Show aitt COUNCIL MINUTES the city council met in the cit city hall ogden sept 1881 mayor L J herrick presiding minutes of former meeting were read and approved the special committee to whom was referred the proposition of the ogden electric light company to furnish electric light by the to tower lamps and in addition place on oil the streets within a radius of half a mile of the companas comp anys works six lamps of the most approved a p proved pattern now in use in public public parks parl s and streets of eastern cities for per month recommended afi that at the proposition bo be accepted with this provision that if the towar tower light is not acce acceptable pUle to the city the four la lamps now on said tower be removed m oved to points designated by the council for illuminating the streets A A motion was made to adopt the recommendation after considerable debate an examination of the cites finance sand counting the heavy expenditure immediately medhat ay necessary to consummate the water works and make other imperative public improvements improvement and deeming it unwise to burden the city with debt the motion was lost the council however expressed a desire to negotiate with the electric light company for street I lighting to the extent of its financial ability without increasing the public burd burden tile committee on streets to whom was re referred ferreda the petition of lamoni grix and others aski asking that a bridge be put over dry creek cree IT at the junction of and eighth streets recommended that the petition be granted ranted adopted and the deputy street supervisor was instructed to proceed with the work the tho same committee reported that the drain ditch being made on the third street north of ogden bridge running to mill creek was nearly completed and recommended that thai when finished and accepted the appropriation heretofore I made by the city be paid the contractor report acce accepted apted and recommendation adopted the following bills were allowed L J herrick relief of paupers haupers Pau pers police services geo A low lowe bolts J 31 brown feeding prisoners 13 1315 15 roads and bridges 2165 Fir emens drill cost of cases aldermans Alder mans court the council ad adjourned burned to meet in the city hall october 14 1881 at p in |