The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-03

vote of 7 to 5.
Jesse W. Fox, jr.. city surveyor
presented prohle of sidewalk anC
street graies of Eighth East street
from South femnIe to n nth Sluth
streets, wh ich was referred to the
committee on streets and alleys.
i An application WAS presented
from Hurd and Grimm niger, for Ii
cenSe TO do business DIS retail liquor
dealers Il Isl Commercial street
for period OF three N )nths from
Lhe. fourth day CT October 1855.
Gr4nted.
| Aldermsl Patrick petitioned
verbally III behalf OF Thomas w
Jennings for permission to asa a
portion of the Street AID sidewalk
adjacent 20 certain premises on
Four b South. between East Femple
q d First East streets. Gran ed un
der the usual restrictions, for thirt I
days.
| The committee on streets and al
| leys, to whom was referred III petit
ton of il: II II. and Annie Robins,
IN relati n to the bad condition of
East Temple street. south of Seventh
5 1uth, reported that they had visit
cd the locality and examined into
the matter. and recommended tina
he supervisor he instructed to
m Ike the needed improvements as
soon as practicable after he had
perform I'd the labor already ordered.
Adopted.
The petition of James Thompson
and Al others, in relation to opening
Fifth South street from Fourth to
Sixth West. and Fifth West street
from Fourth 10 Sixth South, was
denied.
The special committee to whom
was referred the petition of DR..
Clinton for increased compensation,
recommended that his resignation
be accepted, and that as prison ply
sician he be required to present his
bill wiz. 500 monthly for slloWss ce,
AID that this arrangement c1u..nue
during the pleasure OF the Council.
Adop' ed.
The com rittee on improvements,
to whom was referred The petition
of ]. Leviberg and fifteen Other s.
asking fer gas lamps to be placed n
Fourth East S rect, between SJuJu
Temple and First South streets, re-
ported, recommending that TWO
lamps be placed on said street, and
that the lamps be taken from other
places where they are less needed
Adopted.
| The committee on france. to
whom was referred the city auditors
report for the quar- er ending a :
gust 31st, So, reported that they
had examined the same and rec nc =
mended lis ad ptio1, which was
done.
The chief engineer of FIRE depart.
ment, Mr.. George M. Oh niger, rex
ported the bills of expense incurred
in the fire service for the month Of
September, amounting to S!19.67.
He further reported that on the first
OF the present month the new Or
! ganiZatiOn IS determined by the
Council was inaugurated, with q
recommendation OF change. Re-
ferred to the committee on munich :
pal laws.
A number CT bills were allowed.
The watermaster reported that he
| had discharged his assistants FOL
the season
A bill from Jesse w Fox, jr city
surveyor, amounting TO S14S so for
sundry surveys made by himself
and party during the month of Sep
f3mber, was referred to the commit
lee On claims.
On motion 5000 was appro.
priated to Deseret National bank to
take up corporation note of August
1st for sixty days. and $500 was ap-
prOpriated to the waterworks con-
tiDgent fund.
Councillor Clark called attention
to the action of the Council taken
in January last, ordering the re-
moval OF temporary track Of the
Denver e Rio Grande Railway COM
pany on Fourth West and Second
South streets. and to the fact that
the track still remained there in
spite Of the protest of residents. He
suggested that steps be taken to-
wards the enforcement of the for
mer order of the Council. It was
then explained that the City Mar
shal had addressed a letter to the
superintendent Of said railway COM
pany. appfising hiA of the facts;
and this bad elected a petition from
the company asking permission to
remain, which petition was referred
to the committee on streets and
alleys, where it now rested. A mos
ton was therefore carried lnstructt
ing the committee to report on the
subject at the next sitting.
Alderman DInwoodey stated that
many times this season and in past
seasons he had observed that street
gas lamps were not lighted in proper
time, and the public were measur-
ably deprived Of the benefits to
which they were entitled. He in.
quired concerning the time pre-
scribed for the lamps to be lighted
and eXtinguished, and suggested
that the matter be examined into.
Referred to the Mar shall for inyesti-
CATION and report.
Alderman Raleigh further moved
that the Mayor be authorized to
ascertain from the officers OF the
Salt Lake City Gas company the
reason that certain extensions of
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