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Show A COOL $50,000! That's What the City Conntcil Coolly Appropriate Last Night on an Outrageous Swindle; Which Is Presented to the Taxpayers . Under the Gnise of Increasing Our Cool Water Snpply, But Which in Reality Is Only a Cool Little Job to Buy Church Property at Five Times Its Yalne. The City Solons convened in regular session last evening, with Mayor Sharp in the chair. H. P. Fblsom and E. T. Taylor stated that they were desirous of conferring with the Council pertaining to leasing the Warm Springs bath-house property, and the matter was referred to the public grounds committee. A. B. Benson stated that he had been unable to file on Lot 3, Block 137, of 100 square rods of ground, and Lot 4, Block 41, containing 100 square rods of ground. As he held a warranty deed and proof of title, he asked that a Mayor's deed be given him. Referred to the City Attorney. Attor-ney. - Jacob Moritz asked that the unexpired portion of McTierney & Dinwoodey's liquor license,- assigned to him, be transferred trans-ferred to Mr. Schade, who had purchased tne Stock. Granted, with no allowance for the time the saloon has been closed. Renewed liquor licenses were granted to A. Binne, A. W. O'Grady, James Hegeney and Frank May. The Police Court committee reported the City Marshal's expense bills for September Sep-tember correct. The "report on the Mayor's recommendation for the purchase pur-chase of the land and. water rights in City Creek canyon was as follows : Salt Lake City, Oct. 20th, 1885. The Honorable the Mayor and City Council of Salt Lake City : Gentlemen The joint committee on water works and public grounds, to whom was referred a communication from His Honor the Mayor in relation to lands and water privileges priv-ileges in City Creek Canyon, respectfully respect-fully report that they have waited upon Mr. J. C. Kingsbury, the owner of the lands and water privileges in question, and learn from him that the property consists of three water privileges, and some two hundred and seventy-eight acres of land, beginning at the junction of Canyon Road and First East Street, running thence northerly nearly two miles to. the southern boundary of the land acquired by the city from the Union Pacific Railway Rail-way Company; and that Mr. J. C. Kingsbury Kings-bury will dispose of the same to the city for $50,000, of which Bum he demands $20,000 be paid to him upon delivery of a good and sufficient deed ; and the balance in three equal yearly installments, drawing draw-ing interest at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum from date of completion of purchase pur-chase until paid. - That the corporation should possess absolute control of the lands occupied by the bed of City Creek, and the waters of said creek, admits of no question. From this source the city looks for pure water for drinkinsr rjurnoses. as wpII na notoK for extinguishing fires and irrigating portions por-tions of the city notBupplied by the canal. . It is an admitted fact that owing to the great demand upon the mains for water" for culinary v and other purposes the pressure has been so much reduced as to make it impossible to furnish Citv Creek water to citizens residing on the bench lands. To remedy this and at the same wine iurnisn Dener and more efficient means for extinguishing fires, it is absolutely abso-lutely necessary that the water mains be extended farther up Citv Creek Canyon ; but water privileges now established on that stream, between the point where the present mains terminate and that to which it is imperative thev be extended, are obstructions, which, unless removed by purchase by the corporation, will not only effectually prevent the further development de-velopment of the water works Rvsfpm but render the system as it stands to-day of but little avail for the extinsuishment of fires in portions of the city at certain seasons. . For these reasons, and that the rights of citizens to the absolute control and use of the waters of City Creek may be preserved, pre-served, we recommend that the property be at once purchased, and that the resolution reso-lution accompanying this report be acted upon by this Council without delay. Respectfully, Robert Patrick, -t A. M. McFarlane, -r Junius F. Wells, Heber J. Grant, Thomas G. Webber, Joseph a. Jennings. On motion of Mr. Clark the report was adopted, and a resolution was passed authorizing the purchase, and $20,000 was appropriated and the Mayor empowered em-powered to execute three notes of $10 000 each. Ten of the Solons voted an approving ap-proving aye, while Alderman Speirs voted the negative alone. F. W. Taylor for services in the auditor audi-tor s office was allowed $50; and $110 was appropriated for hand-grenades: ' In view of the swarming of street peddlers ped-dlers eatherinsr to Salt. T.nVo wifh medicines and other worthless ware, the City Council considered the license too low to be protective, and raised the necessary neces-sary privilege, from $100 to $400 per annum. This will somewhat restrict the wholesale disposition of quack nostrums by street venders in cowboy and Indian costumes. The City Marshal was ordered to make a thorough cleaning of the entire city before be-fore the winter season set in. j Adjourned. |