The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-08
PARK CITY COUNCIL.
Convenes in Regular Monthly Ses-
ion-Decide to Ask for Over
draft at Bank,


meeting of the city council for the month
of February was held last evening N
the council chamber at the city hall
Mayor Wilson called the session to order
promptly at O'Clock and the roll-caH
found all of the solons but one in their
places.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved and the bills
against the city were then examined and
were as follows; For goods received
from the local business men, S405 .OS; city
OFFICERS, S195; scavenger and sexton
vol 81; assistant fire chief and INSPECTOR
$3.50; streets, alleys and bridges, So. %:
ponce department 1881 80. making a total
OF 81 ,5S7. IL On motion of Deighton and
Getch these bills were allowed and war
rants ordered drawn by the recorder.
Inc reports Of the city officers were
then called for and were as follows: The
treaSurers report showed a balance on
hand OF Sl263.U on Jan. 6, and on FEB
balance on hand of 81 ,l03. g. The re-
corders report showed a balance on hand
FEB. of Sl0l0.24 with outstanding war
rants 10 the amount of S33 .05. The mar
shaIs report showed a grand total of
S44S95, the cost of running the city for
one month. The city justice reported
having had eighteen cases before him
during the month and collected sos IN
fines and $40 in labor. making a total of
Sll5. City Sexton Gidley reported seven
deaths for the month of January six
adults, one child, five males, two fe-
MATES, one DOOg S0lppe0 10 Bingham can
yon, four bodies inferred in the City Gem
etery and two in Glenwood. He also re-
ported having collected $65, $l3 of this
coming over from December 1907.
Under the head of petitions, applfca-
tons were made for LIQUOR licenses. The
bonds accompanying them being made out
correctly, the same were accepted and
the licenses granted. Welsh. DTiscol &
Buck, McEwan & Youngberg Jacob
Crooks, Anderson &, Carlson and Sails
bury & Stevenson were the petitioners
Unfinished business was next in order.
and the official bonds of Officer Mike
Wynn and Sealer of Weights and Meas
ures Charles T Prisk were examined and
on motion of leighton and Getch were
accepted.
When new business was put before the
members of the council. Mayor Wilson
called the attention of all to the finan-
cial condition of Park City. and stated
that he thought the wisest plan at the
present time and under the existing con-
di1ons would be TO ask the First Ma
tiOnal bank of this city for an over
draft, and the matter was then thrown
open for discussion. and after several
suggestions had been offered by the va
rious councilmen, on motion of Getch,
seconded by Wight, the mayor was au-
thOriZed to ask the bank officials for an
overdraft of 50 900.
The mayor then asked the marshal if
he had anything to say, and for at least
one hour and a half the gentleman made
recommends lions, the most important be-
ing the removal of the city signal light
for the calling of the policemen at night
frsm the side of the street to the center;
to- have the Independent Telephone COM
pany make direct connection with the
whistle which is used for the curfew and
fire alarm; 20 have the old fire signals
used as in the early days instead of the
code now in use; to purchase one dozen
hose WrenChes and spanners, and to pur-
chase six dry batteries for the police
mems dark lanterns. On motion of Getch
and DeightOn the marshal was instructed
to make all changes and purchase these
articles.
While on the floor the marshal also
stated that he thought the council should
begin to look into the water situation, as
he had been informed that as soon as
the Silver King Coalition company began
operations again all of the water nov
being used by the city would be taken
from them to run the company's mill.
The mayor then said that he was OPEN
ing up one of the greatest questions ever
put before a local council, and the water
question was passed over for the pres
ent time.
The question of licensing the keepers of
boarding and rOOming houses then came
up and after some little talk, on motion
of Wight and Peterson the officers were
told that these licenses must be paid and
should be collected at once.
From this discussion arose the old
cheStnut-the druggists license-and aft
er the question had been sifted, raked
and scraped, it was finally decided to
make them pay
1t was then IL o'clock. and just before
adjournment was taken Peterson asked
if the assistant fire chief had been at
tending to his duty, and was informed
that he had not been doing so. After a
little more talking 1t was decided that
the fire chief should relieve him at once
The council then adjourned, on motion
of Wight and Getch, to meet again on the
evening of Feb. 20.