The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-09
FROM OGDEN.
The Business Transacted by the Council of
the Junction City Last Night.

the junction City Last hlgnt.
The council met in regularly weekly
session and was called to order by Mayor
Kiesel at 7:55. The absentees were Alder
mel Preshaw, Snyder and Fell.
The Western Union Telegraph company
asked for permission to erect line of tele-
graph poles from Twenty second street to
the Central Pacific round house. They
asked for the right of way to erect the
poles between the street and railroad track
so as not to interfere with anyone's private
rights or privileges. Referred to the com
mittee on public grounds with power to act
DIR. ]. H. Powers, the city physician
read paper which he had prepared on the
necessity for city hospital, in view Of the
fact that at present there is no suitable
place were patients or wards of the City
may be properly treated. The subject was
on motion of Councillor Griffin, referred u
the sanitary committee with the city
physician added.
Charles Smith applied for the position OF
inspector OF the tlre alarm system. Refer
red to committee on fire department.
The committee on fire department recon
mended in report the purchase of q steam
fire engine. On motion the report was
adopted, only Alderu ca Whalen and Sny-
der and Councillor. Anderson voting III the
negative The committee on fire depart
ment were instructed to thoroughly in
vestIgGte the matter of steam fire engines
and report to the council.
The committee on finance had nothing OF
any Importance to report in regard to tie
sale of the city bonds.
The Coz bett, East Lynne and Ducheneau
subdivisions were approved by the street
committee and city engineer but theiI
dedication did not meet with the approval
of the city attorney because the land
for streets and alleys had not been given
for right of way. The plat of CorbctJ ad-
diJion was accepted on motion of Councillor
Blaisdel The plat of East Lynne addition
was not approved by the council because
the streets did not conform to the present
city sire Its. The plat of the Ducheneau
addition was not approved, 1T being Oh
iected to on the same ground as the East
Lynne addition.
The comm ,Juee on sewerage reported that
no necessity exists for accepting any plans
for several months, that all plans should be
examined, the best one to be adopted
eventually. Adopted.
City Engineer Perkins stated that the
so, 900 to be raised on bonds would build
about four miles of town sewers, but that
it would be impolitlc to build any part of
the sewers until the whole city had been
surveyed. Sturges and Bryant, of Salt
Lake, offered to take the necessary levels,
obtain the data and design a complete sew
erage system, with plans and specifca-
tions, and furnish all necessary maps and
data, assuming and paying all expenses in
CURED in obtaining and preparing the above
for Ogden city proper, for the sum of
5000. They say: No sewerage system
can be successful of which any portion is
built before full designs for the city are
made
Bills amounting to s2,5554S were al
lowed.
On motion of Councillor Blaisdell, the re-
solution passed by the council few weeks
ago to reduce the expenses of grading the
streets to 81, POO month was rescinded.
The city engineer reported that before
the city could open the proposed street
through the block bounded 10y Washington
and Adams avenues and Twenty
and Twenty streets, it would be ne
cessary for the council to state what was
wanted and make an estimate of the cost.
Report referred to the street committee
with the city engineer added.