigned undersigner under signed mayor and city recorder of the city of salt lake utah have been instructed to forward to your honorable body the following resolutions adopted by the common council of said city upon the day of january 1893 whereas a duly constituted board of engineers of the united states has pronounced in favor of the feasibility and advisability of constructing a deep water harbor at san pedro on the coast of los angeles county cal which shall be capable ocean going vessels ot of the largest draft and whereas such a harbor would afford the whole territory of utah and especially to the citizens and business interests of salt lake city a nearer point of communication muni cation with the ocean and the commercial advantages which ocean transportation of fr ight affords and whereas the establishment of s such u c h a harbor will be a great benefit to th the commerce om of this territory and this city and whereas the beginning of the construction st of such a harbor would immediately me mediately diatel v stimulate the development of railroad connection between this territory and that point which would result in opening up up to use and occupancy a large portion 0 artion of the finest coal and iron lands in the union whose resources are at the present ent time unavailable for the lack of transportation facilities therefore be it resolved alved first that the common council of salt like lake does most respectfully petition the congress of the united states to appropriate at its present session the sum of at least for the purpose of commencing and prosecuting the work of construction of a deep water wa ter harbor at said point of san pedro second that the mayor and city recorder of this city bre are hereby directed to forward to our territorial delegate at washington a copy of these resolutions to be laid before the senate of house elouse committees on rivers and harbors OTTY CITY PRISON BIDS city recorder stanton reported report eJ that he had published in the city papers a notice calling for sealed proposals proposal for the construction of the now new city jail and had received bids from the following firms firme kirshaw Addo maji J W farrell co stewart iron works M D kern Ker eagle foundry and machine company agents and the champion iron works of canton 0 committee on prisons Bona the same officer reported that he had bad published a notice in the city papers calling for sealed proposals for the et establishment of a market house and bal received no bids bide committee on markets the same officer advised this the council that the board of equalization and sewers on paving curbing etc would sit fit on february to february iroma 2 to 4 during the five days filed the same joer reported that water mat mai extension no for the extension of mat mai a on west second south street had been published as required by jaw the usual was made the same game officer reported that the notice of completion no for the extension of water mains on eighth west bad been published as required by law jaw etc referred to the city attorney torney THE DOG TAX REPORT I 1 the same game officer sent in a report as collector of dog taxes lor for January 1893 as fol follows lowi number of dogs licensed 91 number of dogs redeemed 2 number of dogs destroyed 63 amount collected for license hc ense 00 amount collected for pound fees 2 00 total 00 due galeazzi the amount of being due for the killi killing tig of dogs adopted the bond or of william N mccurdy desk eer in the sum of 1000 was approved the bind of felix castella 0 desk sergeant in the sum of 1000 was approved expressive OF THANKS moved that a committee be appointed to co draft and form forin appropriate resolutions thanking the officials metals of pacific coast cities tor lor entertaining so handsomely the salt lake councilmen on their trip to the west jarried carried THE BOULEVARD moved that the committee on streets be authorized to confer with the citizens citizen cl bs committee and report at the next meeting 0 neer ning the proposition to establish anil and improve a satie satisfactory factory boulevard for the city AJ ad apted the chief of police sent in his bis mo chiy istA ement for january as aa follows lows fines assessed 00 collected on old fines 2 00 cash from territorial tem tonal oases cases 23 2 0 0 total 2661 CO 60 fines paid in labor 1106 00 cash paid treasurer 1518 00 forfeits 87 00 total 2681 2661 00 number of arrests arrest 10 piled filed appropriations appropriations were made as ai fol lows iowa W a 0 hauey Pa uey 7 76 cunnington ington co 3 85 J W farrell oo co 1197 n 97 J 0 murphy 75 continental oil company 1260 12 american fire engine company isio 16 GO dr E W tilton paine lyne B R M bell telephone company 29 2900 00 inter mountain electric company I 1 lo JG peoples ford company 11 90 moritz greenwood 6 90 phil klipple 18 75 G GM K scott co 2 70 W WL L pickard co 9 75 mountain ice and gold cold storage company 1250 12 50 morns 2000 20 00 utah paint faint and OU oil company 8 20 eagle foundry and mag mfg company U H 23 3 akes drug company 76 75 morrison 10 rr ison merrill men ill co 33 W mason co 1 98 salt lake gas 1388 co 00 61 50 50 H T L meyers 15 00 0 OB R savage 20 J regan began 15 OD 00 G F culmer calmer bro 7 78 utah steam laun latin ry 9 91 S galleazzi 00 W wasatch asarch asphalt co 41 ft 92 DESERET NEWS 11 50 mrs william gilbert 55 J JH H madsen 1885 1385 there was a special meeting of the city council held february aih in re to a call which had bad been made late in the alteri afternoon it was held to consider cunn lder the question whether or not the city council could appropriate to toe copper plant fund the councilmen present rich pol fol laita hardy horn bell la Ija waon son Want laud helig arbe basli ess men in atten attendance jance were wendell Benmon John T Don donnellan J K W ki rowe J H bacon L li terry M E cummi cummings go 0 P mason jacob moritz W B alien aien frell fred hea heith th frank harris W J llynch dr hal brouck W E F huab rd V M H meloy H W law rene e frank knox H M welle J E caine E I 1 kinney J w White hew jr J M ricketts nich olas Fre week eli B kelsey gus gua holmes PRESIDENT loofbourow called the meeting to order as tol lowb this is a sort of irk in formal of tho the city council and certain other ku business Luaine ea men to die ufer certai i which are agitating the public niland the nature of which you know perhaps fully as bellit well it not better belter than myself the will not go upon record as a re regular gular session oBion se I 1 now await your pleasure lawson move cna of the special committee ot of the apper c apper plant be ai allowed to add address ress us lift colonel D As chairman of the chamber of commerce committee I 1 firt fir ir t fc beg leave to atad the loll 1011 wing whereas whereat an effort is being made by the enterprising business men and citizens of salt lake city to raise the sum suin of by personal subscription besides a sum sufficient to purchase acres of land all to 10 be donated to parties proposing to locate copper reduction works in or near our city and whereas said works will cost not less lese than and will give employment to not less than skilled operatives said eaid plant to include a copper eltera Mu a separate establish establishment men t for refining copper matte which will be drawn from butte mont durango col and other potato points also an establishment for the parting of gold and silver from the broft baader metals and forthe for the manufacture of copper wire and sheet copper per blue vitriol and ocher chemicals and whereas the location of said aid works in our city wih will necessarily lead to numerous other connected indus indu industries atries es and will have a controlling influence in making ot of salt lake city a great manufacturing center thereby insuring the future prosperity of our city and increasing its taxable wealth therefore be it resolved that this chamber of com merce r ce most moat earnestly recommend to the honorable city council of salt lake cit city f that an appropriation of money be male made out of the city treasury from monies not otherwise appropriated a sum sufficient to make good any deficiency that the he committee having said matter in charge may be ba unable to secure from private subscriptions aforesaid it et has been suggested to this chamber that said appropriation may not be strictly in conformity to the act of congress inhibiting the appropriation of public monies for certain purposes yet the chamber submits that the establishment ot of this industry in our midst would be in the nature of a great and lasting public improvement in this connection the chamber va w most respectfully call the attention honorable body to the fact that one of our neighboring cities has recently appropriated of the public funds to a certain railroad company and thereby secured the location of large and I 1 important M machine shops in their city and arthis this chamber believes that said council acted wisely and for the best interests of their city notwithstanding that their action may have been technically 1 illegal and we urge their action in the promises premises as commendable and a worthy example to be followed by your honorable body in the present ewe case J H BACON aid eaid c that for or four days he had been working most earnestly with other business met men to raise funds to secure the copper plant the city bad been canvassed from north to south east and and west and they had bad raised the sum bum of there remained bained a deficiency of unless the council canue manfully to the front with of chissum he know knew lull full well that salt lake could nut not secure the plant the enterprise should be made successful mormon and gentile had bad beba working to that end as am they never worked before the union between the two elements was a splendid omen the council should unite with the business men and citizens to overcome any apparent legal objection that might exist the city council should remember rm ember that the business men and citizens put them in office that they supported them we cannot afford to stand on a little technicality that we can easily set aside and thereby secure employment for three hundred men aud and taxes to the amount of pru probably bably a year let it g go 0 abroad tomorrow that salt lake annot raise this money and never again will we be able abie to successfully prosecute a similar t i chame we have been begging for money the last lew daya as men never begged for bread now in all candor we ask you so 0 o consider this scheme in tb elight of charty I 1 WENDELL BENSON BENSOM said gaid it if the city council can make this appropriation without making a legal blunder blui ider then I 1 think you should help us up it if you cannot give us legal aid then don dont pt you give us any in that event I 1 would suggest that we telegraph to mr orem green tomorrow that we have raised and tant if he will give us a little more time that we win will try fry and raise the more HENRY W LAWRENCE poke in a similar strain etrain and added that he hope I 1 that all small email technicalities could be set let aside aalde there could be no moral wrong in such action certainly the council would have the support of the better part of the community j H BACON I 1 dont like to bore the council with a second wk talk but I 1 do want to read the following which makes an opening through which you can easily pass for it to la as aa wide as the streets of salt lake city which are the widest and best in the world on page of vol I 1 of the compiled laws of utah of 1888 1 find in the council can pass pan all ordinances rules and make all regulations not repugnant to the constitution and laws ot of the united states or the laws odthe of the territory necessary for carrying into eff effect set pr discharging Jis discharging charging all powers and duties conferred by this act and such as shall seem necessary and proper to provide for tho the safety and preserve the health and promote the prosperity improve the morals peace good order comfort convenience of the city aej and the inba inhabitants bitante thereof Is that not plain it certainly is note and weigh well the words promote the prosperity W H said that employment should be given to home labor the way to do that would be to establish home tories the way to secure one good establishment would be to make the appropriation asked for M E CUMMINGS said that it was not alone to the interest of the male population of this city that the appropriation be made the ladies were also much exercised over the matter for instance his wife he said had gone out onto the streets for two hours during the afternoon and had raised applause she stated state 1 that she could easily have raised 1000 had she had bad a little more time renewed applause HEBER M WELLS I 1 believe that it is the duty of every man to place himself on record we have reached an era when we should arise and push to the front advancement should be our watchword if the city council will make the appropriation it will iiii certainly receive the good will of every right minded citizen of salt bait lake 0 P MASON said it was not a time for speech making action should now be taken it if the council was afraid that the citizens would riot approve of the appropriation they could call a mass meeting and have their action ratified fled horn offered the following resolved that it is the sense of the members oi of the city council present that assurance su rance be hereby given to the citizens of our city that the city council will 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