Show DISCUSSION OF TELEPHONE TAX TA TAXI I Council Considers Another Proposition to Settle With Companies AUTO ORDINANCE IS READ READI I Report Received That the Intercepting Int In- In t Sewer Will WI Be BeI I Working Soon I I Another o of or I the difference ot of opinion between the tho city council and tho telephone companies came camo up at i tho the meeting Monday evening A forent ferent sort of settlement wa was proposed I and following the usual usua custom custon or of deI dolay de- de lay w Went nt over for tor a 1 week A feature I of ct r tho the discussion was the attitude of or I Councilman Hitherto ho has been almost vehement in his opposition opposition tion to th the tho proposed settlement with the tho companies whereby one per cent lot lor of the tho gross earnings and fifty free telephones would bo accepted In lieu of or a n license tax At thy thu meeting ho he fathered a D. new ne- ordinance embodying i theeo cr very features Tho ordinance as offered by Stewart L I gave iao tho the companies s the option of or payIng pay pay- F Ing the license tux tax or of ont on dollar for ach each phone the Ute annual rent of or which was vas over o 60 GO u n year and fifty cents a year whereat was as under that amount or of or paying Into the lie city tr treasury aBU ono per pcr cent of their gross earnings and antI t. t providing flet fifty free tree phones U Urged I a Weeks Week's s Delay I Stewart art vigorously s urged the lie adoption l Ion tion of ot this an anti and even argued that a C delay cla of one week In order that thor tho r r members of the council ml might ht get i copies of oC the ordinance would bo ho fatal t f to the city's Interests c Councilman Fernstrom took tho the same sume ground lound hut but f I tho council couldn't see that a weel week I 1 would woula 1 hurt anybody anti and adopted a motion of Councilman JIn Hall that it iti I i go 10 over antI and that thit copies bo ho provided I Then a a. motion l b by Councilman Black Dlack BlackL L that the tho existing existing- contract with tho the I Rocky Mountain Den Bell company bo be re- re Under this c contract the tho I company has been getting off oft with tho the thor r furnishing furnishing- of fifty free telephones was ivas passed r ii The automobile ordinance made matIo Its first appearance receiving its first reading by bS' title and going to the tho muL municipal mu- mu L laws aws committee Tho rho ordinance ordin ordin- anco ance Is as previously discussed prof pro- pro f I riding a limit of oC eight miles an hour on street intersections 1 12 miles t f between Intersections 18 In the tho business I district and 18 miles elsewhere There r F are arc also Iso provisions pro for lights horns or hells bells and for licensing A 1 provision ro requires that tho mayor maor appoint a with a deputy recorder as secretary who ho shaH hall license feurs and another clause makes It unlawful for people to congregate on tho streets or intersections To 10 Inn stig Sidewalks There has been some somo question of or whether the city has been getting the best sort Bort of or cement sJ sidewalks and anda a 1 committee was appointed to Investigate Invest Invest- gate tho the sort of or material used and If It tho the material is Js iii up to the standard This nils committee comprises Mayor John S. S Bransford chairman IL H G G. G McMillan Mc Mc- JUlian Millan chairman of tho tim board of ot works Councilmen O. O II j Mark and nud L L. L E. E Hall J A motion that the b board of or works f I bo be Instructed d to tc to- to tonko make make- all nil necessary repairs to the asphalt sidewalks caused sonic some discussion It was stated th that t the cost would l be 2500 2600 and Councilman Councilman Coun Coun- I cilman stated that none of or this thit repair work was Intended for Ol Main street The Tho matter went to tho the street I committee with tho the elt city engineer to report next nest Monday evening c The Tho contract with I P. P J. J Moran for tho the cra grading curbing and anel guttering of or paving extension 18 18 taking In the streets on Capitol Hill was approved Morans Moran's price was wa Deeds to the city from the Mountain Moun Moun- tam tain Lake Mining company compan- of or the tho surface surface sur sur- sur- sur face tace of or their properties In Cottonwood Cotton- Cotton wool wood including Lake Martha at the nominal price of or ono one dollar were ap ap- ap- ap proved d. d It W was R ol- ol ordered erell that Twelfth Ea East t street b between tween Third and Fourth South streets bo be placed in good condition ata at nt ata a n. cost of or 00 A request of or the lie Eighteenth District District Dis Dig I IA Improvement nt league for tho the extension cx- cx ex ex- tension of or water mains maims In Poplar Grove Gro and ond that lint a n fire firo hydrant be pl placed ced near naT tho the school was wa turned down in a n recommendation ot of the waterworks committee This was because to make the extensions It would be he necessary to cross 11 1122 feet of or private property Seventh South from Eme Emery to Eleventh West and Chey Cheyenne streets not having yet et been dedicated to tho the city This was sent over o a week on motion of or Black The 1110 Intercepting I I Tho The Intercepting sewer came In for some pome overhauling o in the talk A motion mo me- I I thou tion was made maelo that tho the cit city engineer take talce the necessary steps to pump out the Intercepting sewer so o that the I contractor for tho sewer laterals may I go 10 ahead with the work It was stated that this work lied had been dla dragging along for three years cars and anel dl did not seem yet near completion Tills TI was lost host b by seven to four for Cor It ft a n motion requiring mone money expenditure needing I a R. majority of the whole hole council to I tart rho The board of wor works s sent in a a. report on tho the sewer during the e evening It stated that tho the elela delay had hael been due titie to the tho difficulty in getting material to toan toan tonn an nn undue flow of or water rater Into the pump and that completion was now no at hand Tho The difficulty with waler has been removed and tho the machinery will bo ho placed paced in tho pump PUh house In a fortnight fortnight fort fort- night Tho rho pump house hous will bo ho fin fin- d this his week The outlet pipe Is Isnow Isnow now laid and the tho report stated that if Ph no unexpected obstacles ariseS arise the intercepting sewer will be he working b by the middle of October I Can Et Exceed I Speed Limit Charles T. T Vail formerly chief of the fire department was given gh-en permission permission per per- I mission to exceed the speed limit in the pursuit of his business when noti noti- I tying merchants of fires tires His flis fire firo re reporter reporter reporter re- re porter service he lie Informed the coun coun- cil Is now no In working corking order Chief Glore Gloro of the fire firo department was given an nn appropriation of ot 1100 to complete the purchase of horses horseson on which has already been paid as an option E E. L L. Wille WilIe rIlle wets was hen n n n. r nf of 46 liO for the time w when en his liquor license was not working the tho council having refused refuse to grant It after he lie had said he give a n. cuss for that bod body 01 or words to that effect The fifth filth and final estimate of or J. J P. P ONeill O'Neill for tor extension SO 89 on tho ho north bench amounting to 41 9 was passed v A A. H. H Lund was appointed a special policeman for Union avenue without pa pay from tho city am and at his o own on n re ro- ro quest I A protest from tho Westminster Presbyterian lan church a against aln t the re removal re- re moval mo-al to tho the West Yest side of or the red- red light district was iS filed J J. Vy Ic Percival protested a against theor the order or of tho the council to Jay Jar a twelve twelve- inch water ter L main maui on First 1151 South street through h Federal Heights He ITo held heM that this wor work should have havo been done lone und under r his liis contract with tho the city and that this would havo have been only fair as he lie has worth of or material materiel on hand band The city engineer recommended ed that tho chief engineer for tho new pumpIng pump pump- ing lug station at the tho Intercepting sewer tower receive an and his two assistants I 90 a month each This was concurred concurred con con- curre in iii Ho Ito also ulso su submitted pan plans for tho house for the men It is to tobe tobe tobe be a room five cottage and will cost 24 2400 C 10 0 These Thes wore a adopted opted A liquor license was refused to P. P F. F Pedersen at West rest First South street i known n as cie J |