The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-20
CITY COUNCIL.

AHSS dG the GlGy COUNCIL on
tuesday evening, September 10th,
1882 Alderman Raleigh presiding:
| a petition from John Sharp and
WE'VE others was submitted asking
Ina! the hire brigade be required to
Sprinkle the streets from the Con-
tIhental corner along West Temple
10 Cne Valley House corner, thence
| Depot. - - Ian
| Alderman Dinwoodev. chair
man OF the committee on fire de-
paflment, addressed the Council in
relation to the method of shrinking
Ine streets, as at present pursued.
| lie considered that it was ruining
the streets, and advised that next
spring the watering carts. formerly
used oe again brought int service.
On motion the petition of John
| Sharp and others, in view of the
IaIene5s or the season, was laid over
subject to call.
A petition from Walker Rros and
thirty others was read complaining
OF the condition Of the sidewalk on
East Temple street between Second
and Third south, and asking that the
property owners be required TO i'm
prove the same with asphaltun.
The petitioners stated that they felt
| ashamed Of the miserable condition
of the side walk on said street as it
existed. The prayer of the Deti-
tioners was granted and the PROPERTY
owners required to make substan-
tial asphaltum walk ia front of their
respective premises on said street.
and the supervisor twas instructed
to proceed as required by law, to
make estimates of the cost of said
Improvement, forthwith.
a petition from the Denver and
Rio Grande Western Railway Com
pany was presented, asking that
street lamps be erected on Second
South street to their depot, etc. Re
ferred to the committee on improve
ments.
A petition from @. ID. B. Miller
making complaints concerning the
scarcity Of irrigating water, both at
his residence Oh Fourth East street
and at Rowland Hall, Eighteenth
ward which was under his super
vision, was received and referred to
the committee on Irrigation.
a petition from Edward Hunter
was submitted stating that he had
come into possession of certain or
ders issued by the city supervisor
OF streets in the year 1880, amount
ing IN all to $19l.OS for which value
received was given, but which had
been miSlald and asking that the
council allow the amount. Referred
to the committee on claims.
Lucjen SimonS asked the use of a
portion Of the street and sidewalk in
front of hispremises on Third South
at the corner of West Temple, for
building purposes, etc. Granted
under the usual restrictions.
Applications for renewals of liquor
license were submitted from CLASSIFY
u Hogle and Phillip Margetts, and
were granted by the Council.
The city auditor presented his
report of the receipts and
disbursements Of the city for
the quarter ending Aug. 31st, 1882,
showing: Balance in treasury at
last report, $11,992.14; receipts from
all sources during quarter, ST.
O35.44; total resources for quarter,
SS3, 027,5S; disbursements to all &C.
counts for quarter, $81,795 90; bal
ance in treasury Sept. 1st, 1882, ST.
2S1.6S. Referred to the committee
on finance.
A report from James Shelmer-
dine, city estray pound keeper, for
the three months ending August
31st. was presented, which showed:
Animals impOunded, So; fees
taken for impounding, S48S5; for
forage 1925; amount paid for for
age, So; balance realized by pound
keeper for quarter, S4910. APP
proved.
The committee on claims to
whom was referred the bill of the
city surveyor for services from
April 18th to August 10th, S144.S5,
reported that they found the same
correct, and recommended its allow
aDce. Adopted.
The committee on streets and
alleys. to whom was referred the
profile of certain grades recently
made by the city surveyor, reported |
that they believed the grades as es-
tablished to be as good as practical
bic, and recommended that they be |
adopted by the council. Adopted.
Bill OF r. B. Williams, S25, for |
collecting dog tax in the month of !
August, was allowed.
The statement of DeseTet Ma
tional Bank of interest on over !
drafts for August, SS.77, was al
lowed.
An appropriation of $4,000 was |
made to the WaterW0rks contingent !
fund, to be drawn upon the orders |
of the superintendent
Adjourned for one week.