Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19
RIISINESS FOLLOWS
WORLDS FAIR TRIP
,...,ilmen Make Up for Lost
''I Time by Doing Things With
Dispatch
cI11's FINANCIAL CONDITION.
p.,o,t Of Auditor Felt Tax Levy
" for the Year viii be Based
Claims for Damages

~. city council got down to business
Inv . % after having just returned
n'' an outing Of two weeks at the
from ." ,,,r ana a lot Of business was
VO''u .,.d with unusual despatch. CITY
uS 1". = 3. Felt submitted his re-
Auu', y, Tho elk months ending June 80
p ~, having n, the exact financial condi-
w - ,be city as compared with the
uOn ro,lod for last year. The report
20, S referred to the finance com
p ,.. which viii meet m the
'n .,o,. Office on Friday afternoon at
m' 3,,,ck and consider the report ami
+. vI' nnop tax levy for this year
o wv oyod by the council on next Mor-
Day night
CLAIMS AGAINST CITY.
90 courcn was confronted with
, ~, against the city last night
ol, o''n,lng in all to O,9O923. all but one
as,cb we're referred to committees
" ,on,deration. but that one was
% The city street Improvement
Msa ,,v by its attorneys, presented a
W ,l,, ~ Is 0O92 % which II claims Is
ye'Ih,iance due for the paving OF west
N \, I'; Tomnle street. The amount asked
"Hs,6 ihe amount Of the penalty I'M
h"S' nnon the company by the city
X, allure to complete the PAVING WIN
" contract time together with interest
s,-son from the date the WORK was
'.Tpeted. The matter was referred 10
M committee on streets ana the CITY
'' Tgons Freed presented a claim for
N66 damages for personal injuries re-
lived bv her on the night or May 10,
,,ssn she alleges that she fell into AN
eysayaton on the sidewalk on seventh
Wss, street and was severely injured
sbopt hen back and limbs The COM
mlitse on claims will consider the mat
v" s n Day claims that he was kicked
no one N The horses from the fire de-
r.rtment on First South street on May
x ana no asks damages IN the sum OF
I'm His peiltion stated that he was
rdlny along in front Of the FIRE station
IN buggy and that fireman had
same az the horeses ont exercising them
and when he approached them In his
re one OF the horses kicked at him and
siruek him IN the breast. His claim
WAS ordered filed by the council and II
he wants any damages he viii have to
SUE for them.
william Anderson claims that he fell
tho a sidewalk excavation on First
West street Just north OF First North
on the night Of June IS, and was In
jlred IN the sum OF 800, his claim was
also referred to the committee on
claims
REFUND1NG BOND ISSUE.
city Auditor Felt called the councils
attention to the fact that some action
should be taken towards providing some
means for lefundng the 100000 bond
issue Of March 81, 1894, which viii fall
ile In 1914 He Is OF the opinion that
he bonds should be refunded so as 10
avoid a sinking fund Of $4,000 each
var by taxation to redeem the bonds
d their maturity and asks that some
iG0n be taken IN the matter before
ne tax levy Is fixed Tor this year. The
'HanCe committee will consider the
rater at Us meeting on Friday after
reon
A PUBLIC NUISANCE,
President Joseph r. Smith and others
ptgnted a petition asking that the
Mk trushcr al the mouth OF City creek
aHyon he removed for the reason that
ifehtens horses passing along the
anyOn and also makes driving very
tssgreeablo on account Of the dust
risIng therefrom, The petition was re-
intd to the committees on streets and
nolic grounds.
TO CONDEMN LAND.
Aresoluton was introduced by Wells
cd adopted by the council, authorizing
ne city attorney 10 institute condemna-
ton proceedings against the estate of
Itfesa Clawson, deceased. to secure n
Np Of land necessary TO be used IN
Widening canyon road, The suit VIII be
friendly one as those interested In the
t'ale are willing that II be condemned
ana thought that the matter could best
De settled IN that way.
PROTESTS DEFEAT PAVING.
Ihe committee on streets recommend
% mat the council rescind its action In
is9afl TO Advertising notice of intention
W@W First West street from Second
70 lhird South and Plerpont street
from West Temple to First West II
was evident that the protests against
Ne paving would defeat Il, hence the
Itommendation Of the committee. The
nl0u recommended, however, that
lnTd South be paved from West Tenn
pe 70 malt way between Third and
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