The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-21
The City Fathers.

Inc city S0lOnS met at the CiIy hall
yesterday afternoon at the usual hour
there being present the Mayor, IHon,
D. Eccles), Aldermen Thomas D. Dee,
John Watson, and Councillors Clark,
Boyle, Jackson. Smuin and Brown.
The minutes OF the previous Council
meeting were read and adopted.
N. B. Briggs asked the Council 10
extend the time for him to pay the
balance due on his city lot one year.
The Recorder explained that the
interest had been regularly paid, after
which the Reco, der was empowered to
grant the extension.
Martha Jeweler, through the Re-
corder, asked the Council TO remit IS
out of $3.50. the amount of her taxes.
After some little discussion on the sub
ject, the matter was referred to the
committee on claims.
A letter was read from the City At
torney to E. T. Hulaniske, the agent of
the Union Pacific Railway Company,
asking the company to pay the sum of
$40 as compensation for the deten-i
ton of city teams, which were
delayed one fourth of a day
by trains cross ng the streets and
obstructing the street traffic. A letter
was also read from the cornpany's at
torney, stating that the city's claim
was proper one, aud that it would be
advisable for them to pay the $40. The
matter was referred 10 the committee
on municipal laws.
Alderman Dee. for the committee on
laws, asked for further time in which to
prepare report on the subject OF peti-
tioning the Legislature TO increase the
borrowing powers OF the city Granted
Councillor Boyle reported for the
water committee, that the necessary
precautions to keep the hydrants in
good condition during the cold weather
ready to meet an emergency of fire
have been made. The protracted dis
pute with 81. ney Stevens has not yet
been settled. Report accepted.
Alderman Dee reported for the street
committee, that $l07.50 had been ex-
pended on the streets, and $l05 OF that
amount had been collected for work
done by the street supervisor some time
ago. Report accepted.
Councillor J o ks N, on public build
ings, reported that shed had been
erected for the estray pound. at a cost
of S45. They wanted further time to
consider the question OF sewerage and
water carts, which was granted. -,
The Street suI ervisor pr sented q re-
port on poll tax which showed s., 953. so
had besn collected IN cash. and work
had been done in lieu of cash to nthe
value of $977 so. The work done had
been On Tnird, Fifth. Eighth FIR nklin,
Pearl. Smith and Main Streets; and
lanas in Noun Fort and east and west,
also in the gravel pit A list of d.lin-
ln"nt poll tax payers wat read and re-
ferred back to the supervisor. The Su-
pervisor, il his report, embodied de-
tailed description of the various classes
of work done during the season, with
the CO st of each, which shows total
expenditure on street improvements of
Sc, 2S6 rs. which includes 80 90 paid by
private cisizsns for work on personal
real property. Report acc pied and
FLED.
The Recorder read q report of the re-.
ceipts and disbursements of the city for
the thTee months ending December. 3ls
1887 TheseE ware, respectively, SIS.
426 II and Sl7 ,222. 1S, leaving sbaIance
in the treasury Of 81 .203 SO on January 1,
1889. Referred to finance committee.
Councillor Clark. in behalf of rhe Fire
Company. extended an inVi, alton to
the City Council to attend their sociable
10 beAhsld in the Woodnansee Hall, on
the 9th inst. The INVITATION was &C
copied
The Mayor asked for further time to
look again into the matter of the as
.sesment, of the Utah National Bank.
He explai, ed that on a basis
Of 40 4sr cent, Oh the stock the assess.
ment of each Of the city banks
would lie: the Commsrcial Ma
tional. $72 500; the Utah National.
S68 800; aud the First National $57 200;
instead OF rs, 600, $4,000 and $50, 900 re-
Spec;iv,ly assessed The exte nslon of
time was allowed.
TConncifor, CLARK called attendohfto'
The pipe on the Broom Hotel on h fifth
Street, which .mptied It's waRr on the
,lde walk, causIng through, the cold
@esther the freezing of the wa te water,
which is DANGEROUS to pedestrians. The
Marshal was requested to see Mr..
Broom again in tn matter.
\ 'Thei usual bills were read and.
ircer d to BE- paid and the Council ad-
81 rpoH for trUn vuaoEo