The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-06
Committee to Test Mot+o,
Paint.
Appropriations, Reports, Pc.
titions, Bills.

Inc Clty council convened In the
City Ball last evening,at the usn.l
hour, Mayor Jennings occupvinn
the chair. and the following business
was transacted:
A petition swas presented from
George A. Meears representing tho,
he had secured the control OF "Mott0,
fire and water proof paint" for
Utah Territory and that MANY q,
his patrons desired that tbs com.
pound should be applied to proposed
additions to buildings now IN tho
fire limits, instead of using the =.
binary metal roof The therefore sskod
that the Council appoint a commit
tee to whom the claims of the na;n,
might be submitted, and who miobt
make such tests as would seem -
them necessary to establish IFS A.
ness for use in the fire limits.
Referred to the committee on ero
department with the chief enoinaar
OF the department and the insnector
or buildings associated.
A petition was presented from W
w. Riter and seven ty.seven otbe,s
residents on and near Fourth East
between Third and Seventh SOmS
streets, representing that said strest
was IN a very bad condition from
springs arising in the centre and
from being followed out in thu
middle from long and constant use,
and also directing attention to the
fact that there has never vet been
any street or portion of q street
graveled In the Ninth ward. and re.
sldents felt that they were entitled
to some little consideration as tax.
payers and citizens; further that
there were no north and south
streets graveled east of Second East
street, and consequently no good
outlet for travel north and south in
all the southeastern portion of the
city. Petitioners earnestly ssksd
that they receive a fair proporti@
OF attention in the way of gravel.
Granted, and the supervisor
of streets instructed to per-
form the work immediately upon
the completion of the graveling on
Eighth East street.
II. Brisacher asked for the priv
ilege Of using a portion of the street
ana SIDEWALK in front of No. 275
East Temple street south, also on
Third South street in front of the
same building. Tor the purpose of
pll1ng materials thereon during the
Of building at said
point.
Granted under the usual restric.
lions.
Henry Denhalter q Sons asked
permission to use q portion of the
street and sidewalk In front OF Lot
2, Block IS, Plat a, Salt Lake City
survey, for the purpose of pillng
material thereon, pending the erec.
ion OF a building on the let named.
Granted under the usual restric-
ions.
Robert 8. Thomson petitioned for
damages in the SUM of 500. which
ne represented had resulted from
he Jordan and Salt Lake CITY
Canal, to a well upon his premises
u Sugar House Ward.
1t appearing from evidence ad-
iuced that the claim had been pre-
ented and acted upon before, on
notion the petition was laid on the
able.
Applications for renewal of Ii.
'ense as retail dealers in spurious,
Iinous and malt liquors from q.
3ubring and Bechtol Bros, fer three
months, at their respective places
4 business, were presented, and
,ranted, subject to law made aud
II ,vided.
ID. Goldberg asked for a license to
10 business as an auctiOneer for
hree months from February It'll,
SS4 Granted subject to fling Of
bond.
A pc .ition was presented from h
: Giles and T. c. Griggs, represent
ng that they had erected at the
2rner OF First South and Third
Vest s rect, a small hall for social
etherings, lectures, concerts ana
ccasiOnal dramatic performances,
Inder the direction OF q supervisory
ommittee representing the leading
itiz sns of the Fifteenth ward. Pc
ltioDers asked that a license at 3
ominal amount be granted them
or the purpose stated.
Referred TO the committee on
cenSe.
The committee On license to
whom was referred the petitions OF
saac Hunt and Mary George, ask
ng remittance Of license for one
ear to run job wagons, reported
hat they had inquired into the
natter and found the circumstances
8 represented in petitions, and re-
commended the granting of thelr
equest'. Adopted.
The COMMITTEES on streets spd
lleys to whom was referred the pc,
ition of Andrew J. Swenson and
light others for the grading and
leaning of Apple street, plat Z,
epOrted that they bad visited the
,cality and found that said street
ad been graded several years since
D as good grade as the condition
f the locality would admit. They
lso found q few ashes on the
Ides OF some parts of the
treet, evidently put there with
in the