The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-04

UUO IN Salt Lake property Inc QueS-
ton was put and the appointment was
confirmed by the following vote: Bache,
Cheesman, Cohn. Corum, Daily, Lynn,
Mccormick, Newell, O'Meara-9 yeas.
Clawson, Hardy, Morris, Watson and
Young-5 nays.
CHRIS DEIHL CONFIRMED.
The appointment of Chris Delhi as
deputy assessor of water rates was next
taken UP and the appointment unani-
mously confirmed.
THE TREE ORDINANCE.
The committee on streets recon-
mended that the ordinance regulating
the height of over-hanging limbs OF
trees ETC., from side walks be passed.
Referred to the committee on munich
pal laws and the city attorney.
LIQUOR LICENSES.
Retail liquor license was granted the
following petitioners: George w.
Chugg, ST., F. S. Hadra, B. K. Block &
Co.. l.. w. Dittman.
THE COUNCIL HAS POWER.
The committee on municipal laws to
which was referred the question Of the
right to fill vacancies occurring in the
council submitted an exhaustive report
reviewing at length the charter.
Statutary provisions and precedents re-
lating to the matter finally arriving at
the opinion that the legislature never
meant to and never did take away the
filling of vacancies of elective officers
from the city council, and particularly
members of their own body.
Mr.. Young stated that the mayor had
as yet submitted no nomination and he
therefore took it that he did not intend
to.
The report of the committee was
adopted and the election of a successor
to Mr.. Remington permitted to go over
for one, week.
COPPER PLANT BONUS,
The. special committee appointed
to appraise the land rendered
the city in the Kimball block
in exchange for the $4,000 bonds
voted the copper plant submitted ma
jority and minority reports. the former
signed by Newell. O'Meara, Morris and
Bache, the minority by Clawson. The
majority report declares that at no
time has the block been worth less than
$25, 600, while adjoining ones had sold
for as much as 100000 and recommend
ed that the block be accepted and the
twenty-five $1,000 bonds be delivered on
the receipt of a warranty deed for the
block.
Spencer Clawson's minority report
was as follows:
after careful examination of the
land and a comparison of other blocks
adjacent thereto, l am of the opinion
that $4,000 would be a fair cash valu-
alton"
1t was stated that the copper plant
company had been granted an extern
sion of four months in which to COM
plete their works, and it was suggested
that further action in this matter be
postponed for the same period.
A motion to lay over for one week
prevailed.
ROUGHLY HANDLED.
Corum said he had been requested to
state to the council that a number of
the people residing near the depots had
made complaint that the special police
men stationtd there were treating them
in rough and imperious manner and
in some instances had abused and NAL
treated several individuals
Referred to the committee on police.
A RUSH OF WATER.
Bache offered the following:
Resolved, That the watermaster. and
of streets. be directed to give
their Immediate attention towards cor
feoting the rush of water down the
center of the streets north of Third
street in the Twentieth and Twenty
first wards, which occurs during rainy
weather"
Adopted.
APPROPRT