Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-11-18
THE CITY COUNCIL.
The Business Transacted at Their
Last Nights Session


Mayor Sharp presided at full attend
ance of the City Council last night.
John Walsh presented petition,
signed by fifty-six residents, calling the
attention of the Council to the bad con-
dition of the sidewalks on Fifth South
street between Tenth and Eleventh East,
and Tenth East between Fourth and
Fifth South streets, and states that the
| walks were being monopolized for private
purposes and not open to the public; re-
ferred to the impaired condition of Fourth
street from washouts, and the use OF the
whole street by the brewery on Tenth
East in pitching casks. The petition OF
John Walsh and score OF others, pre-
sented last August and favorably acted
upon, had never been enforced, and it
was asked that such aid as could be given
them be rendered as soon as possible.
Referred to the Committee on Streets
and Alleys. ;,
George Y. Wallace and others called
attention to the exposed condition of the
water mains on Fifth East street, and
asker that they be replaced by larger
ones and placed below the reach OF
damaging frosts. Referred to the Water
works Committee.
w. B. Barton and others asked that
street lamps be placed on First South
street east as far as A street, as this street
is the principal thoroughfare for pedes-
TRANS in the Eighteenth, Twentieth and
Twenty-first wards, and the gas mains
are now in place. Referred to Improve
ment Committee.
Samuel Seldom, Mr.. Madsen and
others asked permission to turn water
from the canal into a pond for ice pur-
poses. Referred to the Watermaster.
E. Pitts, of Pitts, Watson & Co., asked
permission to turn water on a piece of
land just west of the D. & r. G.. depot
for skating place this winter, as they
have run a skating pond there the last
ten years. Referred to the Watermaster.
Joseph Warburton presented a petition
with eighty-three signers from the First
ward, stating that they were afflicted
with noxious cess pools belonging to the
Salt Lake brewery, which deprecated
the value of their property and spread
disease. Immediate investigation was
asked, and the matter referred to the San
itary committee.
Christian Karrish and wife, of the
Tenth ward, stated that they were COM
paratively invalids and only able to make
a living by peddling notions, and conse-
quently asked for free licenses. A. NJ.
Musser certified that the statement was
true, and the matter was referred to the
license committee.
Rebecca Waterfall asked remission
of her store license, as she is poor and
unable to work Granted.
A. I. Case offered 500 rental for the
Tenth Ward Square for one year if he
could take possession at once in order to
pillow this fall. Referred to the Public
Grounds committee.
D. G. Tufts, Condie & West and George
Lawrence were granted renewals of LIQUOR
licenses.
The City Marshal's expenditures for
October were reported to be $545.55. Re-
ferred to Police Committee.
John Allen, David James and John H.
Rumel were appointed committee to
levy and collect $595 from the property
holders fronting, to defray the cost of
laying an asphaltum sidewalk on Third
South street, from the Cliff House to the
"A. N. Hamilton was granted permits
sion to lay. off the land about the Nichols
smelter by the Warm Springs into lots,
rs he saw fit
Alfred Gum was not granted $500 dam
ages in consequence of dug-way through |
ots and 5, as the title was not in petit |
toner's name.
The Street and Alley Committe reported
n favor of granting the Denver & Rio
irande Western Railway Company the
light OF way along South Temple street on
that the railway company do
some graveling along the streets in that
section.
I. W. Taylor was appropriated $50 for
services the past month in the Assessor
md Collectors office.
The City Attorney will draw up an
.greement between the city and D. & r.
]. W., in accordance with the resolutions
ldopted
Adjourned.