The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-19

presented some months ago asking that an
electric light be erected at the corner of
Second South and Commercial streets.
Referred to the committee on public i'm
provements with instructions to report at
the next meeting.
MARKET STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Simon Bemberger and others asked the
construction OF sewer and watermains
through Market street at once. Referred.
Simon Bamberger aud others presented
for acceptance the deed to Market street.
Accepted.
NEW PAVING DISTRICT
L. X. Jones and others, property owners
on Fifth East, between West Temple and
First South, asked that the city create a
paving district in that section as they were
DESTROYS of laying cement sidewalk.
Granted.
A NEEDED BOARD.
Heber J. Grant and others asked that a
board Of examiners be appoin ted, whose
duty 1t shall be to look into all steam
plants in this city, with a view to the bet
ter protection of the lives of the citizens.
Tue increase of the use of steam boilers,
they thought, necessitated this action. Re-
ferred.
George Robinson asked q rebate Of q
license.
The bill of the Salt Lake Stradmant
Asphalt company was referred.
Auditor Hoag presented recommends
ton that the city pay the judges at the late
school election. Adopted.
j.. q. F'oote claimed $40 damages cauted
by his horse stepping into hole in he
street Referred.
Henry Cohn ct al presented communi-
cation claiming that they had been dam
aged In their contract with the Jordan and
Salt Lake Surplus Canal company, and
asking reparation. Referred.
G.. o. Whittemore and others asked for
the extension of the water main on Third
East street.
Dubois & Williams asked a sixty day ex-
tension Of the time in which to complete
their contract on the Parley's Canon con-
duit. Granted.
S. s. Henrickson asked for the abate-
ment of taxes on north half of lot 4, block
3, plat D, the property of Freda Johnson
and Henry Wing, minors. Referred.
S. L. Alexander asked exemption of
special pavement tax, and she be allowed
to put in brick pavement herself. Referred.
j. A. Meyer and others asked for police
protection in the neighborhood of the Utah
& Nevada railway. They represented that
the locality was virtually turned over to
'toughs and buns" Referred to the
marshal.
j. A. Heiss asked an extension of the
water mains on Seventh South from pres
ent terminus to Indiana avenue, condt-
toned upon the completion of Parley's
canon conduit. Referred.
H. E. Carter asked that the city yacats
the east end of Viola avenue. Referred.
j. A. Morlan asked to be allowed to lay
his own sidewalk. Referred.
j. E. Hickey and others asked an extern
sion Of the water works
Fred Trimmer represented that P. P.
Pratt had built upon road leading to Cap
ltol hill and the petitioner asked that Pratt
be elected. Committee on streets.
James Hegeny and others asked that q
sidewalk be constructed on the north side
of Second South from Fifth West to
Seventh West. Referred.
w. w. Rivers and others asked that an
electric light be placed at tht corner of
Fourth South and Fourth West street.
Harvey Hardy called attention TO the bad
condition OF certain street and asked that
it be remedied. The mayor said the matter
had already been attended to.
Seth Llttleford was appointed a special
policeman without pay from the city.
James Hegeny asked the abatement of a
nuisance in the shape of pool of stagnant
water on Second South, between Fifth and
Sixth West. Referred.
Mary A. Nixon, w. F. Salisbury, Anna
S. Casteral and +, G. Chambers, asked the
abatement of special sidewalk tax, because
sidewalks had already been laid. Referred.
j. E. Beverage asked rebate of the un-
used portion of license. Referred.
w. W. Randolph asked to be made super
intendent of Liberty park. Handed over
to the mayor.
james E. Hockey asked the extension of
water mains from the centre of block 40,
plat c, on Second West, to corner of Third
South. Referred.
j. A. Cunningham asked leave to conduct
soil main to connect with the sewer in
Canon road. Referred.
John Laugenb acher asked right of way
to certain premises owned by him. Re-
ferred.
j. G. Brooks ct al. asked an extension of
the watermains on Third South, between
Main and First East Referred.
The board of public works returned the
petitions of William Young B. F. White
more and James Kennedy, with the state
ment they had no power in the matter. Re-
ferred.
The committee on streets recommended
than the city engineer be authurized to
take the necessary steps to safely conduct
the irrigation water from the Gift house
corner to Walker Bros. & Flyer company's
corner. If the fall is not sufficient for an
ordinary ditch, they recommend that a
conduit and man holes be constructed
Adopted.
The bill for an ordinance granting fran
chise to the Salt Lake City street railroad
company went over for ono week on mo-
ton of Pickard.
APPROPRIATIONS.