Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-24
THIRD SOUTH
IS TO Be PAVED.
Ordinance Covering Work from
State to West Temple ST.
yronI, oowan is Thus Employed iv
Onices TO Close NJ Noon on s"'ur-
day. -O,her Matter"

uN1S -VNh'i
large volume Of miscellaneous busi-
ness was pushed through Che Council
last night and the meeting adjourned
AZ the respectable hour Of 10 o'clock
AS no protests had been received
against paving Third South street be-
tween state and West Temple ana as
sessIng abutting property owners there
for. the city attorney was directed to
draft an ordinance FOR the tax levy
The matter VIII come before the Coun-
ell at a special session as board oil
equalization on Wednesday evening
May Sth.
INSPECTOR OF WATERWAYS.
A recommendation from the board Of
public works that Frank GoWan an
employe In the city engineers oilice, be
made Inspector of Waterman and sewer
extensions under the new form OF con-
tract was adopted
TO APPROVE PLATs,
A recommendation from the city en-
gineer asking authority to approve
plats Of western subdivision Of the west
half Of block 81, plat c. Salt Lake city
survey, was adopted.
TO PROSPECT FOR COAL.
A recommendation Of the committee
on public grounds that Carl Elvers be
permitted to prospect for coal at the
base Of Ensign peak was adopted. The
city attorney viii draw up contract
giving Elyers the right to prospect for
a period Of five years. II In that time
he fails to develop a paying quantity
Of coal. the permit shall cease, II he
succeeds, he win pay the city royalty
LEASED CITY PASTURE.
The offer OF Warden Dow to lease for
pasturage on behalf Of the pententiary
at rental Of $50 a year, the farm in
Parley's canyon at present leased by
c. NJ Madsen, was accepted.
MAYORS MESSAGE
The matter OF bids for printing 500
copies of the mayors message was laid
over for a week. but revived later, the
Star Printing company getting the con-
tract The Deseret News company bid
$l.b2 per page, with S25 extra for 100
copies bound IN cloth The Star Print
ing company bid Sl,i5 and S22 So
CITY OFFICES CLOSE AT NOON.
A resolution by Councilman Robert
son that all city offices be closed at noon
an Enfftp1np una tIpa IA r1nttu aJanfnI
The new rule will go into effect next
Saturday,
FOR A CENTURY RACE.
petition By Charles Smith. Jr, ask
ing for permission 10 use the bicycle
track in Liberty park on May for a
century race was granted,
WANTS A LABOR SAVER.
A request from Supervisor Of Streets
Condie for an appropriation Of 1926 TO
purchase a reversible road grader was
referred 20 the finance committee. Mr..
Condie claims that the reversible grader
Is a great labor saver, one man, by Its
means, being able to do the work Of sew
eral
PARTIAL ESTIMATE.
The seventh partial estimate Of p. j.
Moran OF sSl5.4l for constructing water
mains under his contract Of May %,
last, was approved on recommendation
OF the board Of public works,
LIBERTY PARK PATRoLMAN.
The appointment by Chief Hilton OF
John ID. Brown TO be patrolman OF Lib
erty park was unanimously approved.
INCREASE FOR A CLERK.
A recommendation by Supervisor Con-
die thar the salary OF the poll tax clerk
be increased from 500 to SIS a month
was referred 70 the committees on fin
ance and streets. Attention was called
20 the fact that the net revenue from
this source for 1900 was Sl20036O,
WATERWAYS.
A petition from the board Of educa-
ton asking for the extension of the wa
termains on State street from the inter-
section Of State and North Temple
street 10 a point half way between
North Temple and First North streets
for connection with the school building
20 be erected In the Eighteenth ward
was referred to the waterworks COM
mittee
A request from Ed. Harris and four
Others to extend the Waterman on Par
ley avenue from Lincoln avenue 20
Tenth East street and thence south
to the south end Of lot Is, fiye-acre plat
A, was also referred to the waterworks
committee.
STREET GRADE.
A petition from L. /. and w. P.
Woodruff requesting that Third South
be graded between Eleventh and
Twelfth East streets was referred to
the committee on streets.
QUARRY LEASED.
A lease OF five years was granted A.
=. Margclts TO quarry building stone
on piece Of land northeast OF the city.
NIlDE AND INCONSCI0IS