The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-19
CITY COUNCIL.
Proceedings at the City Council

1882, Mayor Jennings presiding:
a petition from F. H. Hyde and
twelve others, was submitted; repre-
senting that since the water of the
Fcanal had been turned into City
Greek, those waters flowing past Pc
titioEers' houses ON North Temple
street were so befouled as to be no
longer fit for household purposes.
as petitioners had pure water for
many years, in fact from the first
settlement of the territory, they
could not take kindly to the "stuf''
that now flows where their pure and
unpOlluted water once ran. The
petitioners represented lurther that
by extending the water mains dis
lance Of about two blocks west of
the intersection Of East and North
Temple streets, all the inconveni-
ence and trouble of which they COM
planned could be remedied. They
asked, therefore, that immediate
steps be taken to secure to them a
supply of water fit to drink. Re-
ferred to the committee on water
works.
Daniel Stuart asked to be allowed
to use a portion of the street and
sidewalk adjoining his premises on
East Temple street between First
and Second South, upon which to
place building material to be used
in making repairs. Granted under
the usual restrictions.
A communication was submitted
from VIM. J. Silver, civil engineer,
calling attention to section II of the
ordinance on WaterWorks, recently
passed, requiring that steam boilers
shall not be allowed to fill from the
pipes direct but from tanks erected
for the purpose, etc, Mr.. Silver
thought that while it might in
many cases be a great inc0nveni-
snce to fill steam boilers direct from
the water pipes, Iyet there could be
no possibility OF damage either te
the boilers or the pipes from their
being so connected, and he could not
understand why such clause
should have found its way into the
original ordinance. No engineer,
he thought, would for his own sake,
so connect a boiler without proper
stop and check valves and clause
requiring such valves to be used
would be perfectly reasonable,
whereas the section referred to was
not. The gentleman also called at
tehtion to the practi5e so common as
to be almost universal, Of unscrewing
the nOZZles from hose pipes and let
ting the water run full force on the
gardens, lawns, ETC., for which no
penalty is provided in the ordinance,
but for which in some cities heavy
fine was imposed. Referred to the
committe on municipal laws.
A petition was submitted from
w. G. Graham, Isaac Hunt and
VIM. Birkinshaw, taxpayers Of the
Mint Inward, complaining that, Ash.
bul WoolleY, also Of that ward, would
not allow the water which had run
through his, lotIfor a period Of seven
teen years. and used by petitioners
for irrigation, to longer flow in that
direction and asking the Council to
take steps to compel Mr.. Woolley to
allow the waters 20 run as hereto
fore. Received and laid upon the
table.
The city attorney, in accordance
with Instructions reported a bill for
an ordinance vacating portion of
First East street, which was re-
ceived and consideration deferred to
come up ia its order.
The committee on finance to
whom was referred the auditors, last
quarterly report, of the receipts and
disbursements of the corporation, re-
ported, that ), having examined
the same, compared it with
the books and vouchers
in the auditors Office, they found it
correct. He therefore recommended
that the report of the auditor be &C
cepted as correct financial exhibit
Of the receipts and disbursements of
the city for the quarter ending May
31st. 1882, and that as such il be
published as required by law.
Adopt ted.
The committee on streets and al
leYs, to whom was referred that
portion of the petition of James G.
Weeds and James T. Strong in be-
half of residents of the Tenth
Ward, relating to the grading of
Fourth South street, reported that
they had examined the locality and
recommended that the supervisor
OF streets be instructed to put
Fourth South street from Seventh
East street to Tenth East street in
good travelling condition and also
the latter street between Fourth and
Fifth South streets, at the earliest
practicable date. Adopted.
The committee on enrolment re-
ported that an ordinance in relation
to the Salt Lake City water works, |
passed July 18th, 1852, had been
properly enrolled, signed by the
Mayor and published. Approved.
On motion the subject Ofinstruct-
ing the city marshal to require that
all fences enclosing streets, side
walks or any part thereof be moved
to the line of residents, lots, or of
charging a small rental per annum
fer the use Of said streets, side
walks, ETC., was referred to the COM
mirtee on public grounds.
The following motion was intro
duced by Councillor j, F. Wells:
"That the committee on improve
mentS be instructed to consider the