Show aull CITY FATHERS their in last mt ha session of the ciar council tho City Council met yesterday afternoon in tho absence of mayor peery alderman dee was elected lo 10 act as chairman the minutes of the previous meeting were read alderman driver said ho objected to t ahat portion of Iho minutes that refer to atho molecular telephone he is in a position to show that there is no danger in using eaid telephones for one month at least it was decided to take the matter up as miscellaneous business and the minutes were passed chemin ules of of the council as a board f equalization were also read and approved TiONa the president and secretary of the ogden building association represented assessed the same as a bank and asked to have the assessment set aside referred Refe ired to the committee on municipal laws an application made by H H goddard in behalf of the third ward sunday school for the use of the pavilion on august for a festival was referred to the committee on public buildings with power to act the young ladies association of the fourth ward was granted the privilege of using the pavilion for a day and night for the purpose of a festival if it does not conflict with any previous arrangement the fourth ward sunday school was also given permission for a festival a short time ago but in consequence odthe death of geni grant the affair was postponed the privilege to use the pavilion was continued until next day N B griggs desired to purchase lot 4 block 69 olat bogden city survey referred committee on public grounds E asked the privilege of peddling goods without a license in consequence of not being able to do other work through sickness referred to the committee on licenses mrs A bodington an aged lady asked to have her taxes amounting to about one dollar remitted and the petition was granted the committee on arrangements for the grant memorial services services asked that the firemen be allowed to sprinkle the streets with water from the city water works tomorrow to morrow alderman eccles said the water in the reservoir is very low and it would not be advisable to take any risk if it is used at all should be done early in the morning and the committee on water supply under whose supervision the petition was at first granted did not care to take the whole of the responsibility if the council said go ahead it would be albright allright all right r councilor said ho thought the people could better suffer the inconvenience of a little dus than to take any risk from want of water of a fire city attorney williams thought otherwise he would risk for providence to put i out th e fire rather than to throw anything in the way of the procession councilor did not feel like putting anything in the way of the itis should a re occur whether the persons whose property might be damaged would exonerate the council the petition was finally granted under the of the committee on water supply COMMITTEE REPORTS alderman dee of the committee on Laws said gated the matter of payment sealer of weights and measures act as a deputy ter rit brial officer there ia no legal reason aby thel city should pay him but as the work baa been done in good faith they would recommend that the bill be paid also that that part of the city ordinance in reference to paying said lOff icer be repealed the question was argued at some leng lhand alder the report was accepted and the jj recommendation adopted alderman wright of the corn cittee on license ask e time iff regard to the petit lop of W H Pidcock aa they had been unable torsee the petitioner the time was granted alderman of the the county had agreed to pay one dollar per twenty four hours towards paying for guarding county p ris boners in ib city jail the report ws accepted tho in the electric light bill amounts to 10 and in regard to ha cannon bonswor 25 centa it cannot be found that any article of that price andi they recommended that the bill be not paid the report waa accepted recommendations adopted the committee falso recommended y r t that the bill for the treatment of desere t hog pital up to the be paid ard this is the whole of the councils connection with the matter the recommendation was adopted and the pensioner discharged alderman committee on water supply said they had made investigations in reference to to the petition of john stoddard ison and had found the fads as the petitioners petition ers had stated they recommended the petition be granted the report was accepted and the recommendation adopted jn argard to the request of lorin farr the committee cannot see how the petition can be granted unless the ordia ca bo changed councilor boyle in favor of mr barrs farrs Fa petition the expense to the city would be nominal mr farr uses city water elsewhere and if he cannot obtain the water for the purpose of washing bis bug pahe wants a fire plug anyway he is more anxious to have the water at his barn for the litter purpose than for the former alderman eccles said if mr farr wanted a fire plug there could be no objection raised mr boyle moved that amri farr be granted the use of the water for the purpose of a fire plug and for washing bis buggy iche wished the chairman called attention to the fact that this could not be done unless the ordinance ia amended mr boyle then made a motion that the committee on municipal laws be instructed to repeal the ordinance so as such cases as this can be met As at present no tap can be put in that will bring in a revenue of less than ten dollars and as a fire plug only costs five dollars alone it is impossible to let persons have water for that purpose alderman driver of the corn cittee on streets reported work on the streets generally as progressing favorably rocks and rubbish had been collected from the and some good work done in reference to the petition of residents of lynne on the street which runs parral lel with the U N R R mr has informed the committee the matter shall have his attention the first time he comes to ogden mr driver also called attention to the dilapidated condition of the walk between wall street and the depot on fifth street if it is the business of the council to keep that walk in repair a substantial job should be done and thus put an end to complaints the planks are pretty good but new stringers are needed the whole length councilor folker also suggested that the marshal be instructed to request parties sidewalks need repairing to fix tham up forthwith this was made a motion and carried unanimously in regard to the sidewalk to the depot it was decided to take no action until a full council is present councilor folker of the committee on public grounds stated they bad been unable to come to terms with the bench canal company about obtaining boore water for Lester Park and ahe committee recommends that they do the best they can with what water they have the report waa accepted and the recommendation adopted councilor boyle of the committee on finance reported that jahe note held by david eccles is paid and the city arnow owing on which 8 per cent interest is being paid th e report was accepted read the report of the on the financial condition of the Weber canal the reported was referred to the auditing committee miscellaneous BUSINESS councilor Folker called attention io the matter of fencing the whole of the cemetery grounds there is much feeling among the people because part of the grounds are fenced and others are not it would require about 80 roda fence abo matter was left iu the hands of th e committee on public grounds to investigate and report councilor called attention to the molecular telephone the little instrument which decema toraye no friends in the world ex capt labong lamong the members of tho city council he thought the previous oua action of the city council wag ft little premature the people who use Molecular get the benefit of their outlay which ia more than is done iu the case of jahe bellford Bell For a month at least nd damage willbe will be sustained and he asked that the council reconsider that matter rind ho lothe inatius ment for another month the molecular might have to die and if ledoea lt doea it will die gracefully but it should not be buried before it is dead judge williams stuck by hia recommendation but he said the forgone month would not amount to much and the action might be modified the forna action of the council waa reconsidered and it was decided i that the instrument the council till alderman wright called attention practice of bicycles running on the sidewalk and made a motion thai the committee be instructed to draft an ordinance prohibiting this the motion waa carried marshal said a bums her of complaints are made by the public and through the papers about faba driving some people are m the habit of trotting their racers on the streets and he would liko instructions about the matter he was instructed to enforce the ordinance which applies to this question alderman moved that the members of the council receive the usual compensation as made the last time for services rendered councilor said that considering si the hard times he thought it would beliso for the members to volunteer a reduction in their salary everybody is glad to get work for small wages and he felt like applying this rule in this case and made an amendment to the motion that a reduction of ten per cent from the usual amount be made councilor driver thought if the city was paying its servants an es trava gant salary it would be all right to those of the street committee the present salary hardly pays for buggy use mr said he only made the out of consideration for hard times he does not think the present salary is exhorts bitant mr Pin cocks amendment was seconded td by councilor driver the previous compensation has been per six months for members and the treasurer and to the mayor the amendment was lost and the motion was carried on motion of councilor bolker the invitation of the committee on arrangements for the grant memo rial services for the city council to attend the services in a body was accepted tho usual bills were allowed and the council adjourned for two weeks |