The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-19

they be empowered to emplay a clerk
if they found it necessary. O'Meara
accepted the amendments and it was so
carried.
STREET REPAIRS.
Cohn offered a resolution providing
for making certain street repairs at
Second South and Twelfth East streets
and appropriating 800 for the cost.
Committee on street with power to
act.
TO PURIFY THE WATER.
LIE Grande Young offered the following
resolution:
Whereas there is lust complaint bv the
inhabitants in the eastern part of the city
in regard to the condition of the water of
Parley'S creek, and
Whereas, it will require some work in
and about said stream to make the waters
Of said creek suitable and fit for family
Use, and
Whereas, the sprinkling season for
both lawns and streets is fast coming to
a. close and the waters of the City Creek
ought to be economically used sufficient
for the use of the inhabitants of the city.
Now therefore be it resolved, that all
persons and parties are required to desist
from wasting water and particularly
from allowing the taps and hydrants to
run except when the same are in neces-
sary use. and that as soon as practicable
the water from Parley's creek be turned
taken by the proper department to render
the water from said stream fit for culin-
airy use"
Referred to the Joint committee on wat
erworks and Salt Lake and Jordan Canal.
THE COUNCILS NIGHTMARE.
The joint city and county building af-
fairs came up again on certain bills being
presented, bearing the o. h. of the COM
mittee, to be placed on the appropriate
list.
O'Meara said this grading had cost siO,-
COO and still the mayor. was going on
grounds. He held that while the - grading
was identifying that two or three times
the $4,000 set apart for that purpose had
Cheesman-Yes. this council is striking
1t is fact. however. that the grading
was done last winter solely to provide
work for the starving unemployed.
Young-This city and county build
ing is perfect nightmare to the
council. We never get rid of it and never
seem to settle anything. l am not hitting
the mayor at all. / do, however. say I
think he ought to have let the beautify-
ing of the grounds go until the city was
better able to stand the expense. 1t
was childish in him to insist on s,~nd-
ing $4,000 simply because the old council
voted him that sum for that purpose.
Hardy thought it would be a good
thing to have a definition of what orna-
mentation is, and for the committee to
report how much had been spent for that
purpose. 1t was understood the mayor
claimed he had spent only $4,000 for orna-
mentation but he would like to know just
how the thing really stands.
The item of $3.50 to the architects was
stricken out pending the inquiry as to
whether under their contract. they were
entitled to total commission of 5 per
cent. on the cost of the building.
Items of s. 166 to the Utah Stove e
Hardware company for fountains and
s.. 500 to the Inter-Mountain Electric COM
pany for electric wiring were also strick-
en- out pending a further report by the
committee on the subject. The other
items the city's half of which totaled
81. SS5S2. were placed on the appropriation
list.
After passing appropriations amounting
to $12, POI. go the council adjourned.