The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-04


party to appear.
! would suggest for your consider
alton that Monday, August 27,
1888, at pm. be the time fixed for
the board of equalization to meet
and hear complaints in regard to
the assessed valuation of property"
The Hreport of the assessor and
accompanying assessment roll for
1888 were received and referred to
the committee on finance with
instructions to report at the next
meeting.
Alderman DinW0odey, chairman
OF the committee on 1re,department,
TO whom was referred the petitions
OF H. j. Faust and others and
Walker Brothers and others, asking
for better facilities for preventing
contagrations in this city, asked for
further time to consider said
petitions. He stated that during
the Fourth the chief engineer of |
the tresdepartment would temper
arlly place a hose cart
and apparatus at MIR. Faust's
stables and another at Mark Nc
Kimmins' stables. The verbal re-
port was received, the action of the
committee in regard to the hose
carts. was approved and the COM
mittee were allowed further time to
consider petitions referred to them.
The committee on sanitary and
quarantine, to whom was referred
the petition and bills of DR.. J.
Clinton, asking for an increase of
salary to 800 per month, in conse-
quence Of additional labors and of
his expense in keeping a horse and
buggy, reported that they had inves-
tlgate1 the matter and found that
there were no contagious diseases
known In the vicinity of the city and
no labors performed by the petit
TONER as sanitary and quarantine
physician, to cause an increase IN
his duties, and that the city fed the
horse used by him. They, there
fore, recommended that the prayer
OF the petitioner tie not granted, and
that the increase of $40 per month
asked for be not allowed.
Councillor D. II. Wells, of said
committee, offered minority report,
recommending that The salary of
DR.. Clinton be fixed at $50 per
month, instead of $50. The majority
report was adopted and the salary
fixed at $50 per month, and the
bills for April and May were appro-
priated at that figure.
The committee on streets and al
leys, to whom was referred the com
munication of Jesse w. Fox, jr.,
with profles of street and sidewalk
grade of North Temple street from
East Temple to First West streets,
and West Temple to First North
streets, reported that they had ex-
amined the same and the locality,
and recommended that the grades
be approved. Adopted.
The following bills for the month
ending June so, 1883, were presented
for action and allowed, and amounts
thereof appropriated respectively:
Chief engineer of the fire depart
ment expense bills, $19S.2S; Robert
Patrick, for building and furnishing
material for picket fence around the
northern extension of the City
CONFERENCE.-THE rods at $5.4o-
ST., 426.25; Elias Morris, balance due
for asphaltum work on sidewalks
from December 1, 1881, to June 80,
1882, S462,65. DR.. Jeter Clinton for
services as sanitary and quarantine
physician, including medicines and
medical attendance on city prison
ers, $50; a. 81. Winn, one-half cost
of reporting case OF Samuel Levy
US. Salt Lake City, 500.
The Mayor reported that he had
recently been informed by poStmas-
ter Lynch that an agent of the
postal department from Washing
ton, in response to the petition of
the Mayor and City Council, for the
establishment of the free postal de-
livery system in this city, had re-
Gently visited our city and decided
to extend the system to a certain
portion thereof, including the 18th,
Sth, 9th, 18th, 18th, 18th, 18th, and a
portion OF the 10th, 18th. 10th, 18th,
10th and goth Wards of the city,
provided that the City Council first
require the houses in said districts
to be numbered, the number to be
100 to block and the streets to re-
main named as at present. On mo-
ton. the Mayors verbal statement
of the matter was referred to the
committee on improvements with
instructions to draft and present an
ordinance, if deemed advisable, to
provide for numbering the houses
in said district.
On motion the following sums
were appropriated:
For the improvement of streets,
to be drawn upon the orders of the
supervisor of streets, $1,000; to the
waterworks account, to be drawn
by the superintendent thereof,
$500; to the contingent fund of the
Watermaster, to be drawn upon his
order, $500; Tor extra services of the
quarantine physician for June,
$40.
On motion the Mayor was autho-
rized to borrow on the credit Of the
city, sufficient money to liquidate
current liabilities and such further
amount as may be necessary to
carry On authorized improvements
in the various departments of the
city.
The petition of J. P. Olsen and
others relating to the fencing of
Oi6au,o Ilyc in I no SooOG6 ward ntp