Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-04
LATE COUNTY BUSINESS.

County Attorney Christensen sub
mitted the name Of James I. smith,
whom he has appointed as second as
sistant In HIS office. Referred TO com
mlttee on control,
A petition signed by George Taylor
and large number Of other residents
and taxpayers OF this county asking
that the road through Parley's canyon
be maintained and open to all public
travel, including the driving through
the canyon OF loose live stock, was filed
with the board. The petition rectes
that Parleys canyon road has been
maintained as a public highway for the
past fifty years, at great expense to
the county, and petitioners now ask
that the county prevent the city from
interfering with legitimate travel over
said road. The communication was re-
ferred to the committee on roads and
bridges,
About $50 claims that have accrued
against the county during February,
including the monthly salaries, were al
lowed. The appropriation amounted to
about 10000 of which nearly one-half
Is for salaries.
Enoch Clark of Draper was granted
q three months free peddler's license.
c. NJ. llendrickson and large num-
Der Of other residents OF Draper asked
the board that inasmuch as they had
allowed the oregon Short Line railroad
company 10 fence up their old road, the
board open new road about one ana
oue-hall miles long between sections II
and 70, and rs anu 10. Referred TO the
committee on roads and bridges.
The appointments Of Calvin s. Buck
walter as chief jantor, and Elias G.
Evans as assistant We're confirmed on
recommendation of the committee on
control
The above committe reported that the
clty's claim for $3.50 for water rates,
be dsallowed, because the bill should
have been acted upon last July, by the
old bodid, and also because the county
furnishes the city with free elevator
service for It's half Of the joint build
ing and also lights for the clty's side
of the bunaing, which the county board
think doubly offsets the clty's claim for
water
The committee on roads and bridges
offered a resolution, instructlng the
clerk to notify the Rio Grande West.
tiil kdllhhg COMPANY W NN''fAF 49,
sections 43d aud iii Of the Revised
Statutes in restoring the crossing of It's
road on state street, between Twelfth
and Thirteenth South streets to It's
former condition as near as possible,
within Ave days, and that road super
visor of road district No 2, be In
structed to see that the railroad COM
pany repair the road and remove the
Instructions it has placed at the point
named.
Superintendent Whipple OF the coun-
& inhrmary submitted her February
report which shows the following;
Inmates on the LIST OF February, "a ad-
mitted during the month, 10; died, 81
discharged, 8; number now in the lnsti-
tuition g6. The report was adopted.
F. c. Straup. health officer at Bling
ham, reported that there were no small.
pox patients In the isolation hospital
established at that point, and asked
what he should do with the furniture,
cooking utensils, etc. The matter was
referred to the committee on pauper,
with power TO act.
II also developed that there are only
five cases OF smallpox in the whole
county at present, In district No,