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Show Ttlill FATHERS Tjpcy fHold an nbcr-Gstipg nbcr-Gstipg S'Gssiop, The Road Supervisor Gets a Hauling OveivtUe Coals. He Is Charged With Treating the West End of Town With Indifference. Councilor Dixon Cets After the Fire-Trap Now Going Up Corner 7th and C. The City Council met in adjourned session Monday evening, with Mayor Booth m the. cmur. Some little time was consumed in trying to fix up the minutes of the session held Jan. 12, to place Councilors Council-ors Henrichscn and Dixon in their proper light in having opposed the adoption of the report of the committee commit-tee on fire department, wherein that committee rncommended the Rawlings it Gray building to remain. The following communication was then read from the city assessor: To the Major and City Council, Provo City: Gentlemen: I herewith submit for your approval a form for the assessment assess-ment roll of Frovo city for the year ISitl. The territorial sfatute provides that the school tax must be computed from the city assessment, so that a considerable change must be made in the listing of property; because a number num-ber of tax-payers who must be assessed with a school tax cannot legally be assessed with any city tax. I have, therefore, had separate columns arranged ar-ranged on the roll in which to place real estate in the school district not subject to citv tax. The statute also provides that the county recorder shall furnish tiie county collector with a list of all re-coded re-coded mortgages, and receive a com pensation of U5 cents for each name thus listed. The recorder has offered to furnish the city a list of all mortgages mort-gages on record, subject to city tax, for 10 cents pev name. There being about 200 names recorded, I submit that it would be to the advantage of the city to accept the proposition. Theo. M. Samuelsox, Assessor and Collector. The communication and assessment roll were then referred to the committee commit-tee on finance. The watermaster petitioned that the matter of changing a ditch that runs through the lots of J as. E. Daniels, Jr., be referred to the committco or. ir-ligation. ir-ligation. The matter was referred, as requested. re-quested. The city recorder represented that he had no'desk for his office. On motion mo-tion of Councilor Ilenrichsen, the city marshal was instructed to purchase him one. Ed. T. Jackman petitioned the Council Coun-cil for the position of assistant lire en gineer, repj eseiiuiiK umt ne ., as apiuu--tical man in such matters. The petition was referred to the committee com-mittee on lire department. A communication from Fratt & Jackson, Jack-son, civil hydraulic engineers, asking to be employed as engineers in the construction con-struction of waterworks, was referred to the proper committee. The surveyor represented that the locators of certain sab-divisions to Frovo city Bad not complied with the orders of the Council in furnishing plats of the same, for filing with the recorder. On motion ot Councilor Dixon it wa ordered that the required plats be filed. John B. Love petitioned the Council to exchange with him about 101 rods of the city sandbank, for some street land that he would deed the city. The matter was referred to the committee com-mittee on streets and alleys. The following communication from the city marshal was read and referred to the committee on police and city prisons: To the City Council of Provo City: Gextlemex: I would respectfully call the attention of your honorable body to the condition of the city jail. The cells are very small, and damp, without any means of ventilation, or sewerage. The windows in tiie corridor and north room are altogether too small for proper ventilation; there is no proper way of cleaning it out, and in its present condition the place is very unhealthy. Therefore 1 recommend that the petition walls and upper floor be taken out, and the ground floor raised about sixteen inches, the windows made larger, the present door walled up, and one cut in the north end, and that an iron cage be put in, of sufficient size so as to leave a corridor next to the door, and that a proper sewerage system sys-tem be put in. Hoping that you will give this matter mat-ter jour earliest attention. Jonx A. Bkowx, City Marshal. The petition of Peters .V Stubbs, asking a renewal of their retail liquor license for three months, was read and granted. A similar petition from Wilson & Brown was served the same way. The report of the city marshal" on contingent con-tingent fund, showing disbursements of I 48.55 by him in official duty, was read and accepted. The claim of the Commercial and Savings Bank for $2,000 was presented. On motion of Councilor Maiben the mayor was instructed to pay $1,000 of it, "and obtain an extension of sixty days on the remainder. The claims of the Frovo L. M. & B. Co., for S22.71, lor stakes, for decorating decorat-ing the corners of the streets on Centre street, and the same company for $30.60, for lumber furnished by order of the road supervisor, were referred te the committee on streets and alleys. Tiie claim of the estate of M. F. Sturgess, deceased, for 31.91, for services rendered by the late M. F. Sturgess, the civil engineer in the construction of waterworks, was read, and referred to the committee on waterworks, with instructions to report re-port at the next meeting. The claim of the Frovo Book & Stationery Company, for legal blanks and sundries furnished tiie fity officers, offi-cers, amounts to $26.15, was allowed. The claim of Fairer Bros. & Co., for sundries, was allowed. The claim of th East Co-op., for $70.05, was withheld to giye f he city marshal time to investigate. The claims of John Ferre, for running run-ning the sprinkler, for 13 dars, at $2.80 per day; of Soren Jensen, for tolling the curfew bell, $4.00; and Hyrum Hatton, one month's services as fire engineer, $15.00; were all allowed. Chief of Fire Department, J. A Brown, arose, when miscellaneous business was called, and alluded to the bad condition of the fire department, depart-ment, recommending the improvements improve-ments suggested in The Dispatch last Saturday. On motion of Councilor Maiben the entire subject was refened to the committee com-mittee on fire department, with the Chief of Fire Department associated, with full power to take such immediate immedi-ate action in the premises, as may to them seem best. On motion of Councilor Maibeu the sum of $200 was placed in the hands of the city marshal as a contingent fund. On motion of Councilor Ilenrichsen the supervisor was instructed to place a substantial foot-bridge on the north side of Sixth street, at the intersection of H street, within two weeks from now. Councilor Ilenrichsen then turned himself lose against the road super-Tisor, super-Tisor, and in behalf of the west end of town. He wanted the Council to understand that the reason why he specified the time for the work to be done in his resolution was so that the road supervisor would come up to his dutiea. The way in which the west end had been treated heretofore was snameiui. . j.ait auout penorming nis duty, why the road supervisor had not even commenced to come up to it. He had acted xs though he would take his time in doing whatever was ordered to be done for the west end. Things had gone along like this long enough. And now it was found absolutely necessary that the official be confined con-fined to a certain time in doing work hereafter. This was the only way in which the councilors from the west end could see that their constituent were treated with respect. The motion of Mr. Ilenrichsen was adopted without one dissenting voice. Councilor Dunn then called the attention at-tention of the Council to two other resolutions that had bten adopted by the several months ago, reqidriug the ervisor t fix the roads in the went end of town. He wanted to see the sup-pervisor sup-pervisor do his work. Councilor Glazier then arose and took issues with the gentlemen across the nour. Me said tiie Council must not act unreasonable with the supervisor. super-visor. That odicial could not do more than the taxes would hIIow, and he certainly was laboring as well as any man couid to do his duty and thai, too, irrespective of any locality or any individual. councilor jjixou uere onereu a resolution res-olution to the offect that, the parties erecting the building ou tiie corner of Seventh and G sireeis, be compelled to remove it outside of tiie tira limits. Councilor Dunn opposed the motion. He believed that the buiidmg in question ques-tion was mine in conform ty with the requirements of the fire limits ordinance ordin-ance than any other building of its kind. Councilor Dixon admitted this last fact. But lie wanted the matter brought to a focus.so that the city miglit know where it stood in this matter. If our ordinance is defective, let us know it. Una oi tue -proprietors or -the Emitting Emitt-ing was present, and being invited to address the Council ou the matter, ui ill t liMt. 1 It kI i-r.er mi w:is fir- lii'iwif j in every detail, and that it was impossible im-possible to burn it down. Councilor Maiben said lie could not see wherein it was necessary to order the removal of the building. There was no property adjacent that was endangered. en-dangered. City Inspector Samuelson then made a statement retarding the matter. He said that it was the mutual understanding un-derstanding between him and the projectors pro-jectors of the building, that they should wait until the action of the Council was taken in regard to the Rawlings & Sray structure, and that if these latter parties were allowed to proceed with and complete their building, build-ing, that they wvuld then be permitted to go ahead and finish theirs. This was the understanding. The material used in the building now under con- Siueraiion was or mueu ueuer aim more durable material than the Rawlings & Gray place. He would recommend it remaining. The motion of Councilor Dixon was then put and lost. Councilor Dixon wished to go on record as in favor of the motion, and a call for veas and nays being made, Councilors Henrichson and Dixon voted aye. Judge J. D. Jones, being present, then addressed the Council in relation to the waterworks question, as introduced intro-duced at the Chamber of Commerce session last Friday evening. The speaker said that what was desired was the engaging of a competent engineer, en-gineer, at the city 's expense, to make an accurate survey of the proposed route, to see if it is practicable and advisable, with the approximate cost. On motion of Councilor Dixon, the matter was referred to the committees on waterworks and irrigation, jointly, with the understanding that they confer con-fer with the committee from the Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce on the question. The mayor stated that he thought if both committees of the Council, with the Chamber committee, considered matters favorable, that they should employ em-ploy the seivice of a competent engineer engi-neer to look the ground over and give probable cost. The Council then adjourned. |