The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-06
PARK COUNCIL SESSION.
City Solons Break Record by Trans
acting Business in Less Than
One Hour.

Park City. Fec. 5.-The council meeting
d last evening proved To be a record
breaker Tor q first meeting OF the month.
when the business was taken care Of in
less than an hoJr
Mayer Wilson called the councilmen TO
order at S o'clock ali Of them being pres
enf- The minutes Of the previous session
were read and accepted and the business
transacted was handled in the following
order:
The bills against the city were then
read and were as follows. Miseellsn eoiIs-
SIS -. police department. $3.50; sexton.
scsveuger and sesler, SIS streets. alleys
and bridges SsS3 q. CITY officers. STss.
Total. Sise5-s7- The bills were allowed on
motion Of Wight and DeiEhten-
The next order CT business was the read
ing Of the reports from the various city
officers and were as follows:
City treasurer
Balance on hsnd Jan. 1. 1a0e. -...-.-s -a0I 81
Balance on hand FEB. L 80. ....-.. AS. A.
City recorder
Balance on hand Jan. ]. 1ss. ---. .ss.15s. =
Balance on hand Feb. i. 1909. Az. IS
Outstanding warrants. 81 o.
City justice OF the peace: During the
month OF January there we're twenty
three cases, collected in cash. S-1I- COM
mitted g. fines imposed s215.
City sexton. There were six death last
month three males and three females.
one bodv shipped to Charleston for inter
IEtEal ef-4 one yJQf shipped 10 LllIS city
from Butte Mont. Tor iuterment. three
sduits and one child inferred In Glen
voO6 cemetery and two adults in City
cemetery. collected and turned o~er to
the city treasurer. so
Inspector Of weights and measures.
Since the last meeting the two bakeries
have been inspected and found 10 be in
first-elass condition Everything is kept
clean and the flour. extracts and other
materials used for baking purposes are
OF the very best quality and are guar
anteed under the pure food law
The products sold by the peddiers were
also tested and found to De al right The
butter was found 10 weigh fun sixteen
ounces to the pound. and the poultry Of
fsrsd for sale was an drawn.
Street commissioner: This report was
rather q lengthy one and covered the Va
Tious departments over which be super
vIseS.
The reports Of the city officers prov
ing 70 be correctly 1Iescnted- were &C
cepted
Under the head of petitions and com
nunica tons g request for q ilquor license
was presented from McEWau & Young.
berg. which was granted.
The committee On fire aud water. 10
which the matter Of granting q new va
ter franchise was referred reported back
TO the council that they were unable oH-
ing TO lack Of technical knowledge Of
the nature Of the water system necss-
ssTy for the proper protection Of our city
mains necessary To furnish an adequate
supply Of water to all our citizens where
reducsrs and cut-Cffs should he placed
etc. w feel unable to make intelligent
recommendations or demands Of the ap-
plicSnts for such franchises aud ask
that the services Of some competent man
be secured who has the necessary iufUr-
nation ana experience 70 advise the CITY
Of its needs - meet the requirements
above mentioned. so that we can make
intelligent demands from the said appli-
Giants and thus safeguard the interests Of
the city.
The recommendation vas accepted as
read on motion o. Wight and Peterson.
The committee on licenses. to which the
ESndlIng Of the application from WiiliaTa
license Ior the conducting o. . dance hail.
asked that q Reduction Of SEQ per quar-
ter be granted after the licenses due and
past due TO April l. 1919. be paid
The question Of securing q hydraulic
engineer vas next in order ard the mat
ter vas finally left to the mayor. Nho
viii i0ok after the hiring Of the engineer.
City Attorney Wight informed the mem
bers Of the council that he had an instr
auce map and also . government map.
which show the water mains. hydrants
and water fall from the reservoir 70 the
lower part Of this city. which would be
o. great service % the man who viii be
hired b. the mayor.
TIE mayor asked the marshal II the
residents were keeping their sidewalks
cleared Of snow, and the answer was IN
the affirmative.
Nothing further eomins Up. the coun-
ell adjourned.
The following officers we're elected BIZ
the PARK City High School Athletic as
Sociation. President. Charles Harfwe4l.
vice president, Bernard Woods; secretary.
Birdie Beatty treasurer, jeanne Sherman.
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