The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-22

changed his vote to the affirmative.
The vote was then announced as fol-
lows: Ayes-Callister, Dale. lie Prohon,
Lloyd, O'Meara, Stewart Wiscomb and
Newell. Noes-Allen. Buckle, Diehl,
Hayward. Morris. AIuivey and Romney-
SITE FOR THE LIBRARY.
T. G. Weber, president, and H. c..
Hill, secretary, of the board of trustees
of the city library and free reading
room, represented as follows:
THAT the city is without q suitable
/ building in which to permanently house
the public library. In the existing, con-
dition of the city finances, no provision
can be made for the construction OF
q library building; none of the tax
levied by your body should be used
for the purpose. 1t is believed that the
purpose of erecting a library building
some contributions can be obtained
from non-residents and also from some
! residents of the city, providing a site
for the building is secured.
ITO that end your petitioners re-
specially ask that the lot directly west
of the old city hail. or so much thereof
as may be necessary for the purpose,
be ceded to the public library for the
purpose of erecting thereon a library
/ building, always with the proviso that
! the lot shall revert to the city in case,
after a reasonable time the directors
of the public library shall fail in their
efforts to obtain money to erect said
building"
The petition was referred to the
committee on public grounds to report
at the next meeting.
THE UPPER MAIN STREET GRADE.
Lloyd offered a resolution resembling
the action of the council on Dec. I,
WIZ dol IicL do al
street for a distance of $50 feet north
Of First North street was changed.
a motion to refer to the street COM
mittee was lost, and after Lloyd eX-
planned that the changing of the grade
as petitioned for by j. A. F'ritsch would
| involve the city in heavy damage suits
| by several score of property owners,
| the resolution was adopted. The upper
Main street grade will, therefore, re-
main as established, irrespective of the
councils determination to change 1t
! two weeks ago.
GRIFFIN'S DISPUTED CLAIM
In the matter of the claim of D. S.
Griffin in the sum of $3.50 for services
as deputy live stock inspector during
| the months of February and March,
| 1885, the majority of the committee on
sanitary rules, Wiscomb, Buckle and
Nulvey, recommended the payment of
the claim, while the minority, Stewart
and Hayward, recommended dis
allowance. The majority contended
that the claim was correct, and the
minority alleged that there was no evil
dence on record to substantiate it. AT
ter considerable discussion, action was
deferred for one week.
A QUESTION OF LIABILITY.
The board of public works submitted
! the city engineers final estimate in
the sum of $3150S in favor of David r.
Parry on account of construction of
the l. street sewer. The boards COM
munication called attention to the suit
pending against the city for damages
! in the sum of $4,000, alleged to have
been sustained by Sarah Radcliffe by
reason of having fallen into the I'M
protected sewer trench. The matter
of determining the contractors liabil-
ity under the contract was referred to
j the city attorney, who has also under
| consideration the same question in
volved in the first estimate to the con-
tractor.
PERTAINING TO PUBLIC WORKS.
The request of the board of public
| works for authority to employ G. NJ.
Dull at an expense of SIS to write up
the boards books during the period for
! which the mayors secretary failed to
do the work, although paid for it, was
referred to the finance committee, after
a Drotracted debate, with power to
act.
On recommendation of the sewer COM
mittee, the board of public works was
! instructed to advertise for bids for the
labor necessary in the construction of
| 700 feet of d sewer lateral on Third
East street, the city to furnish the
pipe.
GRAVEL GOOD ENOUGH.
The street committee, reporting upon
the petition of G. S. Chambers and 9TH
ers for a stone block crossing at the
south intersection of State and Fifth
South streets, recommended that a
gravel crossing be made in lieu of what
the petitioners desired. Adopted.
ONLY ONE BRYAN.
On recommendation of the same COM
mittee, reporting upon the petition of
Addison Cain and others for the change
of name of Garfield avenue, in Norwood
addition, to that of Bryan, the city at
torney was directed to draft an ordi-
| nance affecting the change desired, on
! the ground of there already being more
than one Garfield avenue in the city.
BONDSMEN CONSENT.
A communication was received from
! MILFORD Woodruff, George Q. Cannon
John R. Winder and G. K. Bannister,
certifying their consent, as sureties on
+ the bond guaranteeing the satisfactory
performance of the street lighting con-
tract made by the Pioneer Electric
Power company, to the transfer of said
contract to the Union Light & Power
! company, and their binding as sureties
under the bond of the contract to be
assigned. The communication was
filed.
The mayors message of approval of
the street paving tax refund appropria-
! ton was merely read and filed.
! Several unimDortant routine matters
were disposed of and, after passing 12S
I items on the appropriation list, the
council adjourned for one week
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