The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-30
TALK OF OTHER THINGS
COUNCIL ARGUES ABOUT TRIV-
IAL MATTERS.
Ordinance Closing Part of South Main
Street to Bicyclists and Traffic
Wagons Adopted, as Was a Mea-
sure Restricting Part Of West
South Temple Against Bicycles.

CITY Engineer Kelsey talleQ 10 ma
terialize. The report simply stated
that the committee had found the en-
gineer's figures to be correct. recon-
mended that his schedule be filed and
that he be exonerated from all charges.
At the request of Siddoway conSidera-
ton of the report was deferred for
one week.
As if TO make up for the chance lost
on the Kelsey matter the council put
in a lot of time in talk about other
business, most o. which was trivial III
character. The license committee rec
commended that the Salt Palace be
granted free blanket license covering
all of its attractions. Romney wanted
TO know why the association should be
so favored and Chairman Weller replied
that the directors thought the council
had been rather hard on them and the
committee wanted TO show they could
be liberal. Morris requested that the
report go over for one week and 1t
went over under the rules when Cal
lister seconded the request.
Wanted Street Sprinkled.
4 communication from citizens living
on Eighth South street between Fourth
West and Eighth East streets created
no end of discussion. The connmunica-
ton recited that the Rio Grande West
ern had covered the twelve blocks
mentioned with a siX-inch layer of I ne
sand that was almost dust. The pass
ing winds had blown it around and into
the houses until the nuisance had be-
come almost unbearable. Callister was
in the chair when the discussion be-
gan.
First a motion was made to refer
the matter to the street committee.
Then somebody offered an amendment
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partment send men down to sprinkle
the street. The amendment was car
ried and afterward at the suggestion of
Allen, was reconSidered. Buckle offered
an amendment directing the city re-
corder to notify the railroad company
to put gravel over the dust at the ear
liest possible moment.
Callister ruled the amendment out of
order and Buckle appealed. The coun-
ell refused to sustain the chair and
Buckles amendment carried. The
question of sprinkling was brought up
again by Fern6trOm who first moved
that the fire chief be instructed to do
the work. Robertson fought the propO-
sition on the ground that it wouldn't
be safe to send firemen down there on
account of the danger of a fire in some
other section of the city.
He declared that Bishop Romney's
house might be destroyed while the
fremen were out sprinkiing. Bishop
Romney expressed a willingness TO take
the risk and Robertson suggested that
he must have plenty of insurance. The !
laugh was turned on Robertson when |
Romney replied that he didn't carry a |
dollar of insurance. The problem was 1
finally solved by the passage of a mo- |
ton directing the street supervisor to /
sprinkle the street.
Question of Scales.
a resolution by Barnes requiring all |
persons who apply for license to ped |
die to secure a certificate of scale in !
spection from the city sealer of weights /
and measures, brought on more talk. /
Robertson charged that the sealer was /
neglecting his duty and Buckle offered |
an amendment providing that the Off |
cial be directed to read chapter 40 of /
the revised ordinances. This is the
ordinance relating to his duties.
The amendment was adopted and in
serted in the resolution which was then
passed as amended, all hands voting
for it except Barnes.
The ordinance reported by the mu-
nicipal laws committee closing Main
street from Eighth to Ninth South
streets to bicycles and traffic wagons
The north side of South Temple street
rom West Temple to First West
street in the restricted bicycle district
vas also adopted. A measure prohib-
ting the befouling of the citys sources
If water supply was passed on its first
'eading and laid over for one week.
Dooly's Offer Accepted.
The committee on public grounds
that J. L. Dooly be al
owed to purchase a lot on the west
ide of the Jordan for $500. This is the
OF that the Utah Tanning company Of
cred $500 for, and which Mr.. Dooly
greed to buy at a higher price than
he company would pay in order to get
id of what he thought might be null
ance.
The street committees recommended
ion that Third West street, from
Ninth to Tenth South streets. be
pened, was adopted.
The public grounds committee rec
mmended that the offer of Judge R. ;
!. Baskin to sell the city piece of ,
and in City Creek canyon be declined. {
he report was adopted.
Callister moved that the ordinance ,
king the salary of a dog license in
pector be made a special order for !
ext Tuesday night. Fernstrom OBJ !
ected on the ground that, the council !
ad a job of embarrassing" scheduled ,
or that time. All the councilmen eX
ept Callister seemed to know that
'ernstrom was abiding to the Kelsey
natter, but Callister was, or feigned to
e, ignorant. r
If he really didn't know he was al
owed to go unenlightened. His mo-
ion making the dog ordinance a spe-
ial order was adopted.
Siddoway moved that the council
hamber be calcimined and tinted. I
robertson thought it should be fres- c
Oed. He said he was opposed to any 7
heap job of tinting, but when the
uestion came to a vote he, with all !.
ne other members present, voted for
iddowaT's motion. .
Committee of the Whole. t
On Callister's motion, meeting of :
ne committee of the whole was called J
Or a week from tomorrow night, to go c
yer City Engineer Kelsey's maps and :
lats and consider the advisability of |
lowing him to continue mis- investiga- !
on of the water supply question. j
II. Z. Carter and twenty-seven others S
allied the councils attention, by petit
on, to the bad condition of Third
outh street, west of the Rio Grande
Iestern tracks, and asked that it be c
,paired. The petition went to the I
rect committee. Il
s. F. Brown, the tankman in Parley's s
lnyon, who shot the chutes" up there Y
June, presented a petition asking v
lat the city pay his doctors bills for n
juries received on that occasion. The F
lis amount to $50 and Brown said if
lie council would allow them he would
: very grateful. Referred to commit
- on claims. a
DR.. E. S. Wright presented a claim q
II $25. He wrote that while driving y
I South Terl7nla cfrapf AnR d his