| Show CITY petition for a 1 l C gis las company r rat I 1 to ft a special committee Q arr to afao gaii I 1 3 t co s I 1 n limited to ilnyo buy it building for hie tile fire apparatus atu q va desir ft M j tile par R datil 11 1 il all J wr 1 the license ami and finance committees instructed to kellso the licenses I 1 j f I 1 J r A I 1 i I 1 the council met I 1 I 1 monday aug aig n 25 at 4 p m with mayor pecery y in I 1 in the chair after the reading ol 01 the minutes nii of several previous meetings oi tho body which were approved under suspension of the rules W C warren requested tho tile council that inasmuch as his bis property on oil the east side of main street near fifth had been taxed 24 per r y ca jhan than last year 3 ear tin this s honorable lio body seo see that his delinquent neighbors bo be compelled to put down their sidewalks as required by the city ord di denance nance on oil motion of councilor taylor it was resolved in conform ity with tho the just request of mr warren that the street supervisor be instructed to at once attend to jo the matter of side sidewalks after winch councilor bo boyle yle D presented resented so some in e further grievances of f tho the property bw ow nerin that part of town as they had bad becu becil sadly in the th matter the marshal also inci acu tally ed crapsi attic i tion as to lus his duties dudis with regard to yin bie property pro perEy owners of 0 i of sidewalk that the tile council co I 1 W warily a nsf to bo be put down in tho tart of town viz plank rock asphaltum asphalt uro or cement the regular order of business wa taken tk up wg with wiehl PETITIONS the fir first firt t document of this kind wag was tho tile X most asi 0 J 1 A M of f the day dayl we give the text in full to the hen hon mayor and aid city council of ogden city my 4 your petitioners petition ers J sr nf D alexander and ass socia socrates tes respectfully represent that there is a general and widespread wide spread demand among business men and cit eizens of tho city foran for an improved light that will supersede the present inadequate uncertain and troubles troublesome on I 1 0 means of in order to meet his this demand your our petitioners eis ers have canvassed the project of lishin gas works and have become that cas gas is the cheapest 1 l ands babst j teli ablo allu mi r that can an be obtained for the city in order that the desired object may bo be attained your peti t tippers aner alq prepared and agree to erect works to lay ay mains from sixth street to first street on main then from wall wail street to lester park square on fifth I 1 street and from froin wall street to lester park square on fourth street and to havo have th alie i whole complete an and in running order within seven mouths from the tile time wo we obtain the right ri ht and to fd extend tho tile paid mains aa as fust fast as pub laiq require Provided your bidy will grant the peti loners tu under the naino of ogden gas company tile right privilege and franchise to manufacture and sell illuminating gas in the city of ogden for forthe cerili of fifty and alid the rl rolito lito lay in mains alfis conductors ind and ppe pipes in tnt tt alleys nl leys and squares of said ogden city and to do any and all such things as may be necessary and incidental to tile sale and manufacture of illuminating gas ga majid tA doyr var undersigned undersigner under signed and assoni ates citizens of ogden respectfully petition pet ilion your our honorable body to grant them thein tho eaid said light right privilege KC a and 11 d franchise for said raid time and your pe will ill ever pray j 11 LA D ALEXANDER ALLXANDER and others let z on motion of alderman farr it was resolved that the chair appoint a committee pf af five to ta kethe ration the mayor 11 1 1 0 r appointed aldermen farr youn 1 1 1 and stratford and coun cifors horrocks and taylor to labor in connection with tile mayor john 0 harary red mcjilton t and ud sherill 1 residents k ay vall street hear eig latr i et W represent put that a certain corral 0 o or r c cattle at de yard on ora the pr premises u of thomas jankins join in i 11 A on to A OS trel r nars very obren sive sive to them on account of the effluvia from the manure and the bad smell of tho the cattle eboth both of which were causes of and great inconvenience therefore the petitioners petition ers asked the tim boung i to cause said yard to be removed from the street and away from their doors door 3 on motion of of alderman referred re erred to on sanitary hugu lations I 1 a A ci t I 1 ze n C 6 dibic n anny alt 4 given 1 v e n stated ho lie had seen a notice n the of ofa a law prohibiting the hay in the fire limit limita 3 mij J al thomas on corne corpe fourth and young street had eleven buildings on hia his premises and some five or six tons ofray of hay in the ho rear with a chiaese awash house in in close proximity citizen risked the council to kec into th the matter alderman stratford pointed out that the ordinances provided a proper way for tho the punishment af offenses such aa no the one complained campini aued of while alderman 1 farr arr did not think one citizen should sue another for A nuisance but it was the city bushings tg to declare any nuisance aa and then have it abated i 0 O explained that persona representing resenting tha party it ritt rop jj J ar j s complained orri of had aa expressed T a wilf v I 1 I 1 T to comply with the ordinance and he ne wa was instructed to see that such casdone was done forthwith james janic malcom mal coin agent of the utah powder company asked the councils permission to erect 9 powder magazine on oil tho the northwest quarter af 27 owned by E 11 II orth bro for the purpose of storing pun gun and blasting powder on rod md ti tum on of alderman young the ped petition was referred to tile committee on fire department the recorder read rea a statement from the physicians of the deseret Il hospital concerning the boy willie D duell uel 1 show ing that he lie was cufferi suffering n from a cartilaginous ulceration of the hip jol joint lit requiring ring an a apparatus tu front new york which would cost Os t about 17 the mayor made some additional statements that mrs jano jane S Itie richards bards had been so soliciting inciting amow among tho the citizens to raise the lie money necessary for that pur pure tobe ose all but which he bad supplied from the city p pauper fund the council tacitly consented to his prompt action in this measure of deserved charity councilor Hori horrocks presented a verbal petition of E J wagner fc co CL C if L pi pt co and others h for permission to lay a 7 cr crossing 0 asing 1 on main street from cast to west abich was referred to committee on oil streets with power to act cov Ts alderman Youn the committee on municipal Mui cipal law laws reported they had nt nut yet taken lurther ac tion on the amended ordinance ce concerning coTe coverings rings over vaults under sidewalks but wished the council to finally dc determine I 1 tho the matter tho tile recorder read the new ordinance which had already passed two readings an addition was madoff it whereupon on motion of councilor boyle the ordinance was finally passed and ordered printed under tinder the direction of the committee on municipal laws the same committee also presented the draft a new ordinance concerning the tile water works similar to that of salt lake city ity which had proven satisfactory it was r resolved e k olred that F 50 copies be printed foytho the use lof of the council members member wb wha would consider the Ord ordinance inanc and pet ct upon it at the next meeting A PI P ordinance had also been drafted which was read passed and ordered printed alderman farr moved that the committee on Municipal instructed ted for tho the compilation compi compilation tation and pub li cation form of tho all new and lately ament amended led ordinances not yet published carried it was also insist insisted cd upon and on motion of alderman stratford carried that the committee on licenses in cooperation with the committee on finances revise tho licenses and report at an early date councilor Ilor horrocks rocks of the committee on oil claims reported haying baying examined several bills recommending the payment of tho the bills of the hook ladder and hose se companies also the hospital account of dr waldram and a few minor claims the report was accepted and the recommendations were adopted councilor boyle of the commit too tee pu fire department reported in regard to the Fir emens hall recommending that the city cither either buy the building of R A wells on fifth street for or rent it at 35 a month tho the chief of the fire department would furnish a janitor to take care of he the apparatus tu s and implements at 66 G a month Alder alderman Dian stratford sugg suggested 1 ested that a wrench be placed in the tile store biear nearest est any hydrant in the business portion of ho the town by which much ess loss of valuable property would be pre prevented ventU it was tho the sense of the council to authorize the committee toi to purchase I 1 u reli the building furcho at six bh months time and fix it up stilt suitably a bl MUT much time tinie having already been COT consumed mcd the hearing of the remaining committee reports and miscellaneous bu business ina were dispensed with until an all extra meeting shortly to be had bad and bills were taken IN the first taken into consideration ob being the order of issued by watkins fe bryan on the cit citrin 1 in favor of daid david eccles for lb h lumber used in the erection of the lester park pavilion alderman stratford showed that there were numerous other orders from watkins bryan on the city for various materials m used in the building for nails tin till etc walking watkins claimed hat that he had bad lost considerably by the running it away way offis of his partner with about it was also asserted that the contract had been taken much too low alderman stratford thought it was a grave gravel question of honor lionor whether the city should accept all these orders the mayor spoke anthe ona the affair allair in a clear businesslike business like manner showing that tha the tile council was bound by hie the terms of the contract and was not justified to pay public moneys out of sympathy to help a cou contractor tractor out who had been incautious aud and imprudent hia his views were shared by councilor flor horracks rocks who also gave it as his opinion that mr eccles was the power behind the throne in the tile contract arrangement arrangements while the other creditors had put t in in their orders previous to mr ir ecal claim he ile thought that mr eccles should as usual in lit cases of failure through indebtedness debt edness of a 0 business man take his per percentage of the assets mr eccles by permission explained his position dec declaring lalin that ho he hail had acted with gl an under understanding sta that 50 per cent of the money y a appropriated 0 r 1 l ted for the contract woud vou eb be T k kept e pt back until the comp completion comple letio tiou of f tb the c job councilor mile admitted alia that t the lum lumber rr furnished for the pavilion wag was of a fair quality the building comi committee had always calcut calculated I 1 ted on oil paying tho the contractors 1525 as the structure went up and pay tb them nl 1525 more as eoon soon as the pavilion was finis finished lied ut also related I 1 how low tile orders referred to by alderman Ald ciman stratford happened to como come in about the of july the tile council had bad been plunged into a good deal of unnecessary sary and unmerited trouble by this difficulty more explanations were made about the transactions alderman parr strongly insisting that the council G bunc knew no one in the whole business but wat kins tile remaining contractor and liis his creditors would have to pet get their satisfaction out of him the city had no thiner to look to or go by than the contract and its clear provisions the matter was passed over without a final settlement for this time it being understood that walking was going on with the structure an application from morgan county for the hire of the spile driver was as refused and the tile council on motion of councilor horrocks passed assed a resolution that the counci do not hire or loan out any odthe of the cites property such as tools implements etc to private individuals or other corporations when the Il hospital bill of dr waldram came up the item concerning berning the maintenance of george gale an n old pauper who has been a burden on the city for a long time at a weekly expense of nearly 10 created some comment councilor horrocks stated that galo gale had bad been offered 82 2 a week if ho he left the hospital and tried to maintain him self but ho lie wanted 64 4 or 5 and it was finally decided to notify dr waldram that after this no more bills for the maintenance of said gale would bo be paid fram tho the city treasury the council then allowed the following PUBLIC BILLS aam carroll livery teams thos night watchman 2100 thos luty night watchman 1200 JC higginbotham feeding prisoners police services 2 3 00 labor on streets labor on oil waterworks Water works 1 0 labor on lester park grounds 1020 pauper maintenance 1950 1960 Hos ecart no 1 services the hook and ladder bill was referred to the com mitte cou claims and the council adjourned to meet sept lat at 4 in amin m in the new nel city building |
