Show WITH CITY 1 council levy of six and a ha hali if mills made HEAVY DEFICIT VERY PROBABLE retrenchments to be made in all do apartments part ments reduction lon in water hat rates e 3 W will III be Do demanded mandod after a great deal of delay the city council has at last fixed the rate of assessment ses aes for the coming year at aj 6 mills which upon an assessed valuation of will vivo a revenue of 88 several other matters of 0 importance received attention at the tile meeting last night it was decided to appoint a committee on retrenchments retrench ments thia this committee will be named bythe by the pres president ident in the near future and will get down to work at once council was not called to order un until til there were present jones gill If harrop arrop paine bl maguire quire warner after the usual preliminaries limin aries t tho h ere regular lar business of the tile session was called calle the committee on licenses recommended that the petition of lofb B M 31 robinson for a 0 50 rebate on the unused portion of his license bo granted but that hereafter no ro rebates bateson on liquor licenses bo be made adopted chairman gill odthe of alio commatee comm itee on police reported that ho lie had under the resolution introduced by jones investigated the matter of tile city jailor boarding united slates states territorial and county prisoners and found that mr snyder has boarded the prisoners prisoners but charged the accounts to t the I 1 to government covern ment county or ter territory I 1 as itic case might be attorney kimball gave as bis his opinion that tile city CRY 1 was not forced to board outside prisoners if it was objectionable the matter of the location of electric light telea rath and and wires on the business streets was taken up and discussed but no decision was rc reached ached the street supervisor asked that ta the ie recorder be authorized to draw a warrant for 1050 to release a car of railroad iron now at the rio grande western or n depot ordered for the tramway by the street committee objected to the city p paying out any money especially ally until the tax levy is is made and moved that the matter go over for one week in order that it might be investigated sti gated the proposed expenditure avi having arisen arisen ili in the committee and not nf with it the le council INI r gill explained that a demurrage of 5 per day would be charged for every day the freight is left ot the depot and the rails are needed for the purpose of building the tramway to thirtieth street warner thought it very poor policy for a committee to purchase anything without authority but jones explained that no purchase had been made the tile gfatter matter was just brought brou glit council for ratification Re stalls amendment to lay 0 on the table was sustained the assessment plat of paving district no 2 em embracing bracini four blocks on washington avenue from rom twenty sixtol to twenty second streets street s having been completed the tile board lof equalization and review will meet on monday next aad continuo continue in session for five days to hear ob objections eions raving paving contractor wilkerson asked k for an allowance of on his contract a large amount of grading having already 11 edy I 1 been on twenty mill fifth street and much material purchased jonea jones moved that th teiei request be granted and the recorder was authorized to draw a warrant for th the amount tho the tax levy ordinance was next taken up and considered uncle jolin john maguire had changed ilia ile opinion since last friday and thought 6 mills would not give the tile city buo cuo enough ugh revenue for the year and offered an amendment making a levy of 5 mills for contingent expenses 2 mills for streets and ya of a mill for sewers making 7 ax mills in all several seconds were made no remarks were made except by who quoted the following figures of coming expenses police streets fire department hospital and charity public 1 lb lic buildings and grounds am 20 expanse expense interest sinking fund contracts estimated extras on expense in including road roller rio grande western shops salaries making a total of according to the same figu figures res the assets for tho the year ea r will be as follows cash I 1 from V bonds 0 d bold old I 1 levy uy at 7 mills cash from gen licenses ses cash from sewer tax police court fines makine making a total of leaving ft a deficit of 86 on a roll call on maguires amendment of VA 71 mills harrig carrop jones gill stone ami warner vo voted te no MR maguire paine and aye 11 paine offered another amend amendment men t th this s time making t the lle levy 7 mills dropp dropping ing half lial f a mill mil i from th the e street levy gill I 1 II I 1 arrop jones stone an and warner vol voted ed no and paine maguire an and res ta 11 a aye C I 1 jones this t time I 1 me came forward with an amendment of 5 mills on tills this roll call gill maguire paine and war ner voted no II Il arrop jones and stone aye amended making the levy 6 aa 1 2 mills gill maguire paine and warner v ote vote daye a 0 tl this is time and dilarro II arrop jones and il itono stono tonono to bonono nono no the amendment of 6 mills having carried tile ordinance w was is read by its t title itle and placed u upon pon its its passage gill maguire Ma paine J esta I 1 and warner voted aye and jones and stono itono no the ordinance was declared passed and will be published du blushed after approval warner offered a resolution provida providing that the recorder be instructed to no notify t I 1 the bear lake river water works work 8 irrigation company to make a fur further t her reduction of 10 per cent in its water rates according to the tile contract w with ith bothwell winch which provides that a reduction ile m made every three years this the second call for a deduc reduction ion of 10 per or cent the resolution was a adopted S on motion of paine a comm committee attee of five on oil retrenchments will bo be appointed the president to act as chair man was authorized to layoff lay off all city and the merchants will bo be noti notified fled to clear away their own garbage adjourned for two weeks |