The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-05
CITY COUNCIL.

a petition was submitted from
the Denver s. Rio Grande Railway
Company, signed by George Goss
assistant manager of construction
showing that said company had
acquired for the use of its railway
and for station and depot purposes
certain blocks in Plat G, Salt Lake
City survey. That it intended to
place and construct on said property
railroad tracks, switches, passenger
and freight depot buildings, shops
and other structures, suitable and
convenient for railroad and depot
purposes. That Sixth West and
Third South streets, where they in
tersect with said depot, would nee
essarily have various railway tracks
crossing and be unsuited to public
travel. That if said company were
permitted to occupy said streets with
tracks and buildings, it would
be able to so arrange its tracks and
structures as to give increased faci
lities and better accommodations
for the transaction Of business and
avoid dangers and Inconvenience
arising from the maintenance of
said parts of streets as public thor
oughfares. The petitioners there
fore prayed that Said parts of street
be vacated and used as aforesaid.
A plat accompanied the petition
showing the proposed location of
buildings and tracks, etc. Referred
| - 1ha o0y,o ~, iffeo m cfraaEc ord oI
leys.
a petition was submitted from
DR.. J. F. Hamilton and forty-eight
others asking the Council 10 appoint
an inspector of meats, fruits, vege-
tables, ETC., who would be empow-
cred to condemn and require to
have removed outside the limits
of the city all unsound
or unwholesome substances of
the kind, and to report the names
of all persons neglecting or refusing
to maintain proper cleanliness in
and about their places of business.
The petitioners suggested as the ap-
pointee to said Office, William Short,
of this city, who. they represented
was person well qualified to dis
charge the obligations thereof. Re-
ferred to the committee on markets.
The Salt Lake Power, Light and
Heating Company, by G. S. Erb. its
president, represented, by petition
that they were DESTROYS Of becoming
| competitors for the lighting of the
city. That they were informed
that;the franchise which placed the
city under obligation to the use Of
gas for street for the term of ten
years, expired March 1882. The
petitioners therefore asked that the
Council invite competition in the
| lighting of the streets in accordance
with the custom in vogue among
municipal corporations. Referred
to the committee on improvements.
A petition from Anthony Godbe,
Stephen StarIey and six others was
submitted, supplementary to petit
ton on the same subject presented
and referred to the committee on
streets and alleys, July, 1881, asking
that an amended plot of blocks four,
five and seven, plot &C." Salt Lake
City survey, be adopted, whereby
Vine street may be enlightened to
some extent, and a better design es-
tablished of the lots in blocks four
and seven. a map was also sub
mitted, upon which were indicated
the proposed changes, and the petl-
TONERS, who were owners of prop
erty upon said blocks signifed their
consent to said changes. Referred
to the committee on streets and
alleys.
Mary Y. Hampstead, n. H. Felt
and five others petitioned for a con-
tinuance Of the grant of water
supply from a certain tank located
at the head of East Temple Street.
Referred to the committee on water
works.
Hooper and Eldredge and five
firms occupying stores in the Hooper
and Eldredge Block, petitioned for
the privilege of laying rock cross
ing from the main entrance Of said
block to the opposite side of East
Temple Street. Granted, under the
direction of the supervisor.
a petition from Walker Bros, Z.
G. N. J., Auerbach and Bro. and
thirty other merchants and bust
ness men Of the city, was presented,
suggesting the prOpriety of COM
meHcing forthwith to have the
streets sprinkled each morning,
by the fire department, as done on
previous seasons. Granted and
chief of fire department instructed
to attend to the sprinkling Of streets
as usual.
A petition was submitted from L.
B. Mattison and six others engaged
in the sale of wagons asking per-
mission to exhibit their wares dur
lug the present conference week in
front Of the respective places of
business, but not in such a way as
10 interfere with pedestrians.
Similar petitions asking for like
privileges were submitted fronI
Studebaker Bros, and r. WarnOck,
all of which were received and not
granted in consideration of the vio-
lation of existing ordinance which
would be entailed in the granting of
such privileges.
Augusta Joyce CrOcherCn petit
toned to be allowed to purchase
and hold in her own name a tract
of land lying north Of DR.. Parks,
Eighteenth Ward. AS the city