Show CITY COUNCIL mayor D II 11 again nee meets t 3 r r with his colleagues of the council exar essing ills App approval of the purchase of all the water works stoc stock k the session S es adjourned upon a sud den fire alarm the Cotin council cil met in the new city building friday afternoon at 4 p TO mayor D H peery occupying the chair again after an absence of nine weeks bia his familiar face being heartily greeted by the members after the reading of the minutes which were approved and accepted without amendments MAYOK D II 11 PEERY expressed ed his unbounded gratifies tion at the action of the city council during hia his absence especially he felt to commend the purchase by the city council of the share of the water works property r held by private individuals aa showing in earnest and convincing language the great importance of of the people having the exclusive con control t ro 1 of the water su supply yn the council had bad acted well pad 11 and nobly obly the possession of the water franchise by the city he thought was at any time worth or even more and although much was to be accomplished yet what had BO so far been done by the council was worthy the approbation of all the good citizens and the action by the city councilmen in that matter would add to their good name in the future he also referred to the present indebtedness of the city and advised alb ed the utmost economy so as to d diminish fi ninish this ili incumbrance cumbrance rather than to increase it and imitate the deplorable example of wheeling W Y va he further showed r that the 10 percent per cent interest at which the city had bad borrowed the money with which to buy the formerly private property of the water works was the very best investment ment that could have been done under the present troublous circumstances cum stances As it might be feces sary to spend or more for the completion of the water works he thought that the expenditures on streets should be curtailed in connection with other savings mr peery at the close coso of his valuable remarks pointed out the necessity of this community to sell more than it b buys ays el else so there was no hope or prospect for improvement in financial matters PETITIONS we rethen U taken up the first being an application by the ogden fire brigade for the free use of the groutas grout da ds of lester park square and the pavilion for a dance to be given on the evening of aug after a little discussion pro et contra during which it was represent td that the pavilion wag was not yet et at the of the council as it had not yet been de livered ered over by the builders who might ight come back on the city for any y damage done to the structure by the petitioners petition ers councilor fol I 1 ker moved that the matter be referred to the pavilion building committee with power to act un der con conditions 0 similar to those under which the ogden brass band had been granted the privilege on july carried aried M H beardsley lately of the union depot hotel asked to have bay e his ilia hotel liquor and lunch stand license transferred to II 11 A cla claw w SO bon B said aid license e expiring piri ng sept SO 1884 on motion n of alderman farr the petition was granted wm M chapman former pros pro krietor dietor of the chapman house on fifth fifth street presented a similar petition viz I 1 that his liquor billiard and hotel botel licenses expiring etli of sept 1884 be trane transferred ferre to tox tol L molinelli and S A jenness Jenn who as partners succeed him in the business this was lifts also granted on motion of alderman young v I 1 under su suspension pension of the rules rilles some claims of taxpayers for a REDUCTION OF TAXES were considered mayor peery very correctly pointing out during th tho consideration of the matter that it was not good poli policy icy to burden mechanical and manufacturing establish establishments menta with excessive taxes as by such a course investments would ba be discouraged and consequently the material interests and i development of the people would be seriously impaired on motion of councilor harrocks the assessment on the ogden flouring floering Flou ring milla mills was reduced from to and ind the as bessm ent on tilt woolen wooten mills aills from to on motion of of r councilor subsequently on reconsideration the valuation an on the farr fa flouring floering Flou ring mills was re deuced to on a vote of four aldermen young and farr and councilors councillors Counci lors taylor and amt folker Fulker to three alderman miller and councilor horrocks and A smaller claim concern concerning some lind ofil farr was adjusted at this juncture the 0 ominous min on s sounds of iho the fire bell rang their dismal alarm and the col council uncil ada journea until 10 monday a aro rn I 1 I 1 i i |