The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-06
COUNCIL ACCEPTS
EIGHTH WARD OFFER
'ity Property Sold to the Relief
Society.
STREET PAVING ACTION
ORDINANCE GRANTING STREET
RAILWAY FRANCHISE.
STREET PAVING ACTION


ed the offer Of the Eighth Ward Relief
society of 81, 500 for the city's AZ 1-3x
165 feet of ground adjoining the ward
meeting house Of the Latter-day Saints
on the east. All the votes that the
advocates OF the scheme could muster
We're announced for the exchange. but
they will probably be unavailing, as 1t
is regarded as certain that the action
" be vetoed by the mayor.
Chairman Hewlett Of the committee
on public grounds eloduently 4ham-
piOned Ihe committees recommended
ton. in declaring that the Relief socie-
" is entitled to every consideration.
Councilman Hartenstein took the
ground that while it is ccmmendable
TO encourage charitable works. ne did
not feel free t. give what did not be-
long to him to gid in a worthy cause.
The proposition was laid down by
Cottren that the MormOns of the
Eighth ward really owned the property
and that the council could afford to be
magnanimous with the society by sell
ing the lot TO it for what he acknowl-
edged to be about half of its present
reasonable market value.
Citing the fact that bona fide offer
of $3.50 had been made by the Hebrew
society for the lot as site for ITS
house of worship and that Joseph
Smith had offered TO pay $4,000 for 1t,
Councilman Robertson proposed mo-
tiOn that the city recorder be directed
10 advertise for ten days for sealed
bids for the sale of the land to the
highest bidder. In support of his con-
tcEtion. he read the city attorney s
opinion, holding that the council has no
legal authority to discriminate between
bidders except in the public interest.
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Referring TO the probability of the He
brews buying the lot for church pur-
poses. ne suggested that there would
be sufficient peace and harmony with
one sect singing while another denom-
ination is praying in the adjoining
building
1t was adrlitted by Canning that the
committee had erred in not calling for
competitive bids for the land to be
sold. He was of the opinion that the
city's lot is worth three times what it
was proposed to sell it for.
Isobertson's motion to call for sealed
proposals was lost by Il vote of to D,
the negative votes being cast by Act
ing President Davis, Canning. Harlem
stein, Robertson and Whittemore-
Beatty and Thomas were absent.
On the adoption of the committees
report authorizing the sale at $500.
Canning switched and voted with the
majority His unexpected change OF
front caused an uprOar in the council
chamber.
Mayors Veto Prevails.
Mayor Thompson's veto of The coun-
ellis action in agreeing to exchange
40x279 feet on Thirteenth East and
South Temple streets for 33X16J feet on
the north side of the reservoir. came up
for oOnsid IRA 'toD- The executives OBJ
jectiOns Cere cited 70 be that the values
OF the two pieces Of land are very dis
prOportionatc, to the city's disadvan-
lint he
would concur in All exchange if Mr..
Daggett would cede S21A feet front.
After an almost interminable debate,
the veto was sustained by a vote of
to Z. Beatty. Buckle, Canning. Hew-
lett. Edgar Howe, Reid and White
more voted for sustaining the coun-
CHS acti0n, while COttrell, Davis, Fern
strCm. Hartenstein. g r. Howe. Rob-
ertsOn and Tuddenham voted to concur
in the veto.
Representing the owners of property
on the west side of Thirteenth East
street. A p Hanson protested against
the city making any exchange of prop
erty north of the reservoir with Ellis
worth Daggctt whereby the street viii
be narrowed, unless it be provided IN ut
the electric wire poles shall not be
moved to line westward OF the pres
ent location.
The protest and the Da~-ett propo-
sitiOn were referred TO the committees
on streets, public grounds and water
works.
Treasurer Morris Vindicated.
The committee on finance reported as
follows. the recommendations being
adopted, That the water scrip re-
demption fund kept by the city treas
urer be abolished by crediting back to
the several funds the amounts trans
ferred II make the redemption and
that the committee have authority
from time to time to create and abol-
ism any accounts in tie offices Of the
auditor and treasurer as may be for
the best interests of the city. The COM
mittee's report stated that the treas
urer is not to be criticised for creating
the scrip redemption fund since it was
done on a basis agreed to by the audi
tor with the treasurer.
A resolution by WhittemOre was
adopted. directing the city engineer to
furnish an estimate OF the cost of paw
ing with asphalt and stone blocks
Third South street from West Temple
to State and state street from Fourth
TO Fifth South, and directing also that
the recorder advertise notice Of fnten-
ton to make the Improvement at the
expense of the abutting property.
Thomas Yardley and a large number
OF other residents Of Perkins addition
petitiOued for the equipment Of Volun-
teer nose company No. 10 with $50 feet
more of bose, two nOzzles ana the one
horse hose reel with a set of harness
represented that the southeastern sec
tfOn of the city would have more ade-
quate fire protection. The petition
was referre5 10 the fire committee.
A Street Fair Scheme.
J. Wash Young applied foS the privi-
lege Of using portions of the streets
paralleling the curb in the business
DISTRICT during the week Of July -.
for conducting 2 street fair and high
carnival. A free license for the amUsc-
ment features was requested and the
whole scheme was endorsed by several
merchants. TIE petition was referred
to the street committee.
The committee on municipal laws
submitted a draft Of an ordinance
granting a franchise to the Salt Lake
p City Railroad company TO extend its
Seventh East street line from Ninth
South street to the City's southeastern
boundary. The bill as recommended
for passage was filed. to be considered
next week
A resolution by Hartenstein was
adopted. requesting the Salt Lake City
Railroad company TO grant uniformed
firemen the courtesy Of free transpor-
tation over all lines, the same as po-
licenen enjoy.
The new form OF contract with the
Utah Light & Power cOmnsny for
street lighting the ensuing -hree years,
amended to meet the MAYORS 9biec-