The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-03
GROUND FOR SHOPS MUTINY At THE JAIL.
Council Will Grant b. G. WIS
Petition.
NEW SALOON ORDINANCE
FEMALES EXCLUDED FROM z P.
M. To z A. n.

From a test vote taken last evening
it is evident that the city council win
grant the request of the Rio Grande
western Railway company to be al
lowed L. close portions of West Third
South, Fifth South and Sixth West
streets, so that the railway company
may be enabled TO perfect its plans
Tor erecting large shops and other per-
manent buildings in that locality. The
streets sought to be closed lie between
land owned by the railway company
and are already occupied by tracks
under franchise.
The matter came before the council
on report from COuncilmen Thomas,
Canning, Fernstrom and Robertson OF
the committee on streets, recommend
ing the granting of the petition and the
early Passage of the proposed ordi
nance. 1t was mentioned in the re-
port that the benefit the city would
derive from the railway company's i'm
pTOVements would outweigh any i'll eff
Iects from the street closing.
The report Of the committee was
given a favorable reception and the
draft of the ordinance was taken up
for consideration without objection.
Had it not been that there were no
copies of the bill at hand and that some
of the COuncilmen have not yet viewed
the situation on the ground, the Ordi-
nance would have been passed last
evening with only one or two dissent
ing votes. As it was, final considera-
ton Of the question was deferred for
one week
The petition of j. c. Leary of the
livestock convention committee urging
that the Rio GTande Western railway
be granted temporary unloading ia
cilities on lower Seventh East street
for handling imported cattle to be ex-
hiblted during convention, was granted.
Narrower Streets Favored.
A numerousIy signed petition from
property owners and real estate agents
was presented, asking that the ordi-
nance prescribing the minimum width
OF streets coded to the city at sixty
six feet be amended so that streets
Of not less than forty feet in width
through the large blocks connecting
with wider streets may be accepted
from property owners. The reasons
stated for the change were that il
would encourage the Improvement of
the ten-acTe blocks and would prove
of advantage to the public in sani-
ta"y and other ways. The petition was
referred to the committees on streets
and municipal laws.
New City Jail.
Hewlett offered a resolution reciting
the need of a new city Jail and direct
ing that the 120x165 feet of ground on
State and First South streets be of
fered for sale, so much of the pro-
ceeds as may be necessary for erecting
modern Jail to be reserved for that
purpose The resolution was referred
to the committees on prison and finance
with directions to report within two
weeks.
Saloon Ordinance Passed.
Buckles ordinance making it unIaw-
fuI for females to resort to saloons be-
tween the hours of O'Clock in the
evening and o'clock in the morning
was taken Up and passed. Heretofore
the law has been to forbid such resort
ing after .. m. of each day, which
IN fact enabled females to visit wine
rooms after midnight without violating
a1v ordinance.
Beatty's ordinance making it unIaw-
ful for any person to abandon any
sick or disabled animal and requiring
the killing of all such animals found
as eStrayS, was taken W and passed
A bill for an ordinance prohibiting
the maintenance of signs upon side
walks and prohibiting also the scatter
ing of advertising matter within the
paved district was referred to the COM
mittee on municipal laws
Chief Devine's appointment of George
II. Brown as a member. of the fire de-
partment to succeed Lewis Lewison,
resigned. was confirmed.
Matters of Finance
A resolution was adopted authOriz-
ing the acceptance of the bid of Far
son, Leach & Co, for the purchase of
the City's $500, 900 worth of refundiRg
bonds at a premium of S15,S11 and di-
recting the treasurer to call in the old
issue Of bonds for redemption by
Jan. Is.
A resolution by Robertson was adopt
ed, authorizing the employment of q
competent accountant fer the purpose
OF assisting the city auditor in getting
Up a proper method of keeping the
city'S books.
on suggestion of Treasurer Morris
the council concurred in the authOri-
cation of the city auditor to transfer
$50, 992- 50 from the water bond fund
and S22.370.20 from the street fund to
the general fund.
The treaSUTerS recommendation that
g 664.13 in a, special fund remaining
after settling the Culmer Jennings
Paving company claim Of s6,6e4.19 ct
81 600 be transferred to the general
fund. was filed.
The department DayrOlls for the last
half of December, ammOUnting to
So, ALSO were referred to the finance
committee with power to approve.
An appropriation of S7,575 was made
to the mayors contingent fund to make
final payment on the purchase of the
ArmstrOng-Garn ranch in ParIey's can
yOn.