Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-19
Members Unable to Get Through
and viii Meet Again Thursday.
EXECUTIVE MEETING HELD.
brigham Young Trust Company OBJ
jccis to Paying onimer.Ien-
pings Any tiIng.

Last nights city Council meeting was
the busiest one In months. Had the
members given attention 10 all the
matters requiring confederation the
chances are It would have been mid
night before the table was cleared. As
u was upwards OF two hours were de-
voted TO petitions. committee reports.
etc. when the members went into an
executive session Of the committee OF
the whole. The meeting was held In
the Mayors private Office. with Mayor
clark. city Attorney Hall and Engineer
Kelsey associated. What was done
could not be asccrtaincd. Several
members said that a question OF Inn
pDriancc had been talked over which
would not be- wise to mako public Ut
the present time. When the Council
meeting rcconyoncd Councilman Calls
ter moved that 500 BE- appropriated to
the Mayors contingent FUND when an
adjournment was taken until Thursday
evening. Al that time n number Of Inn
purtant matters necessarily laid over
from last night will be given due at
tcntion. The most important questions
are the majority ana minority reports
of the watcrworltn committee on the
paricy'H creek pollution. which viii he
nutc TO occasion a warm discussion. the
Salt Palace site and the question Of Hu-
pervising the waterworka Improve
OBJECTS TO PAYMENT,
The brigham Young Trust company.
by n. W. Clayton. Charles =. Burton
ana w. A. Itorsltcr. Of the executive
committee. protested against the pay
ncnt 10 the culmcr-JcnnlnEH Paving
company. of any part 81 the fund now
held by the city for the repairs upon
the street pavcmontr. This company"
the communication said. ARE owners Of
upwards Of 1000 feet frontage In the
paved district and have paid thousands
OF dollars for a firat-clna pavement un-
der certain guarantees with which you
are familiar and Of which the law
gives " ample protection a. has al
ready been proven In the courts and we
de- nc; feel In Justice TO ourselves that
We can permit any action that IN any
way will tend TO invaiidate the contract
that has been made" The matter went
over 10 come up later. but was not
reached.
SUGGESTS PLANTING SUIT.
The committee on streets. In the mat.
ter OF requiring the oregon Short Line
Ia lower It's tracks 20 the established
grade " South Temple street. recon-
mcndcd that the city attorney be In
rtructcd 10 Institute nnndamus pro.
cccdlnRs TO compel the railroad COM
pany to do the work. Accompanying
the report was nm opinion from the
city attorney defining the powers of tn.
Council to compel railroad companies
to comply with the ordinance REGULATE
Ing the protection of the lives and prop
crty OF citizens.
PROTEST RECEIVED.
The board OF public works protested
AGAINST the improvements % the water
works system being done By the water
works department. aa ordered by tho
Council at Its last meeting. Attention
was called to the law defining the
duties of ~. board. which provides
that the board shall make contracts for
and supervise all work OF this character
which may be ordered by tho city
Council. Says the boardi
1T has been represented TO the board
that one of the objects the city Council
hnd In view In ordering the work doh-
By the waterworka department was TO
have the work done by tnNpnyerH by
day labor. II that N the object. there
~ no good reason why the board should
not award contracts for the material
and have the work done by thciday, az
has been done In other similar cases By
order of the city Council" Received
and filed
ESTIMATE on PAVING.
city Engineer Kelsey. by request.
submitted an estimate of the cost ot
constructing Stag pavement on South
Temple street from West Temple to
Third West street. rs followA; city
proportion. ts.,6ii street railroad pro-
portion, 10000; nhbuttcrn proportion,
no. l7b. 20, total. ts3.3s9.sO. cost per front
foot OF abuttlnR property. $3.50.
Regarding Instructions 90 advise
Council OF The adviHability OF construct
Ing such Stag pavement" Mr.. Kelsey
snys. II viii state that In my opinion
the granulated Stag referred 10 In not
n suitable material for street pave
menta. " Il u the Intention TO con-
atruct mncadam pavcmentr, there "
plenty Of good material In Pnriey'a can
yon, within "a short distance OF tho
railroad track" deferred TO committee
in connection with his report on the
condition OF Parley'H canyon, city En-
glnecr Kelsey suggested that the no
crnndo Western Railroad company DO
requested TO put tight closets IN tho
cars running ON the road through the
canyon. also that the wagon road be
chanred from parloy's 10 Emigration
canyon, II prnc ticable. Mr. Kelsey also
auggentc1 tho making OF survey 90
detrrtriuo The cost OF changing the
wagon road. Referred TO commlttee on
municipal laws. with the city attorney
associated.
WANT THEIR PAY.
Ex-pouce omccrs Frank C. Wire.
Matt Rhodes and Horace a. Heath pre-
scented "A claim for Ss2.sl each for SER
vices rendered the city.
Petitions represented thn N N"Vsm-
Der. 1895. they were Restored TO their
positions on the police force, by de-
cislun " the Supreme court, thnt al the
time 81 their restoration Wire ana
Rhodes were entitled to be restored 10
the positions of sorgeants and Heath
was entitled 20 be restored 90 the POSI-.
ton VI mounted policeman and entitled
90 draw So per month Therefore that
from the 25th of November. iaps, TO the
9th ~ April, 1899. when petitions were
discharged from the force, they re-
ceived only $50 per month leaving q
balance due Of 81 per month, or s22. %
rach. Referred to committee ON claims.
Z. Wormuth asked that the city en-
ginoer be- Instructed 10 set stakes free
| NJ cost, for cement sidewalk on Fourth
East between Third aud Fourth South
streets. Granted
William r. Foster ct al asked permis.
/ sion TO place "a two-lnch galvanized
/ water pipe on Church street, Granted
II. II. rottroll asked for extension OF
watorinnins ON First West between
| Seventh and Eighth South. Referred
TO committee ON watcrworks.