The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-10

by unanimous vote the city coun-
ell last night entered into a contract
with the Big Cottonwood Power COM
pany to light the streets of the city for
one year, commencing June Is, at $3.50
per lamp per month.
The contract, which is substantially
the Same as the one recently adopted
by the council, created but little de-
bate and went through with but few
changes.
The street sprinkling was awarded to
j. III. Griffin for a term of two years
aud much other important business
was Transacted. prolonging the session
until midnight.
MR.. LLOYD TAKES HIS SEAT.
Immediately after the reading of the
minutes .O'Meara arose and, calling
attention TO the recent decision of the
supreme court, moved that b. Z. Lloyd
be seated as member OF the council,
to take the seat recently occupied by
Elliott, and that MI. Lloyd be assigned
TO the committees of which Elliott was
a member.
The chair overfUled the latter part of
the motion and O'AIeara appealed from
the decision, but the chair was sus-
u ~ I. anu the threatened fe-
n2wa1 of the old fight over the appoint
ment of standing committees passed
away Mr.. Lloyd then took his seat
as & ftti-ledged member.
LIGHT FOR ONE YEAR.
The Improvement committee SUBJ
11litteu the following communication
from the Big Cottonwood Power com
pany:
Having succeeded in perfecting an
arrangement with the Salt Lake and
Ogden Gas and Electric Light COM
pany, by which we are enabled to OBJ
tain use of tfs1jr wires. poles, lamps
etc, on one year contract, we here
with Offer TO light the streets of Salt
Lake city in conformity with the con
tract herewith submitted. for one year
at $3.50 per month per lamp"
Appended was the committees re-
port, as follows:
I'VE, your committee on improve
mentss, have received a communication
from the Big Cottonwood Power. com
pany for lighting the streets of the
city, which is hereto attached, and we
recommend that the contracts hereto.
fore approved by this council. with the
amendment hereto made that is. the
contract to be for the term of one wear
from June Is. 1896, and to expire on
June IA. 1897, at the price hereto agreed
upon by the council on previous con.
tract, al $500 per month, and we. your
committee. recommend that the con.
tract as amended be adopted
The committees report was received
ana hled, and the contract nut upon
its passage. There were some few
changes from the provisions of the con-
tract recently accepted. but vetoed bx-
the mayer. There was one provision to
the effect that the Big Cottonwood
Power company should not be prol1tbi-
TED from renting the poles, wires, etc.
OF the salt Lake and Ogden Gas and
Electric Light company, which the
city attorney objected 10 for the req,
son that it was 2 recognition of the
salt Lake and Ogden Gas and Electric
Light company. which might have an
erect or the suits now pending for
the revocation of that company's fran
chlse. Judge Mckay did not object TO
the Big Cottonwood company leasing
the Salt Lake c0mpany's wires and
poles. but objected to recognizing the
latter company in any way
After some debate it was changed
Ind the words any electric light com
parly inserted instead of the Salt
Lake company. The contract then. as
amended, passed by unanimous vote
the following resolution by Diehl
was passed;
Resolved. That ali petitions and
communications intended for presenta-
tdofl to the city council al anv regl1l3 '
session shall be fled ith th.= city re-
corder not later than o'clock p. m
of the day Of such session. and any
communication fled after the abov.
hour shall not be considered by this
council Until the following week. This
resolution shall not spply to reports OF
city officers or Of standing committees
of the council"
STREET SPRINKLING CONTRACT
The contract for the street sprinkIinp
was awarded to J. H Griffin for a
term of two years at s19S per month
Out Of five bidders Griffin was mucf
the lowest, the bids submitted being as
follows:
j. Il. Grifin-For a one. two or three
years contract. $19S per month.
SpeTry & Presce-For -one-year con.
tract, S27S.f5 per month; two-years
contract, $3.50 per month; tfree-years
contract, S244.25 per month.
y. f. Acknowledgment contract
s3S9 Fer mcrth; two-year, 1919 ne
month, three yeGr. 1924 per month.
r. c. Chhmber1in-One-ye s275 pei
month; two-year. S265 per month
Uhree--year, $3.50 per month.
Emery o. Heath-For the season o.
1885, 1920 rer month; for 1897. 1920 rel
month; for 1928, $3.50 per month.
The four Latter bids included tht
use of two sprinkling carts owned by
the city.
Stewart introduced a resolution
which passed. transferring the plumb
ing inspector from the city engineer
department 10 the health department
TO work under the direction Of tina
branch of the municipal fabric TIL.
salary Of the inspector was fixed a
$50 per month, and this amount was
deducted from the city engineering de
RaSrtmenf's monthly allowance, ara
added to that of the health department
ADDITION TO THE FIRE DEPART
MENT
Councilman Wiscomb introduced
resolution authorizing the board o.
public works to advertise for bids fo
the construction of an addition to TIN
fire department. headquarters in placi
of the old building. to cost not to. ex
coed $500. payments to be made il
six months. The resolution was pass
ed
INCREASE OF SALARY.
The mayor sent in communication
asking that the council increase tn,
salary of the chairman of the boarC
OF public works from $500 10 81, 500 pc
year.
The mayor says that the term o
Office of the present chairman expires
on the 18th inst, when it becomes hi
duty to appoint successor but ow
ing TO the immense amount of worl
connected with that Office it will b
impossible to get any man to assum'
the responsibility. Appended to Oh
communication was a. list of contract