The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-26
BOND MEASURE PASSED
Couneil Provides For Increas-
ing City Indebtedness.
BEGIN SPENDING MONEY
sPRINKLING STAND-PIPE SYS-
TEN TO BE INSTALLED.

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council last night passed an ordinance
providing for the issuance of bends to
the amount of $500 as a result of the
recent election to determine whether
bonds for water purposes should be issued
or not. BY the terms of the ordinance the
instruments are made payable in lawful
money.
mere are to be 100 of the denomination
of $500 and 200 of the $1,000 variety They
will draw per cent interest and are pay
able in twenty years at the office of the
city treasurer The net receipts of the
Waterworks department are to be laid
aside for the purpose of redeeming the
bonds when they fall due and enough re-
ceipts from water rates. to pay the in
terest will be set aside for that purpose
annually.
Spending the Money.
AS soon as the ordinance was passed
the council began spending the money
although nothing has as yet been realized
from the bonds. The first step was at
the suggestion of Chairman Canning of
the Sprinkling committee He offered a
resolution providing that the board of
public works be authorized to advertise
for bids for installing a set of standpipes,
which will permit OF the use of Jordan &
Salt Lake water for sprinkling purposes.
The cost of the Improvement will be A0,-
600 and the resolution. after being amend
ed so as to permit all or only a part of
the work 10 be done now, was adopted.
The area to be Sprinkled is that bounded
by Ninth East, Third West, First North
and Seventh South streets.
Estimate of Expenses.
In lengthy letter Auditor Reiser sub
mitted an estimate of expenses for the
current year. as follows:
For streets and sidewalks. ......... $50, S51 G.
For water for irrigation and other
purposes, including water COM
mis- sir ND
other expenditures, exclusive of
the purpose for which bonds
were voted ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 39,91S 50
For sewers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l. 1874 IS
The auditor figured that levy of mill
for streets, IA for water and 1-20 of a
mill for sewers would be necessary. The
communication was filed.
Recorder NaylOr submitted special bond
election accounts as follows:
Election judges ...-..-.-..............$ 81 70
Rent of polling places..............-. 29l 90
Registrars zI 2
Total ..........................a.145 48
Other items unreported so far will bring
the total up to 81. 800 Last nights ac-
counts were allowed
Utah Central Removal.
Chief Engineer Yard of the Utah Gen.
! trail submitted a statement relative to the
| proposed removal of the tracks from
south Mr.. Yard stated that the cost OF
removal would be much larger than al
| first supposed the new right of way be-
| ing held at $4,000. He thought that II
| the company was guaranteed 5000 OF
| this amount the removal could be made
| Only $1,000 of this sum, Mr.. Yard be-
/ lieVed, could be raised among interested
property owners and@he believed the coun-
| ell should appropriate the other $1,000. The
| communication was filed.
Claim For Damages.
George Cheneys claim for $225 for doc
| tors bills and hospital expenses made
necessary by an injury received in 1885,
while working for the city brought out
| two reports from the claims committee
! The majority, consisting of c.. r. Howe
! and Canning, wanted the claim disalloWed
! Thomas, the minority member. was II
| favor of granting the demand. During
! the course of the debate it developed
! that Cheney was sent out on tresuF
| by Engineer Kelsey.
| While he was there an extra train came
/ along and he had TO jump or be run over
| He sustained d broken ankle It developed
| also that Cheney had not drawn any sal
airy while he was laid up for fifty days
/ The minority report was adopted, neither
| c. r. Howe or Canning voting against II
| Just before adjournment. Chairman
J Thomas of the municipal laws commit
| tee, gave notice that all persons WhC
| wish to protest against the new bicycle
| ordinance would be given hearing be
| fore the committee at o'clock next Mon
| day night in the council chamber.