The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-01-14
What THE COUNCIL DID.
They Passed Contract Over the
Mayors Veto.
MARKET HOUSE PROPOSALS.
The Ordinance Compiler Blamed for a
BIunder in Type.
An Expert Engineer Selected at Cost of
s1,5oo-The Fireprooang Trip squelched
Police Accounts Must Be audited
miscellaneous Business.

The city council met last evening, and
in the absence of President Loofbourow,
who came in later, Councilman Rich was
called to the chair and presided through
out the meeting. All members were pres
ent except Karrick and Wantland.
On motion of Beardsley business was
resumed where it left off on Tuesday
evening last.
INSPECTOR KENDALL s PETITION.
A majority OF the committee on police
favorably upon the petition of
A. s. Kendall that he be clothed with
police powers, the report being signed by
Beardsley, Lawson and Karrick. A mi
nority report signed by Moran and Fol-
land was also submitted, recommending
that the petition be not granted. The
matter was laid upon the table.
FOOLED By THE TYPE.
The committee on enrolment reported
as follows in the matter of printing the
revised ordinances by the Tribune Job
Printing company: sTThat contract
was entered into with the company to
print the matter in small plea loaded, and
that upon receiving the proof of the first
committee attention to the fact that the
general appearance of the volume and the
increased size from that contemplated
(Which is a copy of the Omaha ordinan-
ces) which the committee supposed was
in small plea, but is proven to be long
primer, would be disappointing and IN
satisfactory. Therefore they recommen-
ded that they be empowered to order the
change in the type and that long primer
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contract be modified accordingly. -
In answer to question put by Moran
Mr.. Evans, chairman of the committee,
stated that the type used was small plea,
but the face was not to their liking. Mr..
Evans further stated that the compiler
was more to blame for the error than any
one else as he was supposed to know type
when he saw it. He also stated that the
had not mislead anybody.
The matter was referred back to the
committee with Instructions to draw up
at the next meeting.
LIQUOR LICENSES.
The committee on license recommended
the granting of liquor licenses to Geo. ].
Bechtol & Sands, Fred 8. Hadra,
P. J. Howe d Co., and B. G. Harvey.
The report was adopted.
vorably on the petition of Fred Trimmer
ct al. asking that block corners be estab-
lished IN plat D, and recommended that
the city engineer be directed to do the
necessary work, and that stone street
be set at the same time as far
north as Thirteenth street. Adopted.
The committee on claims reported ad-
versely upon the petition of Willard
Young, president of the Young univer-
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4, plat d, be stricken from the books OF
the tax collector. The report was adopted.
NEW CITY SCALES.
The committee on markets reported that
had been submitted by a
number of applicants to erect and operate
scales to check the weight of coal, as re-
quired by ordinance; that they had care
fully examined the same and found the
proposals OF Miles & Sharp the most salts
and recommended that said pro-
posal be accepted and that the mayor be
to enter into contract with
the parties at once.
The company referred to agrees to erect
as many scales as shall be required, and
to furnish reasonable bonds for the faith
full weighing of the city's coal. to pay
their own weighmasters, etc. In return
for such expenditure and service they ask
that upon the going out of Office they be
allowed to transfer to the city or to their
all scales and appuetenances
thereto furnished by them. and that they
then be reimbursed in the sum which
they will have to expend in the erec-
ton of said scales and appurtenances
thereto.
On motion of simondi the matter was
laid upen the table for one week.
THE FIRE-PRooFING TRIP.
A communication was received from the
Joint city and county building committee,
stating that Mr.. Bell had made motion
that the committee adhere to the previous
made, that Messrs
Doremus and Proudfoot be appointed by
the city and county as a committee to
visit San Francisco to inspect plan of
freproofng, as proposed by the Rausomer
and report their findings.
They further reported that the motion
was carried, all voting aye, and the COM
mittee recommended TO the council the
necessity of immediate action for fear of
delay in the work on the Joint building
On motion of Moran, who roasted
Judge Bartch and the county court. for
to run the matter in ques-
ton, the communication was rejected.
THE MARKET HOUSE.
The committee on markets reported
upon the resolution OF Wantland con-
the establishment OF market
house, and recommended that the re-
corder be instructed to advertise for ten
days soliciting propositions from proper
ty- Owners looking toward the establish
ment of same. The report was adopted.
CHARGED TO THE WRONG DEPARTMENT.
The Jordan canal and irrigating com
mittee reported that their attention had
been called to the itemized account charged
up to the irrigation department by the
street supervisor, and that they had looked
into the matter and found that nearly all
of the items are properly charged to the
street department.; also that the principle
amounts charged in the bill were incurred
by the street department. In view of
these facts they offered a resolution to the
effect that the street supervisor be re-
ouired to include in his annual report Rll
expenditures in his department except
such items as would be properly charg
able to other departments, as shown by