The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-07-01
THE CITY COUNCIL
A Featureless Business Session
Held.
PETITIONS WITHOUT NUMBER
Policemen to be Defended by the City Attor
ney-N Sidewalks Can be Laid With
out the Boards Consent.

The city council met at o'clock last
evening, with Mayor Scott in the chair.
The members present were Councilmen
Parsons, Lynn, Anderson, Young, Tudden-
ham, Hardy, Hyde, POLAND, Pendleton,
Karrick, Spafford.
George H. jackson asked that he be ap-
pointed night Waterman and special po-
liceman. He was appointed.
j. b. Bushnell asked permission to erect
a refreshment stand near Liberty park.
Committee on streets.
The Salt Lake City Brewing company
asked that the liquor license Of Bonnesteel
be transferred to S. /. Usblett. Committee
on license.
The Patriotic Order Sons Of America
requested the mayor and council to meet at
the Walker house on the morning OF July 4
at 80 O'Clock, where carriages would be in
waiting for them. The invitation was &C
cepted.
Jams Mcdonald asked permission to RIM
a wagon to sell fireworks on July 4.
Tabled.
Hank Graves and others asked that Sec.
ond West street from Second to Tenth
South be graded. Committee on streets.
Herman Hill and others asked that the
itol avenue. Committee on waterworks.
William Langton and others asked that
| the fence enclosing the site of the Clayton
building on First South, be removed, as no
work was being done there. Committee on
streets.
F. H. M. Davis asked permission to
place Q stand on First South street. Com
| mittee on streets.
Joe Rause asked that his liquor license be
transferred to G. w. Shugg, ST. Commit
| tee on license.
The claim of j. F. Brim Of $500 for
sprinkling the east and west drives was re-
fer-ed to the committee on claims.
| F. H. Britton asked to be relieved from
the special water tax assessment. Com
| The Utah Asphalt and Varnish company,
by John Beck and Aurelius Miner,
submitted proposition to pave
First South street, from East Temple
to State street, with their asphalt, the
price to be determined upon the basis OF
contracts to be let for similar work on
July 20 the work be done under the con-
ditions and specifications of the council.
The petitioners submitted an analysis OF
their material, as follows: Bitumen l..
mslths, asphaltum, 1928; sand, Si.65;
water 70. The matter was referred to the
committee OF streets.
o. w. Powers asked that the unused por-
ton of the license of Sullivan & O'Brien
be refunded 10 them. Committee on
license.
R. Lamph and others asked that Third
North street, from Fifth West TO Eighth
West, be graded and graveled- Committee
on streets.
A. Nordlinger and others asked that
Tenth East street be opened for one block
beyond its present terminus. Committee
on streets.
N Can,nhall and othars ovpino nron
erty on Third South street, from Main to
West Temple, asked that the sidewalk
pavement already laid by them be ac-
cepted. Referred to the board Of public
works.
A. G. Bast- represented that on April 20
his driver was driving a team of horses
over Bodwell street. when the front wheels
of the wagon went into an embarkment
with such force as TO upset the wagon and
the horses ran away and one of them was
killed. Mr.. Bast claimed that the accident
was due entirely to the condition Of the
road, and he asked that he be paid the
value Of the horse, 500. Committee on
claims.
Mrs. A. He'll asked that the sidewalk in
front Of her property on Second South
street be accepted. Referred TO the board
Of public works.
The Salt Lake academy asked permission
to lay a cement walk in front of Hammond
hall on Third South street Granted.
James Lowe and others asked that the
cement walk laid by them on First South
street be accepted. Board of public works.
Kelsey * Gillespie asked that they be
not requested to lay sidewalk around the
site Of their building on West Temple
street, until after the building is COM
pleted. Referred back for a statement as
to the length Of time.
L. c. Karrick and others asked that the
stradamant sidewalk laid on First South,
between Third and Fourth East streets, be
accepted. Board Of public works.
w. II. Shearman and others asked that
the stradamant walk laid on Second South
be accepted. Board of public works.
The Western Hotel company asked that
the walk laid by them on State and Third
South streets be accepted. Board Of public
works.
COLLECTIONS.
Cash collected from August q, 1890. to
June, 81 GA q
Water rates charged TO accounts on
ledger NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 2O5OS 30
Total paid for water rates-----------si,5S S 10