Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-04
B !. UNIVERSITY IN
Line FOR Big GIFT.
Eligible for Benefits OF Mnnificcnt
Rockefeller Fund Offered Demon
national Colleges.

| PROVO. May 4.-Prof. b. III Cum
lnings, superintendent of Church
| schools, addressed the students of the
Brigham Young university yesterday
morning at devotional Prof. Cum
mings has Just returned from New
| York, where he appeared before the
commission having charge OF the dis
tribution of the Rockefeller $50, 900, 600
| fund to be given to denominat ional coll
ileges in the United states. Prof, Cum
| mings reports that only twenty nine in
situations of&learning out OF 500, which
| applied, We're considered eligible under
| the provisions of the trust. and that
the Brigham Young university Is one
OF the 20. The amount this popular
institution OF learning will receive Is
not known, but Prof. Cummings asked
for $3.50, 00Q In order to assist the COM
mission in its determination, Secretary
Holt has prepared Information touching
the finances and educational standing
of the university, which will be for
wal7ded to New York The sum, what
ever it may be, will not be paid outright
but invested and the dividends paid to
the university. 80
PROVO, May AT the meeting of
the city council last evening, $500 was
cleaning bitches. The waternlaster re-
ported that it was impossible to collect
enough in water taxes to do the neces-
sary work. The watermaster was in-E
sstructed to commence suit against de-
#ltnquents. A petition from the Provo
Juvenile band for $50 o month for
maintenance was referred to the com
mittee on finance. The band In return
offered to furnish free music for all
public occasions.
~ petition for sidewalk paving on
Second South, between First East and
Seventh East streets, was referred to
the committee on streets and alleys.
Fire Chief Armitstead recommended
the advance III the salaries Of fire team
ster and assistant fire chief to $50
month; referred to the committee on
fire department and mayor.
County Assessor Beck reported that
the assessed valuation OF Provo City
propertyafor 1909 outside of property as
sessed by the state board Of equaliza-
ton, amounts to $2,5S0,2f0.
City Engineer Jacobs recommended
that steps be taken for the regular ex-
tension or the waterworks system. Re- 4
ferred to the committee on waterworks.
A communication was received from
Joseph r.. Murdoch, president of the
Provo Reservoir company, asking for
a conference with tho council for the
purpose OF discussing the dlHefenceS4
between the city and the reservoir COM
pany in relation to water appropriations
of Provo river by the reservoir COM
pany; referred to the committee on wa
terworks. the city attorney, and the
mayor.
w. II. Ray appeared and asked the
council to join the county in requesting /
the presence of q road expert to como 1
from Washington to take charge Of the
construction Of the Provo-O lmsted
boulevard: referred to the mayor with
the request that he join the commits
sloners In the matter as the represent
tatives of the city.
Contracts for sprinlsling at $3.50
shift were awarded as follows: A. e.
sKnudsen, c.. II. Cook, John - Cook,
A t. Halliday, Charles p. Jones.
The committee on waterworles re- 4
ported settlement with the Blue Cliff
Canal company for damages alleged to
have been done by the city to the
company's canal.