Show CITY COUNCIL the city council met in regular session last night president loofbourow in the chair the present besent were rich folland hardy fearrl karrick cb moran kelly evans lawson beardsley Bear Beara daley eley hetes hein 81 91 horn bell 14 absent none THE dr E Q G boyle sent bent in a claim for 74 dac mages alleged to have been sustained by a horse owned by him by stepping in a hole on ninth fast east street committee on claims mrs M mansfield mansfi ld agent sent in a communication stating that the pacific paving company laid a sidewalk on property belonging to J 8 fodyce on fifth fifth east street in 1891 and that the board of public works has hae not yet accepted the same she therefore dered sired the sidewalk accepted and the taxes canceled as the city collector had threatened to bring suit for the same filed browning brothers asked to be relieved from paying certain city taxes bazes Fec received elved and filed J D ford asked that he be given a rebate in city taxes on land owned by him and illegally levied upon city attorney THE MAYOR TALKS BACK mayor baskin sent in a communication in which he stated in regard to the purchase of water pipe which at your last meeting you directed the me committee on waterworks water works to make of rhodes bros bro I 1 beg leave to state that today I 1 received a dispatch from the colorado fuel foel and iron company g oft offering ering to deliver th the e pipe I 1 e fa in question at salt lake gip city ty for per ton this is fifty cents below that of rhode bros As a large proportion odthe of the pipe i e used by the city use has been famished ty by this company I 1 do not understand why a bid was not solicited from it by the company in the present case the acceptance of this bid would save to the city over and I 1 beg leave to remind the honorable president and council that in the former case in which this same committee was authorized to make the purchase in the same sam irregular manner as has been followed in the present case came I 1 was able to save the city W moran I 1 will awill say that the committee did solicit bids irow from the company referred rel erred to in his honors communication the mayor is mistaken la in what he says of course he get bitle bids fifty cents per ton cheaper than th the 0 price given to the company why because his company bad heard of the bids as an opened by the committee business is business the world over ever and our mayor should understand that as well as anybody the matter was referred to the committee 1 on waterworks water works EXTENSION the commit committee teson on waterworks water works reported arted favorably on the petition of the card board of education asking for extension on second south street from midway between sath no nd be seventh v anth west streets to seventh W ast eat street MINORITY REPORT moran offered the following as a minority report in the matter of the petition of the biard of education eJu cation asking for extension of from midway between sixth and seventh west streets on south street to seventh west street to the site of the franklin school house bouse I 1 recommend that the same me be granted in making this recommendation I 1 as a member of the committee on waterworks water works wish to state that ohve abi eit it may be tn unusual usual yet owing to the fact that property owners in the locality named have not asked for the extension and it being for the public kublic school berv bervile ker vice ioe an i being a necessity as they will not bf be able able to open the school until the water wate r connections are made I 1 deem it ai aa disable that the extension be mildr without delay at the fax empei peise se of the city of course if at any time the property owners should wish to take the water from lais main they would have to pay their proportion of the cost before making their coone clion A good deal if cf discussion followed the reading of the last report which was defeated and a motion to adopt the majority report prevailed HE HB US 18 NOW A POLICEMAN the committee on police reported d favorably on the petition ot J H young for the appointment of robert bult bull as aa a special policeman ELECTRIC LIGHTS the committee on improvements recommended that We electric leotric otric lights be placed at the corner of seventh south and fourth west tp also at cor ner of L aud fifth street adopted compromise on recommendation of the commit tee on claims mrs G W snell Is com promise for fora a claim of for damages sustained by foo falling ou the sidewalk was rejected DEWALK Sr the following from the committee oo on streets was adopted we beg leave to recommend in the matter of the co communication in muni cation from the board of public works reporting in favor of granting permission to J A groesbeck to construct his own sidewalk on main street that the report of the board of public works be approved the walk to be oon I 1 as soon as the weather permit not to be later than may lot 1898 and to be laid to the satisfaction of the city engineer JOHN JOHNV JOHNS V DENIED the committee on streets reported adversely on the petition ot john williams to run a refreshment stand at no 48 first south street adopted NEWLIGHT ON THE bration QUESTION iN the committee on fire department reported as an follows in the matter of fire stations tat ions that we have received bids i which we submit herewith we find that the stations cannot be built for the amount allowed not by nearly 60 50 per cent and find that by making the reductions duct ions as per attached list the buildings can be erected for the specified amount via and will be fully adequate for all purposes for a considerable sid erable time to come we Wethe therefore 1 recommend that all bids ie be re returned turnell and that now new bids bide be advertised for on the revised plans piano VIN VIM S communication in connection with the report the following was read from architect yin vin krolow I 1 beg to propose to you some alterations oo 00 the theo plans and specifications on three fire houses bouses so ao as to enable me to betin get in satisfactory bids bide for you tacon to con eider aider and accept I 1 propose to reduce the two fire houses bouses the pair fair ground and south wes from 72 to 52 1 I will also exchange the joist on the first floor from to also the pressed brick liae on the fair ground building to be constitutes constituted of good hard common brick of equal color and to match the front eleva elevation ele ion I 1 also propose to deduct three w cs als wash basins basing and abree urinals the these omissions will enable me to bring the building down to what you first instructed I 1 I 1 fiust this will meet with your approval and on acceptance of same will furnish you either eimer with jiin a certified cheek check of 1000 or with bondsmen to equal amount after a thirty minutes debate the whole matter was referred back to the committee with instructions to submit now new plans ahe QUIBBLE the mutter matter of allowing some of the heads beads of departments per year for horse teed feed was referred back to the committee making such recommendation CITY PAY BOLLS the committee on finance lepor ed in the matter of the manner in which the pay rolls of the jordan canal and irrigation department are kept that the heads of the departments make up their pay rolls from a dally daily himebook time book in ia the hande bands of the foreman of each gang the book contains the names of all employee emp loyes and the time they put in and is verified by the heads of depart ments the heads of departments also identify each employed emp loye and the treasurer Is held responsible for the payment to the employed emp loyes to whom the money is due as shown by the pay roll the committee also recommended recommend el a erict enforcement of the resolution requiring heads of departments to submit to the council requisitions in advance ot of purchases for aupp sup liea needed and that no heads of departments be exempt from furnishing the council quarterly in advance an es 1 mate of the cost of their departments adopted THE ORDINANCE OBDIS ANOa the mayors veto of the city ordinances which appeared la in full io in this paper on saturday last jasti was then read by the recorder moran I 1 do not agree with the mayor I 1 think we pass pase the ordinances over his honors veto beal bellin ln case we do that can we not amend the ordinances afterward it if we should ascertain that the mayor to is correct in some of his suggestions the chair certainly Certain lj the council can make any law it chooses the ordinances then passed over the mayors veto on the following vote ayes beardsley Bear daley bell evans holes horn kelly lia waon loofbourow moran rich 81 ondi 12 noes fulland folland hardy karrick 3 babker houlb hausz moved that the recorder be instructed to adv advertise ortive for propositions from property owners locking towards the establishment of a public market house adopted TO BIDS the recorder announced that he had recited bids for printing the city laws lawe that they were now lying unopened in his safe that it was very desirable that a committee be appointed to open them so that the work of printing could be proceeded with he said further that there were only three firms in the city that were able to do the work viz the deseret news publishing company tribune publishing company and kelly co the small fry J he said eald were not in it the matter was referred to the committee on enrollment consisting of evans gimondi and rich appropriations the following appropriations were made mad W L Pc pickard kard 0 0 booe 4 10 phil klipple Kli pole 0 25 salt lake utho litho and pub co 14 00 A W caine co 3 60 E C coffin H edware co 4 7 H it 1160 salt la e litho go co 0 goldsmith co a 0 00 george A lowe 4 80 T 0 armstrong jr 14 01 0 consumers trading 0 2197 21 97 B D J 6 00 utah montana machinery 38 60 wolstenholme a morris 43 00 D DJ J 36 utah central railway company 00 W 0 pavey co 4 31 eagle foundry A machine co masona mason A oo co oo 00 37 41 0 M scotta co 5 70 wolstenholme morris E BD D hoge Hote 05 morrison merrill go 13 05 utah paint oil co 00 5 00 A W covine caine oo co J S morse A co 1124 75 wolstenholme amo ris at ia rocky booty mountain bell telephone co 4 46 Nati national odal tube works co utah montana machinery oo 00 48 00 W L pickard co 3 80 T C armstrong 00 utah plumbing supply co 3 12 elias morris morria 8 20 S L P L H oo co 4 32 sierra nevada lumber co 81 76 sierra nevada lumber co 1248 utah lead pipe works 1 I E 0 collin coffin hardware co 46 3 remington toa johnson co 23 00 AC A 0 S smith 1 45 eagle foundry machine machin e co bridge badge kirk co 90 00 JL 11 L doyle 1 1 zi G F culmer broa 1 40 neder cleland 1 00 mountain lee ice co 19 fo john Oa 20 geo M scott 0 o W HC fl clayton layton 1 50 salt lake power light heating co geo M N scott co 25 88 salt lake rapid transit co 50 P F E oo 00 22 40 geom geo M scott co 25 60 E X 0 coffin hardware co 1350 wolstenholme morris amorris 18 45 mason co wm win W brown emma maddison 3 00 henry solus the times the grocer printing co 00 1 I 4 75 tribune job printing co 22 09 tribune job printing co salt lake lithograph co 7 50 salt lake bake L lithograph co 18 00 slit lake ake L lithograph co 0 ai salt lake ake lt lithograph tho graph co 2850 utah U paint pain t A oil ailo Oi lO 3 50 moritz greenwood B E 0 coffin hardware co salt lake building M co 22 70 G S ellis 6 salt aike lake P L H co 2 61 salt lake lithograph co 12 60 C OB R savage 26 40 A W balue co tribune job printing co 1550 holy cross hospital 52 00 wm win son 15 00 wm win A son is 00 simpson simieon hill drug co ah 00 sterra sierra nevada lumber co im 00 J S morse sons bons W P rowe bowe 5 74 intermountain electric oo 00 3 so spiers bros 50 john 0 mackey secretary 56 75 salt lake power light heating co 1665 salt lake city gas oo 00 47 50 lespie Uil lespia J 0 C murphy oo 00 J 0 murphy co J C murphy A co 1850 J C murphy A ado 75 jeremy salt co 1 20 A W cains co 2 75 A A W caine co 0 o 0 I 1 A W caine co 6 w GM G M scott a co 24 80 YM JM H higoy 5 00 aib tribune U e job printing co Y barratt bros 5 J WO W 0 pavey co wolstenholme morris phil JK lipple 1125 sierra nevada lu lumber in bar co halff R alff 16 intermountain electric co 16 00 remington jennings 18 37 Canning tonA oo co Morri ion merrell co 5 50 S L H 8 H co 00 41 70 G M scotta scott co druehl F ranken 18 25 gargen turrell B R M jo es U M machinery 22 5 fire water 2 00 dr E W tilton 2250 U P OU oil co W WL L pi richard charde co ce 0 o 6 20 silver bros 2 45 0 S R savage 18 48 intermountain electric oo 00 american fire engine co 00 64 jam U M machinery co 0 o 6 3 1 I 1 neder cleland 0 87 go i B R M bell TeJ telephone ephone co 1200 1 john began 0 1500 H L 1500 I 1 myers 0 0 F auerback bro 2 60 moritz greenwood 1210 cunnington ington go 0 93 mason a co 0 morrison Mor riBon merrill A co 88 62 GM M scott co 63 L hardware oo co 44 TO ARRANGE THE INDEX evans evana moved that the committee on enrollment be authorized to arrange the index to the charter and ordinances w in their judgment they may be best carried the city council hold held an adjourned last night in the absence of president Pre eident loofbourow councilman Council maa lawson was called to the chair the members present were Rich Folland hardy horn evans beardsley kelly heisa moran morad dimondi 12 absent bell loofbourow karrick 3 0 deputy Ra recorder corder fred dennis acted as reading jerk clerk in the absence of his bis superior officer charles stanton St antoo the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved THE proceedings john B tim nony and others asked aked that electric electrio ele otrio lights be placed at the in auction of eighth south and eighth east anti and at the intersection of eighth south and ninth est east streets committee on improve improvements mente A p 0 paddock asked a renewal of his lease leaile for the city sand beds committee on public grounds intersections INCLUDED too board of public works sent in the following in pursuance of a resolution passed by the council we represent that the work of paving the intze int r section of main first second and third south streets is included in the contract with the aulmor bount up company of the ath of october 1882 1892 and in our opinion cannot be excepted from their contract filed TAX CANCELLED the same body reported that the curbing now set in front of the property belonging to alfred best beat had been set act by private contract and was accept able and recommended that the tax be cancelled additional cancellation the same body recommended that the sidewalks now new constructed in front of the promises premises belonging to elizabeth grace mcintosh catherine M laura M elizabeth drucie druce and the fifteenth ward ecclesiastical coop co op be accepted in lieu of the tax assessed referred ba bak A k to the board of public works WANTS food inspector kendall sent in a communication in which he stated that in his duties he found it necessary to make arrests and as he could not always find a policeman ne 1116 asked to be clad upon with the authority of a i ol 01 iceman himself rich if the gentleman is really anxious to appear in blue clothes with br sa buttons why does he not say so eo moran I 1 dont lika lik the way the petitioner talks he says that he finds it difficult to nod find a Dolice policeman nian when he wants one I 1 think thin k that is an unjust insinuation if our officers cant be found we should we see our chief in reg regard ard to it horn sarcastically oh he donit don it want to carry a club beardsley in a similar to neNo nor does he want to wear blue clothes with brass buttons he simply wants a star several motions were made and vot d down after which hardy moved that the matter scatter be referred to ta the mayor there was 0 opposition to this reference then moved that the petition be gr buted anted forthwith this m tion too caused a good deal |