The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-24
Council P0stp0nes Action On the
Hardy Purchase.
TALK0vER IMPROVEMENTS
QUESTION OF DISPOSAL OF
HOUSE CREATES DEBATE.
City Attorney Decides That the Wa
terworks Committee Is Not En-
titled to Extra Compensation For
Serving as Equalizers of Water
Rates.

of land in Parley's canyon owned by
W. Is. Hardy for s1.5OO, occupied a
large slice of the councils time last
night. The particular clause of the re-
port that excited comment was one di-
recting the superintendent of water
works to Immediately remove all the
| improvements on the property.
! After Siddoway had moved the adop-
ion of the report and Margetts had
seconded the motion, Callister objected
| to the removal feature. He said he I'M
| derstood that a house on the property
was alone worth 81, 500 and he thought
an effort should be made to sell it or
in some way use it.
Consideration Postponed.
Other members talked in a like strain,
and Diehl attempted to solve the prob
lem by an amendment instructing the
waterworkS superintendent to advertise
for bids for the house, the purchaser
to take it away within thirty days. Be
fore the amendment could be put, Wal
! lace suggested that consideration of the
report be deferred for one week.
Siddoway made spirited objection to
continuance. He said a pledge had
been given to Hardy that the council
would take definite action on the mat
ter last night. In spite of Sideways
objection, however, the report went
over for one week under the rules.
City Attorney Hall submitted a re-
port giving it as his opinion that the
city treasurer could not legally pay out
money on the Harrigan paving contract
as recommended by City Engineer KEEL
sey without a warrant from the city
auditor. The attorney suggested that
the council could direct the auditor to
issue the warrant. The report went to
the committee on municipal laws with
the city attorney associated.
The attorney also reported that in
his judgement the members of the
waterworks committee, who served as
members of the board of equalization
OF water rates. were not entitled to any
extra compensation for their services.
The report also went to the committee
on municipal laws.
Want Speedway Themselves.
A petition was received from NJ. H.
Walker and more than a hundred 9TH
er taxpayers asking that bicycles and
heavy traffic wagons be excluded from
the south Main street speedway from
Eighth South street south to the city
limits. The petition recited that the
driveway was opened by the city'S
horsemen for their exclusive use and
benefit and that wheelmen and traffic
wagons were seriously interfering with
their sport. The petition went to the
committee on streets with the city at
torney associated.
A communication was received from
Lawrence and James Decker, Offering
to sell property in Parley's canyon on
which is said to be a valuable spring.
The eprice was fixed. The proposition
was referred to the committee on pub
lie grounds.
A petition signed by Mrs. Caroline
Lee Lewis, president of the Ladies
Literary club. and other directors and
officers of that body, asking that a Ii
brary tax of one-third of a mill be
levied this year, was read and referred
to the library committee.
NJ. NJ. Kaighn, chairman of the g. ~
r. Decoration Day committee, signed
an invitation to the council asking
that it's members attend the G.. A. II.
exercises in a body. The invitation Of
fered the councilmen d place in the
parade. 1t was accepted with thanks.
Watershed Lands.
Consideration WIS given to the reso-
luton, offered several weeks ago by
President Barnes directing the city !
engineer to prepare revised maps of |
the lands constituting the drainage of /
the various streams supplying water |
TO Salt Lake City, such maps to be for !
WdIutQ ny tHt ildSOi " the StCIGltty /
of the interior, together with a re- |
quest. through Utah's representatives !
in congress, that the lands embraced /
therein be reserved from entry and
and that they be coded to |
this city for public benefit and protec-
ton to the city's water supply.
At the same time Robertson substi-
tute resolution was also considered in
the committee on municipal
laws to draft memorial for presenta-
ton to congress praying for the cession
Of all the government lands situated
within the City Creek canyon water
shed.
By a vote of to Z, Allen, Buckle,
Callister, Diehl, Robertson, Romney
and Wallace voting in the affirmative.
the substitute resolution was lost and
by a practically unanimous vote the
presidents resolution was adopted.
Councilman Buckle presented a petit
lion from A. T. Dorsey and all the
other exclusive dealers in cigars and
protesting against the pas
sage of the proposed ordinance for the
closing of places of business on Sum
lays. unless businesses of their class
De exempted from the operation of the
ict. 1t was referred to the committee
III license on motion of Councilman
Allen.
The council adjourned till Thursday
evening to consider the proposed
franchise for the Salt Lake Street Rail
Dad companys north and south line
II the eastern part of the city and to
transact other unfinished business.