Show CITY COUNCIL MINUTES the council met in the city hall ogden may 1881 mayor L J herrick presiding Atil minutes lutes of last meeting tere were road read and find approved the committee on oil streets reported that win will can cart oil by having the exclusive control of the ing will keep keel his cart constantly running on main street from front commercial hotel about two blocks north and from main down fourth and fifth streets to wall street and will tak take c I his i 19 compensation in voluntary subscriptions options from pro property arty owners on public occasions occasions lie he will extend the tile sprinkling to any reasonable distance free of charge until more hydrants are placed on the streets the committee recommended that sprinkling from the hydrant on comer of of main and fourth streets be discontinued for reasons that its nee use will reduce the patronage of the water cart so much that it would not be remunerative to sprinkle tile streets to the limits determined upon by mr air carroll that some sonic persons maintain that the hydrant named should not be used for the benefit of a few but be reserved with its water supply forthe for the original design fire protection that its present uso use materially teri ally lessens the su supply ply in in the tank which in case of fire fire would be a calamity the committee had considered the whole matter and with a view to do justice justic to all carlies arlies recommended that wm will arroll carroll have the exclusive right to sprinkle the streets in the locality named on tile terms which he be proposes report accepted and recommendation adopted the committee on streets made a partial report on the matter of granting anti ft a charter for a system in of g street railways to A J pattison and others they had submitted to the petitioners petition ers a number of propositions in ill regard to the duration of the charter the amount of road to be completed before august 1882 and the terms on which the city would purchase the property of the street railway company at the expiration of their charter to arrive at an amicable and proper ad adjustment between of the matters involved as between the city and the company the committee asked and were granted further time tho the committee on public grounds reported that on examination they had ascertained that aaron F farr as represented in his petition at a former meeting was the owner of a strip efland of land U I acre on the south side of lot in block 60 66 plat C C S and recommended that a deed be by ogden city adopted in response to the petition J kiesel and others the committee on streets had examined the matter of obstructions on the side walk on fourth between main and spring streets the rock rook was being ra rapidly laid in the excavation for ta the foundation ofa of a wall v all along the line of the lots and shortly tile cause of complaint would be removed the earne same cammi committee atee stated that they had located on oil spring street from fifth to second street a ditch to carry off the surplus water which heretofore has lifts caused some damage to the weber canal by washing sand fand therein tile improvements on the streets leading to the cemetery would be commenced next week the men at antwork work on oil the streets under the direction of the supervisor supervisor were good hands and liard hard workers and aill the committee recommended that their wages lie be i kermse d 25 cents per day while many improvements were needed and contemplated at an all early day the streets on oil the whole were good there were no stagnant pools of water on oil them some sonic tune time ago on oil account of the heavy rains ponds of water gathered in a few caces placed adjacent to the main thorough ta on oil private property over which tile i city had no control except in ill a sanitary point of view these had disappeared I report accepted in pursuance of a former resolution odthe of the council the mayor reported that lie had chosen as suitable persons to be members of the board of directors of the ogden water company to represent the interests of ogden ci cita ty in said company W G child james taylor and thomas D dee whose names he submitted for the approval of the council report accepted names approved and the necessary step steps ordered to be taken to duly duty install them in office the usual bills for public labor were allowed the council adjourned till june 1881 to meet in the city hall at p in |