The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-01-04
WORK OF THE COUNCIL.
Detective O'Brien Gets $3.50 for the
Shovel Investigation.
Ordinance for Extending Payment OF spe
ciai Taxez-Mount & Griffin Paid for
Services Not Petitions

Services Not ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The city council met in regular session
last evening with President Loofbourow
in the chair and all members present ex-
cept Bell and Heiss. Business was trans
acted as followas:
j. J Thomas ct al. asked for certain
water main extension in the southeastern
part of the city. Referred to water works
committee.
Andrew Stevens asked for rebate on
water tax amounting to S5S.27. Referred
to water works committee.
j. A. De Valley ct al. petitioned for an
electric light at and First streets. Re
ferred to committee on improvements.
Thomas g. Jones ct al. petitioned for
certain improvements on Seventh West
street in the way of filing up an obnox-
ious ditch. Referred to joint canal and
irrigation committee with power to act.
III. Covey asked for a lease on the city
sand and gravel pits. Referred to COM
mittee on public grounds.
George Martin ct al. petitioned for an
electric light at the corner of Second
South and Tenth West. Referred to COM
mittee on Improvements.
ing attention to the questionable con-
duct of President Loofbourow were
reac and disposed of as detailed else
where.
The street supervisor, health commits
sioner and sanitary inspector petitioned
for a telephone to be used in their depart
ments jointly. Referred to committee
on improvements.
The street supervisor sent in two bills
for fnto of hal n l.
Marshall for attending two men injured
in the gravel pits. Referred to commit
tee,on claims.
CITY PHYSICIANS REPORT.
DR.. Meacham, city physician, reported
| treated for the last quarter as follows:
| October. 40; November, 81: December, 81.
The number healed at st. Mary's hospl-
! tai were as follows for the same time: DC
toDer, 4; November, A; DECEMBER, 2. The
report was fled.
| The committee on sewers recommended
in the matter of the extension OF a sewer
on West Temple street that the city en-
gineer be instructed to return estimate OF
cost at the next meeting. The report was
adopted.
The city engineer reported that he had
approved and filed as part of the city sur
vey plat of Stevens subdivision. Filed.
| THE MAYOR GARNISHEED.
The mayor sent in communication
with reference to a garnisheement that
! had been served upon him in the case OF
John L. and A. F. Lawson vs.. @. L. Vail.
The mayor called attention to notice
served on the defendant by the plaintiffs
on July %, 1890, notifying him that II he
was occupying certain premises on OF
after Aug. 4, 1890, that he would be re-
| j. w
| able in advance, and on each month there
after notice was served on defendant
ordering him to pay the sum OF $3.50, the
amount of rent overdue for the month.
On Dec. IL, 1890, suit was begun
agains Vail for $l83. which, together with
costs and interest, now amounts to
$213.59. The mayor stated that he under
stood that Vail had been paying S15 pei
month for the house portion of the time
the mayor said; s'The enforcement OF the
Judgment in consideration of the above
facts is like taking the pound OF flesh.
therefore recommend that the city coun-
Gil instruct the treasurer to pay Mr.. Val
his wages, and that the garnishment be
disregarded. | directed the city treasurer
to hold his wages until the council acts in
the premises ~
Vail is a foreman in the employ of the
city. The matter was laid over
to come up under the head Of
miscellaneous, and when reached.
AN EXPERT ENGINEER.
The city engineer reported that he
could secure the services OF j. j. h.
Croes, an expert engineer of New York
city, to come here and confer with him
relative to the proposed gravity sewer,
and that the services would cost 81 800.
Referred to special committee on sewers.
with power to act
The city engineer submitted list o.
articles needed in his department,
amounting to $201, and the same was
granted.
The city attorney sent in report upor
the adjudication of number Of cases il
which the city was interested. The re-
port was received and filed.
EXTENSION OF SPECIAL TAXES.
The city attorney returned the resolu'
ton Of Lawson passed at the last meeting,
with reference to extending the time fol-
the payment OF special taxes on sewer
extension and referred to him for the
purpose of drafting an ordinance to com
Div with the same, and stated that the
council could change the time of payment
by ordinance and not by resolution, etc
The matter was referred back to the at
torney, with the recommendation that ht
In the matter of the petition of Rober
Gardner for relief on account OF tax sale
the city attorney recommended that the
relief be granted and the matter was re-
ferred to the mayor.
The city attorney reported on the peti
ton of J. D. Ford for relief from taxation
amounting to S25, upon the grounds thu
lands were mineral, and after citing
number of authorities recommended tina
the relief be not granted. The report wa
filed.
The city building inspector sent in
communication relative to the granting
of free permit for the erection of st
Marks hospital, and thought that tn
council should allow him s12 for SO doing
The report was fled.
aALEAzzI's REPORT.
Galeazzi sent in the following report:
Mum Der of dogs registered. d.. .S237 0
Amount of pound fees 2 o
Number OF dogs destroyed 31......------ 16 5
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ...s255 )
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