The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-20

City Council Grants a Horizontal In
crease at the Isolation
Hospital.
MAY PAVE A BIG DISTRICT
PEOPLE ON MARKET STREET Pc.
TITIoN FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

After refusing a week age 10 in
crease the salary of the nurse at the
isolation hospital from SIS to 800 per
month, the council last night passed
an ordinance granting the increase.
The ordinance also increased the sal
airy of the steward from $50 TO SO and
of the cook from $40 to $50.
FernstrOm was the only member of
the council VINO opposed the increase.
He maintained that a competent nurse
could be secured for SIS a month. Mem
bers of the sanitary committee said
that Deputy County Clerk G. S. Buck
walter, who was recently confined in
the hospital. had appeared before them,
and that they We're moved to recon-
mend the various increases as a re-
suit of his description of conditions at
the hospital.
John D. Spencer. chairman Of the
city library commission, sent in a COM
munication asking the council to pay
money out of the general fund for IL
brary books found in places where
there have been contagious diseases.
Such books are always destroyed. The
communication was referred to the
sanitary committee
Want Junk House Abated.
]. NJ. Allen and several others adj
dressed a petition to the council ask
ing that a junk house at Eighth South
and State streets be abated as a null
sance. The petition was referred to
the sanitary committee and the health
department.
George A. Snow and William Darst,
who recently secured an amendment of
their gas franchise, filed a formal &C
ceptance of the amended franchise.
To Land and Water Commissioner F.
NJ. Mathews was given permission to
have a telephone installed in the res
idence of William BowdwinS, one of his
deputies, along the line of the Jordan
& Salt Lake canal, at cost of S24
per annun.
Upon the recommendation of City
Auditor r. Aft, S47.7O71S was trans
ferred from the street fund to the
fund for paving purposes. This recon-
mendation was previously made by
former Auditor c. B. Felt.
Would Charge Water Rent.
Frank L. Hines, superintendent of
the waterwOrks department, recon-
mended that the city charge meter
rates for water furnished to the city
and county jaiIs, to the county side
of the Joint building and grounds, and
to the capitol grounds. The recon-
mendation was referred to the water
works committee.
Mayor Thompson sent in the appoint
ment of City Engineer l. G. Kelsey
to act as the city's representative on
the board which has charge of the dis
tribution of water from ParleyS creek.
The appointment was confirmed
Upon the recommendation of the
mayor it was decided to rent to the
county three rooms on the city side
of the top floor of the joint building
The rooms were occupied formerly by
the Juvenile court. The county will
use them for jury rooms and will pay
$500 rent to the city for them for two
years.
Want Street Decorated.
F E. McGurTin and others, who own
frontage on Market street, sent in a
communication calling attention to the
method of identifying streets in GER
tain portions of Los Angeles, and
asked that a similar method be adopt
ed on Market street. They ask that
tu Give low electric light poles be
strung along the street. six on each
side and 10 feet apart.
On the top of these poles they would
place a cluster of five electric lights.
They also request that the Bamberger
company. which has a street car fran
chise along the street, may attach its
wire to their various buildings, so as
to obviate the necessity of poles, thus
adding to the beauty of the street.
As their final request the petition
ers ask that the name of Market street
be changed TO Post Office place." The
petition was referred to the committee
on improvements
New Fireman Is Named.
Fire Chief c. T. Vail seEt in the
name of A G. Solder as a fireman to
fill a vacancy existing in the depart
ment. and the appointment was con-
frmed.
p. Peterson. an old timer in the
fire department, who is ill, was given
a. three months leave of absence on
full pay. upon the recommendation of
Chief Vail.
The chief was authorized TO purchase
a carload of hay at cost not TO ex-
coed $500.
The committee on public grounds
that a piece of ground,
eight by fourteen rods in dimensions,
at the corner of Second South and
Thirteenth East streets, belonging to
the city. be sold to A. J. Hosmer and
c. L. Rood for $4,000. They have Of
fered $500 for it.
The sanitary committee reported ia
vorably on a bill of $40 from ne Utah
Livery stable for conveying smallpox
patients to the hospital The commit
tee also recommended that in future
the city pay for such conveyance in
all cases, instead of trying to collect
from such patients as are able to pay.
The report was adopted, though Fern
strom and one or two other council
men opposed it.
For New Paving District.
petition for the creation OF a large
new paving district was referred to the
committee on streets. 1t is proposed
to lay a 4-inch cement walk on the
following streets in the new district: