Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-16
Statement Of Expenditures for Six
Months Received and Referred
no FINANCE COMMITTEE.
r,e ucad Correspondence l. Read
cuimer-Jennings Paving Conn
pany Again.

.,ittge Of the whole, showing Nhe w
,.,l.tprcs OF his department from oc-
,,i,ar 1. 1895. 70 March u, 1890 The ro-
,..rt ia a voiuminous one covering forty
fsrsa Of typewriter tnbulaied ae-
,,Bpts. Fornatrom moved that the re-
,..rt be- referred 10 the committee OF the
urale. but ON being put TO a vote the
motion was lost and II was referred
o., Inc finance committee. on motion NJ
u.bartsnn. Recorder Buckmnn was I'M
...,stsi 60 furnish each member with
. .gpy of the report BY Thursday cNeh-
lHg.
mRtGATIoN EXPERTS LETTER.
Tho correspondence between city En-
,..1sgr Kelsey and irrigation Export ~
mod Mead. relative to furnishing the
rsyernmcnt with irrigation statistics
iur uso at the Paris expo luun, was i.al
ly Recorder Hackmuu. 10 appears lhlt
when Fenstrom QUESTIONED W, stnIu-
ineuHss nf Mr Mend'H request Mr kcl-
Az wrote and asked him for a letter
r1FnfdIug the matter Mr.. Mead replied
as follows:
cheyenne. WYE. AUG. g. 1899.
Nr +. T.. kelsey, city Engineer, SAT-
f.tta CITY. Utah! Dear Slri-luur let
DOR " August 2ud dli not reach me unUl
today. owing Co MY ahacnce from lhc
,Ify. 10th the Herald and Tribune
wired here Tor interviews win me- .l9
to both of them ! replied that N.Y.
made such request. and 10 the Herald
gave the following rcnHonH'
we are collecting plans or structures
used iu irrigation, and maps OF eanhl
tystemH from an over the aria rcElgn.
An especial request was MADE el we
tIfy engineer OF Salt Lake, Mt Kelsey
fIr t1pIDa u certain maps. because they
Illustrated unusually well the diHtrihu-
f1r of wntor lu irrigation aud the
sources OF supply tie was also re-
uussted 20 furnish priutH Of certain
structures 10 use In connection win ,h'
EaH Lake system. because ihoy DRY
used ln Irrigation and possess special
excellence in design. Mr. Mead says
fhHt thorp are few places ia the West
where 90 much valuable data relating
tu Irrigation and irrigation methods can
ua found a. IN tho city engineers gihcr
uf Salt Lake. 10 " desired 60 mako a
FUN exhibit ~ this IN Paris both bee
cause IL ILLUSTRATES the oldest uH wnll uH
the best irrigation districts la this cluu-
try. Thus far NO similar request hnH
been made NJ any other city engineer
trust that The request has not work
ed you any injury. There iH no question
that the use Of tho plans and photo
graphs IN the manner proposed can help
but be uf great benefit Co salt Lake and
20 the State " Utah. II Will bring the
attention of thousands % people, who
would not otherwise think of the mat
ter the progress which you have made
and the opportunities which your state
AFFORD.
YOU may state also. that have re-
telVed the design ut the exhibit. and
that the irrigation plans and photo
graphs arc 10 occupy two eases on each
eide OF the central aisle, the most com
spiouuus place I'm the display, and that
o ~ further the Intention 20 preserve
90 NJ these Views and exhibit them
again nt Bunnlo. y. y, the following
year Sincerely youts.
ELWOOp MEAD.
Irrigation Expert IN Chicago.
Robertson moved that the corrca-
rlHdrngc be referred 90 Mr. Fcrnstrum
and that hc be- allowed 10 hire an vN-
pert Tor the purpose N HrcinE W amy
'IEcry can be detected wallace
moved that Il be received and filed.
Carried
POLICEMEN WITHOUT PAY.
On the recommendation ~ the COM
uItfcs on Tire and police. and ln accord
aH.H with the wishes ~ chief Hilton,
Doe following persons were confirmed
Hs apeului policemen OF Salt Lake city.
Thomas bubHon David Nelson, George
2 ItUuVhtou. benjamin 4, Taylor, oa.
car Emnn and Brigham MikHoll. All
au required 90 servo without pay
Tho petition ~ the n. 4. a NJ. society,
asking that the chief ~ the firr de-
fartment be- allowed 10 act as assistant
supervisor IN the horse department At
the coming State fair was, on RECON-
manlatIon of the nro and police COM
wiiiur, allowed.
NEW FIREMAN CONFIRMED.
ln the matter OF chief Deylncs APP
ruinlmcnt Of Bate Noble, q member %
the tire department 10 succeed J, II,
Barlow, resigned. the committee On IRE
ana police recommended the same De
confirmed Adopted.
l.. g. clark. residing at iiG0 Eleventh
East street. made "a hid ~ sl0d for the
frame dwelling house. stables, barns
sheds and other buildings and out
houses not including fences, situated
upon tho W. 49, Hardy ranch, farley's
canyon. Referred 10 committee ON wa
irr works
HANK WILL 90 TT ALONE
Edward Byrne. the junior mcmber of
Nr arm of barnes and Byrnc, leHHors
t ODE Warm springs, asked for per
mission To- assign his interest In the
laHH 90 bite co-pnrtuer. Henry Harness.
un motion VI Councilman Margetts, tho
iel"Hst NJ petitioner was granted,
bishop l.. Seaman, uf the Catholic
'hu. Do. asked that the city engineer
give established grade ana property
.lhrs where the New 81, Mays Cnthr-
prey Us 90 De erected, without expense
h.m. ON motion of Councilman plehi
ne request was granted
lNH Utah salt Palace association pc
NN0n'l the Council 20 grant q special
...Ec 90 cover certain attractions and
privileges un palace grounds. Referred
committee ON license,
WANTS TO LEASE LAND.
George NJ. Ottinger. president Of tho
Veteran Volunteer Firemen's nssocla-
Won. q. II. Banks, II. {. Barrell, s. II,
hkIlmOrr and j. ". Smell. petltinnod
Llr Council 90 lease 10 them tho TRAN
guar strip piece of land. situated at
lhe corner ~ Third street and Canyon
.l10 under the terms ss set forth IN a
'.IIh'r petition, deferred to commlttr,
Of, public grounds.
lh' culmcr-Ieunings Paving com,
lhF potltloucd Tor IA payment of u
niNn'e OF $500 80 due ON IT'S pavinp
NN.lAcI The company stated that AL
tuls hnd been made and an the re,
VIZ, 'mehta OF the contract fulfilled
lhe elly engineer has refused 10 ap,
llIte or the repairs nr of tho streets
N the company hut we think thu
~. Wllnh mas been arbitrary and IA,
.'9nnnlr, and that the council SHOULD
~. uruy or longer delay PAYMENT he
u.I OF ms course iu the matter" 10,
uyl 70 the municipal laws commlttre
NalefMurkH Superintendent, ,fnlnp re-,
ported that the $500 aUnvcd Mn, "a,