The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-19
MAYOR. WRITES Of
MATTERS Of STATE
City Executive First Vetoes
Lease of Land at the
Penitentiary.
HE THEN RECOMMENDS
THAT WATER BE SHUT OFF
Three Street FIusherS to Be
Bought to Keep the Dust
Down.

A petition was read before the City
Council at the meeting Monday night,
which was signed by several owners
OF property on Franklin avenue, In
which the request was made that the
name Of the street be changed to Ed
ison street. The petition stated that
this is requested in view OF tho fact
that q general Improvement OF tho
street Is contemplated and 1t Is con-
sidered that to carry the Improvement
successfully through 1t IS necessary to
change the namo OF tho street
The petition was referred to the
committee on streets, with the City
Engineer associated, with Instructions
to bring In an ordinance providing for
the change.
The Mayor returned to the Council.
without his approval, the report of the
committee on municipal laws, which
was adopted at a former meeting, and
provided for the signing OF Il lease TO
the State prison of the land belonging
to the city which adjoinS the prison
property on the east and south. The
Mayor stated In his communication
that he refused to sign the lease on
the ground that he considered 500 a
year too small a sum TO receive for the
lease Of the land and that he also
considered five years too long n time
for the land TO be tied up. The com
munication was ordered received and
filed.
Wants State TO Pay,
A communication was received from
the Mayor in which he recommended
that the contract now in force with
the State prison authorities which pro-
vides for the prison taking water from
the city conduit from Parley's creek
be at once terminated. as the State
has used the citys water since the
contract was signed in 1897 and had
continually refused TO pay for the same
and that the amount now due the city
from the State is S50314
The contract also provides that the
State return to the city from the rights
owned by the State I'm the creek as
much water as it takes from the con-
duit. The Communication stated that
the meters installed by the water mas
ter show that this is not being done
Mr.. Martin moved that the communl-
cation be received and the contract be
at once terminated and tho water be
shut off from the prison. This was
seconded by Mr.. Fernstrom. Mr., Null
Vey suggested that It would be un-
wise 10 shut the water off without Civ
ing any notice, and in accordance with
this suggestion Mr.. Tuddenham moved
an amendment to the motion to the
effect that the prison authorities be
given sixty days in which to make
other arrangements for securing water
and at the end of th"+ inc the water
be shut of, The motion as amended
was carried
Appointment Confirmed
Mayor Thompson sent In to the Coun-
ell for confirmation the appointment OF
F. l.. Hansing as clerk OF the Board of
Health. vice w. o. Norrell resigned
and that Of James e. Flynn as emer-
gency man In the health department.
vice Il. +. Woodward resigned On
motion of Mr., Holiday the communi-
cation was referred to the committee
on sanitary.
communication was received from
Frank L. Hines. superintendent of
Waterworks. recommending that the
water mains in the streets from Second
TO Eighth East and from First to Sixth
South be replaced with six and eight
inch mains, the present mains being
too small to supply the amount of
water that is consumed in this district
The communication was received and
filed and a motion passed to the effect
that the superintendent be instructed
to proceed with the work at once
communication was received from
Chief Vail of the fire department call
ing the attention Of the Council to the
bad condition OF the crossings Al the
intersections of First and Second South
and Main streets and at Second South
and State streets The chief stated
in his communication that recently the
tire of one Of the hose wagons had
been broken while crossing one Of these
intersections II is these same cross
ings which the City Engineer recently
recommended to be paved with creo-
resnate blocks. The communication
was referred to the committee on
streets.
Special Policemen Named
Chief OF Police Sheets sent In the ap-
pointment OF Myron Whitaker, A. b.
Pitts and James Madsen as special DO
licemen TO serve without pay. The
appointments were made at the request
OF Parkkeeper Heath, the men being
employees of the city who are to serve
in the various parks. The appoint
ments were confirmed by the Council.
Mayor Thompson communicated to
the Council the fact that he Will leave
the city on June q, to be gone several
days. and requested that the Council
select the one to act as Mayor during
his absence. By vote of the members
of the Council President a. j. Davis
was selected for the position.
Mr., O'Donnel presented a resolution
providing that the City Engineer he
instructed TO prepare an estimate OF
the cost OF reservoir for the city Gem.
etery for irrigation purposes. The res
olution was adopted.
Mr.. Carter introduced a resolution