Show I 1 oe the city council ol 01 the city council held its first meeting in november thursday night with mayor tallon and all the councilmen in their accustomed places the minutes ot of previous meeting were mere read and approved and then tills bills including city pay roll were road amounting to and on motion ot of councilman paull were ordered paid officers reports city treasurer cash balance on hend band october 1 receipts for or the month from licenses city taxes etc making the total receipts warrants paid in october leaving a cash balance on october 31 water department deficit october 1 warrants paid in october making total deficit receipts tor for october total deficit october 31 general fund cash balance less water deficit ot of leaves a cash balance in city treasury Nov november emler 1st ast ot of s sinking inking fund on deposit november ast 1st city justice judge Crossman Cross mans 3 deport tor for october showed 38 emes tines fines imposed all of 0 which was collected in cash city sexton sexton gidley reported four our deaths in october three adults one child two males two iwo females one body shipped to nebraska one body brought up from salt lake two adults inter ed in glenwood cemetery one adult a d u it and an d one child burled buried in city cemetery collected for graves 2400 street commissioner C W mair submitted a detailed report showing where feet of lumber had been used in III different parts of city tor for walks and flumes blumes water clerk cleric james jam s byrne submitted a report of the receipts and disbursements ot of the water department which tallied with that showed in the report of 0 city treasurer smith AN ants road widened A petition signed by fifteen residents resil of Woodside ridge asking that road be sufficiently widened to permit travel of teams to ams was read and on motion ot of councilman paull same u vas referred to the tha committee on streets alloys alleys and bridges 1 from rein governor spry A communication to mayor tallon from governor wm win spry urging that a chapter of the red cross organization be instituted in park city was mas read on motion of councilman welsh w 1 sit matter was referred to myor mayor tal tallon 1 on and city attorney dark clark with power to act N not t councilman welsh brought up matter of cement sidewalk on heber avenue put in by kimball kemball brothers and the kimball estate in all amounts amounting ng to feet when the mayor was consulted regarding the spine he be said the city would pay toward its construction the entire work amounted to thursday night tile the mayor recommended that the city pay the full amount and then collect all but tile the amount guaranteed by city councilman paull objected to this plan ile ho maintained it was not the business way of doing things and thought the other fellows should assume the responsibility and collect the amount due from the city the mayor insisted however that the city should pay the entire bill saying that arx T kimball had guaranteed the rayment of his share and that of the kimball estate after discussion councilman welsh moved that city pay full amount and take chances on n collecting from the kimballs Kim balls for I 1 i long time there alire was no second to the motion finally councilman paull seconded persisting however oat it was not the proper way ot of doing business when the question vas T as called for welsh voted aye nobody else voted tor for fully two minutes then tracey voted reluctantly ave then after a painful pause hales voted aye and fitzal fitzgerald voted no the mayor declared the notion carried and ordered a warrant drawn for the full amount of the work the record thinks that tile the majority of taxpayers will agree mith mr air paull that the city should hive hi ve paid its share ol of the work agreed upon but was wrong in III assuming the entire indebtedness alien hen work was not orde redby city I 1 sad ad condition of water councilman Coun ciman paull said liero as r nicch ich complaint regarding the bad condition of the water he said it aas as a shame to allow such condl liia eton to exist lie ile favored piping through the alliance to t the he source of fit supply he favored something being done and done quick as it ws is simply murder to allow people to drink the water now being tur fur rushed to the city it was a I 1 detriment to park city and it if better water could not bo be furnished by the king the city should look elsewhere lor for a supply mayor tallon admitted the water was not ol of the best so tar far as looks are concerned but failed to seo see how bow matters could be remedied at present he thought the patrons should to lo urged to use individual filters in their homes these clarified tile tho water vater and were inexpensive various suggestions were made hut but none seemed practicable the was finally disposed of on notion n of councilman welsh that it bo be turned over to the committee on tire fire and water to investigate and report as soon as possible desires better light Cou councilman cilman fitzgerald was of the opinion that main street should be tetter lighted he thought that by ds distributing a few high power lights end and discarding many small candle power lights now in use better service would result at a very litte lutfe increased cost per month mayor tallon favored style light in use by blyth fargo company it was decided to leave matter with the special committee now ayt cut and to make recommendations after consulting with the utah power and light people there was nothing further and adjournment journ ment was taken on motion of councilman welsh |