Show THE TH CITY COUN rules proud proved to be b two nuns imas our OF ali me E 01 i tha the hold the majority at bai day aslor torner turner travel the chair and tin the ba ft dority get a chow hw the city council met last evening in reg regular lar session the entire council being present the following petitions were read and referred PETITIONS fred A and others for the grading of twenty seventh ead east of adams committee on streets W II 11 tinner turner on behalf ot the fourth of july committee for the u nee as of lester park and the pavilion for tr ti e celebration as well as washington twenty fourth and twenty fifth for a I fi cremens 8 tournament between th the I 1 1 hours of 4 and 6 rpm p in granted edward jessop for rebate on un used liquor license amounting to 00 50 committee on licenses license a fred Mei Me lesuer esner for or appointment as j night watchman at depot yards police commission S W for or privilege of pa paying Y 20 to 25 per month on sener sewer tax until paid committee 0 on n finance I 1 rank frank monroe for or rebate on liquor and novelty theatre licence lia ence amounting to committee on licenses licences licen ces Pes the ogden typographical union no respectfully asked that they ba be permitted to withdraw a petition then in the hands bands of the committee for or consideration signed by breet chaa chag abernethy A her asking for the use of lester park pavilion for or a proposed ball to be given ven by tb the e un union ion on july pat raid r u union to 11 a at t a regular meeting havin having g decided to postpone their ball to some future occasion granted it 31 burch br sr and robert burch jr for or the use nee of 0 the surplus water of a spring near the pest peat bouse house committee on public grounds R kohn for or extension of 0 time till oct isep ast 1st on half of the payments falling due july on lots 45 and mud C 6 block 01 61 and lot 7 block 37 all allin in plat 0 granted A 31 white and others for an electric light on lincoln and T twenty w e 0 ty birth sixth committee on public gr brounda ou n do T B lewis in behalf of the democratic club of bf the first 1 arst ward for or the use ot of the city hall ball for or a democratic june granted the five points volunteer fire company for or the same privileges enjoyed fany by I 1 y the volunteer company of the C city ty this involved the payment for d drill and fires granted councilor spencer voting no mr cannon moved that the vote whereby the finance committee bad been instructed instruct ed to present all ail communications in relation to the their ir negotiations tiati ons for or the sale of bonds be reconsidered considered rt air mr dee rose to a point of order on the ground that rules should first be suspended ens the chair ruled the this point not well taken as no rules had yet been ad adopted 1 0 led 3 mr tr dae appealed from the decision but it wag was sustained eos tamed by a vote of 8 to 2 allison and dee voting no the motion was wa made and mr me cannon explained his reason for or it to be the facilitation aci odthe of the public business of t the he city T the he bonds bad been sold and no other proposition could be entertained salt mith lake with as good credit as ogden has been forced to resort to the same means as ogden having been unable to place her bonds by advertisement alvertie ement the correspondence received was open to the investigation of every member mr allison was astounded astound el at the proposition advanced the committee bad had been ordered to produce the correspondence bet yet they came here without them correspondence has been locked in the sate safe of the chairman of the committee and I 1 was re need the privilege of seeing them to night the finance committee has been worked in this matter and they t e have sought to shirk the lity and place it on my shoulders there ii if is a man in this hall tonight to night ready ti 0 pay for or the aa as soon as you can dra the contract in writing I 1 lose logo my patience when I 1 think or speak 0 of the matter even today to day 1 I dont don t know who the arm ia is that has I 1 purchased the bonds mr bigelow stands one day as agent and another day as principal in in thia thi matter smatter I 1 I 1 challenge the assertion that the whale whole opposition to the sale is fil for or public pahl effect and for or private inter interests e ats if I 1 we had advertised our bids we would 1 have bad had lying on our table soma some 10 or 12 bids and our bonds said at a premium instead of paying for or their sale there ia Is something to be secreted ter eted here why not have an open and fair discussion of 0 it there Is a discredit on this city the way the sale t of these bonds have been considered oi si it seems strange that the ogden state bank should have such heavy financial backing over those of the older banks the act fact is 10 those telegrams wee not Pun buncombe combe but harris co want those bonds and want them bad that would be a saving of 11 here he read two letters asking for or I 1 inform information aaion regarding the bonds we are entill entitled to see this correspondence po pon dence the only member of the council voting against tha the prod production tic of these letters is the chairman cha irmia of the finance committee mr graves that is not true mr allison reiterated bis his statement and he was corrected by the chair lie ile asked to introduce mr taylor of denver who would make a statement 3 to chrt be he would do in the purchase of bonds sir mr lundy moved the previous question mr allison stated thit that two taxpayers david evans and W IL II 11 smith were I 1 present and he asked that they be alto allowed W ed the trie floor lo 10 objection was raised and mr smith spoke poke ori on the question lie expressed seed surer surprise ise a at t anding it in espre an such c a shape as he did he ile believed with the city attorney that unless reconsidered the contract was binding inglut but the 5 commission was unauthorized by the council and therefore illegal and could not be binding lie ile did not believe any 6 p per er cout bonds would go beg begging King aig le could not conceive any business reason that should mak make it necessary for int the finance committee to conceal its hand especially now as the least that could be bald said of it was that it had the appearance of a job david evans considered it wrong in principle and theory to sell bond bonds 14 without advertising st mr cannon mr evana evans do yo you a consider that the city baa has any bonde bonds bosell to sell mr E evans vans well I 1 am not dis clasing that now I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 mr 11 r clann cannon yes bit that Is lathe the milk ilk in thia this just now mr evans my friend Cannon well knows that a lawyer is fig very careful in liying laying down any proposition of law 0 IT band mr sir evans then as a ci citizen and tar tax bdyer demanded to read that correspondence pon dence can you expect the public to believe should that correspondence be deot hidden bidden that the tb work baa has been done honestly it would be a crandal on the city should this motion carry mr dee spoke against the motion and briefly reviewed the act acton on from the time of empowering the finance committee to oleu negotiations until the present status of the case lie did not think that there waa was a line in the correspondence that would reveal any wrong on the part of the comm committee ittes except bad Ju judgment dament of which all were liable but it should be seen some quibbling awe on parlia r centary tactics but finally the main question to reconsider was put byis by a vote of 8 to 2 and carried aa as to fo dolova lowe lova ayea ayes Mc Mania spencer ri pencer graves shurtliff ui cat C a 1 vert I cannon n 6 nays ye th cang lundy unity dee L a alliason Alli AI li aon on alliott Ll il liott i n t th 4 th the motion 1 I on to produce the correspondence co are spon dence made by mr allison a week w at k ago was read mr allison dwelt on the motion for or a few moments aching ae king the council to vote for the reproduction of the cor respond enca again discussion ensued mr cannon showed the insincerity of those who were continually charging cLari ting that the correspondence w was it a being suppressed when the challenge of the chairman of the finance committee had been open for weeks asks for any member to examine examine tho the correspondence a spon pon dence the motion to produce the correspondence spon dence was put with the following results ayea lundy shurtliff dee alli bon a elliott Ll liott 6 5 naya nays fanis fl spencer graved graves calvert Cal veit cannon 5 the tie was decided by the mayor voting aye and the motion carried car mr allison moved that the corre be he produced forthwith no second col harvey was given the floor for a few he lie asked that the council pass the following resolution information hai has been received by the city council of dirdon city that the rail railroads rada between missouri luver river and utah have had a proposition before them to withdraw the present tourist rate with a view to advance the game same therefore be it resolved in our opinion such a course if adopted by the ral rail railroader road roade will seriously embarrass em barass the prosperity of this country that it will not only be a serious blow to the business of this city and thia this territory territory but will injure the business bosine ea of the t railroad sand this body earnestly petitions against such a change in rates but on the contrary as to the ral railroads roads between colorado points and ogden earnestly petition that the lowest rate be put at 2 for round trip tickets in place of the rate ot of 35 for round trip tickets the council passed the resolution and ordered a copy forwarded to each of the railroads interested Rr PORTS on licenses Licen res the committee recommended that petition of lewis ladener for rebate of auction lic license e nee be not granted on fire department the committee recommended the payment of the b bill 11 of mr sir hale of 27 2750 50 adopted also at 8 0 that the bill of the electra light company of 3 70 be paid adopted also that the petition of the fire department at five 1 ive points forsum tor eup p plies lie a be granted adopted I 1 mr I 1 ir graves moved that a report be bad from the committee on laws on the thirtieth street matter at once carried the chairman mr allison was about to report verbally when objection was raised as it was a violation vi ola of rulea rules to present it in any other manner than writing the council pressed a report and the mayor declared a fifteen recess to prepare prep atre the report tn on sewera ewers and aud finance the committee recommended on resuming the tile seamen session that the sewers on twenty sixth be but bui t the property owners in favor of it represented and those protesting represented adopted also recommending reco i mending that july let at 10 be fixed to hear bear the protests against establishing a sewer district on twenty fourth an and d awen ty fifth between washington Vas hington and quincy and on adams jefferson madison monroe and Quincy between twenty and twenty twe nty fifth adopted on streets the committee recommended that the council laze a vote on the petitioners petition ers for the position of poll tax collector and aud fixed 15 per cent of gross receipts for a salary the vote was made by ballot on the following names E A littlefield Little neld J Da dougan vm win studer C S kapp frank cook three baUo ballo tines tings were necessary to decide the choice and mr dougan was elected by this time the committee on laws reported that 0 11 II king bad had tendered something like three acres of ground for a street and recommended its acceptance also that t they hey had been unable to see certain other parties also that the opening of thirtieth street eastward would involve a number of suits against property owners if it was asked of the committee had bad not been instructed to institute suite suits but no definite answer was wa given the report was referred ferrod re back to the committe with instructions to report more fully at the next meeting on public grounds the comm committee it recommended recommend od that the use of the pavilion for july be granted to the tabernacle choir and for or adne to the county teachers te chers adopted also that the city hall ball and j jail be connected with tho the sewer at once adopted the police commission recommend ed that the salary of sergeants be raised to and that fifteen new police stars be purchased adopted mr dee asked for the appointment of a special policeman tor for brooms beric i and recommended IV NV tracy referred to mayor and marshal the city attorney asked fur for farther further tune time in the matter of compelling water extensions on which was granted he lie also reported that the bill ol 01 for the B L it IV NV A I 1 company waa was legal and sh should ou id be paid aso also that there wan was no contract b between the city and JV it porter parter co and that much of the work on sidewalks having been done by consent of the late S M haw and there being no record 0 of the council authorizing such a step he considered the bill invalid and recommend ed its rejection adopted and the he t bill disallowed the quarterly report ol 01 the was read showing receipts and disbursements 7 I 1 I 1 I 1 9 the auditor tendered his report which was placed on file BILLS the following pay rolls were allowed street supervisor 65 sanitary inspector police department depart ment 20 bupt of public grounds 40 0 board account go 00 city hospital I 1 tal 46 SO marshals sundries street Dirling 00 AH all other billa bills were referred to committee on claim mr cannon moved that the street committee prepare an estimate on grading madison between twenty seventh and twenty eighth and of building a culvert to carry the waters of dy dry D y creek carried the city marshal reported forty five arrests of which thirty convictions had been secured mr shurtliff lff moved to reconsider the vote whereby the prod productions actions of the correspondence on the he bonds bad had been demanded A motion for adjournment was lost previous question was called A motion that when the coun council CI adjourn it be to tuesday at 7 SOP 30 p in created a wrangle on p parliamentary rules but the chair decided that the previous oue question took precedence ce mr dee appealed from the decision i but it was sustained mr allison moved adjournment till wednesday at 7 the chair ruled bitout it out oford of order erand and mcallison Mr Allison appealed from the decision he lie wanted the council to tinder understand stand that be he intended to appeal all night mr cannon demanded the previous question mr allison demanded the appeal tha the chair was sustained mr allison moved to ad adjure adji jurn urn no second previous question called tor for and ordered again gala appealed and again sustained I 1 on major Elli alliotts otts FORgea suggestion tion mr allison held that the motion could not twice be reconsidered the chair held the point well taken and ruled the motion to reconsider out of order appeal from the chair wai was taire n mr dee moved to lay appeal on the table and followed immediately with a motion to adjo adjourn rn bot both h to motions were loot lost the appeal was called for motions to adjourn and other a appeals p were taken jaken till the council il seemed to be completely tangled up the mayor as bad as anybody I 1 mally finally de do decided that be he would entertain no other motion till the appeal was disposed of after bait half an in hours jangling the mayor finally allowed it to be put and the decision of the chair wai was not sustained which brought original motion in order before the bouse house mr elliott asked to be excused but remained in the bouse house mr allison sought a point on the g ground r aund that no consideration could be h 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