The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-05
The City Council.

utaFes, spencer, Dee, Calert, Cannon. Ell
lott and Allison.
Inc minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved without q dissent
ing voice.
Inc following petitions were presented
and acted upon:
Inc majority of the property owners from
w asnlngton avenue to Monroe. on Twenty
Iouren street, petitioned the council to
nlahe such arrangements to have the sewer
system TO Monroe avenue.
Inc Dung Mems Drum corps asked for
uHe use OF Lester park pavilion on certain
nights for practice.
h. w. Kent, OF the Grand opera house
orchestra, desired the use of Lester park
pavilion Tor another dance and thanked the
members very cordially for past favors
he mentioned the idea of holding grand
Fourth of July celebration.
James Oswald presented his name for a
position on the paid fire department. being
recommended by Corey Brothers.
II. Gillette asked for the use of Lester
park pavilion for a promenade concert on
the night of the 9th inst. for the benefit of
the Episcopal church.
Hobson & Wilkinson asked to be paid in
terest on their warrants for sewer work.
A communication from Colonel w. III.
harvey was read asking that Jefferson
avenue, between Twenty sixth and
twenty eighth streets, be cut down to an
established grade.
The committee on laws recon-
mended that parties wishing to put
IN the American district telegraph sys-
TEN be requested to submit to the council
sucn ordinances as they desire to have
passed. Report adopted.
The committee on claims recommended
the payment of a number of bills amount
ing several hundred dollars. Report
/
mended that several be- disallowed.
Adopted.
The committee on fire department recon-
mended that all trees on Twenty-tifth
street, between Wall and Washington ave-
nue., excepting on the city hall ana public
school grounds, be cut down. Referred
back TO the committee 10 prepare suitable
ordinance
The committee on finance reported that
they had entered Into a contract with H. c.
! Blgelow, agent, and accepted the same for
the sale of Ogden City bonds amounting to
1000, at par, on the following terms:
For public improvements, S25, 900 to be
taken the first day of July, August and
! september, at per cent Mr. Bigelow TO
| receives per cent. commission
| Councillor Allison arose and stated he was
| opposed to the action taken by the finance
committee. He thought the council as a
| body had something to say concerning the
sale OF city bonds, and that the committee
had no power to act as they did. The con-
Iract was entered into and signed by H. c.
Blgelow, agent, and the name of the prin-
clpai was not mentioned. Upon these
grounds Mr.. Allison thought it was a one
sided contract and would not hold. Mr..
Allison thought that the committee
haG overreached their power in the
matter and had not performed their
duty as they ought TO. He held that as a
fhnNr hoA o,irrl,
OF the city upon such conditions that they
should be sold to the highest bidder at a
specified time after publication of notice in
the newspapers of the city. Mr.. Allison
thought the committee on finance could
have sold these bonds easily for S1O5 600 in
stead in reality for $4,000.
DIR. Graves, chairman of the committee.
stated they had worked hard for the dis
posal OF these bonds, and thought they had
done well to get rid of them as they did. |
he SAID the committee had tried several |
means OF disposing of them, and thinking
this was splendid opportunity, the con-
tract was drawn up. He thought Mr.. ALI |
son s rlolcule OF the committee was uncalled |
for.
Mr.. Cannon outlined the committees |
action quite at length. He thought the |
city needed this money for needed improve |
ments, ETC., and felt that they had not over |
stepped their authority in such way that
1t will prove against the interests of the |
city. BY vote of to 2 the report of the |
committee was adopted, Allison and Dee |
voting against it.
On motion of Councilman Lundy the ac- |
ton of the comittee on finance was rati-
fed.
The same committee recommended that |
the claim of City Sexton Larkin of 10 per
cent for the sale of cemetery lots be not al
lowed. Adopted.
Tho
Tor decorating cemeteries on Memorial day
by request of the John A Dix Post, Grand |
Army of the Republic. Adopted.
The committee on streets reported in
favor OF permitting the Browning Grocery
company to erect scales in front of their
place of business on Twenty Seventh
street, under certain conditions. Adopted.
The report of the sanitary committee
concerning the location of the city dump
ing grounds near Birch creek and the re-
pleal OF the former ordinance was adopted. II
Several payrolls were read and ordered
paid.
City Attorney Kimball presented an out
line for the proposed sewer district, which
constitutes Twenty-siXth street to Wash
ington avenue, Grant to Twenty sixth.
and Lincoln to Twenty-sixth The total
cost OF which is estimated at IS, 54S. SIS.
Inc city recorder was Instructed to make
a report at the next meeting of the CITY
council, or as soon as convenient there
after, on the estimated cost of constructing
sewers IN district No. l.
Councilman Cannon presented an ordi-
nance devlslng plan to defray the float
ing Indebtedness of Ogden City and Dor
rowing money for corporate purposes:
slUO 0OO bonds bearing 6 per cent. interest.
payable IN ten and twenty years, payable
In New York city, to be issued, and the s
money therefrom expended in building p,
sewers, paving streets and otherwise max
ing public improvements.
Mr. Dee moved that the word be :
stricken out and the word 8 inserted
therein. The amendment was lost.
Mr.. Dee then moved that further reading
Of the ordinance be postponed till to-mor-
row evening at oclock. Motion lost. T
AT this luncture Councilmen Allison and I
lee became considerably warmed up and f
the councilmen engaged in warm debate q
Mr.. Allison thought something mnst ha
wrong that certain parties wanted to rail-
road the ordinance through the council 40
Mr.. Allison said in the
name of common decency and ius. 8
ice tbs letters which members of o
5he finance committee claim they c
ave received should be produced, n
Mr. Allison said he did not know what the {
ordinance contained and he requested that +
he matter be laid over twentv-fonr c
hours, so that it can be investigated more y
thoroughly and an intelligent vote can be C
AIKEN. Mr.. Allison said he had been told
1y reliable parties that the man who is said
o have contracted for the 100000 bonds
rem the committee had stated to
others that he had come here to quiet com
petition. That he declared positively
hat the bonds had not been disposed of to
III advantage, but insinuated that an ar
'angement had been fixed up between some ! c
II the contracting parties. Mr. Allison put d
stress on s., 900 to be paid in
commissions. Mr.. Dee followed and cor.
the statements of Mr.. Allison. r