Show I 1 r g I 1 11 I 1 1 CL the of city solons last THE CLIFF BOULI EVARD V I 1 Petit for city bott dee I 1 duskes a nova toward towards bringing the V U P company to time I 1 the regular meeting of tho the city council was held in the city hall eraday after afternoon roon mayor eccles pre aided and after the reading of tile minutes of the former meeting the were read I 1 1 james asked ked bermis eion sion to build a culvert on tho tile street near hia his residence referred to the committee Commit tco on streets 11 T williams II 11 T hilliard Hi eliard C 8 colton dennis B INI murphy urphy J T snyder W A botkin james r sprunt mrs iannie fannie and E K E dark clark petitioned tho the council to sell them city lots referred Kc ferrod to the committee on public grounds W D williams petition fora deed lo 10 certain land purchased from ogden city by him was referred to the tile committee on public grounds I 1 the follow follo ing communication from 11 II II 11 llo lapp secretary of tile chamber ir of commerce was rend to the mayor and city vity coun cil of ayden my Gent lemeni the chamber of commerce desires me to inform your honorable liono rable body that a commilee comm itco itee con I 1 fisting of william driver E A mcdaniel IV C warren NV G child and A I 1 II 11 1 nelson has been appointed ei by tho the chamber for the purpose of 0 taking into consideration the propriety bety fit of laying out and opening a driveway in tho tile eastern part of the city to be Is known ae as the tile cliff boulevard and also a short and convenient road into ogden oden O den canyon As we feel that your honorable body is equally interested I 1 in a project of that kind wo we respect ally ask that ae as toon soon as convenient your aint a SL eha ilar I 1 committee to work in conjunction with the tile M k T I 1 I 1 the clio ze appoint nit ed to gentlemen mentioned COMMITTEE tha the committee on claim claims recommended the tile cutting down of the electric light bill to the extent of rix dollars for the last quarter adopted I 1 the recommendation of tho the committee that 2000 bo be appropriated to win rord fordham liam was also adopted alderman doe of tho the committee on A I 1 fi fire 0 de department rement reported on tho the petition I 1 tit i 0 n orthe ot tho hose company for new uniforms tho the wt would bo be about 1250 each man tho the committe rea commended that tho the appropriation I 1 necessary bo be made as soon the I 1 finances of the city will admit ot of the 1 ex expenditure nd iture the rho committee aleo also recommended d that the ordinance bo be amended so as t to 0 r require ur 0 a membership of 25 23 including I 1 n g officers 1 me and call 11 boys for each company it not bo be desirable of col fourek arse to dismiss any person but neither company is s 7 lull ul I 1 now the number required by tho the ordinance ie is 32 for each company TI alio to report t was accepted and tho the ul matter it or clr 01 u r 1 I 1 as g uniforms if wae was laid over c aih till t ohp l first limo time the city can afford tho the expenditure the ordinance will bo be amended alderman doo doe or tho the joint corn coin mattec to consider con nider the construction of reservoirs the tito committee has hu tl aided on two reservoirs 32 by bv 40 feet built of brick and to cost 2500 without I 1 a covering the cost of a b building fildi 9 I 1 to cover them thern would be 1500 the tile matter was wati laid over to be taken up I 1 I 1 under the tile head of billit miscellaneous cOl laneous busl business an exhaustive report from the street committee was accepted tile matter ot of graveling streets in the cemetery was wits deferred for the pro I 1 sent the committee on public ground grounds cua recommended tho the salo sale of several aa cily city lota lots adopted alderman wright of tho the commit teo te on finance reported negotiation s for a loan of are pending and prospects i aro arc favorable Luo rable to obtain lie the 0 ITI money Oncy the report was accepted and on motion of alderman dee the mayor was wak added to labor with the th finance committee john A jost stated that he had coa cort a merry go round which he would liko like to take to lester park on juno four posts will bo necessary ry and ho lie would like the privilege of keeping tile posts there for future use alter miter they are once placed in iw tion on Adi A sewn followed in regard to permitting refresh sint f db el et I 1 cetera t to 9 occupy a place on ati tho squared I 1 tho the practice of persons person 8 who get the 11 use 1513 of the grounds free renting locations to other others for stands is to be stopped the whole matter being referred to the committee on public I 1 grounds the mayor reported a meeting of tho the colico ice commission several severa rules rues were L adopted and tho the service services of watchman luty have been dispensed with ith I 1 tho the report WAS adopted alderman deo dee called the attention of the council to the petition of tho the U P railway company filed in october last and asking for the clo closing qing I 1 of fifth street in ili order that vor work k on tile new depot might bo be prose prosecuted ell ted the council granted that petition and fifth street was wa S closed a and I 1 is s I 1 closed today to day but during the last five or six months tho the provisions of tho the petition have not been complied with and no excuse haa has been offered for tilis this delay delav tho company I 1 should bo be required to give an explanation in regard to this delay and the gentleman therefore bovea that tho the city attorney be conferred ra 51 with to see soe what further steps shou should id LVA 1 be taken alderman awerman reeve eald said it ia Is understood that mr potter tile p present resent lawfer m a mager of tho the road will be in ogdon ogden in few daya days it probably would be I 1 well not to take any definite steps until mr potter ernes wines here I 1 the question was wits referred to the I 1 city attorney to investigate and report I 1 at tit the next meeting the question tion of new reservoirs for tho tile city waterworks was then die dia cussed and tile committee tco was instructed ted to get up plans and sped fi cae eions and advertise for or bide bids |