The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-22
ELEMENTS CAUSE DAMAGE
Winds Blow Down U. P. Round
house and Rains Wash
Ont Track.

Park City. March Z-The heaviest
WindstOrm which has ever visited Park
CITY or vicinity occurred last evening
and while the wind did no damage in The
town proper, owing To the high noun
tam near. yet in the valley below town
the residents experienced some trouble
The Union Pacific rOuudhOuSe. which is
located i'm the flat below town was in
the direct route of the wind. and was
blown down. and the engine which takes
the Park City-EchO branch train out each
morning was badly damaged as a result
Following closely upon this bit Of mis-
fortune for the company came a wash
out of the track down near the head of
Silver Creek canyon or at what is
called Atkinson. As result of the COM
bined damages the train did not leave
Park City this morning. and those in
CoalVIile and Echo awaiting an oppor-
tunity to get back to Park City will have
10 wait until new engine is supplied ana
the track Is repaired
m2n by the name. of Oscar Jensen.
employed at the DAILY West mill was
badly burned yesterday afternoon about
O'Clock, as result of a casl1 of acid
breaking which he was handling The
Nlcum was taken TO the local hospital,
where he was attended by Dr. G NJ. vii
son.
At the present time there are more pa
TENTS at the Park City hospital than
have been i'm the institution since last
fat However. the capacity is not taxed
and the sick are being cared for in good
shape.
The city council held its Regular semi
monthly meeting at the city hall with "a
tull board with the exception of Mr.
RaSband. who was in Salt Lake. Min
utes of the other meetings of the month
were approved. Bills against the city
were laid over until the first meeting of
the month it being a rule of the coun-
ell TO pay no bills except at that meet
ing.
Road conditions was the principal sub
Jet discussed, and it is expected that
shortly the council will order repairing
campaign which Will make the city
streets solid.
UDon motion of Councilman Leahy the
various licensees of the town are to De
REQUIRED TO make statement of their
valuations. with a view to getting the
license tax upon a more equitable plane
II seems that many of the businesses are
paying the same rate of license now that
they paid when they opened business. al
though they have DTOsDered and their
stocks have grown. The ordinance pro-
vides for a change of price for increased
valuation. and il is this that the council
wants to get at.
Frank Lake and c. r. Hancock asked
for franchise to furnish gas for light
and heat The franchise was referred to
the law committee.
\ resolution was offered by Council
man Short which provided that owing to
the necessity of retrenching expenses the
mayor and council voluntarily cut their
own salaries TO s. per year for mayor and
- per year iuE CbuHcltneI. he reSOiu-
ton was defeated on an aye and nav
vote bv three to one
Nothing further coming before the
council, they adjourned to meet on the
5rd of April
A large number of the music loving
people took advantage of the rates and
went to Salt Lake to see Madam But
terfly"
The funeral of Joseph Chaibache was
held Yesterday afternoon from the Cath
Ollie church.
The spring vacation of the CITY schools
will be had the first week of April. For
merlV the vacation occurred on the last
week of March. bUt this year the dates
have been changed.