The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-19
One Hundred and Fifty
Tons Of Water Piping
Ordered.
Washington Square IS . Skating
kink.-TFue InWardneSs or
the Ice Business.
saloon Men on Their Coed Behavior.
The Usual Quota Of Petitions, Re-
ports, ETC., Etc.

Proceedings of the City Council
Tuesday evening, December IS, 1888
Mayor Jennings presiding:
A petition from John He'll repre-
sented that in the year 1874 he pro-
cured from the Secretary of War The
right to the water running west
through the Fort Douglas Military
Reservation, and to manufacture
] ice therefTom upon said reservation
that petitioner had incurred an ex-
pense of $4,000 in building ice
houses, ponds, etc. and that on Mon
day, December 10th, WatermasteI
Wilcken and his agents turned off
the water, entirely depriving pc.
titiOner thereof; he therefore asked
that the water be restored TO him.
that his business of making ice
might be proceeded with. Peti-
toner represented that the water
right obtained from Washington
was left in the law Office of Woods
& Gee, and had been lost or mis-
laid.
Assistant Watermaster Jos. Booth
being present, was granted leave to
make few remarks ON the subj ct
presented by Mr.. He'll. He said that
either srightfully owning the water
mentioned were greatly inconvenie
need by the actions of He'll; that Mr..
Caste and Messrs. Cullen & Morilz,
who have ice ponds in the vicinity,
had gone to the ex ense of making
the reservoirs as nearly water tight
as possible to prevent waste and
they used the water at seasons and
in quantities that did not interfere
with the rights and wants of cit>
liens who are entitled to the water
for culinary and domestic purposes !;
that Heil's ice pond was not water
tight, by reason of his refusal to in.
cur the additional expense 10 make
it so, and it consequently required
much greater supply of water than
the others; thatIIell took possession
Of the stream from the canyon
whenever he chose and MANIPULATED
it to suit himself, wholly ignoring
the rights of citizens; that when the
canyon stream was insufficient for
his purpose he mixed with it the
sewer water from the fort and made
ice out of the mixture. and that it
took great portion OF the water
masters time to watch He'll and the
men in his employ. Furthermore,
that He'll was defiant and proclaimed
he would have the water in spte
of the Mayor, the City Council, the
watermaster or the conmandant at
the fort.
On motion the petition of John
He'll was received and the prayer
thereof refused.
Maria f. Trim asked damages for
alleged injuries to crops on land sit
uated in Sugar House Ward, from
seepage of the Jordan and Salt
City Canal.
Laid on the table indefinitely.
James G. Watson represented that
by permission of the Council he
had operated wagons for the sprink-
ling of streets the past season, as he
believed to the satisfaction of all
concerned; that he had necessarily
incurred expenses in properly fitting
up for the business, to the extent
that it had proven Of no pecuniary
profit as yet, except that he was the
eossessOr of five wagons and as
many tanks and teams. He asked,
in order to obtain some assurance
that this outlay would be eventu-
ally met, that the Council grant him
a street sprinkling contr act for the
ensuing two yeaIs-1SS4 and 1885.
Referred to the committee on
waterworks.
j. }. Halpin represented that he
had engaged in the hardware busi-
ness, October Is, 1882, and took out
a license for one year from that
date, the amount paid being 500;
after six months said business was
closed and he asked to be refunded
the unearned portion of the license,
viz: S45.
Referred to the committee on
license.
B. Y. Hampton petitioDed for an
appropriation of 5000, for superln-
tending the work Of house number
ing.
Referred to the committee on
claims.
Liquor licenses were granted to
P. Margetts, Louis Benites and
John A. Fitchette, for the term of
three months.
The Salt Lake Athletic Associa>
ton, through its president and sec
rotary, d. l.. Davis and D. G. Dun
bar, set forth rs follows: That the
City Council had granted to said
association the use Of the east half
of Washington Square, under the
direction of the City Marshal; that
there IS no body of ice in the i'm
mediate vicinity of Salt Lake City
for the convenience of those who
take pleasure in the healthful exer-
else of skating; and that large
number of citizens had expressed
desire that such place should
be provided. In view of which,
the association asked the right
to flood portion of the grounds set
apart for athletic exercises and in
so doing guaranteed that every
necessary precautiOn would be
taken to prevent damage to adjacent
property; and that, after expert
ment, if any damage should result
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