Show COUNCIL our municipal solons meet and manipulate matters for alie good of alie community tho city council of ogden city held its regular session iu the city hall last evening mayor peery oc aupied tho chair after the usual opening exercises the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved iffA young represented that they had taken out a license for tarco months for alie skating rink but as their lease has expired they had only used a portion of said license and they asked that the amount representing the unused time be refunded which amounts to 2260 tho license for the tarco mouths amounts to the recorder explained that when tho license was obtained shurtliff young understood that the unused portion of the license was to be refunded as according to the ordinances a license could not be issued for less than three months tho petition was granted D daltha asked for further time in which to pay for a city lot the interest on his account is paid to may 1885 and the time was extended six months for him to pay the principal edgar W bianey petition edthe council to sell him lot 3 block 69 plot C of ogden city survey referred to the committee on public IG rounds COMMITTEE Alder nian dee of the on laws stated there were two or three ordinances which the attorney had prepared but the committee hadano report to make on them as two of the members had been out of town tho ordinances were taken up later on of the committee n claims reported on the Wal draia salary item and said the doctor required 25 every two two weeks nothing more nor nothing acs the matter was discussed and finally on of councilor anver it was decided to pay the doctor the amount asked for every two weeks on water supply said alio committee had employed mr D moore to construct the pipe bridge at the mouth of the canyon and the work is going along nr strate they had received some correspondence in regard to pipe but had no report to biake on the subject they had also investigated the question of all awing mrs nielson to use mr wiliona wilsona Wil sona hydrant and had ins strutted ted tho superintendent to do what he thought proper under the circumstances councilor driver of the committee on streets reported on the petition of P at kiesch and others to open a street over tho bench to the mouth of ogden canyon they had examined the route and found that the expense to the city would not be much outside of purchasing the land that would be necessary The petition stated the county was ready to do its part of the work but in conversation with judge shurtliff he had eaid the county was in no condition at present to go on with the work the committee reco mended that a survey bo made the report was accepted and the recommendation adopted the petition of W P hart and mothr residents in the vicinity of seventh street near young and received their attention they found the lota very wet and recommended that a ditch bo as asked for to take off the auter the committee were given further time to prepare u report of the cost of construction of said ditch alie bridges have been repaired and strengthened as far as practicable the weber bridge will need further attention as soon as alic high waters subside and make it possible to get at some of th lower parts the bridges also need thoroughly painting in order to preserve the wood some good work had been dono ou alderman of he committee on public buildings said the on lter park were being built at a cost of and they would elou be completed the report was accepted they had also granted the petition f caves band asking for the uso of tho pavilion on laster park in which to give promenade concerts during the bummer months and thoy had made a charge often dollars for its 1130 each time accepted councilor folker of the coin on public grounds becom that the petition of C C morton for the purchase of n city lot be granted under the editions dit ions adopted in regard to the they had employed additional legal ass and by debhra kimball heywood was read to the council an aaion of 50 was for in oon ii I 1 i i ta f i i C tilba with this matter to some preliminary expenses the request was granted the mayor reported what had been done in borrowing money for tho city at a lower rate of interest had been obtained of the deseret bank of salt lake city at 8 per cent and of the first national bank of ogdan at the same rate the city has the privilege of paying sums of 2500 at the end of every quarter thus decreasing the about of interest A note of had been executed to the deseret bank for one year and one of to the first nas dional for six months the recorder reported a claim of about nine dollars which the deseret bank had against the city in connection with this business there waa con sider ablo discussion over it and the matter was finally referred to the committee on finance for investigation vesti gation miscellaneous the city attorney read three ordinances which lie had prepared one of them is an ordinance to reenact alie city ordinance against gambling a recent change in the territorial laws having made it possible for the city to handle this subject the second is an ordinance prepared to meet the require ments of the meat peddling ques tion and the third is in relation to keeping pigs being a requirement that all hog pens shall be situated a certain distance from dwelling houses so as to prevent as far as possible the outbreak of epidemics and the like on motion of mr it waa decided to hold a to consider these ordinates ordin aces at four next friday the reports of the expenditures of the street supervisor and the superintendent of water works was read the special committee who went to salt lake city to make inquiries in regard to obtaining the money for the city at a cheaper rate of interest as previously referred to were reimbursed for their expenses the contract between the elec trie light go and ogden city was read and ordered to be signed by the mayor the recorder reported that mr A jk bajor had at arat to accept the which he said was duo mr taylor for services as city attorney as against 75 claimed by mr tayloe but he had afterward come and taken the 62 53 but only gave a receipt for that amount and not a receipt in full alie marshal was in a quandary aa to what ho should do with some of the property owners on main street between third and fourth streets in regard to their sidewalks he had instructed them to fix their sidewalks planks or cement while some of them maintained that gravel would do and said they had been eo instructed by the late marshal A number of them had put dewri a good plank walk while alic others had not on motion of mr rich the marshal wag instructed to inform these delinquents property owners that they are required to lay a good plank walk A meeting of police commissioners was arranged for to take place on monday the following bills were allowed and the council adjourned for one week J J M butler rent for nelson cole 1 month 1 00 F A gale coffin etc 15 00 goo W turner labor on lester park 00 joseph compton labor iu cemetery 0 00 11 sundries for II 11 L co 15 25 ogden pub co advertising etc 33 25 cannon sons stationery 85 Waldra iu salary and hospital expenses 55 00 M B wheelwright feeding prisoners 05 marshals sundries 41 25 police pervic eg 00 ogden city water works 72 00 material for repairing bridges ga 43 for rock delivered at weber alyer Rl yer 00 labor on streets 83 kimball heywood 25 00 |