Show CITY COUNCIL COMPELLED TO HOLD TWO SESSIONS the roose elt city council held the ole rocilar monthly meeting in the Ll library building monday evening mayor C 1 I johnson pi presided E B E perry representing the julius pearce fire equipment company of denver and lorenzo smith representing the childs corporation were present and presented to the council their propositions for a fire truck no action was taken until the tuesday evening session when mayor johnson christy andrson and earl mullins mulling were selected as a committee to put the various proposition up to the citizens of roosevell Koo sevell eit to ascertain just what they are willing and desire to oo do in the me matter the committee wa way was s instructed to make a canvas of the town and to report at the next meeting joseph marx called upon the council and requested that a tire fire hydrant be installed at the corner of second west and first south streets no action was taken fire chief raymond reef was present and called attention of the council to the tact fact that water users during the two recent fires tailed failed to shut ot oft their sprinkling systems upon the sounding of the tire fire alarm contrary to ordinance this practice greatly handicaps the tire fire department in that it diminishes the supply and pressure of water with which to fight the fire mr reef requested that the ordinance be In forced and that the public be notified that promptly upon the sounding of the fire alarm that all sprinklers lers and hydrants be immediately shut oft off A head gate was ordered installed in the town ditch to regulate the irrigation water on third east street the committee recently appointed ato 0 o purchase the right of way tor for the opening of third no north tb street through the elroy bilkins property reported that the easement could be secured the city attorney I 1 was instructed to prepare I 1 the necessary papers so that the matter may be city marshal ferin fenn was instructed to install a sign on south first east street et forbidding the hauling away of dirt from the street which has been quite badly cut up by people hauling clay and soil froni from that point fire chief reef called attention of the council to the necessity for more lire fire hose which was demonstrated at the recent fire at the plant of the uintah basin products company when it was impossible to reach the building by one ll hundred undred feet of hose it W was as decided to purchase three hundred feet of tire fire hose and the recorder was instructed to immediately place an order tor for the same owing to the lateness of the hour the meeting was adjourned to tuesday evening when the council reconvened complaints having been filed in connection with the bridge over the canal in plat E it ft was decided to have the bridge repaired the dry gulch irrigation company to furnish the lumber A letter from Dist district riot road engineer filed councilman bruce calder was appointed to take up with him the problem of bf dra drainage indge cu lverts to take care of flood waters or drainage r inage from lagoon street and ri fait south an ordinance providing for the creation of improvement districts was passed upon the third reading and was vas ordered published |