Show THE CITY 1 COUNCIL W mainly petitions against another electric light franchise THE BEICH REICH FIRE HID 10 MUDDLE 1 til no chan ts in the central fire station will at least cost 1000 fiore lore than expected the city council met in regular session last evening there were present mayor turner and councilors councillors Counci lors lundy spencer graves gravee dee elliet elliott 10 and calvert after reading the minutes the following reports were rendered REPORTS on claims the committee recommended that bills amounting to be paid adopted on I 1 fire department the co committee in presented several bids for the central fire station the lowest bid being R 0 smead they recommended mend edthe the acceptance of the bid also that W 0 crabbs petition for release of the contract to build bench forestation fire station be not granted aa as the bond was considered good adopted J R elliott recommended the remittance mit tance of the city taxes of mr balcom carried on the matter of the back hack drivers not being permitted to stand on the union depot grounds without paying a stand license the city attorney gave it t as hie his opinion that the action of the union depot company was legal and right PETITIONS A R heywood Iley wood asked the council to a reject the ordinance for electric lighting and other othe dpn purposes e so I 1 far ar a as 9 lighting was concerned in a lengthy speech be he asked the council not to cause the thelmas loss of or bankruptcy 31 A breeden desired to remind be the council of the history of corpora iong and syndicates and advised great care and mature consideration before granting an electric light franchise to 11 0 gilbert and assigns placed on file newton farr for damages alleged to be caused by the grading of 0 f twenty seventh in front of lots 2 and 3 block 13 plat A dropping bis his lana land six feet below the new now grade of the street committee on claims I 1 G co and others lor for the reduction of billiard and pool poof table license from 15 to 5 per quarter committee on license and laws the officers of the homans womans E exchange j for a sum wherewith to pay three months rent for their hall the freeman building setting forth in the petition the objects of the organization committee on laws ogden gas light fuel co for a co conference with some council committee upon a petition to cancel the IN present contract at 18 per street lamp and making another based on the present number of lamps committee on buildings and grounds the same company also alao presented a long petition setting forth various reasons why the city should not grant another electric light franchise they were agdens population was not sufficient to support two companies a large number of ogden citizens were stockholders of the company thelt plant was new and perfect the company had met the cites demands promptly it is now putting up no new W poles and and wires for extra lights and I 1 is a increasing its motive power and dynamo capacity ite its policy is to furnish light to the greatest number at a minimum price a reduction of rates was being considered and would be made at next meeting of the board that the electric lighting from railway or other circuits with ground return had been ruled out by the pacific insurance union according to their ruler placed on file 11 W smith and others for the defeat of the ordinance granting the ogden city railway company a fra franchise n to furnish electric lights ii lits committee on public buildings buildings buil dinga and grounds walter M Ri Rit hards asked for 1900 1000 for a piece of property opened as adams avenue south of twenty eighth but never condemned or ordered opened committee on streets with city attorney added 0 P herriman and associates demanded the purchase price of the p piece bece of land the council had accepted two weeks ago for a fire station committee on claims and city attorney MOTIONS AND resolutions mr lundy moved that all the papers relating to the compensation of justices I 1 I 1 8 ices of 0 the peace now in the bands of f t the e p police lice com commie salon eion be referred to the com committee attee on laws carried mr lundy moved that the back stand ordinance be amended so aa as to permit the backs to stand on wall avenue in front of the union depot carried READING of ordinances the ordinances relating to ane placing of telephone or telegraph poles in a the center ot of the street end and the connection a of private sewers with coia the mains were read the second time the latter under suspension of rulea rates being read the third time passed and or dered published in TUB THE STANDARD with extra copies to be circulate circulated a among the property owners while the former was re referred to the city attorney the electric franchise franch ordinance to 0 gilbert was taken up and r re eh berred back to committee on laws with accompanying petitions and pro tests the city attorney reported that he bad had begun a mandamus suit against the water company tor for the extension of water mains from ogden bridge to phoenix mills and from thirtieth to thirty third on washington mr gilbert bad had offered to make the extension it the city took an additional fire hydrant to each block of the extension on motion the proposition was rejected and the attorney instructed to proceed with the suit MISCAL miscellaneous LANEOUS A number of pay rolla were read a and ad ordered paid the city attorney asked for a deputy attorney at a salary of 75 per month the city to pay tao 50 of that amount referred to financial committee the twenty fourth street sewer ordinance waa was taken up and read by its title mr dee spoke against the passage of the ordinance as the city would not have money wherewith to pay nine tenths of the tax and await the payment adment of the sew sewer er construction by installments installments it passed however mr dee voting against it and waa was ordered published in the commercial adjourned |