Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-23
LIVELY SESSION
OF CITY COUNCIL
Street Cleaning Question Stirs Up
The Wrath of Some Of the
Members.
WEBER COUNTY BUSINESS.
Treasurcr's Report--Game Law Fines
Go to County Treasury--Big Dam
age Suit-Pioneer Day Races.

Ogden, July 23.--The cleaning OF the
streets was the principal topic before
the session of the city council last night
and the discussion which ensued stirred
ND the wrath of some of the members
Councilman Powers began the trouble
by suggesting that an assistant street
supervisor be appointed TO look after
the cleaning of the streets exclusively.
In the talk which followed Councilmen
browning, Craig and Thomas each took
a fall out of the street committee.main-
tanning that the members were nor
working in harmony and that one man
was the whole committee. Mr.. Moyes,
chairman of the committee. took excep-
ton to the criticism and went so far as
10 offer to wager his watch against
the one carried by President Craig that
he was right in his contention. Moves
also said that although he was an olo
man he did not fear Mr.. Thomas and
intinated that a personal encounter
with him was not undesirable.
After much more parleying a motion
that the street committee meet once
a week with the mayor and handle In
structions from the council prevailed
The matter of closing the Twenty
eighth street crossing and opening
Twenty-nlnth street was another mat
was made that the present crossing
was blocked by the railroad people al
most continually. The street commits
tee recommended in favor of the
Tween ty-ninth street crossing, OH ac-
count of there being less number OF
tracks at that point. and also recon-
mended that the railroad company be-
instructed to place q fiagman at tho
new crossing and that the city provide
for an arc light.
Browning insisted that vigorous ac-
ton be taken with regard to enforcing
the ordinance regulating the blocking
of crossings. but the recommendation
of the committee was adopted.
The request of Jailer H. t. Snyder
for an increase from 10 TO l21 cents
a meal for feeding the city prisoners
was granted.
The appointments Of Chief OF Police
Browning OF Frank Shaw as a police
officer. and John Hutchins as city de-
tectiye were approved by the council.
An ordinance increasing the salary
of the clerk of the municipal court to
$1,000 year passed two readings and
was referred to the law committee.
Bids We're opened for curbing and
guttering Wall avenue from Twenty
fifth to Twenty-sixth street. j. p.
ONeil bid S3.395. and Wheelwright, 3d.
263. The bids were referred to the city
engineer. Bids for work In sewer dis
trict No. 10. being Monroe avenue from
Twenty-sixth to Twenty-seventh street,
were received from the same bidders.
The former bid $3.50 and the latter
sl,774. Both bids were referred to the
city engineer and the law committee.
Bids for constructing concrete
bridge across the new channel of the
ogden river near the mouth OF the
canyon We're received. Each bidder
submitted an estimate in each of two
plans, plan No. providing for o ce--
inent walk. and plan No. for board
walk. The bids We're: Topeka Bridge
Concrete company. s5,745. s4,S74; Wheel
wright Bros. $6,71S, sS.046.so. They
were referred to the city engineer and
the law committee.
WEBER COUNTY BUSINESS.