Show h I 1 I 1 11 9 THE ielli CITY 1111 COUNCIL I 1 r Z A along long and unimportant session semion licit held F t last evening 11 R I 1 01 THIRTIETH STREET braim 1 I L I 1 I 1 city physician reports tie the city hospital tot too small building inspector elected sanitary improvements ithe abe city council met in regular session last evening with mayor kiesel in the chair L ethere there were present aldermen spilling Shil linc whalen and snyder 7 councilmen corey turner chapman I 1 zelmer zolmer hank douglas B blaedel chaleo iss el and hurlbut Hurl bat recorder ale natt city engineer parkins marshal metcalf and nd others the minutes of last asat meeting were I 1 re read ad 10 and approved k 1 PETITIONS 10 alth I 1 the a juvenile drum corps asked permission I 1 I 1 1 l 1 to occasionally mo use laster lester jark tark pavilion for drum drills committee on public building buildings john eilis ellis reported that be he had been taxed for a certain piece of pro property be belonging longin to the city and ask asked that said tax U be remitted finance committee r A large number of citizens and property arty owners asked that orson r riser ir or be appointed chief of fire department I 1 ment I 1 part committee on fire department 0 0 wilson asked permission to I 1 pot at in a pair of platform scales on twenty fourth street i committee on streets the committee on claims recommended I 1 that the petition of joe josiah bah iah bead read to hare bis his taxes remitted b be a I 1 causene cau caus sebe eshe had fallen from the re bex I 1 t arch and was unable to pay abe the amount be granted report adopted mr turner stated that the committee considered the bill of porter at company tor for sidewalks should not be I 1 paid d 4 until the amount had been collected I 1 fectea from the pro property peri ty owners lie ile also thought that porter C co 0 should make an effort to collect the tax as the property had in some cases C a as a changed hands several times before a foot of sidewalk elk was laid judge stated that the wait I 1 was working w a hardship upon the I 1 I 1 I 1 comp company any greater even than upon tb the e I 1 city the committee also recommended that the bill of the gamewell fire alarm company for extras be not allowed report adopted the committee on streets recommended that the deed for a street I 1 through block 6 5 plata be accepted report adopted dr powers reported the number numbe r of cases case s in the hospital and those th that at had been treated seventy eight cases I 1 number of deaths eleven suicides two surgical cases eighteen now L under treatment thirteen the doctor stated that since the establishment of the hospital there had bad been but two room rooms in use and the cases bad had been treated together he considered that more room was necessary and that a building could be erected on the present grounds tor for about COO in several instances patients had taken relapses on account of cases being taken into the room there are no cases of scarlet fever or diphtheria ia in the city but a number ot of typhoid fever 0 councilman hurlbut stated th that ll 11 t aiace the sanitary committee h had a d been given power to rent a suitable building for hospital purposes the L members had investigated the matter and found that for a small sum i the present premises could be fixed fix a d I 1 I 1 ap and made to do for this winter he y 0 asked that the committee be allowed to contract for the building i on motion of councilman blasdel I 1 they were granted the necessary power the special committee appointed to investigate the chances for pre i caring a new cemetery came tary site reported that a farm belonging to david kay had been decided upon to be paid for in ten and twenty year bonds P the committee did not recommend the purchasing of the site until the city finances were in better order report adopted appropriations ogden river bridee bridge 1 fire department district court clerk 23 water supply i 25 11 henry powers 42 I 1 city engineer to 60 i A number of minor bills were pro pre seated and referred to the proper I 1 committees I 1 the council here resolved itself into a board of equalization to bear hear complaints on the opening of thirtieth street west A gentleman present stated that he was a property owner on the proposed street and the citizens considered that a number of the people owning property the street asked too much toi for the land and he be thought if the council would appoint a number ot of appraisers pral sers to settle the difficulty the street could be opened the catl citizens z ens I 1 had bad met together and decided that if the city would appraise the land they would open the street themselves A number of pro property ry owners addressed the council and n all thought thought I 1 the assessment was too high T attorney heywood ley wood sated stated that he knew of no way to make these own or era re fell 11 their property until there was enough money to pay them then the property could be condemned by the court and purchased the names of the gentlemen who had bad been taxed unequally were taken down and cornec correction ion ordered mr air corey elated stated that be he did not consider the tax strictly equal when a piece of property near the weber r river ver should be taxed the same as one near washington avenue mr air blasdel stated that the people on the proposed street were nearly all poor and could not afford to pay the tax lie he would be in n favor of re repealing ai the law if it could possibly pos possibly be done mr air corey thought the matter could be settled by referring it to a committee mr harris said that ho be did not riot object to tto the opening but he did object to 0 pay paying rag per fool toot for land on washington V ahlston avenue as the property owners on the line were al all 1 poor and could not afford to pay such prices attorney haywood stated that the people down there were not poor aa as ono man owned a strip ne nearly arly a blocs long and eight rods wide and there is not a mortgage on any piece of property in the district the council resumed its regular business and the street matter was taken under advisement miscellaneous the city attorney reported that the supreme court bad had decided that the officers to be elected at the next municipal elect election ion were a may mayor recorder callec collector 1 or marshal and rod assessor to be voted for as a whole and two councilmen council toen and one justice of the peace from each precinct councilman hurlbut moved that the tho matter of the election of a building inspector be taken up and that a vote be taken and the applicant receiving cal I 1 M the highest nam number berof of votes be declared vec declared lared elected considerable discussion was indulged in upon the proper man U ian for the position I 1 position some of the members favoring fog a contractor and some an at architect chi abote A vote was taken which resulted as a follows eleven votes being cast first ballot F A woods 2 geo goo harris 3 howe 1 branson 2 collins 2 J F bauscher 1 second ballot F atwoods 2 geo harris 3 branson 2 collins 2 shepherd 1 third bablot woods 2 harris 4 branson 2 collins 3 fourth hallot ballot harris 6 collins 4 mr harris wa wai t declared elected the plat of florence park was again gain a presented and a motion to adopt the majority report to accept the plat was made mr corey stated that he stood about the same as be he did the week before that the streets should be 0 opened in the regular manner as ha bad bened been done on previous as occasions mr douglas said a number of citizens bad told him that the acceptance ce cep tance of this addition would do a great injury to property owners in the vicinity mr air turner arose and said that he had objected to the original motion but since that time thus he bad had been over the ground and considered the plat t the he best that could be made the majority report was ado adopted apted council adjourned |