The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-12


sprinkling tax, paid by them under pro-
test, and demanded that an appropria-
ton be made of the amount at once.
| The matter was referred to the city
attorney.
WANT THE ROAD REPAIRED.
The Utah Lime & Cement company
ct al. asked that the road between the
Warm Springs and Beck's Hot Springs
! be repaired and that electric lights be
placed along the avenue. The petition
stated that owing to the embankments
recently made in the construction OF
the gravity sewer travel along the
avenue was very dangerous when it is
dark. a
Committee on streets.
A MODIFICATION ASKED.
The Western Bill Posting company
asked for a modification of the ordi-
nance prohibiting the erecting of board
| fences higher than six feet at less
distance than ten feet from the side
walk The spetitione4s stated that the
i ordinance as it how stands causes
great damage to themselves and to
theatrical and other enterprises where
extensive advertising is required.
| Referred to the committee on NUM-
cipal laws.
| NIGHT WATCHMAN.
James S. Field asked to be invested
with police powers for the purpose OF
acting as night Waterman ON Brigham
street between State and Fifth East
streets. He is to receive his pay from
the residents of that neighborhood
Referred to, the board of police and
fire commissioners
FROM THE SEWER CONTRACTORS
The gravity sewer contractors pre-
sented a communication protesting
against any more changes being made
in the sewer specifications and request
ing that the city engineer be instructed
to give them the lines and stakes upor
all the portion of the sewer which is
incomplete. They stated they were
hindered because of these lines an6
stakes not being fixed.
City Engineer Young said the reason
the stakes were not fixed was because
the eXcavators did not keep far enough
ahead of the masons and piled rubbish
on the ground so that it was Impossible
to fix the stakes. There was nothing
in the claim made by the contractors
that they had been delayed by changes
in the specifications.
Referred to the board of public
works, with the committee on claim:
and city engineer associated.
POLL TAX AND FIREMEN.
The volunteer firemen asked tina
they be relieved from paying poll tax
on the ground that they receive no pay
for the work they do in fighting fires
and that none of the regular firemer
ARE required to pay poll tax.
Cohn moved that the petition b,
granted and spoke warmly in favo
of it.
O'Meara thought it ought to be gran
ted at once and that all policemen anC
firemen should be relieved from pol
tax
Young thought that if it was a fac
that the volunteers received no pa!
they should be granted the relief asked
for.
The matter was referred to the boarc
of police and fire commissioners will
the committee on streets associated.
ABOUT A STAIRWAY.
The board of education asked per
mission to erect and cover with cor
rugated iron wooden stairway as al
additional egress from the building a
present used for the High school
Building Inspector Folsom, in let
ter handed in by Cohn, opposed TIL
granting of the petition on the groun'
that such a stairway would make TIL
building a fire trap and that such al
erection was contrary to the ordinanc
and the stairway should be built o
brick.
Clawson thought the advice of tn
building inspector should be taken an,
that the board should be allowed t
erect such stairway only as woul,
be in accordance with the ordinance
and that permission be given them t
build their stairway under the direc
Ition of the building inspector.
DAILY said there was a fight betweel
the board and the building inspecto
because the latter demanded fees from
the board for permits. He though
the boards request should be gran
tied.
Young thought the board of educa
ton was composed of bright men VIII
knew what was right, and that the
might be trusted in this case. as the,
were only occupying the building tenn
porarily He thought their reques
, should be granted.
On motion of Bache it was granted
ADDITIONAL SURVEYORS.
The city engineer reported that wit
the four men now employed it wa
impossible to do the gravity sewer SUI
veying in the way it ought to be done
and asked permission to employ assist
lantS during the month of Septembe
and October at cost not to excee
$780,
= Granted.
!; ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT.
The same officer reported the cos
! of running the engineers department
/ for the month of August was 81 1886 81
i This, in the face of the resolution c
the council limiting the running exper