The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-22
CITY FATHERS CONVENE.
VIII Follow Salt Lakes Steps and
Start Crusade Against PeddIers.

Park City. July 2l.-Yesterday being the
third Wednesday in the month, the
regular meeting of the city council was
. held last evening in the council rooms at
the city hall Mayor Wilson ard Alder
men Fargo and Daily were absent. 50
Mr.. Johnston presided over the Geli5era-
tons Of the body Minutes of last meet
ing were read and approved.
The first business of last night 5 session
was a bill from the county for services
rendered BY the county officers in the
collection of the taxes for last year A
statement of the Indebtedness from Coal
vile showed that the city owed the county
S63.H for this work and upon the motion
Of Alderman Rasband the same was al
lowed.
4 petition signed by J II. Lanyon and
Jnirtv-eight others asking that a light be
put in Empire gulch near the former site
Of the Anchor concentration was referred
to tie streets alleys and bridges commit
tee with power to act The petition OF
John Shields and five others asking thdt
a walk be built from the corner Of Park
{ avenue and Fourth street TO Fifth street
on the east side was decieed Up0n. and
the petition granted with the exception
of the fact that a flume will not be put
in as there seems 10 be no outlet Tor
such 4 waterway handy Five 3Dpuca-
tons to sell liquor were granted upon the
filing OF necessary bonds
Under the head OF committee reports the
committees of s ~ and 3. reported that
the sidewalk petiriOned for in the lower
part Of the city from Eleventh street to
.
far as Thirteenth street IN the matter
OF the walk TO the Miners hospital it was
decided to open Norfolk avenue TO the
hospital. and as soon as this IS Gene the
CITY viii take 10 the matter of building
walks and will extend the walk 10 the
institution.
The weights and measure ordinance
here has been somewhat of 2 farce
owing to the fact that the secretary Of
state has as yet not certified to the
correctness of certain measures sent to
him for approval by the local weight
tester The decision OF the COUNCIL was
to have things hurried along on this
matter and a crusade made here against
the short weight men. The pedditnS ete-
ment which comes in from the country
seem TO reap a harvest from TINS town
with short weight measures and it IS
after these people that the local inspector
viii look at once.
TIE CITY attorney was instructed to
draft an ordinance relative to keeping
gasoline. powder. caps. ETC. IN town
{ Several reports having come in that a
great quantity of these dangerous COM
modities were being kept within danger
Gus proximity to the business 2nG resi-
dence part of the town.
Twenty dollars reward was put up by
the council for information which would
Z lead TO the arrest and conviction OF any
( person destroying the street signs The
signs were put up only short time ago
and already there are a great number OF
them which are either down altogether.
OF 50 badly damaked that it is impossible
20 distinuish the names printed thereon
No further business coming up for dis
position. the council adjourned t. meet
again on August .
Yesterday afternoon while at Tlay on
a bulk-head near his home in Empire
canyon the 6-year-Old son of Jack Burke
met with a very painful accident through
falling from the embanki-ient- The lad
: and several companions We-e at pay near
the edge of the bulk-head when in some
manner young Burke was either acct
dentallv pushed OF fell Oft a distance OF
six feet and striking upon his Eead cut
q cash which required several stitches 10
close
The residence of lack Evans on Nor
folk avenue was broken into on Tuesday
evening and SO taken. MIR Evans. who
had Just had payday. had some money
IN his pocket and it was this money which
was taken
The eutsance TO the house was made
through the window at the side of the
house A screen was taken from the
kitchen window. An old door was used
as ladder by the thief. Sho. when he
had taken off the screen got into the
house and took the money. The officers
are investigating the matter. but Il vas
so well done that SO far no clue IS had
which would lead to the capture of the
I criminal
/ into the livery stable OF James Berry
and hired a horse to ride down TO
ranch below town and bring up two
horses which he claimed were there.
Berry saddled the horse and the fellow
mounted II and left apps entity for the
ranch Yesterday. about twenty-f0ur
hours after the horse was taken Berry
/ became suspicious and with the sheriff.
/ went TO look for the mali who set the
| horse. Investigation developed the fact
ranch Of which the fellow spoke. The
| fellow was a horse ahead and mad good