The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-11
CITY COUNCIL IN
SPECIAL SESSION

Friday evening meeting of the
city council as a committee OF the
whole, Will be held to discuss pc
tition from Simon Bamberger. pres
ident OF the Salt Lake & Ogden Rail
road company, which was presented to
the council Monday night asking per
mission TO back the trains of the COM
pany through Lincoln avenue to
Twenty-fifth street whero the new
depot OF the company Will be located
Property owners on Lincoln avenue
and representatives OF the railroad
company are requested TO be present
at the special meeting Friday night
The franchise granted 10 the Salt
Lake 6, ogden Railroad company In
Ogden city expressly provides that
only electric cars shall be run through
the streets OF tho city. President
Bamberger in his petition declares
that he Is only asking this concession
temporarily There has been some
delay In electrifying the road, and
as the company is anxious TO reach
the center of the city as nearly as
possible, permission Is asked to tenn
porarilv run the regular trains
through Lincoln avenue until the
work of electrifying the road is com
pleted.
At the adjourned session of the
council last night ordinances creating
sidewalk district No los and the
amended ordinance crenting paving
district No. 100 passed their third
district comprises Barlow avenue
~ =,
streets The paving district embraces
those blocks in the heart OF the bust
ness district OF the city which are
now being laid with asphaltum by Pat
Moran, the Salt Lake contractor
Upon the recommendation of the
sidewalk committee, the contract for
sidewalk improvements In district 1Q3
was awarded to the ] P. O'Neill Con.
struction company, the lowest bidder,
The district embraces a portion OF
the stephens addition to the city.
The O'Ncill company bid Sc 700.
Claims for damages against the city
for personal injuries alleged to have
been received BY C. c Wilson and y.
D. Grafton were denied upon the rec
ommcndation OF the law committee,
Wilson claimed that he sustained In
juries by falling into an excavation at
the corner OF Adams avenue and
Twenty-seventh street. The law
committee reported that he had not
presented his claim within the time
required by the law Gratton's claim
was for injuries which he declares he
received by falling over a wire on
Washington avenue which had been
strung along the street during the
time President Taft was a visitor 10
Ogden.
Tho city auditor was instructed to
pay to ]. S. Troy $3.50, the amount OF
the deposit made by VI, H. McIvor at
the time he petitioned for a retail
liquor license at the fair grounds.
which was afterwards denied. Upon
the recommendation of the license
committee Troy Is required TO fur
nish q bond for $500 to protect the
city in the payment OF the money 10
him. McIver having left ogden and
assigned the money 20 Troy.
Monthly reports from the city sex
ton. the poll tax collector. the street
department, the water supply depart
ment and the public buildings and
grounds department were received
and filed
Clerk Fulton of the municipal court
reported that $1.556 10 had been col.
lected by the court during the past
month in fines, forfeitures and fees
in civil cases The sanitary inspect
or reported that there are now 2l
cases OF contagious diseases in the
city.
a final estimate due the Wheel
wright Construction COMPANY amount
ing 10 $2.249 for sidewalks and gutter
Ing in District 105 was referred TO
the sidewalk committee. A claim
from the same company for work on
intersections amounting to $4,000
was ordered paid A second partial
estimate due the Pat Moran Construc-
tion company for paving In District
100 of S16.057.91 was referred to the
street committee.
Petitions for arc lights on Thirty
first street and Grant avenue. on
Seventeenth street and Ogden ave
nue., on Second street and Wall az
nue., and on Tenth street and Wa
ington avenue were reforred to the
light committee.
he 1dTh SOluulloSlOH
ed that the trees on Twenty-fourth
street between Lincoln and Grant ave-
nues be cut down. Some OF the coun-
cilmen believed that slnce the com
mission has authority 20 act without
the councils sanction in such mat
ters, the communication should be
filed The city attorney. however,
was instructed to submit a report on
the matter.
Councilman Powers declared that
some portions of Twenty-fourth street
between Washington and Grant ave.
nues had the appearance of having
been gone over by Drospectors, The
matter was referred to City Engin.
eer Parker with instructions to in.
form those responsible for the torn
up condition of the street to mako
the necessa repairs. On motion OF
Councilman Pcery. the city engineer
WIS instructed 10 submit estimates
Of the cost of repairing the paving
in the paving districts OF the city.
The city engineer was also instructed
to notify the Ogden Rapid Transit
company to lay the paving between its
tracks In the paving districts of the
city at once,