The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-24
REDIsTRIcTING ORDINANCE.

REDISTRICTING ORDINANCE.
Lawson's amended redistricting or
dinance as published in The Herald of
yesterday was taken up and read first
time and laid over.
A TELEPHONE FRANCHISE.
Councilman Simondi presented an
ordinance granting a franchise for a
telephone exchange in this city to A. L.
Hobson. The bill provides for an or
dinance to erect poles as may be des-
ignated by the city engineer and also
to lay underground conduits for the
placing of telephone wires; also that
the grantee shall not charge more than
$6 per month rental on each telephone
within the business district and not
more than 81 per month rental on each
telephone to private houses and to fur
nish to the city five telephones free
during the twenty-five years the length
of the life of the franchise. The fran
chise was nead the first time and re-
feTred to the committee on improve
ments with the city engineer and city
attorney associated.
NO INTEREST ON WARRANTS.
A report from The committee on fin
ance recommending that a resolution
providing for the payment of interest
on city warrants be adopted, was re-
Jected.
WEST CAPITAL STREET.
An ordinance changing the name of
Green street to West Capital street
was passed.
TEN CENT CAR FARES.
The extension OF the franchise to the
Salt Lake Rapid Transit company, the
Popperton Place and Fort Douglas
Rapid Transit company and East
Bench Street Railway company was
taken up.
Horn moved that the resolution
passed by the council at its meeting
last Tuesday evening limiting the com
pany to a charge of not exceeding five
cents for single fare be reconsidered,
In doing so ne presented a petition
signed by forty residents of the An
mex" as follows:
We think we are entitled to an open
cent fare, but inasmuch as the com
pany claimed they cannot make this
concession from 10 cent to a cent
fare). but are willing to sell cent
tickets, we respectfully ask that they
be granted their franchise, otherwise
we would be deprived of their present
offer, and we are willing to leave future
adjustment to competition or increase
Of business"
The motion to reconsider prevailed
and it was proposed to change the fare
allowed by the franchise from 5 to 10
cents.
The proposition was lost by tie
vote, being for and 4 against it. The
chairman had not voted and claimed
the right of the casting vote POLAND
and those opposed to the motion said
the chair had no right to the casting
vote and the other side held that he
had. The chair cast his vote for the
amendment and declared it carried.
Further consideration of the erdi-
nance was postponed until the next
meeting.
SEWER REBATE.
The petitions OF S. B. Young, E. Walker
and Henry Wagner asking for an APP
preparation of amount due them for
sewer rebate were referred to the
finance committee.
CROSS WALKS.
The petition of w F. Cotton ct al.
for the construction Of cross walks on
Fourth South and West Temple streets
was laid on the table.
RELIEF APPROPRIATION.
The committee on streets, to which
was referred the petition of the Gen
eral Relief committee for an appro-
priation to enable the said committee
to give work to men in need at 81 per
day on the boulevard, recommended
that the council appropriate $500 for
that purpose.
The report was adopted and the
amount placed on the appropriation
list.
Horn presented a resolution provid-
ing for the return to the Pacific Paw
| ing company OF the 10 per cent. re-
tanned by the city on their contract
for the paving of State and West Tenn
pie streets lin accordance with a re-
port of the committee on streets). pro-
viding the company will agree to ac-
cept payment of $9,07050 now on the
appropriation list in two installmnets-
$4,070.50 in thirty days and the balance
in ninety days; the 10 per cent. to be
paid in seven and ten months. The
amount of the 10 per cent to be re-
turned is about $4,000. The company
Ifiled bond signed by Richard Mack
Iintosh and r. c. Chambers guarantee
ling the pavement according to the re-
quirements Of the contract.
Adopted.
Council adjourned till Tuesday even
ing.