Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-03

Squibbk Over The Fin Department
appropriation.
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y Pembroke .May Not be Honest.
but Will Fight-Hints to
= that Eject.
All the members Of the Cit,
/ Council except Councilman Pici
ard were present at the re1ula
weekly session last night, will
, Mayor Scott In the chair, Ate
; the usual preliminary business ha,
been disposed Of the regular routine
Of business commenced and wa,
conducted as follows:
PETITIONS.
Petition of the Western Hote
Company for sewer connections
Committee on severn.
Petition Of Marshal Young for q
place ofshelter for the patrol wagon.
Committee on Police.
| Petition Of A. Hink for permits.
sion to pile building material on
Tenth East. Granted.
Petition Of c. 8. Dennis to have
Park Avenue gravcled between
Eighth and Ninth South Streets.
Committee on streets.
Petition of c. F. Reynolds asking
for water mains on franklin
Avenue. Committee on water
works.
Petition Of Flank b Stephens for
extension Of water mains on Thir-
teenth East and Fourth South
streets. Committee on waterworks.
Petition of Blackburn 4 Co. for
rebate on liquor license from Octo-
Der 18th to November 26th of the
present year. Committee on license.
Petition Of Morgan H. Williams
for extension of water mains to
Arlington Heights. Committee on
waterworks.
Petition Of J. NJ. Harvey and
Others for an extension of water
mains on Madison Avenue, Com
mittee on waterworks.
Petition Of Joseph Warburton
asking that Roper Street be graded
and graveled. Committee on streets.
The following report from the city
engineer was read.
To the Hon. Mayor and Members of
the Guy Council:
Observation-Disclosures TO YOUR in
structions in the matter of the petition
of Elizabath Picknell and others, 1
beg to report that 1 have established
in the east boundary line of the
mayors entry from notes and plats in
the United States Surveyor Generals
office and from the stone monument
liked by The government TO perpetuate
the southeast corner of section 81 T,
| y X T.. of the Salt Lake meridian.
From the line established it appears
that the reservation line as indicated
oy me posts now being set encroaches
on the mayors entry TO the extent of
II S-lo feet, the relative position of the
two lines being shown in the accom-
panying diagram.
The city attorney also reported
that maps of Steele's subdivision
had been made and filed as required
by ordinance. Approved.
The city attorney reported the fol-
lowing bills for ordinances: An
ordinance leeying the tax and for
the assessment of property on both
sides of Second South street, in side
walk district !, between First East
and Third East streets for the pur-
pose Of constructins sidewalks there
on; an ordinance levying the tax
for paving First East from the
south line OF South Temple to the
north line of Fourth South, in paw.
ing district No. /; an ordinance
Ievying the tax for curbing and
rutterins First East from South |
Temple to Fourth South.
The committee on finance report |
ed rs follows: After thorough in. |
vesligation and with the suggestion
OF the city treasurer and bankers of |
the city, would recommend that the
date for the receiving of and OPEN
ing bids for $500, 900 of city bonds
be changed as follows, to wit: That
bids for said bonds be received from 4
December Is, 1890, to January Is,
1891, at which time said bids shall
be opened ut 10 O'Clock am, and
awarded according to ordinance.
Further that the advertisement
heretofore provided for, relative to
the state of said bonds, sh Ill read to
conform to above change in date.
Adopted.
Committee on sanitation and
quarantine regulations reported
that they had carefully inspected
the Opera House plumbing, referred
to at the last meeting. 1t was done
in violation Of the ordinance, and
recommended that Mr.. L. H. Rush,
who did the work, be forfeited ac-
corning to rule G of the new ordip-
ances to govern drainage and
plumbing. Adopted.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Communication from Superin.
tendest Ryan recommended that
the petition Of c. F. Reynolds ask
ing for an extension of water mains |
on franklin Avenue be granted.
Committee on waterworks.
Communication from Auditor
Hoag asking for an appropriation on |
police account for $1,000 on salary |
account. Five thousand dollars an.
propriated.
Judge Laney reported that S3ls4 |
hal been assessed and collected as |
fines during November and that |
1852 Of the amount had been paid in |
labor. Committee on police.
a communication from r. Klet- |
ting was read in which he stated |
Prof. Ware asked $1,000 for making |
an examination Of the revised plans |
Of the city and county building. He
wished 10 modify his proposition
by providing that the Gust OF the
examination did not exceed $3.50. |
His proposition made at the last |
meeting was not to be strictly ad-
hered to, but was intended simply |
20 form basis for more definite
arrangement.
Councilman Hall called Up the 1
report of the committee in regard to
the employment Of an architect,
which was submitted at the last
meeting.
City Attorney Merritt reported
thsf Mr.. Kletting was at his Office,
and they discussed the plan of a con-
tract at considerable length, but
nothing definite was done because
Mr.. Murphy reported that the coun-
ty had refused to go any further with
the matter.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES moved that
the committee be instructed to con-
fer with the county with q view to
new plans, and that the
mattersbe left open for compefition.l