The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-12
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Capt. Paul Succeeds Mr.. Living
ston as Supervisor.
MORE POLICEMEN NOMINATED.

uO1lH 1OA1OlLulI NOMlNal LDs
The City jail to be Repaired - The Gas
Stock-Petitions and Reports Received
and Acted Upon.
The city council was to have met at O'Clock
last evening, but 1t was nearly when Mayor
Scott called the body to order.
MORE LIGHT WANTED.
Henry Siegel and others asked that the cleo
trio light be extended to the corner of Second
East and Third South. Committee on improve
uents
THE DRAYMEN KICK.
Smith 6 Co., and a large number of draymen
ana expressmen, called attention TO the bad con-
dition of the crossings on South Temple and
other Streets and asked that they be repaired.
Committee on streets.
WANT RELIEF.
Benjamin Beer and wife, whose ages aggre-
gate l69 years, J" represented that they were I'M
able to pay the tax levied for extending the
water mains past their property, and asked the
council to grant them such relief as might be
proper. Committee on claims.
John r. Wilson represented that some time
ago he leased from the city the Deseret wooden
mills property, and in May last the city took a
portion of the premises and used it as hospital
for smallpox patients. Owing to this he had
been unable to use the premises al all, and he
asked that he be refunded TO the amount Of
$500. Committee on claims.
rumber of persons residing on Third South
street asked that the electric light be extended
TO the corner of Third South and Second West
streets. Committee on improvements.
Elbridge Tufts was granted permission to use
portion of the sidewalk in front of his premises
on Main street while making improvements.
j. M. Harvey and others asked that Sixth
South street, between West Temple and First
West, be graded. Committee on streets.
WANT THEIR LAND BACK.
Frank A. Rose and others represented that
they had granted to the city certain lands ira
Fersed by the Jordan and Salt Lake City canal,
on condition that when they were abandoned for
that purpose they should revert to petitioners.
They therefore asked that the property be
decided back 10 them. Committee on public
lands.
Martha /. Allen asked that the tax of $3.50
assessed against her for extension of the water
mains, she would derive no benefit
from such extension, be RENTED. Committee
Barnhardt 6 Stahl asked that the unused por-
ton of their license, amounting TO 1l460, be re-
funded, as they had retired from business Com
mittee claims.
L. Goldberg asked that the unexpired portion
of his license amounting TO SIS, be refunded to
him. Committee claims.
EodIuucl 1Tt6u dShtu u use sur
plus water for irrigating his property in ve-acre
plat G. Committee on Irrigation.
AN OFFER FOR CITY LAND.
Eliza Shaffer and others asked the city to sell
them strip OF land in section 25. Committee
on public grounds.
ANOTHER FRUIT STAND.
d. W. Smart asked that he be granted the
privilege of erecting a fruit stand on the south
side OF Commercial street. Committee on
streets.
Simon Bamberger for the Utah Lime and Ce-
ment company, asked that small strip of land
adjoining their property, be sold to them. Com
mittee on public grounds.
JIG. Cutter and others were granted permits
sion to pile building materials in front of their
premises on Main street.
J. J. DAILY was granted permission to pile
building material in front of his property on B
street
II. ]. Worthington asked permission to run a
fruit stand on Cunnington'S corner. Committee
on streets.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS FOR FIFTH EAST.
Charles Baldwin and fifty others asked that
the electric lights be extended down Fifth East
street as far as Ninth South street. Committee
on Improvements.
c. G. Wilson asked permission to erect fruit
stand on Second South street, near the Union
National bank. Committee on streets.
A LEGISLATOR INJURED.
William Lowe, member of the Legislature
represented that on Monday evening he went
out INTO the yard in the of the city hall and
fell down cellar and was severely injured I he
accident was due to negligence on the part OF
the city in not having the yard lighted, and he
therefore asked for such financial relief as
might be proper. Referred to the committee OF
claims, with the city attorney associated.
EXTENSION OF WATER MAINS.
Mr. Woodruff and others residing on Twelfth
East street, asked that the water mains be ex
tended from Brigham to Third South streets
Committee on waterworks.
RELIES ON THE LIBERALS.
John P. Writberg stated that he had seen il
4. the Tribune that when the Liberals came int
power they wouldpay those whose property haC
been taken by the city and sold the amount oh
tanned for il. a lot claimed by him had been 81
sold, and he asked that the money obtained TO
il be appropriated 10 him. Committee OF
4 claims.
A CANAL NEEDED.
Edward T. Aver and other residents of Nortl
Salt Lake represented that some time ago Cit
Surveyor Fox made survey for drainage
canal and ii was presumed that the canal would
be constructed at once. The work had not We
been commenced and as the canal was badl,
needed they asked that the matter be given al
tention. Committee on irrigation
T. L. Jeremy, IT, asked the city to sell hin
City square rods of ground on Sixth Yves
street. Committee on public grounds.
Rebecca G. Shelton asked that the ditch il
tront OF her property be flumed. Committee OF
Irrigation.
Henry Radon and others asked for an extern
sion OF the water mains along Fourth. o. anC
Z streets. Committee on waterworks.
RIGHT OF WAY FOR A RAILWAY
James Fulton, on behalf of the Wyoming
Salt Lake & California railway, asked for
right of way for road bed, entering the city OF
Ninth East street south of Liberty Park, ant
continuing thence west to the Utah Contra
track thence north along the east side of salt
track TO the corner of Second South ant
Third West streets, where the depot would b.
located; thence west TO Brighton farming plat
y thence northwest to the western limits of tn,
eity. Committee on streets
j. NJ. Harvey asked that the law against allow
ing stock 10 run at large be enforced. Referred
10 the marshal.
NEW ORDINANCES
The city attorney reported that he had drafted
ordinances amending the ordinances in regart
TO removing snow from sidewalks and TO III,
exclusion OF Indians. minors and others from
saloons after certain hours. Also that the sui
of B. G. Raybouid and others against the cit
had been settled and dismissed; that the officia
bonds of E. II. kohler, as justice of the peace
DR. Hall, as quarantine physician, and S II
Conley, as sealer of weights and measures ha,
been tiled.
The committee on streets recommended tina
the petition Of Robert Willis and others. askini
that West Temple street be graded, be granted
Adopted
IT WILL BE STOPPED.
Is The same committee recommended that tn
petition of +. Z. GREGG and others asking tina
the eXcavating on Twelfth East street b
stopped be granted Adopted.
The same committee to whom was referre