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Show Ogden river In the vicinity of tho homes of tho petitioners, recommenced recommenc-ed that the same be granted to the extent -of the street departments expending ex-pending one-half the amount, the county having agreed to expend the other half. $150. The motion by Councilman Dana to grant the petition peti-tion as above, was carried. Upon motion of Councilman Flygare, I the annual report of the, city engineer ' was referred to the law commit tee. The report of the municipal clerk showing receipts amounting to $2.G98. was ordered fllcd. Also the report of the sanitary inspector showing 11 cases of contagion for the past week. The report of Poll Tax Collector Harris Har-ris for the mouth of February, was ordered filed. ' i The weekly report of City Treasurer ; Thomas B. Farr showed the following funds on hand February 27, 1909: Waterworks department. $13,780.47; tax account, $5,500; bond sale account, ! $272.73; general fund, $14,870.97; spe- j cial fund combined, $11,108.04; total, i $15,538.23. ; A communication from the city treasurer asking In regard to tho dale , when certain interest should begin to accrue, was referred to the street committee, city engineer and city at- , torney. The city attorney reported that the ' option on'320 acres in Taylor canyon, held by J. D. Gill and wife, had been j taken up. ! A report of the street committee rec-' rec-' omracndlng that P. J. Moran bo paid the amount of his final estimate for ; paving work done on Twenty-fourth street, amounting to $6.923. 05, was j adopted, on motion of Councilman Thomas. i A copy of the franchise for tho spur 1 of railroad track granted to Gamble Robinson &. Co., was ordered filed And , brought up In Its usual order for reading, read-ing, on motion of Councilman Thomas. ! The sexton's report, showing $160 received for lots sold, was ordered . flelrk The waterworks pay roll, amounting to $420.75, was allowed. Also tho claims, of the waterworks 'department, amounting to $029 15. A requisition from Janitor Nelson for city hall supplies, sup-plies, was granted. The claim of Poll Tax Collector Harris for $39, due for commissions; also Dog Tax Collector Johnson's claim of $52 for commis-I commis-I slons, were allowed. Tho application for a liquor license I from J. H. Kurtz, manager of tho Sanitarium, Sani-tarium, was granted, on motion of Councilman Flygare, j Tho matter of a division of the liquor li-quor license of Folkman & Allen, was i referred to the license committee and J the city attorney. j I Tho matter of transferring the liquor ; license of Mark Murphy from one loca-; loca-; tion to another,' was referred to tho I police and liquor committees and tho chief of police, on motion of Councilman Council-man Humphris. A petition from James Lundquist, ot al., for an arc light, to be placed on Seventh street, east of Washington uvenue, was referred to the light committee. com-mittee. The ordinance granting a right of way for the Gamble. Robinson & Co. passed its first reading and was disposed dis-posed of according to the usual method. meth-od. Councilman Thomas moved to accept ac-cept the dedication of Eccles street, but objectlbn being raised tj sevcrnl members, the matter was ordered laid over until the plats could be presented in council and the matter thoroughly understood to whether the city was expected ex-pected to Improve the small park planned for the center of said street. Councilman Austin brought up the matter of closing Patterson avenue, west of Wall avenue, and protested against such a procedure, as well as allowing a house to be built directly upon the line' where the said street would be laid out if the same were continued. con-tinued. A motion to refer the matter to the law committee, city attorney and city engineer, was amended by Councilman Peery to have the matter included In the Investigations. Tuesday," Tues-day," by the council and committees called to meet Tuesday afternoon. Upon motion of Councilman Austin, the waterworks department was instructed in-structed to use its own horse and wagon wag-on in moving small articles of freight from the station, rather than employing employ-ing public drajs, ' Councilman Thomas' motion to instruct in-struct the street supervisor to purchase a new .$320 grader for street work, was carried. Council then adjourned. THEY HAD NOT SEEN BILL ' ' J MOTION THAT ROLL BE CALLED TURNED DOWN. Number of Protests Made Against Contemplated Grade of Bamberger Bam-berger Line. The city council met In regular cession last evening, eight members being present and Deputy Recorder Miss Hancock acting as clerk of the session. ' The meeting was marked by a num-, ber of protests being made agdlnst the contemplated grade of the Bamberger Bamber-ger Hue; also an attempt on the part of Councilman Austin, seconded by Councilman Wilson, to secure a statement state-ment from the individual members of the council as to whether or not the water commission bill had ever been seen or read by them before the same was sent to Salt Lake for its introduction in the legislature. Councilman Coun-cilman Austin had prepared a motion that the roll be called, all those who had seen the bill known as House Bill Xo. 156 in its original form, to answer "aye," and those who had not seen the bill to answer "no." Councilman Thomas at once objected to the proposition, pro-position, saying that he thought the idea a lot 'of foolishness and uncalled for. Other members of the council also seemed to express a desire to dodge the question and promptly loted that the motion be filed on motion mo-tion of Councilman Thomas, only Councilmen Austin and Wilson voting "no." On motion of Councilman Peery, a resolution endorsing the water commission com-mission bill as amended, was adopted, all members voting "aye" except Councilman Coun-cilman Austin. Tho resolution in substanco is as follows: Resolved, That we urge upon the legislature the passage of the waterworks water-works commission bill as amended and now before that body. Following tho reading jot the minutes min-utes of tho previous meeting the regular business of tho council was takon up. ' 'judge Patton was given permission to address fhe council on the subject of a three-foot sidewalk, petitioned for by residents of Nob Hill, said walk to bo made on tho west sldo of Taylor avenue from Calhoun avenuo to Twenty-fifth . street. Ho stated that tho residents of that district, needed a walk badly, but did not caro to pay for one more than three lect wide. The petition signed by L. Beti-pchel Beti-pchel cl al., was afterwards read and referred to tho sidewalk committee. Charles Stevens then addressed tho ' council on tho subject of allowing tlm Bamberger company to build a descent des-cent grade from its viaduct over the Union Pacific tracks, stating that tho unsightly mountain of sand cut oft the view from the adjoining property owners. and damaged the value ot their holdings to no small dogbee. Councilman Austin stated that he thought the protests were well put and seconded the suggestion that the city prevent Mr. Bamberger from car-tying car-tying out his evident intentions. Other Oth-er property owners from the same district' dis-trict' then presented their views to a considerable length, the general trend of their objections being along the lines of those ofMr. Stevens. Councilman Coun-cilman Dickson and City Attorney Do Vine asked the gentlemen what they wanted the council to do, and Informed Inform-ed them that the city had no jurisdiction jurisdic-tion over what Mr. Bamberger did on his o,wn property, but as soon as hs encroached upon the limits of hH franchise or interfered with property belonging to the city, the council stood ready to take the matter up at once. Upon motion of Councilman Thomas, the city recorder was instructed in-structed to notify Mr. Bamberger to meet with the council as a committee of the whole, together with tho protesting pro-testing property owners, and go over the ground and investigate the grievances griev-ances thoroughly. The meeting was called for Thursday, but later was changed to Tuesday at 1 p. m. The report of the law committee and the city attorney recommending that the compromise of $150, in the damage suit of Minnie O. Parker for 5500, bo paid, was adopted on motion of Councilman Thomas. The report of the finance committee commit-tee recommending the raising or tho salary of Treasurer Farr's deputy from $1,000 per year to $100 per month, was adopted. The report of the sanitary department depart-ment was filed. A" report of the special water committee com-mittee recommending that the waterworks water-works boud account and waterwork3 special tax account be transferred to the waterworks department account, was adopted on motion of Councilman Peery. . A report of the street and law committees, com-mittees, city attorney and city engineer en-gineer in relation to the petition ot E. Buchmlller ot al., for certain work to be done to strengthen the banks ol |