The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-07-04
CoUNTf BUSINESS.
4 Electrician Jones Granted His Light
and Power Franchise.
Lights for the Joint Building to Be Fur
nished Err e-County Infirmary Re-
pckt-Claims Allowed.

The county court met IN regular session
yesterday and transacted the following
business:
The bond of Kelly & Co., in the sum OF
$1,000, guaranteeing that they will do the
county printing, as per the contract
, awarded them, was approved.
A communication was received from
City Recorder Stanton, stating the action
OF the council on Friday evening last,
relative to fixing the rate of taxation on
city property for the present year.
Filed.
A resolution approving new style OF
warrant was adopted. The only material
change made was in the addition of a
clause providing for interest at the rate of
s per cent. per annum.
G. V. Whiting ct al, residents of Farm
er's Ward precinct, asked that e. 81.
Stout be appointed road supervisor Tor
the precinct named. Filed.
COUNTY INFIRMARY REPORT.
Superintendent Allen OF the infirmary,
made his report for the month of June,
as follows: Discharged during the
month, 10; died, 2; admitted, IA; num-
Der OF inmates June 80, IL. Filed.
The sheriff was instructed to appoint
John Deeming a special police officer for
Sugar House precinct on July 1.
j. A. Connolly asked leave to assign his
unexpired liquor license at Bingham to
one ]. johnson. Granted.
w. E. Hope applied for the position of
bee inspector. vice Henry Taufer re-
signed. Filed.
Road Supervisor Fallentine was in
structed TO raise the bridge across the
Brighton q North Point ditch where it
crosses Highway No. 65.
The applications OF George 3. Squires
4 Co., of Bingham Canyon; Riley II.
Graves, of Sandy, and W. IL. Thompson,
OF Shoots Park, for liquor licenses, were
granted and bonds approved.
A communication was received from
George M. Cannon, accepting the fran
chise formerly granted him by the court.
Filed.
TIE JONES ELECTRIC FRANCHISE.
|, R. NJ. jones' franchise was granted al
lowing him to erect poles and wires and
do other necessary work to transmit
electricity into the city from Big Cotton
wood canyon. The franchise, aside from
the usual conditions, provides that Mr..
Jones shall furnish the necessary currents
for lncandescent lights in the county's
half of the joint City and County building,
IN such number and places as may
be desired, free of charge, during
the life of the franchise, and that he
shall furnish power to the county for it's
own purposes at the rate OF $50 per horse
power per year for twenty -four hours
service Pc day.
The sheriff eported that he had fur
nished 905 meals to county prisoners dur
ing the month. Filed.
The county physician reported two
patients in the Deseret hospital. Filed.
The coronor's report for June was re-
ceived and fled.
DELAYED REMITTANCE.
The county treasurer reported that he
had received 7,243.35 from tie city in
payment for certain sewer extension, the
amount having been advanced some time
ago by the county. Filed.
The claim of Kelly & Co. (Salt
Lake Lithograph1ng company, in the
sum of S144. 10 was allowed in the sum of
$685..
The claim of the Salt Lake Lithograph-
ing company in the sum of $319 81 for
printing was referred to the clerk to in