Show CITY COUNCILS DOINGS tho the sewer assessment ent ordinance passed other business the city council met at last evening with president allison in the chair those present were councilors councillors Counci lors Mel mellanie Mc Manie tanie lundy graves elliott dee calvert shurtliff and mayor turner the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved REPORTS the sanitary and health commission to whom was referred the the protests against the crematory being built on or twenty ninth street and river a avenue v onus reported that after due deliberation they believed the cite site chosen ii is preferable to in any other that has been considered and an rec recommended im mended that the pile site be purchased and a warrant for be drawn to nay for the lot report adopted tay the he recorder read a communication from mayor turner in which he recommended reco in some changes and amendments to tha waterworks water works franchise franch and in tuat condition its passage committee on claims recommended the payment of a large batch of bills which was adopted committee on sawera sewers were granted a aweeka further time to report on the bids for the building of the sewer in district no nog 1 I miss jane 11 west president and anti liaa aggie herrick II errick secretary of the boldan hour club tor for the use ol 01 lester park pavilion for the purpose of cf holding a beati festival I friday evening evenings juno june referred erred to major mayor tamer turner and committee on public buildings and grounds with power to act J T west lor for the appointment as city electrician Raf referred erred to committee on lire fire department J M roae rose for tha the appointment aa as plumbing inspector Pati petition tion a d on file J J bru emitt A J chamberlin Q G 0 dahlgreen and about fifty othera for the grading cr ailin of 0 thirty airet street west of W avenue to pacific avenue referred to committee on streets an ordinance ti to levy a local tax basfor for the payment ot of a portion of the abaco coats ita and expenses for construction of sewer and to determine the form orin ori n and ano mote Is of local assessments sess ments thera for in sewer district no 6 5 wag wits taken up ami and passed its birdt read ing councilor dee moed moved that tha the words seven thone and the amount of the taxation to bo be allowed be inserted in the first section the ordinance then thea passed its the wit of J J smyth for doing electrical work on tha the central cantral and bench banch ira fire stations were allowed on of the committee tho the rules wore suspended and the assessment ordinance which previously passed its first and second reading was taken up for its third reading read by its title and pa oa on motion ot of O elliott on n the approval of the mayor the ordinance waa was ordered published the ordinance for the repeal of the merchante Mer chanta license was taken up for its third refilling reading councilor do dee thought tho ordinance ought lt not to pass at the present time the city cannot any more than meet its current expenses and be he argued that the merchants had received soma benefit from the public works that bava have been coin on councilor lundy eup parted the ordinance and held that the merchants were ell compelled to pay taxes on their stocks of merchandise and thatis that it wag not riot right and just to charge them a license to do bu business aneas also again mr lundy said there were certain kinds kinda of business that are not licensed which ought to be and which would offeit the revenue received from the merchants the city recorder when aaker what the reduction in tho the cites revenues would be 14 by the passage of the ordinance stated that it would amount to aboud about councilor spencer was opposed to the 0 ordinance and could not see the consistency of charging a drayman with an outfit only worth and allowing a merchant with a stock of goods worth to get out of it oa on taking a vote Mc Mania Hanle lundy elliott and shurtliff voted aye and dee graves spencer and calvert nay president ruled that the motion was oat on the ground that it required a it majority in favor of tho the ordinance to pass on motion of councilor graves of the health commis commission elon it waa was ordered that the city hospital hoe pital be connected with an electric iida wire the hertig water franchise wa wag i taken up and the suggestions of mayor turner acted upon attorney A J dweber weber was permitted to speak in behalf of if W smith the attorney for the company he ile stated that it was desired that section sov seventeen enteen ot of the ordinance ho be stricken oat out entirely A and nd farther that the old schedule be restored that it is very probable that as it in at present it could not be accepted oa motion of councilor spencer the re commendations of the mavor not I 1 already adopted 11 were referred to the committee on lawe laws to confer with the mayor to tor r po pot t later oa on A leave of absence waa was granted recorder reorder c bryan in order that he might accompany the tuscarora braves to chicago Chica iio the council then adjourned |