Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-09

leagues were unwilling to give the con- |
sumers ample protection against what |
he termed the encroachments of the |
monopolistic combine. Diehl was the |
only one voting for the amendment.
Barnes secured an amendment to the |
schedule making rate of IS per arc
| lamp per month for 10 o'clock service.
and the ordnance then passed with
only one negative vote.
BUTCHERS ORDINANCE KILLED.
The proposed ordinance making re-
duction of one-balf in the license rates
charged meat dealers,as petitioned for
! by them. was then brought up.
| Romney. Wallace. Fernstrom. Barnes
| and Callister opposed the passage of
| the bill because of the embarrassing
| condition of the city treasury, and the
dangerous precedent II might establish.
| Morris. Dichl. Buckle and Robertson
| believed II only II matter of justice to
pass the bill.
Howe offered an amendment making
the schedule effective the first of Jan
| uary next but only the mover and Cal
| lister voted for 1t.
The vote on the passage of the or
dnance was then taken, resulting as
| follows:
Ayes-Allen. Buckle, Diehl. Morris
Robertson and Siddoway, 9. Noes-Cal-
/ II,
ney, Wallace, Weller and Barnes, s.
Margetts was absent when the vote
/ was taken.
The ordinance was declared de-
feated.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Adam Spicrs and over 200 other tax
paying residents of the southeastern
part of the city pettioned for the adop-
ton of the resolution pending before
the Council requiring the Deseret Agri-
/ cultural and Manufacturing society 10
improve and maintain Exposition
square according TO the terms OF the
grant. Referred to committee on pun
lie grounds.
John Evans and a large number OF
Others asked that the Deseret Agricul-
tural and Manufacturing society be
compelled to widen Ninth West street
from North Temple 10 Second Nortn
street to lis full width, by removing
The unsightly fence back to the true
line. Referred to the committee on
streets.
petition was received from Angus
NJ. Cannon president of the SCUM
Jordan Canal company, William ii.
Haigh, president North Jordan lrriga-
iion company, and II. r. Spencer,presi-
dent of the Utah and Salt Lake Canai
company, calling attention to the IN
junction from putting waste water INTO
the surplus canal. The companies rep
been looked out upon which they nope
. ! ia he able to continue their waste canal
, and divert the water through Ehrlch'
, Ash and Harlem streets and highways
{ No. 20. As. Atchison street ana hlgh-
, way AZ, to the Surplus canal. the pet'-
tioners ask for right to continue the
, drain canal along the route named.the
, canal to be nine feet bottem ana NJ
teen feet wide at top and OF an aver :
age depth of three feet. Referred 10
OF
/ ton. &, ~
: Mary Il. HYDE by her attorneys. ID. ID
, Uoutz and $. II. Thurman, presented
a claim against the city for S',ooo ioi
injuries received on the 10Th OF Jan
1895 by reason of her falling on tht
= sidewalk on Third South and Fourtl
East streets. 1t is alleged that claimant
broke both bones in her right arm
near the wrist
: Police Court Clerk G. Il. Diehl, sub
/ mitted a report of the business Oh INV
city Justices court for the month %
February as follows: Number or per
:, sons tried. III: amount paid to city
treasurer resulting from fines ana ior
: FIXTURES, sl,1lS.
!, BALDWIN president. and j, b. Moreton
Z clerk. petitioned TO have the sewe
u lateral extended on the north side n
South Temple from NJ to u street. ans
i, sewer lateral extended on j street iron
a South Temple street to Second street
T. SO that sewer connections can he mad
u by the board with the Wasatch ant
. I.ongfellow schools.
II Snarr & Sons grocers, ETC., IN
+ communication. stated that Police ON
y Ger Joseph Busby was indebted to thei
firm in the sum of s2lT Tor grocerie
9 and asked that he be compelled to pa,
II his debts. Referred to committee oil
= fire and police.
l. Buckle, Robertson and Wallace. o
the sewer committee. recommended IN
y confirmation of the Mayors appoint
y ment of Frank c. Kelsey as city engi
% neer, but on request of Margetts, ac
l, tion on the report was deferred for on
ID week.
The committee on streets recommend
i'd er that the Rnpid Transit company
lie lead tracks on Third West street fror
lie North Temple to Second South an
- from there to the Rio Grande Wester
n Railway company's depot, be immedi
or ately removed. The report containe
o. the information that a similar reque'
Id by the former Council was entirely ~
err nored. The recommendation wa
ADOPTED.
The street committee called attentio
N to the neglect of the Oregon Short Lin
N and the Salt Lake & Los Angeles raj
hi road companies to lower their track
~ on South Temple street west of SiNt
West street to surface grade. In az
M cordnnce with the order of the precet
n ing Council. and recommended that II
q, offending companies be notified to con
err mence work on lowering said tracl
within 10 days and speedily complete
he Adonted.
0O Allen introduced n resolution whio
IL was ndoptod, calling on the RAM
t. Transit Railway company to raise Il
or tracks on Third West from South Ten
ii. pie to fIrifth North streets in order
er enable the Salt lake & Ogden Railwn
~ Company to Grade the wnqt side of n
street. in conformity with It's ranchis
which provides for grading 90 feet {
-. each side of the latter company
Up, tracks.
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