The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-03
SEWAGE ANDUNIFORM.
The Two Important Matters
Discussed Last Evening,
BY THE CITY COUNCILLORS.
Mr, Riter's Motion-The Marshal
Doesn't Want to be Uniformed
A Lively Night.

The City Council met at the usua
b )ur last evening.
PETITIONS.
1.-THE humble petition of William
Thomas Walker" requested that The
Council reconsider its action in request
ing him to move his peanut stand from
Walker Bros. corner. He was now abls
to make living for his family, he said
but if compelled to move on, he would
also be compelled to go to the pool
house. This, he thought was hard, and
he hoped he would not be pushed tc
that extent. Referred to the city MAJ
shil.
Lee G. Snedaker and others, residents
of Fourth South Street, asked that the
water mains be extended on that street
for one-half block. Committee on
waterworks.
Peter Van Hooten, en- petition, was
granted permission to pile building ma
terial on Eighth Street, between Second
and Third streets, for period Of sixty
days.
d. L. Daniel, who lives at No. Ill
Second Street, represented that the
water mains were but q short distance
fr. m his resic ence, and asked that they
b : extended to his premises. Commit
tee o. Waterworks.
G. G. Amussen's ~otest against the
sewerage proposition, the only ere so
far received, was read. Ee stated that
he thought the expense to be incurred
was wholly wrong, and that be was IN
accord with DR.. Richards on tie sub
ject. Laid on the table TO come up in
It's order.
M. Mclaughlin aud Sadie NJ Free
were granted licenses as retail liquor
dealers.
The petition from 2. N. Baskin and
Others, asking that street lamps be
placed ct different points near the head
of Main and on Centre Streets, was re
ferred to the committee on improve
ments.
Elizabeth Fuins represented that she
was a widow without means; that she
had been ta xed $43 &c for the extension
OF wafer mans, which she was unable
to paw, and she asked that the amount
be RENTED. Committee on water
works.
REPORTS.
The committee to whom hat been re-
ferred the petition of Ward E. Pack, Jr.
and others, asking for an extension of the
water mains, and setting forth their
condition so far as supply of City
Greek water is concerned, owing to the
large number of private pipes IN their
vicinity, repo1 ted recommending thu.
the water mains be extended along the
several streets named.
The committee to whom was referred
the pc t on OF James Harvey and
9th r., asking that Sixth South street,
between West Temple and First West,
be graded. reported that the street
was already III a fine condition, but
recommended that it have the atten-
ton of the supervisor at as early date
as practicable.
Owing to the big expense involved,
the committee to whom was referred
the petition of Fl. NJ. Winter, asking
that the canal be filled up at certain
points, recommended that the request
be not granted at the present time.
The committee On waterworks re-
ported favcrably OH the petition OF
Mark Lindsey and others, asking an
extension of the water mains.
THE SEWERAGE QUESTION.
Mr.. RITTER said he arose to make q
motion, and gave his reasons therefor.
1t was in regard to the question of sew
erage. ALI were aware that there was
considerable agitation over the ques-
ton, and a goud deal of misunder-
standing seemed to exist in the public
mind in regard to the matter. A great
number of people who would be gen
orally regarded as being well-informed,
had approached him with queries such
as would naturally suggest themselves