Show CITY COUNCIL questions of charity decided affirmatively and adversely Ad Tersely the water wor works ks ordinance raad I 1 on 0 re the recorder derys D titles duties discussed as to collecting licenses f 5 1 1 f various f aitemon on streets ti lands 4 water eta X t the city council met in ad journea session at the new city building monday aug alth at 5 p ani nl mayor D ff peery io in the chair the first business was the assistance of a poor little boy by whom it was necessary to place in in the deseret hospital for surgical treatment afan of an i injured bjur ed hip the result of a recent accident cid ent on motion of alderman stratford it was resolved to authorize the city recorder to arrange with the authorities of deseret hospital for the car care e taking of the child wild jor for on one e A month lodth wih the understanding that the county as sumo half the financial responsibility the mayor then presented another case of an afflicted person iu in the third ward one george morrin who baying having in hia his youth been bit it by a mad dog was subject to occasional violent fits of hydrophobia alderman stratford thought the county should look after insane and ind similarly afflicted persons such as the man ia question especially as there ia is a certain precedent by one mrs burdett oftie county hence bence he waa was 0 opposed boid to the itself with his mif care carey I 1 A alderman alderm an farr considered mor rin a pauper and coming under the restrictions of the law regarding the matter mr B wa Whit lit e ejust just then enteria entering 9 the council ch chamber aber added some testimony to the matter the question in his mind being whether the case was one of insanity or only of a pauper in in which latter events the expanses awes for fai the care of the individual would be borne v aa equal parts arts by city and county it was however shonn shown that the tile city had bad never entered into adv any binding agreement with the county for taking care of any but transient pau pers councilor horrocks thought that if the city paid say 2 a week to the mother of the person she might take care of lira but upon further explanation it was on motion of rl councilor horrocks resolved to drop the matter entirely on motion of alderman Alde stratford it was decided to defer the tho remaining remaining equalization cases tonight to attend to the regular order of business which waa was then taken up after felting ae atin r next thursday 4 p m apart for the time to attend to the unsettled equalization cases THE WATER WORKS ORDINANCE was then read again for the full and final satisfaction of the mem bers of the council before its publication jt will ba be found in another part of this issue r petitions MONS were next taken up the first being from W WB B doddridge who in a written petition presented that tit it was wits his intention to rebuild the stone wall fronting his residence property situated on oil second street near main 1 he desired to construct a wooden stairway on the outside of said wall somewhat as indicated in ia a 0 plan attached he asked permission mission to use three and one half to four feet of the sidewalk tor ter this purpose said stairway to be re moved at any time it might interfere with the public use of eaid said sidewalk on motion or alderman farr the petition pet was granted gr antel under the usual restrictions and subject to the 66 pleasure of tho council Cd uncil eliza murdock presented that phe was a widow with six children and without any means of subsistence beyond her hard work being physically weak and asked that i acre bf land on the bench abere L upon to erect a bil to Ushel shelter tei her fatherless children the peli peti tion was referred to the committee on public grounds moritz richter complained odthe of the city collector of taxes al alleging legill 9 various things which upon explanation by recorder stevens supported by the ordinances were shown to be unfounded and irrelevant the question at issue was that mr ri richter clater held the tile recorder should go after afler the money for the licenses while the ordinances ord finances clearly pro nide ide that any one once faking taking out a license deposit the monedith mon money ecith with the treasurer and file bonds ends at regular intervals interval ef very three months recorder stevens also albe related the difficulty he had bad harvith had with richter regarding the matter matle r although he be the recorder had usually tried to accod MO d 11 to the liquor dealers as far as iyar wad within hia his power As to the charge of the recorder having issued a temporary receipt tor for li cence ae anre moneys paid by liquor deal era mr stevens explained it satis facto rily show showing ing i that he be did so simply aa as an accommodation to the parties in question alderman farr I 1 thought ought that every man should go to the treas aurer crerand and pay on the occasion of taking tal ilg put bis cense strictly i in a conformity aiu with v th th the 6 ordinal Or ordinance dInan ce aln passed ed march roh councilor cou niilo r horrocks I 1 was wp ja n favor f aver t i t of mccomm accommodating orating the liquor liquor and beer men aluch as g consistent as they were contributing a good deal toward tho lie t city revenues the maintenance of bir police relief of paupers haupers pau pers etc aid ald stratford stra Sti atford insisted antho on the parties in question being made to con form with the tile provision of the law paying p abing the money to the treasurer an and then getting the license from the recorder upon producing the treasurers Treasur ers receipt and filing the necessary bonds the speaker albo also referred to some personal matters as an illustration of disagreements between many many municipal officers and the petitioner whose grievances were under discussion further explanation was made by the Re recorder corderi pointing out especially ally the necessity of the liquor men delivering their licen e amounts amount S ot the city office when filing their re requisite to bonds ends tho auyor a opinion was that richter should first have com comi i plied cnance aed with the main part of the ordinance giving iving his bonds then tb the e R recorder acor ie r might dated the petitioner by going to his place but as it was the recorder was under no obligation to go out to the tile brewery bre ery to get the check tendered by richter councilor pointed out that the recorder had bad to collect a good many more licenses than liquor buor licenses on motion of alderman stratford it was re resolved solved to approve of the action af tho the recorder in the premises on the ground that richter had bad failed to fill the requisite bonds before beffre getting his license tj jt howe co I 1 showmen were granted the use of the grounds for their exhibitions on wednesday and thursday under the provisions visions of tho tile ordinance and a precedent REPORTS councilor horrocks Hor of tho the committee on claims reported having examined tho the hospital bill which they recommended paid in full while as to the electric light bill they recommended it be paid less lesi 63 on the ground of deficiency in tho the illumination the report nc acs cepter and recommendation adopted alderman stratford of ibe committee on streets reported that there had not been done a great deal of work on tho streets i they had llad examined the petition c concerning concerning ning the opening of lynne lane lea leading ding but north and found that the city owed not a foot of land thereabouts hence reported adversely on the petition As to the matter of getting gettig a cart and horse with a hired man to pick up the loose rocks in the streets they recommended to let the thing go over till next spring as most of the cobbles had bad been picked up by the tramps and tha the rainy season would soon render such work unnecessary aside from the considerable expense it would involve A good many complaints had been made madd with regard to the bad condition of lower first street but everything was being done that could be under the circumstances the mayor hero here urging the necessity of immediate action to satisfy the just demands dd mands of the citizens mr stratford also referred to tb the great damage done by several parties to the sidewalks through indiscriminate i and inconsiderate sprinkling of tho we lawns the re report I 1 ort was accepted cepter and recommendations were adopted Aider alderman tuan miller Mill crof of the committee on public work s reported rep that the old pavilion had hd been sold for 70 it jt was also reported that mr batkins Va who had the contract for the construction of the new leater lester I 1 j park pavilion was not complying with thet contracted specifications and after some discussion the ope special building committee were instructed instructed ted cled at once to communicate with him on the matter and sa eco to it that the structure bo be protected by the necessary additional bracing for strenA strength tb and be otherwise finished as per mutual agreement agre emed between the city and the contractor miscellaneous alderman Sti stratford atford protested against the action of J E dooly in carrying carrej ng off the refuse matter ex clements cre ments etc from the new post office building buil diug across the street into he the city sewer on tho the west eide side of the he main street the marshal was WM to inform tho the proprietor of tho the building to abate the nuisance alderman farr presented the request of bome citizens north of the nix ani mills ills to appoint a for that di district who shall attend to the then matter iatter thero there and prevent further overflow ofte of the country by regulating tho the bead gates etc it was shown that there is already somebody to se see to it under suspension suspension pension of the rules dr IJ korengo Kor aren enlo gus 0 waldram presented his claims with regard to tho the city hospital of which he lie had bad been placed in charge a little over two years ago he detailed that the present resent remuneration for his vis and eis hia cifes services was not sufficient and proposed that tho the coun council cil allow him bim a certain regular stipulated sum per month or year I 1 irrespective irre spec tive tivo odthe of the number of patients ta in hio hia charge he then offered ed his services at 50 a month on motion of alderman stratford th the special especial committee for this purpose was div given in further time to tako take the matter in consideration and report The Hydrant inspector reported that ho had found 38 hydrants in good order and one on fifth street broken on motion of councilor Council br horrocks Hor it was resolved to dis pense in tho the future with the ser vices of the hydrant inspector as one of the employees of the Water works system by 6 tem could easily attend to the business and thug thus some of the revenue could be saved councilor brought up the matter of some land in dispute on tho the banks of ogden river upon further explanation by alderman St stratford raiford it was decided that the city attorney be instructed to look into the titles and report on the best course to pursue alderman farr referred to the hook and ladder and other fire apparatus pa ratus and it was left to the committee on fire department to act in in i the premises to see that the imp implements C be taken caro care of BO so as to be available tor service at nay any given moment BILLS ALLOWED OGDEN HERALD publishing co draining ditches on wall second and dFranklin an franklin streets police services marshals sundries JC feadin feeding g prisoners thos ayere night wat watchman claman 2100 thos luty night watchman 1200 D eccles lumber weeding lester park square 2150 labor on ow streets 60 waterworks Water works labor and ind mates e rial 75 electric light co telephone holie rent 1250 Z C Q 31 1 L edse W T garratt hydra fits etc george A lowe Low eiron for water works 1 11 II E X gibson ia lumber m e r council adjourned to meet next thursday evening at 4 pm as a board of equalization |