The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-08-04
CITY COUNCIL.

I Proceedings st the City Council Oh
Tuesday evening. August Sd, 1880
Alderman Raleigh presi1ing:
A communication WIGS submitted
from the street supervisor, calling
attention to the necessity of making
some permanent arrangements about
gravel bed, and asking that the
matter be submitted 10 committee,
with instructions TO attend TO the
same forthwith. Communication re-
ceived and referred to the committee
on streets and alleys with instruc-
tioDs to open negotiations for the
purchase OF a gravel bed from any
person having the quantity and
quality OF gravel desired.
A petition was submitted from
John B. Cecil and thirty four others,
fruit dealers and greengrooers of the
city, representing that they pay
license to the city for such business
and think that of right they are en-
titled to protection therein; that
there are from, forty to fifty men. who
have no licensed places OF business,
who buy from the producer and sell
by peddling, to the consumer, which
is greatly TO the injury OF petitioners.
The petitioners therefore asked that
all persons engaged in the business OF
buying and selling or peddling on the
streets fruits, vegetables and general
merchandise, ether than Of their OVID
raising, be required to conform to
such regulations az are required OF
themselves, and that all persons
bringing into the city for sale any
merchandise of their Own raising be
required, by ordinance, to exhibit
the same for sale at some place to be
designated, from early morning up
till say 10 o'clock an, and that
during said tune they be Let per-
mitted to peddle their products from
house to house. The petitioners set
forth that they pay rent, taxes and
license and are thereby entitled TO
such reasonable protection as will be
jest to themselves aud not oppressive
TO those who sell their own produc-
tions. Referred to the committee on
license.
The following bills, for the month
ending July 31st. 1880, were pre-
ssnted, considered and allowed. viz:
MsrshAls' expense bills, $276.44; sx-
pense bills of the FIRE department,
$138 35; bill for street lighting and
gas to city buildings, $1,057. 10; bill
for five assistant watermasters, 1886;
ianitor OF City Hall and assistant
Ailor, $50; board bill OF city pris-
500 meals at l4c.-$252. "a;
medical attendance on city prisoners,
ETC., $50; collecting dog tax, $24;
night watching on Market Lot, s..
The following bills for labor and
material used in erecting and attend
ing to the scales, and removing the
fence from the west half of Washing
ton Square, were presented and al
lowed, as follows: Morris & Evans,
s50.l7; VIM. Salmon, weigbmaster,
$40; Henry Grow. $25 so; Andrew
Smith, jr.. 5000.
An appropriation of So. 400 was
made to take up two corporation
notes fer money borrowed on canal
account.
The recorder stated that the COM
appointed by the Council
to apportion the amount Of tex to
each owner of real estate on both
sides OF First South Street, between
East Temple and First East Streets,
for the purpose OF bringing the side
walks of said street to the established
grade and covering the came with
had rendered their re
port, which was filed in his Office
July 2Sth, 1880
On motion, it vas decided that at 8
o'clock on Tuesday evening. August
10Th, 1880, the Council sit to hear
and determine what complaints may
be presented, if any, to the individual
of property owners as re
ported by the commissioners, and the
recorder was instructed to notify the
parties interested to be present, if
they SO desire.
Adjourned for one week.