The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-08

Lees CUllSCleQ Tor the Work Sndll De ue-
Quoted from the cost of making the
surveys. 1t was so ordered.
REDUCING SALARIES
A bill for an ordinance amending sec
ton 1 chapter viii. of the ordinance fix
ing the compensation of the engineer
and assistant of the sewer pump and
month was submitted by the city
engineer. Referred to the city attor-
ney.
DR.. DALBY NOMINATED.
A communication was received from
of DR.. William T. Daily as health COM
missioner. The appointment was re-
ferred to the committee on sanitary
rules and quarantine.
DISALLOWED.
On the recommendation of the board
of public works the bill of the Pacific
Paving company amounting to S439.4S
was disallowed.
POLICE JUSTICES REPORT.
The report of the police justice for
the month of July was read and re-
ferred to the committee on police and
fire departments. The report shows
fines for the month amounting to 81
1855 of which amount Silica was paid
in fines and 81, 30 in labor.
GRAVITY SEWER DAMAGE BILL.
The finance committee in the matter
of the request of the gravity sewer
that the balance amounting
to $4,000. of the 1000 allowed them
for damages be appropriated, recon-
mended that the request be granted on
that the contractors waive all
claims for any damages on account OF
1,o
sewer.
Cohn opposed paying more than
81. 500 at present, which he said was
more than the amount due for dam
ages up to date.
OMeara favored making the payment
of the sum asked, stating that the con-
tractors needed it to pay freight on &C.
ment coming, and that SO doing
would facilitate the completion of the
sewer.
Bache said there was no objection to
paying the amount as requested, the
city was perfectly and completely Sc
cured, the money had to be paid some
time, and if it would aid the contractors
and facilitate the completing of the
work better to do it at once.
Cohn amended the motion tc adopt
the report to appropriat ting $500. Lost.
The report was adopted and the
amount placed on the appropriation
list.
WATER MAIN EXTENSION.
On the recommendation of the water
works committee the petition of August
A. Scheideler and others for water main
extensions on West Second South was
granted, the petitioners to pay into the
city treasury the estimated cost.
FREE WATER FOR SCHOOLS.
The committee on water works rec
commended that the petition 1of the
board of education asking that they be
permitted to make water connections
with the new school buildings at La
Veta place be granted.
Mr.. Young asked if the water was to
be furnished free.
Mr.. Lynn indicated that that was the
"Then," said Mr.. Young, 'I ask leave
to withdraw my name from the report.
[ am opposed to any individual or any
institution getting free water and ask
to be permitted to bring in a minority
report"
The matter was recommitted.
LIQUOR LICENSES.
The following persons were licensed
to sell liquor: M. E. Mulvey & Co.,
Wagner Brewing Co., J. Sondheim,
Wilson & Busby, Geo. F. Reach and
Val BlatZ Brewing co.
MILK ORDINANCE PASSED.
A bill for an ordinance prescribing how
milk ordinance, a digest of the same
having already been published, was
taken from the table and read a sec
ond time.
Mr.. Young held that the bill opened
an avenue to fraud and all varieties of
tr5ckery and deception and demanded
hn INIT nd witt inc
tons to the committee to fix the license
at such a. figure as was necessary to
provide for the cost of inspection. He
thought $50 year too much for any
vendor, big or little.
Mr.. O'Meara declared that the ordin-
ance as drafted would bring in reve-
nues amounting to $500, which was in
conflict with the spirit behind it.
The motion to recommit was lost and
the ordinance was adopted.
DEPOSITS REQUIRED.
A bill for an ordinace prescribing how
pavements shall be replaced in making
excavations and requiring it Of parties
to make a deposit for damages was sent
in by the board of public works and
read three times and passed.
THE sPRINKLING QUESTION.
Bache reported that the council sit
ting as committee of the whole or
as many of the members as were pre-
sent had unanimously agreed to re-
commend that the street sprinkling be
continued as at present until October
1, and that after that date the council
order what sprinkling done they deem
proper
A motion to adopt the report was
lost. and an amendment that it be re-
ceived and filed prevailed. Young then
moved that the sprinkling be continued
during the month of August and that
the system of sprinkling districts be
abolished. Mr.. Young said he favored
sprinkling, and thought next to sewer
age sprinkling was the most important
sanitary measure ever adopted by any
city, but he was anxious to know how
the people felt about it. The district
system in vogue now was not good and
some other method had to be devised
BY the end of August probably the
council would be in a better position
to act regarding sprinkling in Septem-
Der.
1t was stated the ordinance creating
sprinkling districts could not be re-
pealed by motion, it requiring an
ordinance to repeal an ordinance, upon
which Mr.. Young withdrew his mo-
ton and the matter was dropped.
THE ER-JENNINGS MIDDLE.
The matter of investing the percent
age retained from the Culmer-Jennings
Paving company as guarantee of
the quality of the paving, came up.
O'Meara said as it appeared that the
Culmer-Jennings company had been
paid $4,000 for paving pitch more than
was due them, that it would be pro-
per thing to deduct this amount prior
to making final settlement with them
and moved that the matter be re-
ferred to the committee on claims.
Cohn, Corum and Newell opposed