The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-13
The Municipality Extends It's
Hospitality to the Wyo-
ming Legislators.
Pleasant Valley Coal Com
pany Want a Depot
Nearer Town.
An Unusually Interesting
Meeting.

presiding, and the folio wing DuS!'
ness was transacted:
A petition was presented from
the Pleasant Valley Coal Company
per w. F. Gallon, secretary, a king
for a license permitting the Denver
& Rio Grande Railway company, 70
lay. maintain and operate railway
track for the term of ten (10) years
on Second South street, from the
present depot Of said company on
Fifth West street eastward, along
Second Sjuth street TO the north-
west corner of block 81 in Plat "A''
of the city survey, said corner being
at the uuction of Second South and
Fourth West stree's, said track to
be laid, maintained, and operated,
in such manner as might be provided
in the license.
Referred to the committee on
streets and alleys.
A petition was presented from
Abraham Coon and fly others,
asking that the Council cause to be
opened for public use that portion
of Ninth West street lying between
North Temple and Third South
streets, and representing that such
action was necessary for the CON-
venience of the inhabitants of the
western portion of the city for au
outlet s2u'h, and to protecs land
owners who depended Oh the wa'ers
of Agricultural Caoal for irrig alton.
Referred to the committee On
strests and allie, S.
Dwight Spencer, agent of ihe
American Home Mission Society OF
New York city, Represented by pc
tition that he had jus. C ,mpleted an
edifice for the F rst Ba otist church
of this city, and building for their
day schooI,On the southwest corner
of Second South AMI Second Wet
streets; and asked that the cross
walks leading to said corner be
graveled so "a to make access to tbs
buildings both pleasant ami easy.
On motion, the petition was
granted and the supervisor of streets
instructed 10 gravel the fOlr eros
sings on the corner of Second S7utb
streets, without unnecessary delay.
A petition was presented from D
f. Nicholson and thirteen Othsrs,
asking that the Water main be ex-
tended along Fourth S nth street to
a point twenty six rod east of Third
East street, said petitioners agreeiog
to pay the amounts set opposite
their respective names, representing
more than three fourths the cost,
said amounts to be returned in water
rates.
On motion the prayer of the peti-
ton was granted snd the Superin-
tendent of Water Works instructed
to perform the work after the com>
pletion of other extensions hereto
fore ordered by the Council, and
after the total amount subs cribed
had bsen paid in full to the Treas
urer.
Dennis A. Saunders and twelve
others, residents o. the Tenth ward,
by petition, represented that they
had suffered much annoyance and
loss in consequence Of the overAow>
ing Of water from an ice pond owned
by John He'll; that their property
had been damaged and their build
ing injured thereby; that on the
nights of January 9th and 7Gh, 1884,
the water rushed through the
premises of D. a. Saunders, undor
his house and into his cellar, arous~
ing his family at midnight and put
ting them to great Inconvenience;
that the damage had been caused by
the neglect OF the said John He'll to
make proper bitches, etc that John
He'll had taken the water which
lawfully belonged to petitioners,
and they asked that the Council
to protect them in their rights and
Gauss the annoyance to be stopped.
Referred to the committee Oh IT.
rigation.
The Salt Lake ORA matte Associa.
ton, per Caine and Clawson, repre-
sented by petition, that the license
now charged for running the Salt
Lake Theatre was 5000 per annum,
although in 1882 it was only S106,
having been reduced for that year
on petition. Said reduction was
granted by the Council at a time
when there were not other theatres,
opera houses, or skating Kinks 10 The
city, solely on the grounds that the
license was not In just proportion
with that charged on other Jegiii-
mate businesses throughout the
city. That last year they we,e re-
CURED to pay 5000, though their
income, owing to the great increase
of other places of amusement, was
much less than ever. The petit iGn-
ers therefore asked for such reduc.
ton of license hereafter as would
seem right and just In the pre- mises
Referred to the committee on
lIceuse.
A petition was presented from
Thomas Fit and nineteen others,
asking the Council to have a foot
bridge coDstructea across the canal
II the corner of Fourth West and
seventh South streets, for the &C.
,ommOdatlon OF citizens residing in
The vicinity.
Referred to the committee on
3 treets and alleys.
fhe City Surveyor submitted pro.
tleS OF street and sidewalk grades
in book form, as per order CT the