The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-21
LAST SESSION OF THE YEAR
Park City Solons Discuss Question of
Establishing an Isolation
Hospital.

Park City, Dec. 20.-The regular semi
monthly meeting of the city council was
held last evening at the council cham
bers and the usual business of the city
was transacted.
After the reading Of the minutes bills
against the city were submitted While
the council has a rule not to read bills
at any meeting but the first one of the
month, one of the bills presented was of
sufficient moment to bring forth consid-
cradle discussion. There was q case of
smallpox lately In the city, and owing to
the lack of quarantine hospital the pa
tient was quarantined in his room The
lady who ran the house refused to at
tend to the man or furnish him his board
unless ordered to by the officers The
board part OF the bill for the patient was
house and the further demand of paper
ing and painting the house were oi;es-
toned and the bill was submitted to the
committee on claims and accounts with
instruction TO report at the next meet
ing.
At this point the matter of securing =
location for an isolation hospital was
taken up and fully discussed, and the
matter placed in the HAMS of the com
mittee on city property, who were given
power to act.
The new ordinances and the question of
two bids received submitted by the CITY
attorney. After some little discussion the
work was awarded to the Park city Rec
ord at the rate of s1.S0 per page. Owing
pany were considered perfectly reliable
no written agreement was entered into
The work will be begun at once
A report was made that the new heat
ing apparatus had been installed, but the
report was superfluous as the heat of
the room indicated that something had
been done. The entire council and the
spectators were taken down into the jail.
where the improvements were seen The
Jail is now fine plant for the purpose,
and prisoners In the city jail from now
on will have as good quarters as are In
jails generally
for a skating rink, the committee stated
that they we're as yet unable to report
and asked for further time. Their re-
quest was granted.
meeting, council adjourned to meet Jan.
2 1907
After an illness of about a month C,
L.. Wight, father OF County Attorney
died last evening at the Miners hospital
of complicated stomach trouble. The
old gentleman was ailing in Salt Lake,
where he has resided for the past two
years, and came up to Park to rest I'D.
He continued to fail. and about two weeks
ago went to the hospital. where an opera
ton was performed. However, his con-
dition was such that he weakened rapid
~ Will last evening" WiD1ii ttsc SllU
Mr.. Wight was q native of New York,
having been born in that state sxty-two
years ago He has been in Utan good
deal during the last twenty five years.
and has made this state his home for the
last five years Deceased is survived by
five SONS, Lee B. Wight. DR.. r. E
Wight, DIR. Holland Wight, Verne
Wight and Mark Wight, the first-named
two being residents of Park City. DR. H
E. Wight, residing In North Yakima,
Wash, and the two last named being
residents of WATERFOWL. n. Y. Funeral
services will be held this afternoon at
the home OF L. B. Wight, and tomorrow
morning the remains Will be shipped to
the old home of the deceased, where they
will be inferred near the body of his wife,
who died some years ago.
The delivery team of z. D. Sutton COM
pany created quite little excitement this
morning by taking a run down Main
street. The team was being used in dis
tributing candy which was being given
out by the firm for Christmas ami y.hile
the driver was away started to run. That
for the streets were busy, and aside from
breaking the sleigh slightly and frighten-
ing several pedestrians, no damage was
done.
Tie coal shortage which threatened
here has apparently been overcome as
there is enough being shipped in to meet
all demands.
An operation for appendicitis was per-
formed upon W. ]. Williams a miner at
the Miners hospital yesterday. The case
was an aggravated one, but the opera
ton was successful and the patient is rail-
lying nicely.