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Show OPPOSE THE NEW r LIGHT CONTRACT The recommendation of tho light committee, offered at the council meeting last night, that the contract for street lighting be uwarded the Utah Light nnd Railway company was opposed, and It wus determined that the city recorder shall advertise, for bids for the city lighting, the bids to be required to be offered within two weoks' time. Those voting against the proposition of asking for bids and for the adoption of tne committee report re-port woro Councllmen Dana and Barker. Bar-ker. W Farnsworth Is Judge Pro Tern, Mayor Glasmann appolntod R. S. Farnsworth municipal Judge pro tern, Judge Murphy being out of the city for an indefinite tlmo. Tho appointment appoint-ment was confirmed without a dissenting dissent-ing vote, in the matter of refunding certain fines imposed upon Dau MunBon and his son for infractions of the city or-d. or-d. nances, Mayor Glasmann reported that ho Viould leave the matter entirely entire-ly with the council, that body to bo governed by communications frqni the chief of police nnd Superintendent Bailey of tho Ogden Rapid Transit company. com-pany. These communications being adverse to refunding tho fines and it being stated that Judge Murphy of tho municipal court had refused to make any comment or suggestions In the premises, the council decided to deny tho petition and that no further action be taken in tho matter To Buy New Street Washer. The matter of purchasing a street washer was referred to the water supply sup-ply committee and the bid of the Sanitary San-itary Street FluBhIng Machine com-puny com-puny of St. Louis, Missouri, was turn-e2 turn-e2 over to the cofninittee for consideration. consid-eration. There was only one bid for the- sale of a street flu3her, it bolug that of the company above mentioned. The cost of the machine, according to I tho bid submitted, will be $1,000 on board tho cars at SL LouIb The com-1 mittge was given the power to act. Thb amended plat of the Farr addl-, tlon 'was accepted and made a matter of record. This plat does not provide pro-vide for the extension of Quincy av enue. Expenditures. The following sums of money were ordered paid: Waterworks payroll, ?5fi3.1G; waterworks water-works claims, ?7,031 71; police claims, ?232.30, city payrolls, $2,556 30, J. P O'Xelll Construction compan, extra work on Cold Water Canyon conduit, $17 93, J P O'Neill, first partial estimate es-timate on Cold Water Canyon conduit, allowed, but not ordered paid, $10,-116.68; $10,-116.68; tuberculosis exhibit claim, ?160. Clerk Fulton of the municipal court roported tines and forfeitures collected during the month of March and turned turn-ed over to the city treasurer in the tho sum of $1,070 70 The city recorder reported protPBts against the opening of Sixteenth street and the matter was reported to the city engineer for computation. Speed of Motorcyclet. Chief of Police Thomas E. Browning Brown-ing requested that the city fathers pass an ordinance regulating the speed of motorcycles The request waB gi anted and the city attorney was instructed in-structed to prepare the ordinance Petition for extonsion of water mains on Adams avenue and Thlrtioth street to Porter aenuo was referred to the waterworks committee. The Lynne Irrigation company called call-ed the attention of the council to the fact that tho culvert at Fifth street Is In bad condition and requested that the same be repaired The matter was referred to the street committee with power to act. Property owners petitioned that a sewer district be created on Monroe avenue between Tv, enty-seventh and Twenty-eights streets. Tho city engineer en-gineer was directed to publish notice of intention. Real Estate Men'c License. The Real Estate association of the city asked that the members of the organisation be granted a hearing with the license committee before the licenses for real estate business be pnssed upon or enforced The petition peti-tion was granted and tho association will have the privilege of conferring with tho committee The mutter of creating a sidewalk district on Jefferson avenue, botween Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Btreets, was referred to the committee on Bidowalks and the city engineer. To tho waterworks comralttco was referred tho matter of enlarging tho water malnB on Jackson avenue, be- luon Vlnotponth nnH TwnnHnth streets. A petition by property owners asking ask-ing for the extension of the water mains on Thirtieth street, oast from Jefferson avenue 650 feet NvaB also turned over to the waterworks committee. com-mittee. Tho motion of Councilman riygare for the grading of tho manholes on Adams avenue, between Twentieth and Twenty first strcots, the city engineer was instructed to make the proper grade and the street committee was instructed to attend to the jnattor of bieaklng tho cobblo stone on the avenue av-enue and to do the work of placing the manholes at grade after the engineer engi-neer had fixed tho grade line Vacations for City Employes. Councilman Dana proposed that the city omploycs be glvon their ten-day vacation at this time, the same to bo regulated by the heads of the various departments The vacations will not interfere with the employes salaries Councilman Barker moved that five new sprinklers bo purchnued The motion vas carried and the recorder authorized to ask for bids Tho bids will have to be made within the next two weeks Mr Barker also proposed that flf-1 teon or sixteen water pipe stands be ehtabllnhed ia the city, to be used in tilling sprinkling wagons with water. The matter was tabled for one week, Jntbe meantime the road supervisor tb 'decide where the stana" "pipes shall bo placed, in case the icouncll decides to build them. ' Wants Car Line Extended. Councilman Austin tailed attention to tho fact that the Ogden Hapid Transit Tran-sit company has not yet oxtonded its car service frrn Thirty-second to Thirty-third on Wall avenue, and he ackod that some definite action be taken to compel them to do bo. The recorder stated that he had advlBed tho street car company of the action of the council at the7 last meeting, directing di-recting them to make tho extension. Mr. Austin thought the matter should bo roforred to tho city attorney and the railway committee and that they be instructed to see to it that the company begin operations. It was so orderod. The council then adjourned. oo |