Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-06

STREET surERvIsoR's REroRI.
The report Of Street Supervisor Paul
for the quarter ending December 3lst,
1891, wes read, received and filed.
GRANTED AND REFUSED.
The committee on waterwotks re-.
ported recommending that the pctltio "a
Of II. l.. McGufrin for the extension
OF watermsins on Chester avenue be
granted, that the petition VI g. H..
Mainland and others for an extension
Of wa ermains on Sixth South street
be graAtcd; that the petition OF tho
Salt Lake and Hot Bprings Railway
Company, for permission TO lay four.
inch lateral, for stand pipe connec.
ton, be granted; that the petition OF the
A. Fisher Brewing Company, for n
four.inch pipe, be granted; that the
petition Of George Striugfellow, for u
private pipe on 5tringiellow avenue,
be granted; that the petition OF john
South and others for an extension Of
watermhibs on Back street, be granted;
that the petition OF Torkel T0rkele0n,
for extension of watermains on Oak
street, be referred bnck Tor n more epe-
ciilc request; that the petition OF Bar
low Ferguson and others, asking
for nh extension OF watofinAins
on Jeremy street, be not granted;
that the petition Of Henry Dinwoodey
and others asking that the special tax
for extension OF water mains on Rich.
ard avenue bo cancelled, he granted;
that the petition Of Morgan II. VIII
llams asking that he DO relieved from
paying special tax for extension Of
watermaina on Arlington Heights, he
granted; that the petition OF the Henry
Arnold estate and Others asking that
the collection Of special watermnin
taxes on Back street he granted, that
the petition Of Laura &. Pitts asking
that certain special taxOs on her prop
erty no rescinded, be granted; that the
petition Of Walter ID. Mcbride asking
that the council refund him flU0 on
account OF It's failure 10 extend water
mains ON certain streets on the north
bench, be not granted. Adopted.
MUST he IN EARLIER.
The following resolution by Council
man SpsiIofd was adopted;
Resolved, That all petitions aud com.
munication- to tho city Council aud all
reports ~ city ofiicors shall he filed In
the Office Of tho city recorder not later
than . O'Clock pm. Of the day ON which
the council meets, and unless 80 Tiled
they shall not bo prosecuted TO the council
until It's noxt regular meeting, unless by
special order Of the council.
THE sAL1AiR RAILWAY.
The committee on streets reported
favorably on tho granting OF the petit
lion VI the Saltair Railway Company
for n franchise ~ bulld n single track
broadgunge steam railroad from the
western part Of tho city limits TO Sixth
West street, on South Temple street,
thence south 20 the Rio Grauis West.
ern depot, and that the petition Of q.
IL. Backman, asking that the fran
chise he not granted, be denied, ns far
Ms II relates to South Temple street.
The report was adopted In part only.
That portion OF the report which refofs
TO South Temple street was stricken
out.
TnE NATURAL GAS ORDINANCE.
The ordinance Tor the construction OF
works aud pipeage for aud utilizing
and distributing natural gas for fuel In
the city Of salt Lake, Utah, was read
the third time In full, slightly amend.
eel and laid over for one week, during
which time II will be considered by
the committee on municipal laws.
STANDARD or MEASURE.
Bill l79 for AN ordinance creating
aud establishing n standard " measure
In use by the city engineer was passed.
Dubois and Williams sent IN CONF
municatlon stating that twenty per
cent. Of the phy due them each month
for work done on Parley's canyon con.
dtAt was retained 10y the corporation,
aud such sum now amounted to $780,
0lO. The work was almost completed
aud the petitioners asked that the sum
Of 5000 DO paid them out Of the above
amount TO enable them to complete the
work. Granted.