The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-09


dence be furnished him.
A member asked If the city did not
already own a house in the canyon.
The reply was yes, but that the parties
now living in it, had lease on 1t until
January next.
The matter was referred TO the super
lntendent of waterWorks, with instruc-
ton to estimate and report cost OF said
building.
THE NEW PUBLIC BUILDING.
Messrs. Sharp, Young aud McCor-
nick, to whom had been referred the
question of building a Joint City Hall
and County Court House, reported as
follows:
Your special committee appointed to con-
fer with u like committee from the County
Court of Salt Lake County, In rega' d to the
construction of a Joint City Hall and Court
House, respectfully report we have met and
considered the project and now beg to sub
nit the following:
Hall is at present entirely inadequate to
the requirements of the city The Mayor
has no Office he can Call his own: the
Police Court is entirely too small and un-
fitted for the purpose; the ottlce OF the
Inconvenience; the sleeping apartment for
the policemen is unsuitable: there are no
committee rooms for the Council; the
vaults are too small: the offices occupied
are crowded, and the surveyor, the at
torney, the sexton, the quarantine
other city officers are not able TO ma
Office room at all. We are assured the need
for more room at the County Court House is
even greater than ours. The joint com
mittee became. therefore, easy converts TO
the proposition of increasing the facilities
for the transaction of the city and county
business and the greater accommodation OF
the public. For many reasons, your COM
mittee deem it wisdom to JOIN with the
county in the erection of building. IL
separate buildings. 1t Will be more con-
venient for the officers OF the two govern
ments 1t will better accommodate the
public.
Your committee, therefore, recommend
that an undivided half interest in the lot
adjoining the City Hall on the west, corner
of First South and First East Streets, the
same being 1872 feet north front by LOO feet
west front, be sold to the county, and that
the Mayor and the committee on improve
ments be authorized to act in connection
with the County Court in the procurement
of plans and Specifications for the erection
of City Hall and Court House on said lot,
to cost about $150,OO0.
Mr.. CLARK wanted to know where the
money was to come from to erect this
building.
Mr.. SHARP thought there would be
no trouble about raising it. For one,
he was resolved that the incoming
council of year hence should not De
hampered by surplus fund in the
treasury. The building was one that
4 Al oh ha hT1I
1t would lead to a segreg alton OF the
business interests of the county and
city, and the report was unanimously
adopted.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
The petition of Frederick Heath and
W. J.. Beatie, who asked a rebate or
the tax for the extension of the water
mains, was refused.
| Mrs. M, NJ. Barratt's request thai
the water be cut off from her residence
on First South Street was granted.
The committee to whom had been re-
ferred the report Of the chief engineer
for the last quarter reported that they
had found it correct.
BILLS ALLOWED.
A }. Burt, boarding city prisoners IL
County Jail, s251.59.
A bill 20 pay the salaries of assistant
on sewer surveys was allowed and ap
propriated.
FoRNINsT THE SPECTATORS.
The bill providing that all those en-
gagged in buying ard selling theatre
concert and circus tickets, save man
ager or his authorized agents, shall pa.
a liosusc OF $lC0 year, was taken a
and passed
Eve thousand dollars were appropri
atej 70 the salt Lake and Jorda0 Cana
account.
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The Council then went into execu
tive session, Alderman Piper in tn
chair, and when the doors were re
opened, it was learned that the sum G
Sc 900 nad been appro priated to bu
land and construct reservoir on tn
East Bench, on Thirteenth East, be
tween First South and South Tempt
Streets.
Adjourned for one week.
fix CURTAINS,