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Show provemeuts ho started was fnod and the clork was Instructed to mall a copy of thu petition to the contrsct-ors contrsct-ors In charRO of the work. A communication was received from U JCItzroan protesting against th curb and sidewalk which Is being constructed con-structed by the Wheetwrlght company com-pany on Mffit avenue, claiming that the work Ik not being done according to the measurements required by law Tho matter was referred to tho ldc walk committee and the city engineer. A petition waa received from S. Raekhnm asking that tho council reimburse re-imburse him to tho amount of $200 for damages dono to hla wagon and team which was run into, he claims, by fire department apparatus which did not give warning of Its approach by ringing tho gong or otherwise. Tho matter was referred to tho flro committee and tbo city attorney. petition wan received from A. S. Steel aeklng that tho city take proper steps for placing tho water pipes on Twenty second street, between Van Kuren and Harrison aveuuc-n, farther teluw the surface and thereby avoid the freezing ond shortage of water which was experienced lust year In that neighborhood. The matter wns referred to tho water 0rk9 committee. commit-tee. A petition to have Wall avenue opened between Twentieth street and Ogdai river was referred to the street committee and the city engineer. engin-eer. A petition for tin extenslou of the w ater mains on Twenty fourth street from Pierce avenue to Taylor avenus was referred to tho water works committee. com-mittee. A resolution from the Improvement League commending the city council and m.itor on tho recent eonstruc-I eonstruc-I tlon of tho nw reserolr and urging ! that other contemplated Improvements Improve-ments be made, was ordered filed. An application for a free pop corn license from Elizabeth Stone was referred re-ferred to tho license committee. ROUTINE MATTERS ENGAGECOU;!Cll There was little of a sensational nature na-ture in the proceedings of the city council last evening, most of the business busi-ness transacted being routine matters mat-ters which were qulcklv passed over. Judge J. E. I'.agley waa apolnted by the mayor to act a judge pro tern during the absence of Judge J. D. Murphy of the municipal court, who has been granted a leave of absence to attend to some Important mining matters at Reno, Nev., about the fourth of next month. A report of the street committee recommending that Thirty-second street bo widened by the abandonment abandon-ment of a strip 30 feet in width along the south side of the street between Ogden avenue and Adams avenue, was adopted. The police department was allowed an appropriation for a deBk to cost J16. W. E. Meyers, who resigned recently re-cently from the department on account ac-count of ill health, was reinstated. Plans were approved for the construction construc-tion of a new sewer in dUtrlct No. 10C The report of the city engineer recommending that the sewer In Central Cen-tral alley le placed three feet deeper at a cost of $152. was adopted. The matter of culverts cn Twentry-flfth street and a sewer In d. strict No 103 wero referred to the street committee and sewer committee. The Wheelwright Wheel-wright Construction company was allowed al-lowed a final estimate or .$183.5.1 The Moran Construction company whs allowed al-lowed a final estimate of $1,336. U0. The engineer reported that although protests had been tiled against creating cre-ating Washington avenue a paving district between Ogden river and the present limits of the pavement, the city had gained jurisdiction. Tho matter was referred to the street committee and the city attorney. A partial estimate amounting to $r.35.35 due the Moran Construction company was allowed, also a first es-1 timate amounting to $3.R53 20 due tho Wheelwright Construction company. The auditor's pay rool for the past two weeks amountlug to $3,74 1.3S was allowed. F. A. Swartz was allowed a plumbing license. A petition for an extension of water on Sheridan avenue waa referred to the waterworks water-works committee. A petition for a sewer extension on Twenty-eighth street between Wall avenue and Nye avenue was granted. A petition to create Grant avenue from Twenty-fifth Twenty-fifth street to Thirtieth street a paving pav-ing district was referred lo the street committee. A petition from the property owners abutting on Canal alley asking that the contemplated im- |