The daily sentinel., 1906-02-22
\ BUSY SESSION
OF CITY COUNCIL.


Last night the city council met in
adjourned session. The officers of
the council and all of the aldermen
save Mr.. Smith were present
Fred Mantey requested the coun-
ell for permission TO erect a one-story
building on lot IL block 1902. Rood
avenue. TO be . feet wide and 125
feet long. brick cased and elaterite
roof. The petition was granted.
j. NJ. Perry asked permission to
move frame building from 427
Colorado avenue to 610 on the same
street The request was referred to
the proper committee. Mr.. Perry is
the owner of the Grand Junction Bot
Ting works and expects to change
the location of the business.
\ petition was received from f. $
Smith and other residents on Hill
avenue asking that the water main
be extended along Hill avenue be
tween Fifth and sixth streets. Re
ferred to the water and sewer com
mittee.
A petition was received from a
number of plumbers of the city ask
ing that certain changes be made
in the ordinance regulating the
plumbing business. desiring to have
certain sections stricken out and GER
tain additions made. They ask that
a board be appointed for the purpose
of examining all master plumbers and
all journeymen plumbers doing busi-
ness in the city. this board to con
sist of the inspector of plumbing. a
member of the city council and a
master plumber. The master plumb
er who shall serve on the board to
be chosen by the other two members
of the board. 1t was also asked that
the license of plumbers he raised
from s. to 500. The matter was
discussed and then referred to the
proper committee.
Jesse Glassford representing the
Continental Oil company, was pres
ent and asked that he be given a
contract for another year for the
furnishing of oil to the city water
works Referred to the water and
sewer committee.
Harry Hiatt, who made a request
some time ago for permission to
erect an addition to his blacksmith
shop on Colorado avenue to be cover
ed with corrugated iron, was present
and asked the council to reconsider
the matter. This was done and after
some discussion the permission pray
ed for was granted. MIR. Hiatt had
petitioned council for this permis-
sion several weeks ago and as per
mission had been granted to another
business man in the same block to
erect a similar building. the Hiatt
request being made at the same time
the council deemed it justice to MIR.
Hiatt to grant the permission.
w. c. Boyer, the contractor, who
is erecting a large rooming house on
Ute avenue near Second street and
who was forced to stop work on the
building last week for the reason
that he had not asked for a building
permit in violation OF the ordinances,
appeared before council and declar-
ed that he was ignorant of the ordin-
ance extending the fire limits to the
district in which the building is be
ing erected The council Informed
Mr.. Boyer that II the offense was re-
peated again by himself or any other
contractor the defendant would be
prosecuted to the full extent of the
laws Mr. Boyer. by properly comply
/ ing with the regulations, was grant
I ed permission to continue work on
the building.
{ request of Harry Hiatt motion pre-
vailed putting the members of the
council as a body on record as pledg-
ing themselves to strictly abide by
the regulations as set forth on the
ordinance books regarding the erec-
ton of buildings within the fire lin
its. No permission to deviate from
these regulations in the least viii
be granted in the future by the pres
ent city council. Any petition alonf
this line presented in the future vii
be promptly turned down. All
buildings MUST be erected strict
ly within the regulations of the or
dinance,
At half-past eight the council wen
into executive session for the pur
pose of discussing the mountain
water proposition. Attorney Charles
F. Caswell was present in an adyis
ory capacity The executive session
was not concluded until the mid
night hour. An adjournment OF the
council was then taken until Wednes
DAY night. February 2Sth.