Show CITY ENGINEER URGES COUNCIL TO COMPEL THE TWO TELEPHONE COMPANIES TO PUT IN underground CONDUITS AT ONCE mayors veto of treasurers Treasur ers salary increase referred to finance committee southern pacific company petitions for right to put track across twenty fourth to new shops teamsters trouble over street excavating cava ting contract under the head of unfinished business the mayors veto of the resolution increasing the treasurers Treasur ers bahry came up at the council meeting last night and on motion of councilman carr va referred to the finance committee the mayor sent in a communication in regard to the claim of ogden city vs the rio grande western railroad company in reference to the damages done the fire apparatus and burning of the two horses at the pintsch gas plant fire which the council requested the mayor to adjust and the latter stated he had not been able to come to any settlement with the claim agent of the road he recommended that the matter be referred to the city attorney to investigate and bring suit the communication was referred to the fire committee with city attorney added the sextons Sex tons report was received and filed A report waa received fram the city engineer to the effect that some definite action must be taken at once in regard to the spring tank on twenty fourth street hill and he stated that it will be necessary to dig out all the old wood work of said spring tank rebuild with rock and cement put tin concrete cover with cast iron manhole and connect up with such pipes and valves and boxes as may be needed all of which will cost from to according to difficulties encountered in connection with this report there was submitted letter from sirs M J stevens in a aich she agreed to pay not more than 20 or 25 as her bare of the repairs councilman powers favored tha abating of the spring a and turning it into the sewer councilman chambers stated that the city owns half of this spring water and in the past had paid halt t be expense of the tank he said that mrs stevans was willing to pay one half tire e pense of building the new tank ami making the improvements councilman hendershot favored putting in a lank costing not booro than 40 just enough to care for mr stevens share and turning the city share of the water into the sewer after some desultory discussion the report and communication was referred to paving committee in district no 3 the street report was referred to the street committee the sanitary inspector submitted a report of contagious disease as follows new cases scarlet fever 1 diphtheria 2 measles 1 total 4 now in quarantine scarlet fever 7 2 measles 1 total 10 filed the city engineer called attention to the fact that there are now twi telephone companies owning franchises in this city and that they should commence to put in the underground conduits at once and that it they are not at once put in the paving will be delayed or worse the paving will have to be torn up to place same ie also stated that the rocky mountain bell telephone company has deposited 72 to cover cost of replacing old meni removed in putting conduits on blocks now paved the engineer recommended that the city recorder ae instructed to notify the telephone companies at once that work must be done report accepted i the clerk of the municipal court submitted a report as follows tor month ending may 31 fines and forfeitures U fees in civil cases received from weber county in criminal cases total the report WAS accepted A petition was received from J hoge R parker F T alvord and thomas W horn asking the city to supply them with water they are located at corner 0 Thirty third and polk avenues and they want water furnished from strongs canyon through the pipe lint now owned by these citizens referred to water supply committee the southern pacific company pelt tinned for permission to build another single line track across twenty feytl street to the lots on antich the ne shops are to be constructed the petition was granted A W ageo petitioned for permission to build and operate a water ditch in kob hill annex referred to street committee this ditch t is understood is already built and mr affo is being sued for damages because of i ago lily circle no women of woodcraft asked for use of pavilion on tuesday evening juno granted the temperance people of ogden petitioned for the ue of laster park pavilion for two hours on the afternoon of july ath for a general temperance meet ing councilman hendershot objected to alie park being used for any society or church on a day on which the gental public may want to use it the petition ws referred to committee on eublio buildings and Ground ii an ordinance was introduced making it unlawful for any person to ride drive or lead any animal or to ride or drive any vehicle across any sidewalk or curb of any sidewalk in ogden city under ion of rules th ordinance passed three readings and was L B balch petitioned for 25 allowance for horse cart and harness referred to street committee the payroll for laying pipe lm on north washington avenue pay roll for laying pipe line at five points for lynn irrigation and for bridge on east secand street were allowed 1 bill of T C morris toy leaning old library booma for irrigation congema amounting to 1576 by iho claim a 1 t any recommendation after some discussion the claim was allowed claim of mr boatright for repairing sprinklers lers and making street leveller for ws allowed the fol lowig bids for furnishing 1000 perch of lime rock for use in macadamize ing twenty fourth and twenty fifth streets to be delivered on union square were received W G wilson per perch 00 cenas farr miler per parch 89 pent councilman chambers stated that the city needed perch and that one of the bidders had told him if the city would order perch at once that it could be furnished at 85 cents per percle it was finally decided that the council advertise re for bids on furnishing perch there was considerable discussion over whether contractor oneil should be given the contract lor the excavating of the north side of twenty fifth as well as the south side of that street councilmen nye williams and powers favored the giving of the contract for the north side to mr aneil a well as the south side as they say mr oneil could do it cheaper and chambers said air aneil was getting some teams from outside of the city they are not objecting to mr oneil getting the work out object to him getting teams from outside of the city and they would not object to him doing the work if he had received it in open competition with other men and teamsters in the city it seemed to be an impression with those councilmen favoring giving all the work to oneil that the opposition was inspired by the union teamsters of ogden who will not work for mr oceil unless the nonunion non union teamsters are discharged there was considerable discussion on the matter and finally it was disposed of by ar motion to alie effect that the recorder be instructed to advertise for bids to excavate north half of twenty fifth between washington and adams and all of tanty fourth between washington and adams |