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Show THE WATER TAX Corrections of the Schedule Made, Some Abatements. A DRUGSTORE PETITIONS For a Reduced Liquor License The Sentiment Sen-timent of the Council on the Subject Not Known The Woolen Milte to Pay Half of the Pike Judgment Simmons Creates a Scene. Fully an hour was devoted last evening even-ing by the city council to hearing complaints com-plaints of assessments of water rates. More than another hour was occupied in making abatements, etc. Aecoa-plaiuts Aecoa-plaiuts were made, notes were taken by the solons to guide them in action upon the petitions for abatements, remittances re-mittances and corrections to be taken later. The majority f the complaints were that the parties weie assessed on property they had dispoeed of. borne widowa as well as aged and indigent persons petitioned peti-tioned for abatement of taxes, and some persons on the grounds that they do not use the water. The council asks as a condition precedent that persons able to pay water tax, but do not use the water, shall have their names stricken from the schedule, that thev shall give to the city a quit claim deed to the right to the use of water for which they are or have been taxed. Certain coirections and alterations of the schedule were ordered made and taxes were abated as follows : Mrs. Jane James, indigent, $1.00. A. O. Smoot, machinery, rebate $40.00. Charles Conrad, properly deeded to the city, 85 cents. Jesse J. Harding, two and a haU' acres not owned. Oscar Wilkins, flve acres, water taken through Little Dry Creek Thomas W. Jones estate, $1.00. Thomas Leetham estate, $2.0J. I Elizabeth Horton.low sidewalk, $100. " - lagifed 11&07ET, 2.Q'J . B. M. Roberts, jr.. aeked that three acres, $1.50, of land in Spring Creek not now listed against him be added to the schedule,raising his water fax from $2.00 to $3.50. Very much discussion upon this ensued. Mr. Roberts owns eleven acres in that vicinity, m only two and a half acreB of which can be tilled. The balance is pasture and slough. KeeJer wished to tax Roberts for the whole eleven acres; Halladay did not wish to add any more ground to the schedule for the reason that if ill. Roberta is taxed he can compel tbe city to supply the water on his ground, it matters not to the city to what use he may put it and tbe city has ample use for its water without crowding it upon some one who does not want it cr who may not have a well established right to it. Between these two extreme ideas a compromise to add two and a half acres to the schedule in Mr. Roberts' name was reached. James Clove was added for one-half lot in block 47 plat "A." REGULAB ORDER. Wilson & Neibaur were granted a retail liquor license. C. A. Glazier, asked for an abatement abate-ment of license as machine and implement imple-ment agent paid In advance till June 6th next, he having closed up business. Not granted. A number of petitioners asked that Third street be opened to O street and U street to the county road. Referred to the committee on streets and alleys. H. S. Pyne, manager for the Excelsior Ex-celsior Drug & Taint company, asked that the ordinance on licenses be modified modi-fied reducing liquor licenses to drug stores to $25.00 per month. A motion was made and carried to refer the petition pe-tition to the committee on judiciary, McEwan asked why the petition was referred, ana for some instructions, lie Etated that V e present council had never expressed themselves on this subject of reducing liquor license. He would like to hear an expression, so that the committee would have something some-thing to guide them, and upon which to base their actions. Not one of the council bad courage to epeak out, so the committee will have to "go it blind." Tne question is, does the administration ad-ministration wish to grant the drug stores a low license, or does it want to keep the drug Btores closed tight on tbe subject of selling liquor for medicinal med-icinal or other purposes so that the marshal and police force shall contin -ually have them upon which to practice prac-tice their talents as detectives? Our republican :ouncil dare not say which born of of the delemmathey will grasp. However they will have to speak out when the report of the committee comes before them. A number of taxpayers petitioned askng that F-irst street be opened from the south end of M street east to the county road north of the city cemetery. ceme-tery. Referred to the committee on streets and alleys. Sam'l Thurgood by a long written petition asked for a footbridge somewhere some-where for some reason. The writing was not legib.e and the construction of the sentences made it practically unintelligible, unin-telligible, but the matter was referred to the supervisor. Mayor Holbrook and City Attorney Whitecotton, special committee, reported re-ported on the claim of the city against the Provo Woolen Mills company for money paid out on the Dr, Pike suit for damages against the city. They have had conferences with the officers of the Woolen-Mills company and the result 13 that a compicmise has been reached provided the council would agree to and accept it. That compromise comprom-ise is that the Woolen Mills company will pay one-half, $310.00. The report of the committee was adopted and the compromise agreed to by the council. The committee on irrigation reported unfayorably on the Joel A Johnson et al pel ition to restore old water right through north half of block 103, flat A, or to take water from C street at ' : tor-center tor-center of block, ttolrht of way is on private grour'ihei the' C street route would nec?ivj(nnithe construction construc-tion of a high levee; in, report created cre-ated a lively little scte. Councilor Simmons arose and renrked that he was one of the petitions, and that now that the city had iused to protect pro-tect him in his rights bf would refuse to pay his water tax ari "the city can commence suit agaiDSt Dr. Simmons as soon as it eees fit, f j he give? this notice now that he wilinot pay water tax upon that properti." Tne Party owning the land over tiiicb the water has heretofore run now3fu3es to let it run over longer. This "tea caused the petitioners considerablccost and annoyance. an-noyance. The dispute i between private pri-vate parties and no doubt a suit in court will result. Claims were allowed aa follows: Special committee outbreaking and planting to lucim twen- " ty-five acres of cityground. .$29 10 The DiepATCn,pubiisLfajg notice 3 35 McEwan introduce! a resolution authorizing the mayor to contract for pipe, etc., for and to coajplets work of extending water mains to the cemetery if, after a tho'ough canvass of the city he is convinced that a sufficient amount of money and labor to justify will be advanced by tiie citizens. The resolution was auopted and the council adjourned to meet again on Monday evening, April 1st, at 7 o'clock p. m. |