The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-04-08
THE CITY COUNCIL.
SalOon-Keepers' Petition
Read and Referred.
JOS. e. Strong Appointed
Deputy to Road Supervi-
SoF Jorgan Hansen.


sion on Monday evening, april 6, 1891.
Mayor Booth in the chair.
Jas. E. Cheever petitioned the Goes
Gil for permission to remove small
frame building to J street, between
Seventh and Eighth streets. on the
northern part of the block, until lease
should expire. Referred to commit
tee on fire department.
Messrs. Van Horn & ST. V. LeSieur
filed an acceptance of their gas fran
chise, and $50 Herewith. Commune
cation accepted and spread upon the
minutes.
Riley s. Bennett ct al petitioned that
the ordinance providing for the man
ufacture and sale Of liquors be
amended, and asked for more rrotec-
ton in their business. Referred 10
committee on judiciary.
II. Anderson ct al, asking tDat The
electric light at e and Eleventh Stree
ue not moved as intended by the City
Council. Referred 10 committee Oh
streets and alleys.
The applications of Riley & Bennett
and Wilson s. Brown, asking for re-
tail liquor dealers 'oense, were
granted.
On motion of Counci.or Dixon the
Recorder was instructed to have tht
number of street placed on all bonds
given by liquor dealers.
L. e. Thurman, eX-city Waterma5ter,
presented list of delinquent water
taxes to the amount of 1882 Is. Report
accepted.
Tie report of the City Marshal,
showing for the month of March. fines
assessed S431. so, paid in cash S174, IL
labor S16S. so, was accepted.
T. E. Thurman, eX-Watermaster, re-
ported a disbursement Of 1925 out OF
the contingent fund placed in his
hands. Report accepted on the filing
of vouchers with recorder.
Walter Scott, watermaster, sta. 20
that he had appointed Joseph IL.
Strong and Sydney A. Pace deputy
watermasters, and asked the Councli
to fix their compensation. This com
municatiOn was afterwards withdrawn
with permission Of the Council.
The City Recorder showed the sum
of S1,756 collected for licenses and
paid into the City Treasury during the
month of March.
The report was referred to the COM
mittee on license with instructions to
investigate the matter of the amount
of capital stock of some of the mer-
chants.
T. NJ. Samuelson, City Assessor and
Collector, asked that the time for the
return of the assessment roll for 1891
be extended for ona month. Granted
on motion of Councillor HenrichSOn.
A number of claims were then al
lowed.
On motion of Councillor Glazier Jos,
F. Strong was appointed deputy road
supervisor.
On motion of Councillor Dixon, the
place plank sidewalk on Seventh
street, on west side of Eighth street,
was resonsidered.
1t was then decided to institute
gravel instead of plank in the instruc-
lions to the supervisor.
Judge j. d. Jones asked the ques-
tion whether the contract between
Provo City and the Utah Asphalt Co.
was still in force, and if so how long
would it last
On motion of Councillor Dixon the
matter was referred to the committee
on streets and alleys.
Councillor Dixon moved that the
Board of Health be instructed to de-
fine the work of the attendant on con-
tagious diseases.
Councillor Dixon moved that the
committee ON streets and alleys de-
mand from Provo WOODEN Mills Co. an
answer to their communication in re-
gard to covering the mill race between
9TH and 8th streets.
Councillor Glazier moved that the
waterma5tel be instructed to repair
the bitches and the supervisor to repair
the street at the extension of Fourth
street, and that Mr.. Samuel Liddiard
be instructed to fill hole he had made
in the street. Referred to the commit
tees on streets and alleys and irrigation
Councillor Glazier moved that Second
street, between L and NJ streets, be
declared open, and the road supervisor
instructed to see that it was opened
within sixty days.
Councillor Glazier moved that the
road supervisor be instructed to fix
the road on Twelfth street, at the in
tersection of ID street, on condition
that Myron Tanner deed to the city
two-and-a-half rods wide by forty rods
long for street at the place desig
mated.
Councillor Glazier also moved that
the watermaster be instructed to CON
fer with property owners i'll relation
to the removal Of Il ditch from between
18th and 14th streets, 10 18th and 18th.
running from X to l. streets
Councillor Dunn moved that tie city
supervisor be instructed to see that
the city teamster does his work prop
erly.