The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-19
CITY COUNCIL.
A Long Session Occupied With Rout-
inc Business.

a Long Session Occupied With hout-
inc Business.
The business OF the city council last
night was mostly routine and thee as
sion was a long one. Claims amount
ing to $SS2.9S were allowed. The Sire
veil Hardware company was granted
a, merchants license for one month to
allow the firm to close out its stock.
The recorder asked instructions re-
gar6ing the procuring of numbers for
the job wagons and drays which are
required to take out a license. The
matter was referred to the recorder
with power to act.
The recorder submitted copies of the
records and files concerning the action
of the council and all business per-
tanning TO the refunding of the 100000
bond issue and asked that the same be
approved by the finance committee ana
city attorney so that he might trans
nit them to the successful bidders for
their attorney to examine. Referred to
requested.
Interest amounting to S4,014 due on
various bond issues was reported by
the auditor and the report referred to
the finance committee.
The receivers of the waterworks
company sent in a communication
calling attention to the disrepair of
the stand pipes in use by the city and
further informed the council that they
would not furnish any more stand
pipes while the business is in the un-
satisfac Glory condition it is at present.
and further they asked the council to
reply to written communications by
written communications, as they would
have no verbal dealings with the
council.
Poll Tax Collector E. A. Stratford re-
ported the collection of 159 poll taxes.
A number of residents of Jefferson
avenue between Twenty-seventh and
Twenty-eighth streets asked that that
street be graded so that the sidewalks
could be fixed properly. Referred to
the street committee.
w Nelson, janiter of tine city hall,
was granted a months vacation.
Pay rolls aggregating about $500
were ordered paid.
The pay roll for the street Sprinkling
in the Third ward caused a discussion,
it appearing that the men were credited
the regular rate of 50 a day when in
ali the other wards the roll is made
up at the special contract price, which
is less than So a day. The matter was
referred to the committee on sprinkling
and it is expected the per diem in the
Third ward viii have to be reduced
to such a figure as will make the
sprinkling there no more expensive
than in the other wards.
L. w Packet presented a claim of
s2.6SS for a judgment recently obtained
against the city. The council held
lengthy session in committee of the
whole. and after rising it was recon-
mended that the committee on water
supply be empowered to purchase some
water tank sprinkling .agons; that the
recorder notify the board of education
to meet Thursday night with the build
ings and grounds committee and con-
slider matters pertaining to the rooms
in the city hall heretofore occupied for
school purposes; that the water supply
committee cause to be sprinkled the ap-
proaches to canyon road in the best
manner possible. without the erection
of any more stand pipes, and that they
advertise for bids for the sprinkling.
Council adjourned about II O'Clock.