The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-14


taken. Every one of the proposed ac-
tons was referred to committees.
NEED OF PROCURING DATA.
Councilman Diehl took the initiative
by offering a resolution which recited
the necessity and ACCESSIBILITY of au-
thorizing the city engineer to make sur
veys and measurements looking to the
requirement of additional water supply
for the city next season, and directing
the engineer to proceed as sugges -eN
and report his recommendations to the
council as soon as practicable. Re
ferred to special committee.
ANOTHER MEANS OF Relief.
Discussion of the water problem. how
to increase the supply and how TO
guard against recurrence of the fam
inc, was renewed when the street
/ sprinkling committee recommended the
] adoption of Diehrs resolution submit
| ted last month. and calling for the
erection of ten standpipes at cost of
| $4,000, so as TO enable the use of canal
water for street sprinkling, thereby re-
lieving the draft on the pipe system.
| Opposition to the committees report
from Fernstrom, Callister, Howe and
Romney, mainly because the proposed
relief would not be commensurate to
| the outlay, prompted Patrick to offer
an amendment reducing the number of
| standpipes to four.
BY a vote of to the report was
sent back to the committee. Allen,
Buckle, Diehl, Patrick. Robertson and
Siddoway voted in the negative.
HAVE LAND TO SELL.
]. NJ. Thomas and H. B. Cole pro-
posed to sell the city a reservoir site
at the mouth of Little Cottonwood can
yon, and all the lakes and power filings
of said creek. 1t was represented that
by building a dam 300 feet long at the
top and so feet at the bottom, 20 feet
high, reservoir, 45 acres in area and
&C feet deep, can be made, and more
over, the lakes would refill the reser-
vcir The title to the reservoir site is
by deeds on patented land, and to the
lakes by government filings under the
reservoir act. An investigation of the
proposition was suggested. Referred TO
the special committee on water sup
ply.
STREET LIGHTING.
Patrick and Weller of the committee
on improvements recommended that
the petition of T. II. Latimer and
others for an electric light on Third
street, between A street and the foot
of the hill, and the petition of Charles
Pence and others for a light at the
Intersection of Twelfth East and
Seventh South streets, be granted. Ac-
ton was deferred.
THE BOND BUYERS PLANT.
E. H. Rollins s. Sons, the purchasers
of the city's recent lawful money bond
issue of 100000 requested that $4,000
of the certified check of SIG coo given as
the required guaranty on the part OF
purchasers for faithful performance of
contract, be released. 1t was repre-
scented that $50, 600 of the old issue of
bonds held by the purchasers had been
presented for redemption, and 100000
more was presumed to have been de-
livered and paid for before now. On
this assumption the bond buyers sub
mitted that the city would be amply
secured by retaining only per cent
of the check according to stipulation.
The matter was referred to the finance
committee.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The recommendations of the board of
public works that the street railways
be required to repair their respective
portions of stone block paving, and
also that the wooden aprons used by
vehicles to cross curbing be abolished
and return curbs be constructed in lieu
thereof at the expense of the abutting
property, were adopted.
The boards recommendation that the
slippery sidewalk paVements be rough
ened to lessen liability of damage suits,
and that requesting authority to en-
ploy an inspector to supervise street
paving repairs by the CuImer-JenninSs
Paving company, preparatory to the
final acceptance of the pavements,
were referred to the street committee.
as was also the recommendation for
authority to let contracts for the re-
pair of defective and dangerous street
and sidewalk pavemeEts for which
contract guarantees have expired.
The boards recommendation that ac-
ton be taken requiring new sidewalks
to be laid at various places. was re-
ferred back to the chairman to ascer-
tain whether the property owners would
consent to repair the walks at their
own expense.
FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
Councilmen Siddoway and Fernstrom
and recommended for pas
sage a bill for an ordinance regulating
the inspection and use of steam boil
ers, engines and passenger elevators,
and providing for the examination and
licensing of engineers or operators
thereof The bin was read and laid on
the table for one week. 1t provides
for the appointment OF board of ex-
aminers, consisting of three diSinter- ,
ested but practical stationary engin-
GERS, of not less than ten years ex-
perience. capable of judging and GER
tifying to the safety of the machinery !
named. Their duty will be to issue !
graded permits to qualified persons. |
for examination and certif-
Gates will be required to pay a fee of !
$50, the same to be payable into the |
city treasury, and the duly appointed |
examiners shall receive a yearly sal |
airy of 800 each. The ordinance is not |
to railroad locomotives nor !
TO steam heating apparatus used in |
private dwellings. nor to persons oper-
ating the same. Penalties are provided |
for violations of the ordinance, the |
heaviest penalty being provided for |
persons who operate any of the APP
paratus or machinery named without |
having permit from the board of ex-
aminers.
RELIEF FOR THE DRUG STORES.
A bill for an ordinance regulating
the sale of spurious or vinous liquors
FOR medicinal, mechanical, sacramento
and culinary purposes by persons en-
gagged in the business of pharmacy,
vas introduced by Councilman Rob-
.rtson. and referred to the committee
IN license, with the city attorney as
BY the terms of the proposed
ordinance druggist, upon making an
affidavit in the form required and pay
ng into the treasury the sum of 800