Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-26

| -. ~. @N<p 1O0iu " Ill. VINO mad Sc
cured an Injunction against the CITY
preventing the assessor and eollec-
TOR nom levying ta-es bs Sewer
laterals upon the betterments OF
their PROPERTY, and claiming that
the assessment should be MADE npi
on the assessment Of 1893. he did
not think there was any show for
the city TO gain the case, and be-
neved II would be vile TO ACCEPT
the tax offered, and allow the In.
junction 10 stand.
On motion r. MY. James. the at
torney was instructed 10 employ
Messrs. Dickson and Rawlins as he
requested, and in the case OF Ray
GOULD etal. the Recommendation OF
the city attorney were concurred IN.
Recorder Hyams reported thai
the bonds Of City Attorney Merritt
and Assessor and collector of water
Rates Diehi had been filed aud On.
proved.
The oily recorder presented the
following report:
Gentlemen - In compliance with
your request beg leave to report as
follows on the subject matters that
were referred to ne at the last session
OF the council, namely, the status of
tte city in relation TO the new CITY
Hall building and the amount OF
money expended. IL any, on the grad
ing Of Ninth North Street.
In relation 10 the new City Hall
building 1 find the following to be on
record:
salt LAKE CRY, Jan. 2. 1890.
"Hor- re Mayor dai City Council, Sdlt
Lake CITY:
improvements, associated with the
committee from the county court, 10
whom were referred the plans submit
ted in competition in accordance with
previous advertisement for Joint CITY
hall and court house, to be erected on
the corner Of First South and First
East streets, this city, respectfully re-
port that we have carefully examined
! the several plans and find that those
executed and presented by Mr.. c r.
Apponyi are, IN our opinion, the best
adapted for our wants, and we there
fore award, subject to your approval
and that Of the county court, the pre-
MUM Of $3.50 to that gentleman.
I'VE also award the second pre-
MUM OF 500 to Mr.. William Ward,
architect, for the second best plans.
ave further recommend that Mr..
Apponyi be engaged 10 prepare the
plans and specifications necessary TO
proceed with the construction Of said
building.
1--WE further recommend that the
work of excavation for the basement
OF said building be begun forthwith,
under the direction Of the Mayor, and
that city prison labor be employed to
do said excavation, Salt Lake County
to pay TO the city at the rate Of l21z
cents per cubic yard of earth removed,
and that the supervisor of streets be
instructed to use the gravel taken from
said excavation on the streets hereto
fore ordered to be improved.
Respectfully.
W. 5. MCCORMICK,
JOHN CLARK,
J. FEwsoN SMITH.
Committee OH Improvements"
This report was approved by the
Council on the End Of January.
On January IS, find that Alder /
man McCornick, chairman Of the COM
mittee on improvements, made the !
That Mr.. c. r. AppOnyi, architect, |
was preparing the necessary working 4
plans for the joint city and county |
building and desired that a contract be |
executed between himself, the city and !
county,"
On motion Of Alderman Ritter this /
was referred to the committee on inn |
provements with instructions TO confer 1
with the county committee and report /
at the next meeting, and said subject /
was made the special order for the \
next meeting.
would state, however, that the sub |
jecs was not taken up at the next 1
meeting OF the councs, and nothing 4
further has ever been done on the |
subject.
Relative 10 the grading Of Ninth /
North Street, would say that the /
supervisor Of streets informed me that /
he had not done any work whatever |
on said street: whatever work has 4
been or is being done az present on .
said street was done by the county l
authorities.
Respectfully yours.
LOUIS HYANs.
City Recorder.
On suggestion of the Mayor, the \
report was received and referred to |
the committee ON improvements, l
with instructions 10 confer with /!
AMI others and see 4
the building could be con-
for the amount which had 1
been named.
The committee to whom was re-
ferred the request Of the assessor, 4
that 800 block plats
be made, the contract TO be let to the !
lowest responsible bidder, and that
the bidder be trequired to furnish
bonds for the accuracy and carly /
delivery of the work. Adopted.
Mr.. Hall moved a reconsideration
Of the vote by which the assessor
was authorized to let contracts for
the block plats. AS a matter Of
be said, the bids should
be submitted to the Council.
Mr.. Clute urged that prompt action
was necessary.
Mr.. Hall did not think the matter
was so urgent but that few days
time could be allowed TO elapse.
The motion to reconsider was put
and carried, when Mr.. Hall moved
that the assessor obtain bids from !
the various abstract companies or I
others and submit them to the coun-
I'll on Tuesday next. The motion
vas carried.
J. r. Smith and sixty others pro-
,ested against the proposed establish
nent Of a pest house near the old
soolen mills property on Parley's
Creek. Referred.
The petition Of Matilda Busby,
skiing to purchase certain city
ground, was not granted.
The petition Of Morrison, Merrill,
& Co., asking the privilege to run a
spur from the Utah Central trace to
heir yard, was granteds
A bill of the Utah a rtesian Wei
was ordered paid.
The committee on rules and order
Of business asked further time, and
Is was granted.
The Salt Lake Rapid Transit Com
pany accepted the franchise recently
granted.
The Bast- Marshall Mercantile
and the Salt Lake Brew
ng Company represented that they
we're about to erect manufactures
which would use some twenty thou
and to thirty-five thousand gallons
" pure water daily, and asked that
he committee on water works give
hem n hearing. Granted.
The question Of salaries for the
new officers was referred to the COM
nittee on finance.
Joseph Hawks asked to be allowed
o repaint the city flag pole, he to