The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-16
THE CITY'S SOLONS.
They Finally Conclude to Quit
Street Sprinkling.
An Amended Franchise for the City Railroad
Company-Rebates Because of a Lack
OF Light-M Miscellaneous.

Spencer Clawson, chairman of the Eagle
Gate committee, M. H. Walker, W. s.
/! Mccormick and others petitioned the coun-
Gil to appropriate money sufficient to COM
plete Eagle Gate. The amount asked for was
81, u.s. 10, and the petition WAS tackled onto
statement showing that 1862 had al
ready been expended. The petition was
referred to the committee on improve
ments.
THE PEOPLES OPERA HOUSE.
Frank Monroe presented a petition for
| license as retail liquor dealer in 3 hotel
to be established in the Peoples Opera
| House, he promising to sell no liquor IN the
place until the same had been htJed up as
hotel. His petition was also signed by all
the property owners on Commercial street
with but few exceptions.
! Lawson moved that the license be
granted, but POLAND thought it ought to
go to the license committee, and it was so
referred.
ANOTHER SOFT SNAP.
The mayor sent in the appointment Of A.
| S. Kendall rs inspector Of meat. food and
provisions.
Simondi moved to confirm the appoint
ment.
Rich wanted to know the qualifications
of the appointee for the place before acting
upon it.
Kelley supported the appointment in
speech attesIing the qualifications OF Ken
| dali.
Moran wanted the appointment to go to
the sanitary committee The motion was
carried.
AND STILL THEY CONE.
The sanitary inspector presented bill Of
$l5 for a Waterman placed on the sewers to
prevent garbage contractors from dumping
refuse in the man holes.
| Moran wanted the bill paid, but Rich put
in an objection aud finally compelled its
reference to the sanitary committee.
MORE PIPE.
The committee on water works recon-
mended the purchase of 800 feet of sixteen
| inch pipe and 2 400 feet of eight-inch pipe
which was needed by the city Immediately,
to complete the Frat South street main
| to West Temple The report was referred
! back to the committee with instructions to
solicit bids for the furnishing OF the pipe.
FOR BOTTLE OF WHISKY.
The committee on sewers recommended
the granting of the pstition of p. l.. Will
liams and others for an extension of
sewer laterals. The bill of the superin-
tendent of sewers for 81 for bottle of
whiskey furnished by him to employees
working q foul sewer created bit Of q
breeze, POLAND contending that the bill
should be in the name Of Auer & Murphy
who furnished the whiskey. The bill was
approved as it stood.
THE CITY RAILWAYS FRANCHISE.
The committee on streets presented
report upon the application of the Salt
LAKE City Railway company for an ex-
tension of franchise. recommending that
the railway company be requested to con-
struct and operate the West Temple and
Roper street line on West Temple street
| for one-third OF the distance between
Ninth South and Roper al once, provided
the property owners would set
back their fences and widen the
agreed. They recommended also that an
extension of six months be gwen on The
remaining portion of the franchise. AS 10
| the Capital Hill line the committee recon-
mended that the company be requested tc
accept franchise along Currant street
from Center street to the Capital grounds
In lien of the present route via Main street
from First North to the capital grounds.
On the Seventh East Roper street fran
chise the committee recommended that no
action be taken. The report was adopted
and the City Attorney was requested to
prepare the necessary ordinances.
TO PROHIBIT PEDDLINe.
The committee on municipal laws pre-.
scented an ordinance prohibiting the ped
ding of any kinds of goods upon the bust
ness streets of the city. he ordinance
was passed under suspension of the
rules.
NEARLY TIME TO STOP.
The committee on street sprinklug rec
commended the cutting of Of street sprink-
ling upon the streets of the city except up
on such streets as may be ordered by the
committee, to take effect at once.
Kelley moved the adoption of the report.
! He stated the sprinkiing bills were as
heavy as in the summer time, but his IN
Outstanding was that fewer carts were be-
/ ing used now, consequently the bills ought
/ to be lighter. He was in favor of cutting
| off the expense amounting to over $4,000
/ per month.
Horn and Moran opposed it,
The report was adopted.
SIDEWALK REBATES.
| The assessor and collector reported
! long list of property-owners in sidewalk
districts l, 2, 4, q, IL, 10 anc II TO whom
was due rebates upon sidewalk tax, and
recommended that the amount be placed
upon the appropriation list. The total
amount due the property-owners is S50S.21.
The items, some of them less than 30 cents,
made the report bulky one. 1t was
moved to refer the report, but Shis motion
was lost
Rich then called for the reading of the
bill item by item.
Mainland moved to refer it to the city
engineer. This was lost and the recorder
began reading the list. After he had gone
over several hundred items Rich got tired
I of il and moved the adoption of the report.
1 This was done.
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
The council took up the ordinance Great
I ing board OF park commissioners, who
4 shall have charge of Liberty park and all
other pubic grounds as the council may
hereafter direct.
/ A motion to suspend the rules for sec
ond reading of the ordinance was lost
REBATE FOR NO LIGHT.
| Karrick wanted to know what rebate
had been made by the Salt Lake Power,
Light and Heating company in their bill
! for street lighting. He was informed the
rebate was sis for one light.
Karrick kicked heavily upon this, saying
that the rebate was not sufficient. Any
number Of lights were not burning during
the month and the rebate ought 10 be a
great deal more The light company had
oyercharged the city and he didn't believe
| the bill ought to be paid.
Rich called attention &c the fact that the
bill had been sent TO the claims committee
when it should Rave gone 10 the committee
on improvements. He moved 10 lake the
item out of the list and refer it to that
I committee. The motion was carried and
the balance of the appropriations were
then passed amounting to 81, 146.SS.
MISCELLANEOUS.