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Show COUNCIL TRANSACT CONSIDERABLE BUSINESS AT SPECIAL SESSION A special sojwlon of Ul0 Cy Jl was , held in tho City Haf Mon W, all councllmcn and tho Mayor wcro present. Th mattlr of changing tho Iriig., t ton ater course from tho cast to tho west aldo of First Went Street and eliminating t,,0 ditch In front or tho tithing odlco and tabernacle and also Placing a culvort across First Hast and First South direct to take Its place wan referred to tho road sun crvlsor, tho Irrigation Co., and tho Irrigation Committee with' powor to net. Engineer Huddleson and Contractor toed reported that in nil probability tho Salt Lake & Vu,h n n Co would pave their tracks through Ma'n street with a crushed stone baso and a bUullthlc tcrp, instead of cement blocks as previously agreed upon. Tho Mayor roported that tho contractors con-tractors woro experiencing difficulty In securing coment. Ho stated that they would not commenco work until at least ten car loath were laid down hero. Ho recommended tint a com. mtttee bo selected from the Council to moot with' tho Stato Uoad Commission Com-mission to ask their assistance in procuring tho cement. On motion a committee consisting of tho Mayor, tho Street Committee, ox-mayor Jaa. T. Gardner, and ox-councilman, Cllf. ford B. Young, woro appointed. Tho matter of d clou ring traffic1 trux, Main street was referred to tho Mar-slial, Mar-slial, with powor to act. Th'o waterworks commlltoo report-ed report-ed tho Installation of two flro hy. drants. ono at tho Ambrose cornor and ono at tho Barratt corner. Tho Mayor roported that tho Central Cen-tral Park and Library slto commit, too had as yet not mado a report. An ordlnanco to amend section 71, chapter 10 of tho City ordlnanceta, changing tho foes Ibr grave digging was taken up and passed, (A copy of tills amendment will bo found in Uils issue.) Tho cemetery commltlco reported tho construction of a now gato at' the cemetery and stated they had instructed in-structed tho r.oxton to hnve tho com-tory com-tory cleaned up for Decoration da7, May 30th. Tho amount of $50 was appropriated appropriat-ed to Axel Dlopmqulstjm tho framing of tho city sorvlco flag whrtch is now' completed. On motion, tho Marshal was Instructed In-structed to liavo notification cards mado to mall to owners of dogs. 10 i questing them to pay their dog tax or hno their dog killed. A written application was read from th'o Salt I-flko & Utah It. II. Co. asking that their right of way bo In. eluded In tho street paving district No. 1. so that thoy might recclvo the benefit of th'o ten years payment allowed. al-lowed. Tho Mayor reported that tho Council Coun-cil and himself hod visited tho C'ly Park and Investigated the Improvements Improve-ments proposod by tho base ball tct.ni. Ho stated Ui'at Uio water main Hud boon extended into Uio center of the diamonds nnd that sufficient lioso lwul b'cen purchased to sprlnklo llio grounds with. The providing of seats properly screened for tho bleachers was loforrcd to tho public grounds commlttco with power to act, as ns also the watering of tho park for 1920. In regards to an appropriation to tho American l)gion boys for chair, It was repoitcd that Uio Red Crnsi would lend tho legion their chalra and proposed that Uio City purch'aso oth or furniture neoded and loan it to tho boys. An appropriation or $85 vos granted for tills purpose |
