Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28

affect the revenue Of the license depart.
ment. In view nf the importance OF this
ordinance, take the privilege Of calling
your special attention TO the Importance
OF it's passage. In connection with tho
question " city license ! again renew
my application that tho merchants
iirensc be abolished aud that said
change be made part Of the new orii'
nance. Tho merchants ~ other cities
competing with those OF our own arc not
cncumhorui by tho system Of double tax.
alton and I submit that salt Lake
merchants should 10 put Ut least upon
the same basis ~ their compotitors.'
PUBLIC GROUNDS.
The committees on public grounds 70.
ported NJ follow:
That tho petition of Fred Trimmer,
asking 10 purchase portion uf sixth
street In plat - be- denied. that Elder aud
Mnuroc be denied tho lease Of tho city
gravel beds. that the petition OF Christian
kcnnor. asking To be allowed 10 camp ON
certain city land. In Dry CANYON, hu r..
fused; that the petition " william 4.
Ryan, asking 10 purchase lots No. ! and
. block -, plat a., also DO dculed, aud
that the record title ~ the lots IN question
should be looked amer In order To protect
the city's Interest rs against tax titles,
which msv be- secured against the city by
improvements placed on said ground aud
occupancy Of the same. that tho land ho.
longing To the city, cituatod on the west
side ofthe Jordan river, near North Tom-
pie street and formerly used ~ city
dumping ground, be SET aside A. a public
park, aud that the necessary stop. be-
taken to dedicate said premises as pub.
lic park.
Adopted.
DLEr CREEIt RAtLwAY rRASCIiisE.
Tho committee on streets recommended
that the petition uf q. y. Murray Tor "a
right ~ way Tor railroad purposes
through the city be- granted. The right
~ way recommended by the committee
is ~ follows Commencing At the eastern
clty limits on Tenth aud Roper streets,
running thence west To tho city canal,
thence northwest along the vast bank Of
-nid canal tn Eighth south street, thence
west along said Eighth street tn the jur-
dan river. From this point wcstward to
the city limits the committee has not Vet
decided upon the most feasible rpuio, bat
arr Of tho npiuiou that the right ~ way
should be- grntod from this point west.
ward over Indiana aVonnc.
The report concludes ~ follows That
In the granting OF this right nf way the
ordinance should contain all necessary
restrictions and safeguards necessary 20
protect the interests OF tho city and tho
public aud that n reasonable Time only DO
grained Mr.. Murray within which To com
muucc operations aud complete" sud Opar.
ni" this railway between salt Lake CITY
and Deep Creek.
Adopted.
CROsswALKs.
The following resolution relating to
ctosswHlk- was passed:
Resolved, That II IL the sense Of tho
Council that In the laying u cr1sswalkz
on state street nj the Intersection OF
Second aud Third South streets, the same
plan bo adopted In their construction A.
At tho intersection OF state aud Flrst
South, In this; That the crosswnlks shall
mot tho sidewalk grade ON the same
level that In tho construction Oi water
rlnduits, carrying water across tho
street, the same plan be- adopted a. nj tho
intersection ~ First south street, aud
thu city engineer ho authorized 10 ndvor.
ti,o for bids for the construction Of said
c1nduits, for hyo days, and that the con-
tract be let 10 the lowest responsible bid
der.
LAID OVER FOR ONE WEEK.
Gu motion OF Councilor Young the
ordinance granting the Saltair Rail.
way company franchise over
south Temple street west, was laid over
for on. week.
~ THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE nIDDEa.
COUNCILMAN Hardy offered tho FOL.
lowing resolution:
Whereas, All public work should be let
TO the lowest responsible bidder. There.
fore be II
Resolved, That the city recorder be IN.
Htructed 10 advertise twouiy days fof the
excavation Of the trenches Tor the mains
running from city creek 10 the North
Bench and 10 Capitol lIilli also for tho
excavation Of the drain trenches ON
Washington square; and that said con-
trcts be let TO the lowest responsible
bidder, and the committees On wator-
works and sewerage respectively opnn
said bids aud report their rocommenda.
tlonS To tho Council for II, action
Councilman Lynn-ltwill never do
for Us to adopt such measure. The
work has already been commenced; be-.
sides, the city labOres Will perform tho
work cheaper and better than contrac.
tors.
Councilman Spailord-I am always
In favor " letting work by contract,
hut a resolution has already boNn passed
authorizing Mr. Ryan 10 do the work.
Councilman Young was not aware
that any such measure had been adopt
ed, hut no was informed that the Tcio-
luton was passed In May, Of thu pres.
snt year, before he took his seal In the
council. lie denied, however, that the
city could do the work cheaper or let.
ter with the sewer gang than by con
tact. II appeared to him that some
onr had been ana was acting without
authority.
Councilman Iardy--l DO not think
that any sane man win deny that the
work can he done cheaper by contract
than otherwise.
Cnuucllmen Parsons, Pendloton aud
Lynn all opposed letting the work by
contracts. She city could aud should
employ men 10 do the work,
Councilman F0lland-It was once an
open question with me, rs TO whether
tie city could do liz work cheaper by
hiring men direct OF letting the work
10 contractors. II IL 80 no longer |
have been confronted by several object
Lessons the last few weeks.
Not many days ago had
occasion to pass gang ofolty lab0rrrs,
four Of whom with the i0rman were
seated around telegraph pole reading
the Eoiico GQfstt6. This came under
my observation three days In success.
sion, aud these periods 0t rtst lasted
two hours at time. Another gang
have seen drop theii tools and play
toss and pitch during working hours.
A third unup 1 have seen In front Ot