The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-10

sidered later in the evening and the
whole subject sent to the committee
on public grounds for a report.
miscellaneous.
The estimate passed at the last meet
| ing of the board of public works in
navor Of the contractors on the gravity
sewer, amounting to $10,952, was al
lowed and ordered paid.
! The statements OF the chiefs of the
lire and police departments, which were
read at the meeting of the fire and po-
lice board on Monday evening, were
presented and filed.
| Licenses to sell liquor were issued to
. the following: Charles Auer 8. K.
Block & Co., George Bulich, California
Wine company, EnZenSpenger Bros. J.
". Elliott, Phil Margetts, Mulvey &
Co, Reich & Lewis, r. NJ. Rumsey &,
Co, j. Sodheim, WAGNER Brewing
| Company, West & Robinson, c. T.
Whittemore, Hasler & Good, Frank
Smith and Simon & Co.
The following resolution was intro
duced by Councilman O'Meara:
Whereas the city of Salt Lake is the
owner of several narrow gauge flat
cars, and as they are now no use
whatever to the city, therefore be it
Resolved, That the city recorder is
hereby instructed to locate these cars
and solicit bids for the sale of them.
and submit the same to this council
for approval.
The resolution was adopted.
Appropriations amounting to S13-
3S9.T were made and will be paid this
week, thus reducing the surplus still
further.
Reports of officers.
City Engineer Young made his re-
ports for the quarter ending June so
and the month of June. The first shows
the following figures:
Vouchers paid. Observation-Disclosures. 1927. 40
Receipts Observation-Disclosures. 42O75
Net expense s., 1866
The report for the month is as fol-
lows:
Expenditure authorized by coun-
Gil -... :....-..-..--.. 81, 10000
Additional expense ............. 10000
--
Total Observation-Disclosures. 81, 10000
Expenses
Payrolls ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ,3S9. so
Vouchers NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 652.07
Less deductions ...... $3.50
Net expense ...................$1,17 478
Mr.. Young stated that the matter of
signs was causing a great deal of an
noyance to merchants in the city, who
are being arrested for violation OF the
ordinance. There are several cases in
the police court at this time Viola
tions are plentiful. Every man who
has an awning across the street with
his name on it is violator of the law.
But until something was done in the
way of an ordinance which should be
fair to all he thought action should be
suspended, and moved the police JUS
tice be requested to wait a week be-
fore taking action in the matters of
this character which are now pending
in his court. This motion prevailed.
Petitions.
Petitions were introduced as follows:
Cleveland Gas Fixture and Manufac-
turing company, for $44720 alleged to
be due for chandeliers for the joint !
building.
Inter-Mountain Electric company, for !
$3.50 for wiring the grounds.
These two were referred to the Joint |
committee for action.
Peter Van Houton applied for $3.50 |
with which to pay for the repairs on |
his buggy which was run in to by the |
west side fire department on January |
IA while going to a fire.
Mary a. Lamber asked for $500 |
damages alleged to have been sus- |
tanned by falling on a sidewalk on Main !
street last February.
Both of these We're referred to the /
committee on claims.