The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-09
PARK COUNCIL SESSION.
Special Committee Makes Its Report
on Light Projeet-Coneessions
are Given City.

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council met in regular session last even
| ing for the first time in 1853. and con-
| siderable business was taken care OF by
I that body.
Mayor wilson called the meeting to or
der shortly after o'clock and the roll
j call found all Of the CounCilmen in their
| places which was certainly a good be-
! ginning for the new year, and II IS the
/ wish OF all local citizens that this good
| start made by the solons will be con-
| tinued throughout the year by them.
| The minutes of the previous session were
/ read and adopted without correction
The following bills were next presented,
and on motion of Wight ordered paid:
| Miscellaneous bills, s59L66; city officers,
I $685. police department, Si54-29, scaVen-
| ger, sealer and sexton. Sf52; streets, al
| legs and bridges, $1162. Total S2,llS-53-
City treasurers report. Balance on
hand Dec. 1. 1893, 81. 6Sb.53; balance on hand
Jan. l, 1893, S5,201.3l.
City recorders report: Balance on hand
Jan. ]. 1893, S5,l5b0; outstanding war
rants. $3.50.
The sealer of weights and measures re-
ported that the various public weigh
scales in the city have been tested and
are found to be all right
Several business houses here have been
found violating the city ordinance in re-
gard to selling undrswn poultry, and
the propTietOrs Of the said business houses
have been warned to cease this practice
The milk has also been inspected and
it was found that the quality of milk
being sold about town by The -dairynen
was just up to the standard as required
by law.
CITY Justice Of the peace: Number of
cases for the month OF December, IS, COLI
lected in cash, SEQ; amount of fines i'm
posed, 500
ing the month of December; ? adults,
children: males. 1 female, 1 adult in
TERED IN GienwoOd cemetery, 1 adult and
children inferred in City cemetery. Col
lected and turned over to the city treas
urer. 500. There were 81 deaths during
the year 1905
Marshal: The marshaTs report covered
the total running expenses Of the Varl-
Gus city departments.
On motion the reports were accepted.
Bonds for liquor licenses were present.
ed from the following liquor dealers; Pat
Clarke, Spriggs x Crooks. George Wan
ming, JAKE CROOKS, w X Luce, Gus CaIl-
son. Park City Mercantile company, Mill
er & Co, Salisbury & Stevenson, NJ. NJ.
Condor and Harrington & Holland.
A communication from former Governor
Cutler was then read, asking that COM
mittee be appointed to attend the good
roads convention. to be held in Salt Lake
on the 18th instant The matter of APP
pointing a committee to attend said con-
vention was left TO the mayor, with pow
er to act.
At this point of the meeting the mayor
was called away on other business, and
President Deighton took the chair.
A letter asking that Park City be rep
resented by a committee to attend the
meeting to aid the adult blind. which will
be held in Salt Lake, was also read, and
the mayor was given charge of the mat
ter
The special committee which was ap-
pointed several weeks ago to wait upoa
the mana ger of the Park City Light. Heat
q Power company submitted their report, /
which in part is as follows;
An offer of ST. and $3.50 per month |
was made the city on 16-Candlepower |
lamps and 32-CandlepOwer lamps, against |
the present rate Of $ and 81 per month on |
the same lamps.
For this offer Of reduction in the price |
now paid for lights by the city tho power |
asks for a five-year contract |
or franchise for the light company and |
25-year contract or franchise for the wa
ter company.
The fs-candIepower and S0-candlepower
Tungsten lamps are also offered by the /
light company at the same rate as tn, 1
1e-csndlepower and S2-candleDower now
being used in the lighting Of the city /
provided that the city shall buy the lamps /
at the wholesale price, and also put them /
In.
the offer Of the light company he not /
Signed by r. f. Wight II w. /
Deighton and A. Peterson.
Some little discussion arose as to what /
the light company should do and COM /
from Manager Ernest BAN /
berger was read asking that the granting
Of franchise be- laid over until a formal /
application had been made by their COM
pany to the council
The committees report was adopted as /
read on motion of Wight and Leahy.
The marshal suggested that a ceiling /
be built on one Of the cells in the city
jail. the one known as hobo ward to /
prevent all communication with prisoners
confined in the cell and those locked up /
in the woman's ward. The suggestion was /
considered a good one by the councilmen
and the ceiling will be built
The marshal was also Of the opinion |
that the city should buy a carload of /
coal, and by so doing would save quite /
2 neat little sum on the deal as compared II
to the prices paid the local coal dealers. II
when buying by the ton. as has been the II
case in years gone by. Grass Creek slack II
IS the coal declared the marshal, and he II
was instructed to order the carload By Il
the council
Nothing further coming up. the council II
on motion Of Wight, 10 meet H
again on Thursday evening, Jan Il