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Show commlttco, with the city attorney and city engineer, be added to the railroad rail-road committee to Investigate the matter, mat-ter, and that they report next Monday Mon-day night Upon motion of Councilman Thomas the gravel property owned by the city, ' In the vicinity of Twentieth street, between Madison and Monroe avenues, was ordered fenced by tho street department, de-partment, to protect tho same from those who have been heretofore helping help-ing themselves. Councilman Flygare amended to have the fence constructed of two barb wires and a top board. Upon motion of Councilman AiiBtln, tho city engineer was Instructed to make necessary surveys on Healy avenue ave-nue and the street committee and clty englneer was Instructed to notify Simon Si-mon Bamberger to place Healy avenue, ave-nue, from Lincoln to Washington avenues, ave-nues, in proper condition of grade, In accordance with the terms of his agreement with the city of Ogdcn. Mr. Austin also moved , that the city recorder notify Mr. Bamberger to provide pro-vide suitable sidewalk crossings along the line of his railroad within the sidewalk side-walk limits, the rails at many points projecting above the walks, making it difficult for pedestrians as-well as ladles with baby buggies to cross the tracks. The order was made and council coun-cil then adjourned. f COUNCIL IN REGULAR SESSION REPORTS OF COMMITTEES RECEIVED RE-CEIVED AND ACCEPTED. Rettdents of Plngree, Wall and Stevens Ste-vens Avenues Enter Petition Against Bamberger Road. The city council met In regular session ses-sion last evening, nine members being be-ing present Deputy Recorder Miss Hancock acted as clerk of the meeting, meet-ing, owing to the absence of Recorder Brown. The report of the license committee, recommending that the petition of Ralph Guthrie for certain reductions In the amount of brokerage office license li-cense demanded of him, be granted to the extent of allowing the credit for $50 paid In 190S to extend until April, 1909. The report of the sanitary committee, commit-tee, recommending that the report of the sanitary Inspector be accepted and filed, was adopted. Tho report of tho special water committee, recommending that 3,000 feet of pipe and twolve Ludlow lire hydrants be purchased, was adopteJ, on motion of Councilman Thomas. Tho special committee on the placing plac-ing of city warrants at par, reported that tho Plngree National bank had arranged to handle the city warrants at their par value. The committee was ordered discharged, with a vote of thanks. A recommendation from the street supervisor, In the matter of new hoops for the city, sprinklers, was adopted, on motion of Councilman Thomas. A requisition from the street supervisor super-visor for lumber for completing the city sheds for sprinklers, scrapers, etc., was ordered filed, on motion of Councilman Thomas. The city auditor's report was ordered filed, and tho pay rolls of the street, engineering and health departments, and tho city sexton, amounting to $816.60, was allowed, , The recommendation from the city auditor to pay the final estimate of $0,925.61, due P. J.'Moran for paving on Twenty-fifth street, was referred to the street committee and the city attorney, at-torney, on motion of Councilman Peery. A request from the city treasurer that the salary of the deputy treasurer be Tailed from $1,000 per year to $100 per month, was referred to the finance committee. The report of the sanitary Inspector, Inspec-tor, showing a total of fourteen cases of contagious diseases existing during the two weeks ending February 23, was ordered filed. A claim from the waterworks department de-partment for $6.25, due George Cross, was allowed; also a claim of-R. P. Paine, amounting to $40, for guarding city prisoners. A petition from residents on Thirty-third Thirty-third street, asking that the sidewalks between Lincoln and Pacific avenues be graveled, was referred to the sidewalk side-walk committee. A petition from the Knights of Pythias, asking for a renewal of tho deed to their cemetery lot, the document doc-ument having been lost, was granted. A petition from residents on Second street, desiring the same to be repaired, re-paired, signed by James Taylor et al, was. referred to the street committee, on motion of Councilman Thomas. A petition from Joseph Belnap et al, asking that the wobt side of Grant avenue, between Thirty-first and Thlrty-tblrd streets, be declared a sidewalk side-walk district, was referred to the sidewalk side-walk committee, on motion of Councilman Council-man Flygare. . A petition from residents In the vicinity vi-cinity of Seventeenth street and Wall avenue, asking that certain work bo done to strengthen the banks of Ogden river near that point, signed by E. Euchmlller et al. was referred' to' the street and law committees, tho city engineer and the city attorney.on motion mo-tion of Councilman Dana. H. W. Mur-dock Mur-dock addressed the council on the subject sub-ject of overflows In that vicinity, and explained the need for the work asked for. Councilman Thomas announced that those to whom the matter had been referred, together with tho mayor and the petitioners, would meet at 3 p. m. Wednesday to go over the ground referred to and determine what ought to be done. A petition, signed by R. C. Carr et al, residents of Pingree, Wall and Stevens Ste-vens avenues, asking that the Salt Lake and Ogden Railway company bo prevented from building certain contemplated con-templated banks, trestles and other railroad works in tho vicinity of those streets, which they considered detrimental detri-mental to their property interests, wad referred to tho railroad committee, on motion of Councilman- Flygare. The council was then addressed by one of tho petitioners, who explained what the railroad company evidently was contemplating In connection with its viaduct crossing of the Union Pacific tracks In that vicinity. Councilman Austin then suggested that the street |