The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-01
WATER RATES UP
FOR FINAL ACTION
Council to Pass on New 0rdi-
nance Increasing Meter Rates
for Commercial Purposes.

The new water ordinance is the only
sneciaI feature scheduled for the regular
meeting of the city council this evening
This ordinace has already received us /
first reading and since then the city so /
Ions have compromised with the railroads /
and other heavy users of water ana |
promised a rate for commercial purpose 1
Of cents a thousand gallons and for 90 /
nestle use cents per loo gallons AZ
this was decided upon by the com hllttsS
of the whole council 1t Will DOUBTLESS De
at once ratified by the council in general (
session. There are, however, some led-
lures of the ordinance which may evoke
considerable discussion. ..o-
The new ordinance increases the rates
for water to meter users from Sl2 cents
DER 1000 gallons. There are some pro
visions which also make water tribe
more expensive to the housshoIoeI. V ~
of these is the clause providing tnat the
property owner must pay for the CON
nections, which nave been hitherto mace
by the city. - r.
/ 4 saloon at 90 West South Temple VIII
/ come bef &c the council. Councilman
/ Tohn HoiIey went on stunning TIP
! u-fth councilman 4. s Fernstrom a rev
| weeks ago and the charges against this
/ saloon are one of the results The saloon
/ keeper was cited to appear at the iast
meeting but was given an addluohal
week. -,,.,,,
nc ready for presentation to the COUNCIL
this evening. but the board OF estlihdtes5
and appointments has been SLOW anu
has not vet completed its allowances 70
some of the departments. Unless us
work is concluded this afternoon the ap-
NOMINATIONS will not come Up Tor an
other week at least ,..
The annual report of the city auoito!
I i not anything ike ready as yet. ana y
is probable that several weeks VIII lapSt
before that official files the report which
the law requires OF him.
, Recorder Goes East.
CITY Recorder John 3. Moreton VIII no. noi
e s~ace the meeting of the council TINS
evening with his presence, as ne VIII cav N
= for New York at noon today to take OF
. the $4,000 worth Of bonds to be dehVere0
to the purchasers of the issue. his piace
: will be filled by his chief deputy, . :
Rix-es The recorder viii be absent ~
Isast ten DAYS the delivery of the pond'
,roviding a nice little junket for TINS OF
= ficiaI Recorder Moreton Is soInewh ma
: ANNOYED that the newspapers nave enron
4 icled the fact that he is going 70 carr!
: I WITH him so many valuable securities AM
9 mas already begun to fear that eonfldenc
h mon will be waiting for him at the depot
r Of the cities in which he will stop
I ffv- weeks ago at the meeting of tn
: council q resolution was introduced o
II Councilman l. +. Hall when was ne
, sirned to help throw some hgnt on IN
n now unintelligiple report MADE eac
Month nv the CITY treasurer. Il provide
a that the city auditor should each "a
l. furnish to the treasurer the amount
z the warrants issued and that the treas
) uTer should incorporate the amount c
.e the outstanding warrants against eac
b. ff,nd in his report. The city treasure
he is anxious that this-shopld pass. as al
" others It was sent however, 10 U
t. finance committee, from which few rest
ID i1Itions referred to it ever emerge II 1t
n si,5et raci,ed there by Cou0cinn an y
-e Mont Ferry chairman OF that commute
he an effort will be made TO bring II befol
is the council again -
5n There is plenty Of business in the nanf
Of fhe various committees of the counc
q b11t at present there does not seem TO
n much Of this ready for the council
or pass tpoa The finance committee n;
n pouch full to overtlowing- none
ne which is ready for consideration
ne T-l1ere are a few dozen or so petition
m of 1,~onertv cwners for improvements f
~ T-biei, they are willing to pay the
share All Of these were referred to Il
- finance committee or TO the board Of g
~ Inmates and appropriations There seen
'-S little likelihood that any extensive VOL
=. I in which the city will have LIABILITY v
nj be ordered soon =,
- As the water ordinance now STANDS [
. following will be the rates to be paid a
ST. nually, in advance;