The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-02

The CITY COUNCIL.
Tie Rio Grande Must Not
0bstluct the Streets.
CONTRACT RESOLUTION KILLED.
They Want The Street Car Lines Extended
Roberts Little Resolution Other In
pOrtant Business.
CONTRACT RESOLUTION KILLED.

The city council met at the usual hour
last evening, Mayor Armstrong in the chair.
The following business was transacted:
FoRSINsT THE RIO aEAYDE.
E. Ashton and other residents of Sixth
West street, represented that the Rio
Grande Western Railway company were
laying tracks, making grades, and other
wise obstructing that street, without the
consent of the city council; that such
action was damage to petitioners prop
erty, and was unlawful, outrageous and
high-handed. They asked relief
On motion of Councillor Clark, the mayor
was authorized TO at once order all work on
such street stopped, and that all tracks laid
by that company on any street where they
have no franchise be at once removed.
TO SPEED THEIR HORSES.
The Deseret agricultural and Manufac-
turing society was granted the use of the
drive in Liberty Park on Wednesday and
Thursday of this week in order to test the
speed Of horses exhibited at the fair.
DON'T LIKE THE WATER.
Isaac Hunter protested against the Salt
Lake Sauitarian company discharging the
waste water from their bath house into the
Ninth West street canal, alleging that such
action would greatly damage his property
Referred to the marshal.
DON'T WANT THE UNION DEPOT THERE.
W. L. Pickard and others protested
against the granting of the Old Fort block
as site for a union depot, claiming that
such action would be an invasion of their
rights; that the block should be reserved as
a public park, and be at once improved.
Referred to the committee on public
grounds.
MAY PILE BUILDING MATERIAL.
d. L. Davis was granted the privilege of
piling building material in front of his
premises on South Temple street for sixty
days.
On motion of Mr.. DOoly, the marshal was
instructed to see that in any case where
building material was piled, there was
room left between it and the street car
track of sufficient width to allow 4 vehicle
to pass.
HAS LAND TO SELL.
Edwin Rushtin called the attention OF the
council to the fact that two years ago he
offered to sell to the city two parts of
streets commencing on Eighth West street,
block l6, city survey, 4X24 rods, and from
the corner of Eighth West and Sixth South,
running west 4x24. all of which he holds
the title to. He insisted that he only
wanted reasonable compensation. Laid
on the table.
WANTS THE MAINS EXTENDED.
r. w. Sloan asked that the water mains
be extended to the property owned by the
estate of f. L. Sloan. Committee on water
works.
WANT THE Strict CAR LINE EXTENDED.
w. L. Cowburn and others asked that
the council grant the franchise asked for
by the street railway company, beginning
at the intersection Of Fifth South and Sec
ond West streets, running thence south to
Seventh South, thence west to Fourth
West
H H Kimball and others asked that the
franchise granting the street car company
the privilege of building a line beginning at
the intersection of South Temple and East
Temple streets, running thence north TO
First North street.
J. w. Eardley and others made similar
request in regard to the construction of
track beginning at the intersection of
Fifth South and East Temple streets, run
ming thence south to the city limits.
H 5. Beatie and others requested that
the street car company be allowed to con
struct a line beginning at the northern
boundary of First East and running thence
south to the city limits.
a K. Darlington and others asked that
the company be allowed to build lire Of
street railway beginning at the intersec-
ton of South Temple aud East Temple
streets; running thence north to North
Temple street; thence west to West
Temple street, etc.