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Show sallnfnctoiy to tho engineering d-' partmcnt, Tho waterworks' department payroll pay-roll for $373.10 was allowed, as was aiso a mittrollaneoud claim aftalnst tho city by tbc waterworks department lor 5741. The plats of tho entfneer for rvjme-lor's rvjme-lor's and Orchnr.l Grovo anr.exeR to tho city wore referred to the street romnilltert. The committee on sidewalk recommended recom-mended that estimates or the J. P. n'Xelll : company for tho work of luiUdln? thcMntertiectlon of Canal alky al-ky and Twenty-fifth street, on the south side, of Twenty-lUth street. Immediately Im-mediately west of tbe Oijden Steam 1iundry. be allowed Tho recommendation recommend-ation was unanimously adopted. - v Hudson Avenue Lights. '" Tho engineer reported that the lighting apparatus had been installed on Hudson avenue and that the city could now proceed to make terms with thy Utah Light & Railway company com-pany for clectrlHy. the supceKtlon belnK offered that the lUht for the avenue should not cost more than $24 per mouth. The engineer also recommended recom-mended that the matter ba taku up with tht'lit;bt company and a rate be ll.xed for all street lighting. The engineer's en-gineer's suggestions were acquiesced In and the matter was referred to the light committee and tho engineer, the recorder bein instructed to forward the engineer's communication to the l.lah Light & Railway company. vTbe tinal estimate, of the P. .1. Moran company of Salt Lake for repair re-pair work on the paving embraced in Twenty-fifth street, Grant avenue and a part of Washington avenue, amount ing to ?23t!.17, was retried to the street committee and th engineer, they being instructed to report at the ir.ectlng of tho council next Monday uight. Payrolls Allowed. Payrolls lor the various departments depart-ments of the city for two weeks, amounting to $2,520.", wore allowed and the city auditor was authorized to draw warrants for ho same. The claim of Weber county against tho city for $10, alleged to have been, refunded the Lor in Farr estate for taxes illegally collected, was allowed. Dog Tax Collector It. Stewart asked the council to pay for his telephone tele-phone service, but the council could not see it in that light. The matter was placed on file. Tho claim of Joseph Sykes for $13 25. claimed to be due on a judg-nitut judg-nitut against the city, was ordered paid. Track is at the Grade. Tbe Oregon Short Line company reported to the council that their track Is at grade on Washington avenue av-enue and Second street. Tho matter was referred to tbe city engineer for i investigation. The matter of transferring money from the general fund to redeem certain cer-tain ppecial sidewalk warrants was referred to tbe finance committee and tbe city engineer for consideration. A resolution from tho recorder of Salt Lake, providing for an investlga tion of the etatus of tho coal dealers of the city respecting nn alleged combine com-bine to cnbai.ee prices on coal, was adopted and the city attorney was in siructed to Inquire as to whether an Illegal coal comblni tlon exists In tho city and report the same to ihc state1 Glacials, SESSION Of THE CIY0!C:i At the meeting of the city council last night, Councllruau Dickson sug-.efcted sug-.efcted that the condition of the street pavement on Washington avenue, be-tv.een be-tv.een Twenty-second and Twenty-flfth streets, be looked into. He staled that bo bad observed low places along the avenue, and that they should bo re-t re-t raired in some way. It was stated I y other members of the council that j the places referred to had been caused by certain excavations made by the I Utah Light & Railway company in I placing their gas mains underground, I and that the places whcr the surface sur-face of the avenue bad been disturbed had not been properly filled. Tho ! matter waa referred to tire city engineer, engi-neer, and Ibe city recorder was authorized au-thorized to call the attention of the Utah Light tc Railway company to the qucs; Ion. -Tho license committee recommend- cd that the linuor llcenstj of George Frye bo transterrea to Rryan West. ! The reromrueiiilatlon was adopted. 1 Moran Get3 Final Estimate. Tho city engineer presented the final estimate ot J .1. Moran for the street paving done in the city on Washington and Hudson avenues, amount lug lo ?1S0S'J.S4 and asked that It be allowed. The engineer lated that the work had been done according to the plans and speclfica tions, and that the Job waa entirely |