The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-23

Gated for the cable road.
The perition was referred to the com.
n ittee on streets. :
/ John w. Young and associates with
drews thee petition for right of-wsy
previously presented, and presented
! two new petitions, the first Ot which is
i as follows:
The undersigned respectfully ask
| your honorable body for a right-of-
way running from the Salt Lake and
Fort Douglas Railway 'Company's track
on Eighth South Street upon
and along Fourth West Street.
north to the Utah & Nevada Railway
depet,i with the right to run the proper
connection with the Utah & Nevada
| Railway track on said Fourth West
Street, and connecting with the Utah
Central Railway at the southwest cor
ner of their depot block, and also the
right to make connection with the spur
of the D. & R. g. W. Railway.
Following is the second petition of
Mr.. Young and his associates:
The undersigned respectfully ask
your honorable body for right of way,
formilg connection with the D. & &.
G. W. Railway on Ninth North
Street up said Ninth North Street,
crossing the Utah Central track by
suitable grades. running on to the city
lands north ar d east of the Warm
Springs bath house, along the sidehiil to
the south and southeast along and
across such lands as belong to the city,
to the junction If Wall Street, ana
along said street sfar enough to give
proper depot grounds to the railroad.
Both pstitions were referred to the
COMMITTEE on streets, with the COM
mittee on public grounds associated.
NATURAL GAS.
The committee appointed at the eiti-
zens' meeting held at the Opera House
a short time ago, petitioned the Council
for the passage of an ordinance which
would serve as an inducement for the
Investment of capital in prospecting for
natural gas, and represented that sev-
eral companies have already been Or
ganized for such purposes, and that
capitalists are eagerly awaiting the 70
lection that would be afforded to in |
vestments of this kind by the passage
of an ordinance, before entering upon
such speculaJions, which would grant
the privilege of laying pipes in the
streets aud otherwise conveying gas to
the householders of the city, for light
ing and fuel purposes.
The communication was laid on the
table, to be taken up in executive ses-
ION.
REPORTS.
The assessor and collector PIT
sented report showing that through
errors in assessment, ETC., the sum OF
$212. "a was outstanding, and he asked
that the amount be credited to him as
provided by law. The report was re-
ceived and the assessor ordered TO be
credited with the amount.
The committee On license, to when |
was referred the petition Of |
Mrs, Al. A. Wach, asking that the !
unearned portion of her license |
be refunded to.her, recommended that |
the prayer be granted. The report was |
adopted and the amount appropriately |
The committee on streets, to whtm |
was referred the petition OF persons re
siding on First North Street, recon- |
menGed that the grads of the street be |
reduced about two feet, as asked for. |
Adopted.
- STREET PAVING.
The committee on streets made the |
following report;
Your committee on streets, to whom
was referred the motion of Alderman
RIter, by which il was proposed to in
struct the street supervisor to macad-
amiga South Temple Sire let, between
Second and Third West, beg leave to
recommend that the motion be agreed
to and the work prosecuted as therein
proposed. Adopted.
The committee on police, to whom
was referred the bill for an ordinance
IN relation to uniformlng the
police terce, made report, de-
scribing the uniform to be worn
1t will be of grey cloth, OF Utah manu-
tacture, and OF the regulation cut.s The
report was ordered printed.
The committee on waterworks pre-
sented a notice that the City Council
will meet as a board of equalization
next Tuesday. Adopted, and the mayor
authorized TO publish the notice three
times.
AGAINST DIVIDING THE BLOCKS.
The committee on streets, to whom
was referred the petition of James
Dryer and others, asking for the open
ing of streets through certain blocks,
reported that there was not such ne
cessiiy for having the blocks divided as
would require the work to be done at
this time, if it were practicable. and
therefore recommended that the prayer
be not granted. Adopted.
The committee on public grounds, to
whom was ferred the petition of B. s. |
Young and N. W. Clayton, asking the |
city 10 sell to them portion of block !
f. plat 1, Salt Lake City survey. recon-
mended that the prayer be not granted. |
Adopted.
The committed on license, to whom |
was referred the petition of Il. j.
Worthington and others, asking per
mission to vend fruit on Sundays,
that the petition be LOT
granted. Adopted.
The same committee to whom was
referred the petition of E. Brady, ask
ing for a rebate on his llceuse as fresh
meat dealer, recommended that the
prayer be not granted. Adopted.
A plat Of Wetzell's addition was sub
nitted and referred to the committee
IN streets. |,
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