Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-04
CITY COUNCIL MEETS
And Janglss Over That Jail PIopO.
sIliOl.
IRREGULAR MODE OF PROCEDURE
Recommendation From Board Of Public
Works RC-committcd-Uiher
business.

The CITY Council met In regular
session last night, ovotything COINS
along smoothly until "a lat vexeI qurs'
ton OF iall lids came up, on ooiu'
municstion from tbs board Of public
works being read to the Council.
lite business transacted was as FOL-
lows;
PETITIONS AND COMMuNiCATiONs.
EImuud Olsel, acting manager ol
HELD. Frat Regiment banl, a'ke . i'r
an appropriation u gi4Ijl - dona'
ton to the bsnd to pay expenses Of
SUNDAY cJucsfis I'm Liberty PARK
COMMITTEES On public grounds.
Geo. W. Rtd asked tna1 psfsons
owning piopritJ 90 } between South
Temple and Flnt ttfeets be requested
TO pui icuces to line. Committee On
streets
John HoScro't asked permission 90
connect with water mains on tue
northeast corner of Pear ani bte'n
itr,e,s. Committee on walttwoih'.
P.wers aud sttaup called attention
to bill Of fsln,lat.d fifomcn Tor salaries
during susI cnsiou, ami a'sod inmeu.-
ate ac.lon In tue matter. Referred 20
city at,urnty.
The Utah state Medical socely
asked Tor use OF council chamurr ~
which to hold ihoir fret annual mrr'-
Ing on October let ami 2uJ. Granted.
J. W. whitehead IT,, Gsk,d p7i.
mission 10 run a switch from nal.
track OF U. T.. Railway on Third W's,
betw.en Third AMI Fourth South Into
lot 7, block a., plat A. Referred 10 com
nillte on streets with power u act
REPORTS o. cry OFFICERS.
Tn. city attorney reported advtpciy
on the petition VI Laura uHsi, asklns
that she be freed from water tax sale.
Report adopted.
Lluuor nee .srs were granted 10 JNs.
Hegney, John Trenton and Jane.
Stevenson.
Tine committee on claims In fepof D.
ing ON the petitions Of Mary a. Lam
500 ssou, tor lnlufirs received On al
legged duitclivs sidewalks, recommend
oil that they be not allowed. Adopted.
Recorder BavkmAn submitted thu
report Of W. W. Taylor, dog tax coll
iector, Tor month OF August, showing
that taKoG were collected ~ tue tum "
s8O5 Ou. Forty dogs were destroyed
for which the Jog tax collector IL GU.
Titled 10 $50. Report adopted.
The city engineer notified Tho Coun'
ell that plaip Of Oakley Park nai been
checked ana found TO be correct. Al
proved.
The board Of public works submit.
ted TO the Council the second partial
estimate OF tbs city engineer amount
ing TO s8I8.2 20 IN favor OF Frank Haf.
Tigan Tor work done ON fence al0ng tn
county road Tor month OF August anu
recommended its payment. Adopted.
THAT PROPOSED JAIL.
Toe following report from A. II.
Do'tmus, chairman Of the board Ol
public works. was read TO the Councils
Hon. President and city Council, salt
Lake City3
uenllemcn-At a meeting u tho board
held at = o'clock this afternoon, tho fol-
lowing resolution was passed!
"Resolyed, That the chairman uf this
board bO aud IN hereby instructed aud
requested to report to the CITY Council,
relative To tho advertisement Tor bids Tor
tho construction Of proposed city jail,
aud that this board has carefully con.
sideted tho advertisement and tho bids
procured by your committee on prisons,
and after full aud due consideration,
recommend Ia tho city Council that none
OF said bids he accepted, aud that the
checks accompanying tho Same Ice gu'
turned by the city Council To the makers
thereof.
"And further, That, in pursuance u tho
resolution OF ihe Council ruforrlug hi.
matter to this board, and In pursuance u
law, tho chairman of this board IL hereby
Instructed aud requested Ia proceed for h.
with to advertise for bids Tor tho con.
strucliou Of said jail, In accordance
with the plans ~ approved 10y tho Guy
In accordance with which hereby in
oIose aud return tho papers referred W
us by your honorable body,
A. r.. DuWTMus,
Chairman,
Cohn moved that the recommends.
tlou be Te-commltloI anu that they be-
Instructed not 81 advertise Tor bid'
until such time as the Council WOui
Instruct them winch motion was o.
posed by ClAwson.
Young called the attention Of tn
Council to the tact that the building
OfA all had never been Huthu i2e ~
the COuncil, "Dut," sAyt he, "they
haVo gone night Hiuug getting plans
ANA advertising Tor bids iof ihe cpn'
stTuctiOn u something that had neyeI
yet teen sanctioned by the Council,
O'MtuTA Erlse aud wanted 60 know
OF Mr.. Young what the pis sui the
Jail had been drawn nat for, were they
gotten g. bulli sewer, or 10 tuy put
lie lauds win? NJ, they were uGawu
out Tor the bulliiug %. iui uOtwltL'
standing Mr., H0uus's statement.
Young offered resolution that thr
report ui the OoatI Of public works b.
laid un tue laulv,
rhe rrs luton was defeated, the nin,
lOrity votirV Bgaiuttr.
Ooh y mu'iun was ABOUT to h. pul
TIA vote whV ClEwH took the Il
AIl ut uluTeI that tns whole moe OI
rucruufr IS the Council hau ueru
Irregular anu wrong owing 10 the taCt
mat l.e buil ius NJ y INU hau urvyi
H,c sanrunurI by the Council, q net
IuuHily No wuuiI oppose tue mOtui
ung Coma.
GO u gave Mr.. ClawGon TO under,
stand thpt nothing wrong hAd been
committed 10y the Council, AMI de-
slueu that tue 'uarI OF pubic wOft.
regretted the action which lhuy ad