Show 4 CITY COUNCIL The City Council met in regular session at 7 o'clock Tuesday evening Mayor Armstrong presiding E Ashton and other residents of Sixth West Street represented that 4 the Rio Grande Western western Railway Company were laying tracks mak mak- making making making ing grades and otherwise obstruct obstruct- obstructing obstructing obstructing ing that street without the consent of the City Council that such uch ac- ac action action ac action tion was a damage to petitioners property and was unlawful out out- outrageous outrageous outrageous and high-handed high They asked relief relief On motion of Councilor Clark the was authorized to at once order all work on such street stopped and that all tracks laid by t that company on any street where P they have no franchise be at once removed L The Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society was granted the use of the drive in Liberty Park on Wednesday and Th Thursday of this week in order to test the speed of horses exhibited at the fair Isaac Hunter protested against the Salt Lake Sanitarian company discharging the waste water from their bath house into the Ninth West Street canal alleging ng that such action would greatly damage his property Referred to the mar mar- marshal marshal marshal Robert T Burton W L Pinkard Pickard and others protested against the granting of Pioneer Square as a site for a union depot claiming that such action would be an invasion of their rights rights- that the block should be re- re as a public park and be at once improved and opened Re- Re Referred Referred Re Referred to the c committee on public grounds D L Davis was granted the privilege of piling building material in front of his premises on South Temple Street for sixty days The marshal was instructed to see that in any case where building material was piled there was room left between it an and the street car track of sufficient width to allow a vehicle to pass Edwin Rushton called the atten atten- attention attention attention tion of the Council to the fact that two years ago he offered to sell to the city two parts of ot streets com com- commencing commencing commencing on Eighth West Street block 16 city survey rods and from the corner of Eighth West and Sixth South running west all of which he holds the title to He insisted that he only wanted a rea rea- reasonable reasonable reasonable compensation Laid on the table R W Sloan asked that the water water- water mains mains be extended to the property owned by the estate of E L Sloan Referred to the committee on water waterworks waterworks waterworks works W L Cowburn and others asked that the Council grant the franchise asked for by bJ the street railway com com- company company company pany beginning at the intersection of Fifth South Routh and Second West streets running thence south to Seventh South and thence West to Fourth West H H Kimball and others asked aske that a franchise be granted to the street car company to build a line beginning at the inter inter- intersection intersection intersection section of South Temple and East Temple streets running thence north to First North Street J 1 W Eardley and others made a similar request in regard to the con con- construction con construction tion of a track beginning at atthe atthe atthe the Intersection of Fifth South and East Temple streets running thence south Bouth to the city limits H S Beatie and others requested that the street car company be al- al allowed allowed al allowed lowed to construct a ng at atthe atthe the northern boundary of First East bast and running thence south t to the ci city ty limits A R Carrington and anil others asked that the company b be allowed to build a line Une of street railway begin begin- beginning beginning IIi ning ng at the intersection of South Temple and East Temple streets running thence north to North Temple thence w west st to West Temple Street etc James T Hammond asked cor cor- on a certain deed noel iby by him from Salt Lake City acme aoma years ago It was referred to mayor and city attorney r with with the understanding that matter would receive notice w as sosa o t as as aEI petitioner furnished an i- i iThe The Salt Lake Power Light wS lid Company represented tint that the electric street car company bud hO monopolized the intersection of eI r r- r reach each street which had been granted to to petitioners to erect electric lights thereon They intend to light the city soon by electricity and it Was WIllI advisable that the poles be placed p laced in Ja the centre of the street Referred to the committee on streets Attorney Richards reported that the the committee to whom had be been referred the question of selling yah put 3 4 f lie lit lic lands had run against ain a r in in the discovery that a part of ai i E had been included in plat Gl G asked some further instructed iti Referred to committee on 5 grounds with the surveyor and its f torney associated 1 J The petition of Wm Puller Fuller sash awl J others in reference to the extents of the mains was laid on the table to come up with other mattel matter f which were finally taken up 1 and f to the committee on w- w works y The R B Margette Margetts e estate talie w wen weny r granted a license to manu malt liquor I rt Half a dozen petitions in reference refe n e to the extension of water mal mains mair were granted the understands understanding being that the work should be as soon BOon as possible sS Bills of C P Brooks for w work k on 1 the and of the gas com sewers company j for street lighting etc were om order k paid A committee from the wife South Job Job- JobI dan Canal Company asked w action the city intended I to take the HL I in r r the question of damages claimed be- be because because r cause of an alleged a of water and on motion the prey prey- previous ous communication on the a aa e t subject t together with the mater mate ma now now presented were referred to the the- appropriate committee committee- Councilor Roberts presented Q e he- he following following a Resolved That the Mayor Mayor- be dl- dl directed di directed to report to the Council Mill at ifs ite next meeting the number Dumber of w- w wF week week- F- F men now employed at wages waged on GD the the public works of the the class of labor and nd theL the L wages wages paid to each elas Blase The e Mayor Mayor is also directed to report pod whether other than residents of the Ute city have been employed if so o the he Ur number number of such persons and the th kind of work on which they we Me engaged and whether any for future employment have been en made and if so 80 what is the ter of such contracts contracts- The resolution was defeated bl a party vote the Mayor r that anyone any one who desired such in- in information formation could obtain it from the 4 heads of the departments departments- Mr Dooly- Dooly But Dooly-But ut that does no not show whether they are ro r residents here or whether or not they are under un- un une der contract not see what reel reel- Mr Webber e ber did Y deuce dence wg-dence wg or residence non had to tie matter If H the men ld d with the work that was all aU that should ulrea of them The Dooly-The I The impression has hB broad abroad that residents non-residents have hired when there were men city who could not obtain fir You Biter Riter You cannot find ten In the city who want work work as this and this and cannot it it ff Bowles called up the introduced introduced by him at the pie pie- meeting in reference to con con- work con work and a lengthy discussion ed r Biter Rater spoke against the of such an ironclad aft affair ir th would tie the hands of the theand theand and force th them thc m to let all allwork allwork work to contractors irre- irre tive irre-tive ve of the fact that it might be cheaper in other ways It be folly fony to saddle themselves ves vesa a cast iron rule that could not noton koken on under any circumstances did not believe that the people thought their money was be- be f be-f wasted It was a good rule to toe toe toye e public work done by contract t always In reference to the if Question there were many were apprehensive at the time as agitation that it would if e a failure and for this it was deemed best beste beste e no DO chances as would have havethe havethe the case had the work been by contract He was satIsfied the be work that had been done which was being done Had york been l let t by contract and xi the failure that many pre pre- would pre would undoubtedly have oc- oc oc oc-L oc It may be that the work as lent nt ant being done would costa cost a more lore than it would by con con- confer fer but on the other hand band there the e assurance that it would be bedone bedone done and that there would bela be la ure Besides the city was wasY i well supplied with all aU the ry tools tackle etc and he heye was not willing to throw up rk now and entrust it to at a ator t actor tor r thought the contract was waa the only proper one pC Webber opposed the tying of Ti councils council's hands in any such a aner aliner ner ae a the resolution proposed order that a good job be done the has invested several thousand in a plant which it now has we have a thoroughly Job eo far as it has gone and I to change it now The g work of the city is now by contract and other work yen done and is being done I am opposed to tying our in any such way 1 1 McCornick followed He was ber of the sewer co SF resolution is too strong let it There is no one who who who- get more Work out of a laborer oeo actor I am sorry that er excavating has not been x by contract There were of the men now employed not do a good days day s work pe it is the best that can canI I Would not be in favor the pipes by contract beat be- be at is a could be Mould M would not vote for a resolution that would compel all work to be done bv by contract Mr Dooly l Dooly I would would like to see seethe seethe seethe the excavation done by contract I think it should be done As to the laying pipe laying I would like to see that go on under the present management I would the therefore offer an amendment that all city work be done by c contract whenever practicable and that the excavating for the sewers save on East Temple Street be let at once in that way Mr Smith followed He did not believe that had the work been done by contract the city would have saved one dollar Still this would I have been heen an easy matter to figure out and before lefore he could vote for the resolution or any similar document he would want to go deeper into the question and not accept the ideas of everybody and nd anybody Mr Biters Biter's motion to postpone the resolution indefinitely was carried and the council adjourned for one week |