Show CITY COUNCIL our city dads deliberations last evening COMMITTEE K REPORTS I 1 I 1 i A the roll five mua Ms on tho the dollar tax for por ensuing year I 1 the regular meeting of the council was wits held yesterday afternoon in the city halli hall mayor peer occupied the chair after allee tho tile usual preliminaries the minutes of the previous mee were read and accepted the minutes of the special meeting were also read and approved PETITIONS herbert oliue and twenty two others complained of a ditch of stagnant water situated beleen slain main and young streets on o 0 eight dulit street the odors said ditch emits are foul and so polluted as to be positively injurious to the health odthe of the resident sin that neighborhood the petitioners felt that unless thi thid nuisance is at once abated the health odthe of the residents will be endangered dang ered referred to tho the committee on streets with power howerto to act wm win weaver ben a rold resident ent and farmer in the south part of the city is desirous of purchasing a small niece piece of city land a which is so located locate that a reservoir to store water to irr irrigate igatA his farm could be easily constructed referred to the committee on public grounds R K billiard petitioned the council to sell him lote lots 2 and 5 of block 70 plat 0 ogden city survey referred to the committee on public grounds mark lindsey represented that the tall cottonwood trees near his store ah on fifth FifthS street reet in cane consequence e u C e orsome of some of the limbs being dead ie ad are a menace tolifo to life and property he therefore asks that steps betaken bo taken to abert lye rt a possible calamity in d discussion i it transpire transpired d that the trees belong to M mr stephens and the marshal was instructed to see the own owner er ab and d have su such ch precautions re as may be necessary M taken e n COMMITTEE REPORTS the the mayor was unsuccessful in securing a committee report until he lie reached committee on streets wb when en council driver reported soma som good work done on the thoroughfares of ogden the tile report was accepted councilor folker of the committee on public grounds recommended the sale of a city lot to james d under the usual restrictions the recommendation was adopted councilor rich reported the labore a of the sanitary committee tho the annitah sanitary y condition of the town is I 1 is now good the committee being diligent a and careful in their labors the report was accepted alderman eccles of the special committee on tramway reported that the last car of iron has arrived and it now only remains for the work to be commenced the report was adopted and tho tile committee in strutted ted to continue their labors miscellaneous 1 LANE OUS BUSINESS tho the methodist Metho diat school through councilor rich asked for the use of the Pay pavilion ilion for the purpose ofa of a picnic the request was granted under tho the usual restrictions councilor boyle stated that mr A browning assisted the hook and ladder boys out with their truck to the fire the other night some of the boys rode with him and shortly before deac reaching ling the scene of tho the fire his buggy broke doeff this tha repairs cost and he now being a poor man asks the council to pay ay the amount tho the fact that BP browning would haye have gone home and hence not have hav e broken his bui buggy aggy if he lie had not been called upon was the extenuating circumstance cum stance the request was granted J S lewis was giyen I 1 tho the privilege of laying a pipe across F fourth street for the purpose of condu conduct ing waste water from his flowing we well into the sewer the assessment roll of ogden city waa was banded handed in by the assess or and collector the total value of property is august huet jath was the dale date set fur for hear heard ing lug co complaints against the eis ment the council f fixed the city lax tax for ensuing year at five mils on oil the dollar mr boyle moved that be appropriated for the foerth of july celebration the gentleman added to his motion that tho the unused from last year be also used for thia this purpose the motion was carried the bills were read among them was one from the firemen cowfer for or attending the fire at the powder works in ogden ian canyon jon tho the question whether tho the city should pay the firemen tor cervices 0 the city limits was raised and the bill was vas referred the h committee F 4 on claims u the mayor remarked that humanity should prompt t the b e firemen to attend when requested ed in the country but the city could cou d not con pay them for their services the rest of the bills were allowed and the council adjourned for two weeke weeks |