Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-23
| CITY COUNCIL MEETING
No Business Of Importance ffaRs'
acted.
.DEBlTE CONCERNING Suo0N'
Daarrerly Rep6rtG-.it,cniiOn Called
% NuisanceS, Etc.

i'll
z Quarterly Rep6rtr-t Attention Called
u % NuisanceS, Etc.
I'd As is well known, heavy con
e. tingent from the city council helped
e 10 swell to a grand total Of $50 the
membership Of the late "Liberal''
e county convention. The conse-
i guence was that marked disposi-
Ie ton existed to curtall. the session Of
the council last evening within
: limits as contracted rs might be
= made consistent with the existing
: condition of the public business.
In fact, what might lee
termed an informal caGcus
: was held st the entrance TO
= the City Hall, by three or four
: members, before they assembled the
stairs, at which a unanimous ex-
preston Of feeling was had in favor
Of an early adjournment.
! The session was characterized by
. n prompt dispatch Of business and
short speeches, the result being the
clearing OF the table more quickly
than that feat was ever before ac-
complished by the present Council.
An adjournment was taken at $40.
Mayor Scott presided.
J. X. Gillespie asked TO have
FASTENED the work Of grading First
| Street, previously ordered.
/ C0hn said it was a shame that
there had been so much delay in
grading that street. He moved that
the petition be granted and that
the street department be ordered to
hasten the work. Carried.
+. B. Wicks presented q commu-
nicatiOn TO the council urging the
ACCESSIBILITY Of requiring owners Of
steam engines in the central part Of
I the city to use means for cJnsum-
ing the smoke.
Anderson thought the council
\ could not handle the matter, anu
moved 10 table the communication.
Mayor Scott remarked that the
matter was a very important one,
/ that appliances were in use for dis
posing Of the smoke from steam en-
! gines, and that an investigation
should he made. The matter was
referred 10 the committee on santa
~ regulations
\ petition signed by +. 4. Tyson
and a number Of other persons, evI-
2 IDENTITY members OF two or three
{ families. asked TO have lime burn
ing in the northeast part Of the
Nineteenth Ward ahated as n nui-
sance. Referred TO the sanitary
committee.
William LangtOn asked 10 have
set aside the protest which was filed
against the extension OF the water
mains in his neighbcrhood. on the
ground that those protesting had
private pipes.
Anderson said the council could +
not lawfully set aside tie protests,
and the petition was tabled.
F. II. Auerbach and - others I
asked to have night Waterman Z
LUa;s Stein appointed 4 special .
policeman. Referred TO the COM /
mit;ee on police.
The salt Lake and BJUntiful Rail- .
way Company asked to lie permitted .
to lay long spur on certain streets 4
IN North Salt Lake. Referred 10 the .
committee. on streets.
+. Hall asked permission 10 use
2jX9 feet % the street 10 cut stone i
for 4 new building on First Fast,
between First ami Second South
streets. Referred to the committee
on streets.
The Salt Lake City Railway Com
pany asked for 4 franchise on GER
tain streets. Referred 10 the con-
mittee on streets.
y communication from Auditor
HOIg recommended that the quar-
terly reports Of the various depart
ments be referred TO the proper COM
mittecs Of the council, that II might
he ascertained whether or not the
expenditures made had been in ac-
cordancc with the orders Of the
council. The auditor could only see
that the reports were cieTically cor
rect, and that they correspondent /
with the vouchers.
Hall endorsed the auditors sug-
-estiOns, and moved that in future
the policy therein recommended be
carried out. Adopted.
Recorder Hyams reported that
certain extensions Of the water
mains had been duly advertised.
and the assessments were confirmed
by the council. There was 4 suifi-
cient protest against one extension
that had been advertised on Fourth
South Street, between Fifth and
Sixth East.
Hall stated that his recollection |
was that two or three weeks ago the
committee rendered n
report, one feature Of which was n
that In future all
water main extensions he paid for
by the city, and that the council
that recommendation.
The Mayor stated that that feature
Of the report had been referred to
the finance committee.
Lynn said it was not in the hands
Of that committee, and il was evI-
dent that an oversight had occurred.
]. NJ. Harvey, watermaster, made
his report for the quarter ending
June 20, as follows:
Men ard team Iabor.-........-....SIG .os5 -
Material and supslies.-..-.--.-.-.. a,5s6 =
Total..-..-...-----------. -Sl6.ss2 =
which funds are divided a. fol-
Jordan and salt Lake Canai.......S 7.IaI -
Wstern4ster' dCpartmeut..----.- 9,ES g
Parlcy's creek canal - To
l"t4i----.- ----.----------------' slhs--- -
Referred TO the committee on
canal.
W. II. Ryan, superintendent Of
waterwOrks, reported tire following
extensions:
On Second West. between North
Temple and Third Wcst........S .,y6 y
On Third Hast and laterals on
Third South. 2.t9l & ] ,
On EIftn East and latcrals on
Third and Fourth SOuth........-. CHS =
On Fourth South, between West
Temple and First West-..... -. Los - ,
On Third East. between south
Temple ana First soeth.-.:..: 2I5 = t
Temple aud second s0uih....... - &.
IN seventh East, between south
T'psnstIR and Fir I I