Show cm COM A from ilia il com pay the arty council met last evening u session all but alder mail snyder and councillor corpy annl the was called to order by maor almost on time the were read and ap praed tho following petitions 11 ere presented A co aided alio privilege of leading the old building fon neily occupied by mr for iu office at 10 cpr month with 30 days notice inferred tj committed on T B principal of alio central school m bebak nf ho asked fur alie use of park and on juno hah for an nut for alin students granted under mua A 0 snyder abid two they mere owners of property in city view addition and ahat the irenah made ly laying alie city ater mains fth the property 0 o filled up referred erred to on v ater dip ply REPORTS the following were rendered by the committees on una alderman shilling reported on the loal for street and referred to the accompanying report of the city attorney v bich read as follow 9 committee on hinr dear sirs the city giai lower lo 10 levy local for ilia payment of street sprinkling it alio city have any control over alio llio matter at all payment can only bo made out of tho fund provided ded for contingent expenses very A K II 11 i moon tha report was adopted councillor moved that twenty fourth estreet he sprinkled from washington to madison avenue alderman shilling desired to know where the water ss to he obtained councillor hank paid it could be taken from the canal by piping it some distance alderman abalen amended the motion BO as to read that the residents along the route bo requested to pay for the sprinkling this was accepted by air blaisdell and carried mr blaisdill then moved that abo city pay alio expense i of sprinkling the street as he had misunderstood mr whalend Wh alens amendment this brought a long discussion the mayor thought the vote letter lie reconsider od as the travel by the cites action was now thrown al mast on eliat street and the people could scarcely live for dust and they had as much right to the water as any one clo in any other part of the city alderman whalen objected to it as they ought to pay font business portion it was altogether different sir hank could not see why ono should pay and the other not if any ono aas able to pay for lie water it was the resident in the business portion of town r A mc danial in lehale of alio llio residents and 01 asked that the he sprinkled sir blaisdell BIa isdell moved alio llio aaion of mr whaling Wha leng amendment the motion atis lost hy a vote of S 0 o councillors blaisdell turner and hark noting in the affirmation alderman taft city ide alie cart ana ater if alio citizens would pay foi t 1 I he motion ft a carried with two mr thought llie matter was now adjni ed light all used the gsg streets and r then moved that the 0 vater aika be in to order water oarth as boon na petitions were them the motion was lest by a ote of 8 to 3 councillor blaisdill Bla isdoll and alark noting in lie nn chii discussion on bytho of the committee on aw on finances councillor reported taftt hie city assessment be about eliat a 2 cent tax could bo leniul li y tle city alie city could beell bonda for more anil alin etc could bring in malins altogether a revenue available of alie committee asked fob further time on auditing the re on et alie reported on the acce itin 0 of university an addition of aden presented by A II 11 swan attached to it atas a by city engineer reruns in liichi he stated that he did not co the streeta fully dedicated to the cita the named alio matter was therefore referred to die city attorney the city inginger Ing ineer reported also on the nob I 1 idl annex to the ellece that the could not bo considered sufficient for a dedication and the matter was referred red to he city attorney on mountain view addition the poni mitte on the of the city inginger In gincer recommended that alie plat be not accepted a liht to dedicate the oden boulevard to the city wai shown to bo in possession of alis petitioners petition ers the matter waa referred bick to the engineer and the report adopted on public grounds alderman fell recommended atiat the petition of win V f jr the purchase of lot 5 21 plat 0 be hied and treated aa other similar petitions had been in the past councillor gridin bought that there to be sold to alib highest bidder afta they were email and fe parate where the ro perty to liati a block or more alio city to kap it councillor M anted some light on how much property of eliat liand the city owned and the committee promised him hie at next rocc tine report adopted on the petition turner for a position of attending the parks hie recommended that it bo filed fur future reference adopted on the petition of mrs the one culion of a quit claim deed of a piece of p toa n eite entry two and a half by eight rods the becom ahat it le as alio petitioner had for twenty years lived upon the property described in tiia petition kepert adopted alio committee pre to de signa for a benco around alin cita liall andl A was of cut ectore 9 ald anil 12 inches liveli to cott tc 1 l abild WO for celoso board fent on ilia southwest half would a total of ma keilp B ft tut beono sir inches firul n aji on abidi is placed a lit ctorn rap eighteen inches wide inches at alic outino anil pl inches inch in alio llio enter niah hie hoard was to cott 13 contemplator K tiep beona tho morlex llie committee recommenced it M it would be an fn hr noay with tha hall and rou cd thal mort was and ta tty loB will be built A number of bills wera reid aad referred while those of the audit ing committee were ordered paid miscellaneous james casein asked for ten additional time in which to complete alie city assessment roll A resolution granting the request was adopted john II 11 bothwell Coth well presented alie following communication utah may to the mayor and city council wj gi it is proposed by myself and associates alio waters 0 Bear Kiver by means of a main moth system of and canals whereby it can lie distributed to the valley lands for irrigation and to the cities and for domestic and other uses the of these work i extended to the full utilization of th vast supply of water will exceed about equally between the works en each BIO 0 the river on the west side of the bear kiver the valley is elveral miles wide in places more than 12 miles and alie canal company have secured land interests in aliis region enough to justify alie required share of expenditure for eliat aide on the east of ogden side there is a narrow strip of land from the part of diversion extending southward about 4 miles to hot springs where it ex bands into the valley lying between ogden and the lake unlike alie west side aliis strip of land ii already partially watered and alie only justification for alie extension of the hear liner canal system on aliis side is the present and need of ogden tor an abundant supply of water and alie full of the partially irrigated tracts of land in its immediate vicinity the only thing that will absolutely insure the immediate and permanent prosperity of ogden and ito continuous growth for all lime is aliis diversion of hear hirer on tho great delta plains extending from the city northward here is the largest intermountain inter mountain country here is alie largest body of irrigable lands in all the and region all tributary to ogden the natural the local point at once the center and point of distribution A roan alio lias never driven by team from ogden through the incomparable valleys of the hear and malad rivers knows little of the natural resources of this city even in their present arid state these valleys support several towns and cities and are dotted with hundreds of farms and orchards wilh the waters of bear kiver hawing upon the lands thia region will be the home of an immense population and ogden by force of its natural situation will be the center of countless activities in manufacturing and merchandising izing and shipping beyond anything now existing in all the country between denver and sacramento there will be no longer any need of bonuses to establish etta blish factories or gifts of land and money to altja att ja educational institutions they ill come without the asking chaa al question involving tha th a growth and prosperity of ogden will he settled at one stroke the projected enterprise will even do more than bevelot ilie largest body of agricultural lands in the far nest it will secure to oden an supply ot water for ton u purposes and creain cre qin katr power without limit and all this legal restraint or hindrance Mitti out question as to amount ot supply or possible injury to any interests but insuring benefit to all tiie east or oden sido exten lion of bear ithier mill involve the canal company in an interest exceeding es of alie expense of hiilei rf ranal it is eliat thia burden can ie cariie il without bosq only abter a very geat en of ilie irei ent of alie city w ith the fullest of alb lands tributary faction ajl ho canal and lie utilization of tl canal water ower with a view ol 01 the financial conditions of ihn city and leaving open the future alie canal company ho have th and whose faith in the future growth of oden is absolute respectfully submit the following proposition wo will coD that bear lio extended to tho northern limits of ogden city and we will deliver all tho water re d within the city bielow tho canal grade or irrigation sewerage iliyn department and all oilier ity tic purposes we mill also contract ton tract to deliver to alie city of ogden at the point of inter se tion of the hear aliver canal with the orah orden and mill creek canali ai lucli water as the city of oden shall take from these canals by retention in ogdan biver or distribution to lie bench landa etc we will further contract that tho mill powers at present existing shall remain undisturbed but reserve all extended uses of alie water for power and also the surplus water after the above uses aro provided for for consideration ogden city to pay on the completion of the canal and an annual rental equal to 1 per capita on the population if the proposition be accepted are prepared to furnish bonda for the faithful performance of the contract tons II 11 tho mayor thought alie matter one of grave importance and it should be referred to n special committee councillor moved that alie mayor appoint a committee of live with alio mayor added as chairman the carried and the chair appointed as said committee aldermen shilling whalen and fell and councillor hank M D offered iiii aa consulting engineer to fully investigate he mater question and present plans for its solution the mayor thought that it the eer vices of a hydraulic engineer ever needed in ogden now was the time the matter wai referred to tho special already ap pointel puck hamilton of alie age made alie fo ilon ing proposition to live mayor and city council of ayden I 1 tako this means of your attention lee arding my proposition all of your honorable body being interested in the continued prosperity of your city and knowing the great value of advertising I 1 desire to present tho claim of alio kiwy age which is now encased tn writing up ogden the article contains no advertisements of any kind but ia simply an exhaustive article of two 2 pages and I 1 desire to bell to alio city of ogden 2000 copies of alio awne ahall contain alie w rile up of the city tho price to hp 10 cents cpr copy hoping alie above ft ill urit with your valued approval I 1 have tho honor to aft your servant ingv As it wai not customary for alio llio ity to give any money in direction councillor turner moved eliat the communication bo laid on the tamo carried councillor stated that mr morria who had boolen his leg while borkine in the gravel pit desired lila wages paid for ten weeks when he would to ready logo to work again and he roade a motion eliat his request be chanted cr anted tb myar elred 0 o hoac tri abd oab a action wa neof air kite that be had hurt slilla at id the pit performing ilia duty billor douglasb Dou glasa the ilal not lemire t withhold bis pay but ilia railroads paid their injured doeu liala time lie ought to be paid to I 1 iv R on and not full ways the motion was carried and tie will lie paid weekly butil tip if not welt before lien mr andersen presented a erbal petition from alie school ot marriotti Marri otts morud lo botand tand lynno or the use of on june ielli granted under usual restrictions councillor apo e for pome lime on tho asphaltum for sidewalks side walka and reid a from HI alcolm macleod of philadel phia relating to alio subject on motion ilia council adji urnel forono week |