Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-02
CITY COUNCIL.
Sidewalk Merchants Oppose
Sunday Closing.
SPRINKLISG pISTRff No. ..
Tie West side Rapid Transit Road
May Use Steam.
TIE CITY ATTORNEY GETS AFTER
THE RAILROADS.
4 Fire Inspector recommended
Board OF Equalization APP
rcsrsed. Etc.
SPRINKLISG nISTRff No. ?.
THE CITY ATTORNEY GETS AFTER
THE RAILROADS.

The City Council met in reguls
session last evening, Mayer Scot
presiding. Business was disuatche,
with marked promptness. and tn
result was sonceN- h&l earlier ad
iournRleut tksn usual.
Faulon < Benson asked leave (,
pile building material in the stree
in front Of the new engine house
Granted under the usual restrictions
! Adeline Jensen Pehtioned for re,
lief from q special sidewalk tax.
Tabled because it could aet he law.
fully granted,
The Sci, Lake Brewing Go. Pc
ti.f7ncd for permission to pile build
ing material in the street, and use
twenty feet Of the street for tenn
pgrary malt house The latter
/ request OCcasicnsd tome discussion,
T tut on ~ plsnation that there were
( no residences, nor any sidewalk on
that part Of the street wanted by the
petitioners, the prayer was granted.
: The petition Of l.. Scanlon for a
sewer to be laid on South Temple
street, was referred to the committee
B on sewerage.
( 4 long petition was read, signed
bya number Of sidewalk dealers in
fruits, candies, summer drinks, etc,
in regard 10 being required to close
, on sunday. The petitioners asked
to be permitted to do business on
that Say, or that small stores and
saloons ne required to keep closed
during il. The petitioners asserted
that they were being Disseminated
against IN being compelled to close
on sunday. while saloons were al
lowed to do I back door business.
and sgsle eighteen small stores we've
allowed tc remain open. The matter
was referred TO the committee on
license.
b. 7. Allen and fifty-twO others.
residing near Fourth Westand Fifth
South streets, asked 10 have an old
ditch in that locality fllei up. Re-
ferred to the street committee.
T. o. Angel protested against the
existence Of switch from the Utah
Central Railroad To the Burton
Gardner Co.'S factory. Referred to
the street committee.
George Castillo. proprietor Of a
small circus. asked permission to
use a part Of Washington Square
for four nights. commencing on the
9Th inst. Referred 10 the committee
on pgbiic grounds, with power to
act.
Sarah Ann Georges petition for
relief from special water tax was
tabled because il could not lawfully
be granted.
Nm. Roberts and 80 others asked
y have Sidewalk constructed on
Third South Street from Fifth TO
Eighth West and 10 have an old
ditch in that neighboThO51 filed up.
While this petition was under con-
siieratiOu, Mr.. Pembroke called
attention 10 the fact that the r.
O.. w. Railway Company had /
agreed 10 grade the streets in that |
vicinity in return for favors granted |
10y the city, and had failed to do 50.
The city attorney was Of opinion /
that the council should bring to /
bear upon the railroad a pressure
that would impel ii TO comply with |
the terms upon which the fayors |
we're granted. Members Of the 4
council thought likewise. The mat |
ter was referred 70 the committee
on streets.
MIR. +. 7. Crism0n, OF the Sugar
House Ward. represented that the
salt Lake and Jordan Canal needed
cleaning out near her place. Re
lerred to the canal committee.
The DeseTet National Bank and 1
over seventy others business estab-
iishmeuts petitiOned 10 nave fire
plugs established in the business cen
tre. Referred TO the committee on
fire department.
The Salt Lake City Railway Com
plny asked fJT franchise ON West 1
Temple Street, from First South TO |
the southern limits Of the city. Re
ferred 10 the committee on streets.
\ proposition from the GaynOr 1
Company in REGARD to an electric
police system was referred TO the /
committee on police
The petition Of Frank Stevens and /
= others asking 10 have that portion
Of the city bounded on the north by 4
South Temple Street, ON the east I
by Ninth East, on the south by |
Fourth South, and on the west by |
Seventh West, made a sprinkling |
district. was read, As was also a
proposition from Mount and Griffi n /
20 sprinkleit.
Mr.. Lynn explained the urgent |
neei Of creating the sprinkling dis
trict, and stated that the city at
torney had ready the draft OF an |
ordinance for the purpose.
Mr.. Ryan said the sprinkling /
would have TO Ice done in the night 4
on account Of the scarcity Of water.
The mayor observed tina. this was |
understood. The bill for the ordi- !
nance was introduced and laid aside |
10 come up for consideration in it, |
order.
Dallas y Hedges, architects Of the |
new engine house, said that on &C |
count OF the sOftness OF the ground |
they would advise the foundation TO
be dug deeper, and that the fouuda-
tiOn walls might be utilized, they
would recommend that a basement
which would serve a work shop,
etc, be eXcavated.
Mr.. Anderson moved that
new contract for a basement
Oe ordered. Mr.. Pembroke
wanted the specifications TO
he prepared before the contract
was let. He was persistent until
Ie was guietei by the remark Of the
mayor that a contract could not
possibly be made until the specifi-
cations We're prepared, as n contract
necessarily implied Specifications.
Thus enlightened, Mr.. Pembroke
suhsided.
The city attorney rendered a re-
port on the petition Of James w.
EardIey, who desired to purchase
from the city its title 10 certain
piece Of land, forming a part Of
lot petitioner had purchased from
mother party, suppOsing he was
a title to the whole Of the
lot. The report was adverse to the
petition and was adopted.
The recorder reported that GER
-ain notices Of water main extern
sions had been duly published, and
he assessment was confirmed.
The city engineer submitted n
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