Show NEW SIDEWALK property owners must make repairs the ogden slen and decorating company gets the contract for painting city hall roof petitions for abatement of taxes the semeion of the city council last evening waa devoid of interest the business consisted of beveral minor corn report the letting 0 a contract lon tract for painting the roof of the city hall and the introduction of an ordinance providing that property owners shall mike repairs on sidewalks all mem lers were present except M L jone the committee on finance reported that they bad fiade abatements ef taxes to the amount of the report was filed the committee on alre and police reported recommending that 25 epenial police one for each voting precinct bo employed for election day adopted the bame committee reported favorably upon the suggestion of the police and lire commission to ring the curfew bell every evening at 8 it was stated by G W jones in making the report that by stretching a wire from the bell in the city ball to the police station the police department would attend to the ringing oi abe bell auditor beardsley reported recommending that warrants to the amount of be drawn for the purpose of paying interest on bonds so ordered recorder andersnn reported that he bad been served with a summons in the of M N graves vs ogden city in which graves is suing the city for alleged salary due him for serviced ser vicea aa city physician filed the chief of police reported the num ber of arrests for the two weeks ending october 15 to be fifty four ot which forty two were convicted nine discharged and three turned over to the sheriff the matter of bids tor printine pa intine the roof ot the city hall was taken up and the bids opened the prices submitted ranged from by thomas taylor to by john murray manager of ogden sign decorating co conroy moved that the contract be awarded to the company of which mr murray ie manager taylor thought from the enormous between the highest and lowest bids was evidence that neither of the two was responsible conroy vouched for the ogden sign decorating company and said he knew the company was thoroughly responsible when the motion was put it carried unanimously and the contract was awarded to the ogden sign decorating company the bill of zack antell for 90 for rent for the ground occupied by the five points alre department which had been referred to the police and fire commission was referred back to the council and it was disposed of temporarily by referring it to the finance committee the petition of II 11 M green and others asking the city to drain thirtieth street on wall avenue of pools of water which make the vicinity unhealthy the request is made on the of an alleged contract made several years ago in which the city agreed to grade the street in the locality mentioned A number of petition written and verbal were presented asking abatement of taxes all were referred to the special committee named for the purpose of attending to all questions relating to abatement ot taxes an ordinance relating to and keeping in repair and removing ot obstructions from sidewalks was introduced by G W jones it provides that owners of land shall keep in repair all sidewalks and gutters adjoining their landane lan dand in cacoon the failure of any property owner ti comply with the law the supervisor shall attend to the work at alii expense of the property owner it was read and deterred let erred to the committee on laws with the city attorney added to be reported at the next meeting the ordinance relating to the obstruction of sidewalks passed its third reading and was ordered printed bills and payrolls for two weeks were read and allowed and the council adjourned to meet in executive session |