The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-11

last evening, all the members were
present, and President , Sormick pre-
sided.
The mayor appointed DR.. ]. J. Nc
Achran as health commissioner to sue
coed Or. Beatty, whose term has eX-
pired. The appointment was referred
to the committee on sanitary laws and
quarantine
The special committee appointed to
negotiate for the purchase of land for
the gravity sewer outlet reported rec
ommending that rs acres offered by the
Croker estate at SIS an acre be pur-
chased. The report was adopted,
The committee recommended that the
petition Of the Rapid Transit company
for permission to lay a third track
around block 20 be denied. The rec
ommendation was adopted.
c. p. Mason was elected councilman
to fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of Mr. Remington. The vote
stood 10 to 4.
A great deal of time was spent in
discussing the copper plant bonus.
The matter was finally laid over for
four months and a resolution intro
duced by O'Meara authorizing the sale
of the % 81 900 bonds and placing the
cash in the hands of the trustees was
passed.
Appropriations amounting to $51266O
NGlG EtGSSeu ana the COUNCIL adjourned
for week
The Culmer-Jennings Paving COM
pany asked that the sum of S123S1
deducted from their May estimate for
blocks and other material reused in
laying the work paid them, as its de-
duction was in violation of the con-
tract.
Committee on claims.
Barzilla Williams asked that his son
be allowed to work out the last pay
ment on his sidewalk tax.
Committee on claims.
James Higney ct al protested
against the alleged insufficient sprink-
ling on West Second South street.
Committee on sprinkling
FREDERICK Smith asked for fruit Ii
cense to peddle fruit.
Committee on license.
A. w. ]. Timms complained that his
lot on the corner of Third and T
streets was recently overfiowed and
damaged, and asked that he be paid
$75. He attributed the overflow to the
detective condition of the headgates in
P2rley's canyon.
Committee on claims.
OFFER OF LAND.
Esther Walker offered to convey to
the city 200 acres Of land in section 81
township l. north of range 1 west. for
the twenty-five 1000 bonds held by
George a. Lowe, ct al. trustees of the
copper plant The land in question has
been used by the city as a dumping
ground for its sewage. and a suit is
now pending against the city for using
it. In her proposition Mrs Walker calls
attention to these facts.
Committee on public grounds.
A PROTEST.
Henry Reiser protested against the
payment of sprinl1ling taxes on a lot
at the intersection of Third West and
Fourth South streets on the ground
that the side of Fourth South street up
on which the lot abuts, has not been
sprinkled during the present season.
Committee on sprinkling.
AGAINST SIDEWALKS.
Albert Fisher ct al protested against
the proposed construction of sidewalks
on Second South street west to the
Jordan river from Fifth West street.
Committee on streets.
SOMEWHAT NERVY.
J. ". Hogue, manager of the barba-
cue given at the Warm Springs by the
Labor trust, asked that the city pay
the Utah Slaughtering company SIS
the amount due for a beef, which Mr.
Hogue alleges was eaten by the poor of
the city.
Tabled.
Frank Harrigan asked that the sum
of S795.63 the discount on $9,945.41 in
warrants at s per cent on his contract
dated June %, 1888. for sidewalk pave
ment be appropriated to him.
Committee on finance.
DEFECTIVE GUTTER.
The Salt Lake Rapid Transit COM
panS Ct al asked that a defective gut
ter on the northwest corner of Second
South and State street be repaired.
Board of public works.
SCARCITY OF WATER.
The Pioneer Loan and Homestead as
ISOLATION represented that there was a
scarcity of water upon their property
on l and Sixth streets and asked that
the matter be remedied by the inser-
ton Of set of valves at cost of
about $500, to prevent the residents of
the city below Sixth street from getting
greater quantity of water than they
are emitted to.
Committee on waterworks
FROM ST. MARKS HOSPITAL.
Bishop Abel Leonard and Rev. L. B.
Ridgley on behalf of St Marks hospital
asked that the institution be supplied
with the city water free of charge for
the reason that the hospital was an in
stitution in business not for making
Committee on waterworks.
ABOUT A RETAINING WALL.
Phyllis Ferguson asked that the city
carry out the former order Of the coun-
ell made in 1883 and finish the retaining
wall in front of her premises, block 2,
plat l.
Committee on Improvements.
HEALTH COMMISSIONER MACH
PAN
The following was received from the
mayor:
u hereby appoint DR.. j. j. McAchran
as health commissioner in. place of Dr.
I. 3. Beatty whose term has expired
and RESPECTFULLY submit this appoint
ment to you for confirmation"
Committee on sanitary rules and
quarantine.
ENGINEERS REPORT
The city engineers report for quarter
ending June 80 showed expeditures $4.-
941.3S and receipts s29217
Committee on finance.
MAY REDEEM.
The city attorney recommended that
the administrator of the Frank Crocker
estate be allowed to redeem certain
property sold for taxes on the payment
of costs and interest
Adopted.
WATERWORKS REPORT.
Ex-Superintendent of Waterworks
Griffin submitted a statement of the
receipts and expenditures of mis- depart
ment for the quarter ending June 30,
1884, as follows:
Maintenance ......s......,.....$ S,1l0 OS