Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-04
CITY COUNCIL.
Last Evenings Business By the
Municipal Fathers.

Street flooding cellars and destroy
ing property amounting TO about
five hundred dollars. Referred to
the committee on claims.
Samuel J. CoOmbs and other resi-
dents on o, p, q aud Fourth streets,
asked that immediate action be
taken on a former petition praying
for the extension of water mains in
that neighborhood. Referred 10
the committee on waterworks.
t. Boyle and other owners OF
property on First Street, in plat
G, asked that immediate action be
taken to extend the water mains
along that street. Referred to the
committee on waterwcrks.
Michael Earl asked that action be
taken on a petition presented over
year ago and granted that water
service be extended to his premises.
Referred to the committee on water
works,
\ pethon was presented from w.
r. Everill and others, asking that
the electric light be extended along
Third Street as the citizens Of that
street are entirely without light.
Referred to the committee on i'm
/ prpvettients.
Residents along Thirl and Fourth
West streets, south, presented n
communication that the railroad
track Of the Consolidated road was
situated in the centre Of Third West
Street, and the passageway on each
side Of the track was 80 narrow that
it was dangerous to travel after
night, and asked that the electric
light be extended along this street.
1t was also stated that the waste
water in that vicinity caused pools
Of stagnant water, TO the detriment
Of the health Of residents of that
vicinity, and asked that the canal
be filed up. Referred 10 the COM
mittee On Irrigation.
a petition was presented by Syl-
vester Cunningham and Wendell
Benson stating that they were about
TO erect large hotel ON the corner
Of Third South and First East streets
and asking permission 10 move the
fence now around the lot to the /
middle of the sidewalk. 10 make /
excavation Thereto and to pile l
building materia! in thest The /
request was granted subject TO the I
usual restrictions.
c. II. Jones x Co. asked permits /.
sion to pile building material on 4
West Temple Street between Nos. |
81 and 81 south. Granted with the 1
usual restrictions.
August =. LindhOlm asked per-
mission 10 pile building material .
at pos south, First East Street. |
Granted with the usual restrictions. /
4 communication was received .
from Ernest Schmidt, asking that 4
permission be given him 20 occupy 4
the southeast corner of Second I
SOuth and Main streets, for the pur-
pose Of roasting and selling peanuts.
Referred to the committee on
licenses.
Edward King ct al. petitioned the
Council to cause foot bridge 10 be
built over the canal on the north
west corner Of First South and
Seventh West streets. Referred TO
the committee on streets.
y petition was presented by y.
II. Alfred, asking that damages he
allowed him on account OF the ar
tesian wells put down by the city I'm
thai vicinity, draining his springs
and depriving him Of water, rs was
set forth in the Council meetings
several months ago. Referred to the
water commission.
Councillor Roberts moved that, as
tire water commission had not full
filled the duties for which it was
that il be discharged.
After considerable discussion il was 4;
decided that it would lie more pro-
per 10 ask that n written report be
to the council of the
work done.
The mayor stated that n contract
has been let to dig several wells, and .
that carload Of pipe was now on
the way. Work was being pushed |
on the Liberty Park well, which
had already been sunk twenty feet. I
The superintendent Of water
works reported that, in accordance
with the request of the council, he
had prepared estimates for the
extension of the water mains as ;
follows: For the proposed extern !
sion sou Inward from the terminus i
Of the main on Fifth East, $, 800; |
from terminus on Fourth South
=, $50, and from terminus
on Third East, southwark, S2,025.
Moved and carried that the usual I
order be made.
The quarterly report Of the super |
Of waterworks was pre- ,
seuted for the quarter ending Sep ,
tcmber 20, lSS9, showing that the /
total cost Of extension for the quar-
ter was 81, 9S5. IS. The contingent )
expenses were SIT,l90.Si, for which I
there was an appropriation Of :, 600,
leaving n balance Of :, S09.l6 cash
on hand. The report closed with
the statement that everything per- 5
iaining to the waterworks was in I
good condition. Referred to COM
mittee on waterworks.
The city auditor reported receipts
and disbursements for the quarter
ending September 30, amounting, as
iollows:
Balance on hand July l.-..--..---.s t.Ssa.4s
hcceipts ----.-----.--.. .e,llu - I
Balance on hand..----.--------.--. s,lSi.s9
The committee to whom was re- 2
erred the petition Of f. +. Sheets :