The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-02-11
City CouBciI.

Proceedings at the City Council Oh
Tuesday evening, February 10, 1880
Mayor Little presiding:
,se The special commi tse, to whom
was referred the subject of the diver
A sion OF the waters of Red Butte Creek
re from the Inhabitants of the Eleventh
". Ward, TO whom they rigLtfully be-
/ long, and what redress the citizens
lie who were deprived of said wa.ers
10 may have, reported that after careful
r. investigation of facts, they found thar
1t about 200 OF the inhabitants of the
70 Eleventh Ward took out toe waters OF
/ Red Butte Creek and applied the
d sanle for irrigation and other useful
: purposes as early ss the year 1913.
o and had exhausted the entire supply
j from said creek prior to the year
D 1858; that in the year 1862 the mill
{ tary post OF Fort Douglas was estab-
! lished, soon after which a portion
, of the waters of said creek were
diverted from the lawful owners |
thereof. for the purpose of filling
reservoirs and ponds and Gu tivaling
the growth OF trees, shrubbery, vege-
tables, etc.; and that although at
first the military authorities only
consumed q portion of said waters
for the purposes named, during
the last year the entire stream
was absorbed and devoted to
the lands within the military reserya.
ton. The committee estimated that
1t will cost the inhabitants, whose
rights have thus been interfered with,
about $50. 900 TO reimburse them
selves With like quantity of water
from the Jordan River-the only 8
available source for obtaining it-at
a point about tWenty-three miles from
this city. The committee, therefore, O
recommended that the memorial to Z
Congress already drafted, and signed
by the inhabitants who have thus
been deprived OF their water rights. n
asking an appropriation of the amount u
named above, receive the approval
and hearty endorsement of the City f.,
Council. Report accepted and its =,
recommendations adopted. -
The committee on public grounds,
o whom was referred the several vo
for leasing Pioneer lo
square, and the accompanying bids
Il Oliver Bess, James T. Wilson and l.,
ohm Reading, submitted report a
nth two recommendations, leaving
ne Council to decide which to adopt,
liz: LIST, that the square be leased Gu
} the first named petitioner for the bu
arm OF three years at yearly rental tht
t $50; I'd, that the square be leased mi
)r term of years to some RESPONSE
le party who, instead of paying cash I'm,
mt for the use of it, would be re. on
uired to expend the amount of said n
mt in planting trees and making ter
improvements according to some
sfnite plan to be decided upon BY !
10 Council. The latter recommends
On was adopted and the committee. sut
aving the matter in charge, were pa
structed to continue their labors Be-
It'll the projected arrangements for z
approving the square, are completed. orr
The committee on public grounds, ate,
whom was referred the petition OF con
wis OViatt asking the right OF way snd
: wagon road through the east MIC
Ie OF the Warm Spring Bath House P'N'
closure, reported and recommended 1
ut the prayer be granted. Adopted. cha
Alderman Piper submitted his re- nan
1t of csses tried in the police court dep
the month ending January 31st, disE
30, showing that Sc cases had been Of
ed and $474. So assessed in fines: he
S1.55 of which, had been paid in ney
sh and 1898 in labor; $50 bad been viii
lected on back fines, making the He
al cash paid into the treasury rem
36 90. Total cash and labor $529.55 Tan
'proved. u
The following bills we're presented 1 FOL
d allowed: Jesse w. Fox jr., city v
-veyor, for sundry surveys, $25 ana
vid James, for ballo.-boxes used Al
city election, job plumbing work at az W
y Hall, ETC., $30.95; Henry Din "
obey, for linoleum and rug for
y Hall, 81 80. T
The bills of the judges OF election see
services at the municipal election JEW
bruary 9th, 1880, were presented q!
d allowed at the rate fixed by law,
4: SOC. each per hour, as fellows:
-st Municipal Ward, three Judges,
teen hours, $24; Second Municipal P
ard, three judges, sixteen hours, this
(; Third Municipal Ward, three to l
ges, fourteen hours, $21; Fourth for
lnicipal Ward, three judges, four -
n hours, S21 ; Fifth Municipal
ard, three judges. thirteen hours,
so. Total, S109.50. II
Adjourned to next Tuesday even S feI5
at the usual hour. -