The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-13
CITY COUNCIL.


ing:
Present besides the members of
the City Council, Messrs. John HI.
Rumel, John Allen and Helaman
Pratt, sidewalk commissioners.
The mayor stated that pursuant
to published notice the Council, be-
fore beginning its regular order of
business, would proceed to hear and
determine complaints or objections
| if any, to the assessment made by
the sidewalk commissioners as re-
ported at the last sitting Of the
Council, for the improvement of a
portion of the west sidewalk on
East Temple street between Second
and Third South streets, and to that
end requested if any persons were
present on that business. that they
| make known their com plants.
Mr. Gideon Ryman, a property
holder interested in said assessment
stated that he had no objec-
| ton to make to the assessment,
but requested that he have the privl-
lege of laying tlagstone pavement
Pinstead Of asphalJum as contem-
plated, which he preferred, to do at
his own expense, the work to be per-
formed at the same time the asphalt
Jum is laid adjoining and to be done
to the. acceptance of the proper otfi-
Ger. After consideration, 1t was
moved and carried that the request
of the gentleman be granted, pro-
vided he pay pro rata his proportion
of the expense OF commissioners as
sessment, advertising, etc.
There being no further complaints,
or objections to said assessment, on
motion it was confirmed and the re-
corder instructed to make a correct
tax list thereof and deliver the same
to the city collector as provided by
law.
The regular business of the even
ingSWas then proceeded with as fol-
lows:
! Daniel Cross and nine others,
| property owners on Centre street,
| petitioned that the Council adopt
| as the width OF said street, between
Plum and Peach streets, the same
width as the remainder of said
street south from Plum street, to
where it intersects East Temple,
viz: four rods; and that the east
side thereof be taken as the proper
| line to measure from. Referred TO
the committee on streets and alleys.
Petitions from Richard a. Mar
! gets and tbs estate Of r. B. Mar
| gets, per Hardy, executor, were
submitted, protesting against the
granting Of the petition of j. H
| Van n alta, fer The right to pur-
| chase q certain tract of land north
west of the Warm Springs, alleging
that said land by right OF purchase
! belonged to Richard A. Margetts
and asking that he receive the city's
title thereto, at a reasonable price
Referred to the committee On public
grounds.
A petition was submitted from
| Paul A. Schettler representing thai
several weeks ago Mr.. James W..
| Carrigan INSTRUCTED the public
| street between block one ana two
in plet II, Salt Lake City Survey 10y
digging ditch therein. The peti
toner alleged that he and others
had used said street. for fifteen years
and asked that it be opened to TIT
public. Referred to the city mar
shall.
Applications for the renewal 0.
license to transact business as retail
liquor dealers we've submitted from
Auer & Murphy, Hmery Ward, EW
J ing q FalloR. Causey & Fuge, Mr.;
J. w. Butler, May & Gemmel
Henry WAGNER, Jacob Alt, Bechto
81 Sands, Augustus Podlech, Wn
Pitt eOrge "A. MeearF, Tufts 81 Nys
: from, B. E. Whittemore, BARNARD
s. Stahl, Youngberg 81 Schade, MAJ
ion Merrill. II. ?. Gray, Newman
Reed, Jacob Leyiberg, G, S. Err
Ordner & Jones, Clasbey q Hoglt
Granted.
Application from Travis 81 CT
for license as wholesale liquor dea
3 eTS, was also presented and granted
Y The committee on the constrctio
4 of the Jordan and Salt Lake Cit
Canal reported that the sum c
u S307.50 was expended during til
L month Of November on the sever;
: accounts connected with the COZ
;; structIon and maintenance of sal
u canal. Approved.
The street supervisor rendered b
= report for the quarter ending No,
u BOTH, 1882, showing an expenditul
! on street Improvement account
u $4,731.49; besides 96I days Of prise
y labor, at 81 90 per day. making Il
total actual expenditure for Il
: quarter named, $5,692.49. a
70 proved.
" The committee on streets and a
- legs, to whom was referred the D
L. tiEion of I. w. Ellenbeck, Superil
tendent Of the Salt Lake City G.
Co., for permission 10 use a certa
railway track for the transportati(
N of coal to the gas works, etc, repol
"a ed that they had examined into Il
IS matter and found that the ID. al
Il Il, G. Railway track, SPOKE
n OF by petitioner, was mere
m temporary aud was somewhat Q
Is jectionable as a route Tor q perma
IN ent track. The committee recoI
" mended that the gas company ha-
g the right o. way on South Iemp
street TO lay and operate trat
from the southwest corner OF u
gas works lot to the Denver and r
Grande Railway track at the corn
of South Temple and SixTh We