| Show THE HOUSE IS STILL THERE the cottage still a themi of discussion in council other matters considered at wednesday s meeting mayor called the council to order last wednesday evening for abe second regular meeting ot the month councilmen Kas band elsh johneton Joh nelon and dailey arniere 1 the roll call and fargo came in late the minutes of abe laet meeting nere read approved and ordered placed on file A bill from the chicago fire company amoret ing to 60 for COO feet of lose wag presented and laid oyer until the next meeting ben the usual beriat of billa and accounts will be attended to the fire chief informed the council that the city 8 portion of this bil would benonly 00 as feet of the liose as lor a private concern A petition for a liquor license from abe mercantile company was granted there were no standing committees ee to report and owing to the absence othe city attorney tl e new or digance bad to go over unfinished BUSINESS the question of the removal of the f house on fourteenth street came up again and arr tenson and her agent henry faree present to take part in tie mrs stated that she wanted some satisfactory understanding regarding the matter and abe nas informed that unless be had the bouse moved the city would do so at abe owners expense mr fares spoke and be understood that the family id to occupy the house in older to prevent the city from taking any action councilman dailey asked wl at acceptable settlement could be made and mrs replied that she hardly knew the truth of the matter is tint the city has let abia matter go altogether too long and unless they are careful they will find themselves giving up abe idea altogether the city attorney ha given hn opinion in the matter and il be knows the law he is supposed to know bis decision should be sufficient authority tor abe council to act upon and the house I 1 should be moved the owner liked it or not of course as the mayor stated wednesday evening the city wants to be sure of what it is doing before it takes any action but at the same time it the attorney advice ie not pro per and final what is abe use of having him at all if he doean t know when the city la in the right and when in the wrong we bad better get so i e one who will annar and it the council will not act after he has given bis there must be something wrong with them the mayor brought up abe question of paving dr ard s expenses in order to hive him in at at the conven tion of health officers of the state to be held in salt lake next month and ex pressed himself as of the opinion that abe city physician s expenses should be paid at the last meeting of the council it was dechdel to pay dr wards rail road fare only and he decided not to go it eccli were the case after re condid aeration the council decided wednesday that it would be only proper to pay hit expenses it the doctor attended the con ference and a motion to that effect by carried MW BUSINESS the fire chief asked advice in the case of an owner of a house who refused to build a necessary chimney on bis house which is occupied by someone oiher than himself the ordinance ordin ence says that the owner of the house ahall be notified in all such cases and the mayor suggested that the ordinance be enforced and ll 11 e arrested and prosecuted if necee lary the attorney being absent hie could not be obtained the marchal geker the committee on alley and bridges to look attl e road back of the ball brounda and gee if it cannot be put in better condition be lore snow cornea lie elated that there were beveral croe eings algo badly in deed ol 01 repair councilman belah aaker that the committee on freeti alleys and bri igea inspect the condition of the wall on tl e east side of goodside avenue between furt and second threet A petition aa p at the last meeting asking that a plank be placed along here though no action aiken regarding it on motion of welsh tl e matter was re erred to the committee on streets al leys and bridges abo mayor asked regarding the alae ingot fire escapes on buildings and was informed that they bad not yet been pur on any of tl e bhoola it waa suggested that he matter be attended to at once and that the ordinance relating to such things be more strictly enforced there being oo 00 aurther to transact bouncil adjourned on motion of johnstad John |
