Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-16
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
4 Brief and UnImpOTlant Session Held
Last Night.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
The Appointment Of Attorney g. d.
Glenn a. CLERK Of the Police
Court Confirmed.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.


the absence Of Mayor Scott Council.
man Parsons presided. The members
preseut were Me.srs. Plcknrd, Spa1ord,
Heath, Pendleton, Folland, Hyde,
Hardy, Lynn, Tuddenham and Ander-
son.
The following
PETITIONS
were read and referred as hereinafter
specified.
Joseph KrantE asked 10 be allowed
to erect aud maintain a notion stand
near the corner Of Main and Second
South streets. Laid on the table.
Matthew MclSelly ct al. asked for
the erection OF mn electric light Mt the
Intersection Of Fifth and J streets.
Committee ON improvements.
The Kentucky Liquor company
asked that the ordinance In regard 10
wholesale and retail liquor licenses be
amended. The company paid both n
wholesale and retail licence, amount.
ing to $500. This license was ok.
ccssive. IL suggested that reduction
be made In the ease Of persons doing
both wholesale aud retail business, NJ
the wholesale business waa very light,
owing to the fact that the whole Ter.
ritory was drummed by outside liquor
houses. Committee ON license with
the city attorney associated.
Thomas Jennings ct nj. asked that
First street from A 10 y streets be- put
inApassable condition. Committee on
streets.
The Great Salt Lake aud Hot
Springs Railway company presented a
communication In which Il signitiod
its acceptance Of tho franchise granted
September Sth Of the present year.
Recorded and iilri.
Ingersoll and Slmonli asked 10 he
allowed TO pile building material at the
corner Of Franklin avenue aud Second
south street. Granted.
II. l.. Carter ct nj. asked for an ex.
tension Of water mains ON Indiana
Avenue. Committee on watcrwofks.
G.. H.. Angel ct al. asked for an OK
tension Of watermains on Eighth
Eat between Ninth aud Tenth south
streets. Committee on watcrworks.
Adolph Hunger, 10y his attorney,
Barlow Ferguson, asked for $1,000
damages alleged TO bo due for injury
t0a horse. sustained by II running into
an unprotected canal. Committee on
claims.
John n. Windsor asked that Third
East street, between Eighth aud
Tenth South streets be- graded Com.
mittee on streets.
j. II. Craig asked that 5000 he re-
funded lin rs money paid by mistake
m hotel keeper for license. Commit.
to. ON license.
John Il. wiscomb ct al. asked that
an electric light DO erected ut the cor.
ner Of Seventh Fast aud Ninth South
streets. Committee ON improvements.
CLAIM COMPROMISES.
The committee on claims recon.
mended that the claim Of Clara q.
Skewcs for $3.50 for damage done o.
field or lucern near the Jordan by the
action Of the city by conveying the
machinery for the sewer pump over II,
be compromised by the payment Of
$3.50. Adopted.
Following this was the old claim Of
one Bywater for heavy damages for
serious Injury sustained by him while
city prisoner Mt the gravel bank Ia the
eastern part Of the city. The accident
occurred several years ago and by.
water had hia leg broken. City AttOr.
ney Hall said that " tho case were his,
he would not neglect the opportunity
10 compromise the claim for $1,000.
That amount WIS placed 10 Mr.. Hall's
credit and he was Instructed 10 have
the claim settled ut once.
oLESS SUCCEEDS STUART.
Tho resignation OF win I. Stuart,
clerk Of the police court, was then ac-
ceptcd.
Councilman Hyde nominated @. II.
Glenn rs Stuart's successor.
Councilman Pickard nominated
Thos. Guest.
Eleven ballots were cast, Mr.. Glenn
getting seven and Mr.. Guest four. Mr..
Glenn was declared elected, but Mr..
Plckard protested on the ground that II
required eight TO elect.
N PASSED.
Tho ordinance relating u the duties
Of building Inspector was taken up and
passed as recently published la the
columns Of the NEWS.
hhohE NoNaVMlNh okDiNANCI'
The ordinance providing for the In.
PRODUCTION OF smoke consumers was
taken up, read Tor the first time, and
on motion Of Councilman FollAnd,
was laid on the table for Onc week.
REloRr ON SEWERAGE.
The report Of the committee on sew.
erage on the petition OF j. A. Cunning
ham, ]. Il. Jennings and Simon Bam.
berger, Tor sewerage extensions, was
laid ON the table for one week.
FROM ELIAS NORRIS.
A communication from ELIAS Morris
was read, asking that the board OF pub.
lie works be Instructed TO acknowledge
his report 10 lay certain sidewalks aud
Inspect the same, and II found salts.
factory, to accept them. Referred to
the street committee.
THANKS.
The following was read, received aud
dlan.