The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-23
CITY COUNCIL.
Proceedings at the City Council
on Tuesday evening, February I'D,
1881, Mayor Little presiding:

Proceedings at the City Council
on Tuesday evening, February , d
1881, Mayor Little presiding:
A petition was submitted. signe,
! by John w. Pitts and fifty-nin
others, setting forth certain griey
anceS suffered by those inhabitant.
of the Fifth and Sixth Wards, alonl
whose property runs the Fourtl
West and Sixth South street canal
The petitioners represented that tn,
lands along said canal were alluvial
that the action Of the water in per
meating the lands adjoining tn,
canal, rendered them almost worth
less, that the canal was a continual
source of danger in the way Of
: drowning children, it having beer
the cause of loss of life already
that the canal was a special allJ
growing nuisance and was perfectly
valUeless to citizens. The petition.
erS, therefore, asked that it be filled
up, and the nuisance complained OF
be thus finally and permanently
abated. Referred to the comm ttet
on irrigation.
An application was made from
Jacob Leviberg. for license to carry
on business as a liquor de.:lar. f.
sell vinOuS, spiTituous AMI fer
mented liquors, wholesale. retail
and by the dram. to be drunk on
the premises, at No. l36 East
Temple street, Salt Lake City
for a period of three months from
the 2Oth day Of February, 1881. under
the provisions Of an ordinance
licensing and regulating the sale of
spirituous and fermenJed liquors,
passed February 18th, 1881. Granted.
An application from Philip Mar
gets was made asking for license
TO do business as liquor dealer at
No. 1860 First South street, for three
months from the Goth day of Feb
ruaTy, 1881, under the ordinance
recently passed. Granted.
An application from Russell &
Burns was submitted for license to
transact business as liquor dealers
under the new ordinance, at No. 1876
East Temple street, for three months
from February 18th, 1881. Referred
to the committee on license.
a proposition from E. NJ. Cast
was submitted, more definitely speci-
flying the work which he proposed
to do on Fourth South street, be-
tween Eighth and Tenth East
and stating that he would
perform the labor of repairing said
street for 5000. Laid on the table.
The committee on enrolment re-
ported that ''an Ordinance Estab-
fishing Washington Market and for
other purposes" passed February s,
1881; and IAN Ordinance Licensing
and Regulating the Sale of Spiritu-
Gus and Fermented Liquors" passed
ID, 1881, had been properly
enrolled, signed by the Mayor and
filed in the office of the City Re
corder. Report filed.
The committee on streets and
alleys reported that they had ex-
amined into the matter presented in
the petition of Aaron Keyser and
others, and would recommend that
the subscription Of the petitioners
be accepted and that the supervisor
be instructed to have the work |
asked for performed in the due
course of business. Adopted.
Bill of L. :. r. r. Co. for ten
cedar posts, extra large, $500, was
allowed.
On motion, the sum of S27,1S0, |
was appropriated to pay the salaries
Of all officers and employees of the
corporation, including the city po-
lice force and compensation to
members of the City Council and
lll salaries were fixed at the same
rate Us allowed for the preceding
year, the same to be paid monthly |
rs they become due, according to the
usual custom.
The Mayor asked leave of absence
for a period of three or four weeks,
Is he was expecting to start for the
east on Saturday next. Granted.
Adjourned for one week.