The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-08
DETENTION HOME
POSITION OF COUNCIL
Inquiry About IT, and the Mat
ter of Probation Officers
Sprung.
BROAD TIRES FOR WAGONS,
ORDINANCE REQUIRING THEM
The Flow of 0ratory Is Shut
Off by President
Davis.

A. j. Davis, president of the City
Council, is of the opinion that there
has been too much talking in that body
OF late. AT least he wants to provide
against snch in future. AT the opening
OF business Monday evening he called
the attention of the members to rule
>. which states that no member shall
speak more than once on the same sub
lect unless he Is mover or secondcr of
the matter pending or chairman Of
asked that the members take this rule
INTO consideration and confne them
selves within its limits
a communication was received from
j, u, Eldredge, County Clerk, for The
County Commissioners, asking for the
position of the Council on the qucs,
tIon of detention home and was re-
ferred to the municipal laws commit
tee.
number Of prominent business
tlrms, petitioned the Council TO provide
police ambulance, and the police com
mittee will take the matter up.
The Utah Philippine veterans re-
celyed an appropriation of 500 for use
on Decoration day.
Owners of property on the south side
or First street between A and b streets
were given permission to lay n six
foot cement sidewalk at their own ex
pense, the work to be done under the
direction of the city engineer,
The leading electrical contractors of
the city sent in a petition asking fa-
vorable consideration Of the ordinance
providing for inspection of all clectri-
cal work done in the city. The muni-
cipal laws committee now has this or
dinance under consideration. and the
petition went to that committee.
Circus Is Coming.
The Floto shows were granted
a license to exhibit in Salt Lake on
May 22, a check for $75, the amount
of the license, having been enclosed
with the application.
A communication from Rudolph Alff,
City Auditor, stating that tho present
manner In which warrants were drawn
caused confusion, caused the passage
OF resolution fixing the paydays for
the city employees on the 7th and 22nd
OF each month, Appointments of Chief
Sheets Of j, II. Mays. as special police
officer at the Salt Palace without pay,
and of James l.. Doty, to the force as
patrolman IN the place of S. I, Wick
cry, who resigned, We're confirmed
The recommendation of the Board of
Works that the Dixon Engineering and
company be awarded the
contract for building the extension TO
the crematory at $3.50, was sent 10
The sanitary and finance committees
Judge +. G. Gowans of the Juvenile
court recommended the appointment of
Mrs, a. l.. Young, Guardclla Brown
and A, Q. Soderberg as probation off
rers, and the matter went TO the mu-
nlcipal laws committee.
When the ordinance limiting the !
amount of garbage to be hauled by the |
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councilman HOLIDAY, r. S. Wells want |
ID an amendment added that the re
,eptacles were not to be allowed to |
stand on any street or sidewalk Some |
IF the Council were disposed to favor |
his and the matter went over for a |
week.
An ordinance was adopted regulating
he width of tires on vehicles hauling
,ver the city streets. II provides that
Ill must have fat or straight-faccd
Tres of widths as follows: Two inches
'or weight of 5000 to 5000 pounds; |
wo and half inches for 5000 to 1000 |
pounds, four inches for 1000 TO 5000 |
pounds; five inches for 6000 TO 5000 |
six inches for 5000 to 10000 |
pounds, and eight inches for 10000 to
10000 pounds. For greater weights
Ipplication must be made for permits.
When there is weight Of $4,000
pounds to be hauled, two-inch pauks
must be placed under it on the street.
'or two-whecled vehicles the tires
must be double the width as TO four
Wheeled. The ordinance does not ap-
,ly to rubber-tired vehicles. 4 fine of
- to $50 or imprisonment or both, is
ixed as the penalty for disobcdiencc
The city engineer was instructed to
urnish estimates for six-foot cement
idewalk in the district bounded by /
Vest Temple and the south and north
ides of Ninth South.
4 resolution offered by Councilman
,arter that all moneys paid to the city
or sidewalks not completed be re-
urned to those paying on production
f the proper receipts, went over for
nc week.
A resolution was offered that the
Board OF Works be instructed to put
n the water mains at the intersections
f First and Second avenues before
he macadamizing is completed, al
ost of about $4,000, went to the com
nlttees.