The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-14
The City Council.

The city council met in the city hall last
evening at the usual hour, with Mayor
Turner in the chair. All members were
present. The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
The following petitions were read and
acted upon:
be granted free license to run a lemonade
stand.
NJ. S. Browning asked that the street
railway track on Grant avenue between
Twentieth and Twenty first, be removed,
II. A. Mann, G. E. Miller and others
asked for a franchise to build an American
District telegraph system through the
streets and alleys of Ogden city.
Thomas ID. Dee asked for damages for a
broken glass in one of his buildings caused
by the carelessness of the sewer contrac-
tors.
j. J. Sullivan presented lengthy petit
ton asking that Immediate steps be taken
for the opening of Thirtieth street Re
ferred.
1t seems that condemnation proceedings
are pending in the First district court on
the opening of Thirtieth street, and the
result of these proceedings will settle the
whole matter. The estimated cost of
opening the street is $4,000, but this eX-
pense will largely be borne by the abutting
property OmnSlS, ASHSS VIC th ptH5O W VIC
city will be very small. The court pro-
ceedings should be pushed as rapidly as
possible, as the opening of Thirtieth street
is most important matter. The report of
the committee on streets was adopted.
The pay roll of the police department of
S672. 05 for the past two weeks was ordered
paid, as was the street supervisors pay
roll of $237
The pay roll Of the superintendent of
public grounds of sS375; L. w. fuckers
bill of S153.1 for prisoners, and other bills
were ordered paid.
The miscellaneous bills were referred to
the committee on claims.
On motion of Cannon, twenty men were
ordered employed in digging the drain lead
ing out of the old city cemetery.
The bill of Sidewalk Assessor Cas1n of
S4153l was referred to the committee on
claims. This is a claim from January, 1890
which is still unsettled.
The Ogden City Railway company asked
for an amended charter or franchise ex-
tending the number of streets on which it
can operate car lines, and also asking
the privilege of using electricity as mo-
tive power. 1t will be remembered that
some time ago the council passed an
amended ordinance in favor of of II. Nj.
Beardslev, the purchaser of the franchise
and property of the old railway company.
Since then II. NJ. Bcardsley has transferred
pany, and this new company refused to
accept the first amendment to the
charter of 1888, which amendment was
passed about month ago, herce the new
company asked to have new amendment
to the franchise passed, doing away with
the Objectionable features of the first
amendment. The ordinance was then read
twice and the third reading was postponed
until Wednesday evening, April 10. The
water petition is also 10 come up Wednes-
day evening.
The ordinance changing the license for
plumbers from 500 10 S25 per year was re-
ferred to the committee on laws for modi-
fcation.
The ordinance multiplying the ordinance
authorizing the issuance Of 10000 was re.
ferred to the committee on laws. -
The Ogden Typographical union by
Charles Alternately, president, petitioned
the council for the use of Lester park pa
vilion on May 20 for dancing purposes. Re
ferred.
C. D. Tyree and others petitioned the
council to place an electric light at the in
tersection of Twenty-frst street and Grant
avenue. Referred.
REPORTS.
John w. Metcalf, city marshal, reported
the following number Of arrests and con
victions for the two weeks ending April u
1891: Number of arrests, 70; number o.
convictions, SO; number discharged, 10.
The committee on streets reported that the
petition of T. J. Kiesel & Co. asking tha
the sidewalk on Wall avenue. between
Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets
be put in good repair, had been investi
gated and that they had conferred with
Superintendent Knapp, of Union depo
grounds, and arranged with him for the
grading by the city, the railroad company
to pay half the expenses and to put in the
asphaltum walks. The committee recon
mended that the work be done as soon as
possible. The committee recommended
that the petition of w. B. Wedell, asking
that Fourth street be made one rod mar
rover, be not granted. The same commit
tee recommended that the petition of n
Poulter ct al. for the improvement of tn,
hill on Second street, be rejected.
1t was recommended that the Lynne Irri
cation company be granted the privilege O.
repairing the fumes on Washington ave
nue., between Fourth and Fifth streets
under supervision of the street supervisor
The committee reported in favor O
granting z. r. Cropsey the privilege O
erecting an irrigating ditch on First street
Allison introduced an ordinance, which
was referred to the committee on laws, fix
ing the salaries of justices of the peace
after which the council adjourned unit
Wednesday evening at 7:30.