The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-08
PARK COUNCIL SESSION.
Much Business Transacted by Solons
at Regular Monthly
Meeting

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All outstanding bills were presented and
the same were ordered paid.
Inc next order of business being the
reports Of city officers. the recorder read
them in the following order:
City treasurer's report
Balance on hand April 1, 1909 ..... 80 720.71
Balance on hand May 1. 1903, ..... 2S63.S0
City recorders report
Balance on hand April l. 1909 . SO 7I416
Balance on hand May l, 1909.-...- ISL. Is
Outstanding warrants .............. p 90
City Justices report
Number OF cases before court du-
ring month Of April .......-.....-.....- IS
Collected in cash .....-.............. 600
Committed .... ........... %
Total fines imposed ..................... 90
City sealer and inspectors report-CoI-
lected $50 from the Wells-Fargo Express
company, as fees for testing scales sew
eral weeks ago. The gentleman also stat
ed in his report that he had inspected
the conditions about a slaughter house
in Deer valley and found them to be
very bad. milk ranch in the same part
or town was also found to be in an IN
sanitary condition, the cattle being fed
on different kinds of refuse.
Report Of city SeXtOn-During the
month Of April there were deaths
adults and children, males and fe-
males. One body was shipped to ogden,
one body was brought from Nevada and
one from Salt Lake. for interment Two
adults and one child were inferred in
GlenWOOd cemetery Four adults and 3
children were inferred ~ City cemetery.
Collected and turned over to the city
treasurer, $50.
City fire chiefs report-This gentleman
reported as having been out looking aft
er the chimneys throughout the city and
found that it would be necessary to have
the residents of 81 houses build brick
chimneys in compliance with the city or
dinance.
City marshal and street commissioner
repOrt-The various departments of the
in this nd all
are being well looked after.
Under the head of petitions and COM
muniCaUOns a petition bearing the sigma
lures Of seven citizens. asking that a
flume or gutter be built from Eleventh
street to the baseball grounds. was TeaG.
but owing TO the lack Of city funds the
petition was tabled.
communication was read from W.
Mont Ferry of Salt Lake informing the
city council that the matter of tearing
down the old bank building would be at
tended to at once.
Mrs. Grover Burns applied for help
from the city. by letter, giving as her
reasons for so doing that her husband
was being held in the city jail a pris-
Oner and that she was unable to make
a living for herself and child. The hearts
of the wise ones were not moved,
however, and so this letter was not acted
upon.
The street commissioner reported that
the total cost of repairing the city base
ton of Councilman Wight the commits
siOner was instructed to have the neceS-
sary repairs made at once.
Under the head Of new business II. ).
Townsend ard Edward Prudence ad-
dressed the members Of the council in
regard to the poor water service on
Rosie Hill and other parts of the city
After a good deal of talking in regard
to wasting water. broken fire hydrants.
etc. Manager Ernest BambeTgeT stated
that the Park City Water company would
be only too glad to do what was right
in the way of giving good service to all
Of its patrons.
Mr.. Bambergsr then spoke of the let
ters received by him in regard TO the
requirements demanded by the city of
the people making application for Wa
ter franchise, and said that II such re-
quirements were to be demanded he
would be unable to apply for the said
franchise. Attorney Wight then informed
the council that he had received let
Ter from Thomas Kearns, who also feels
that the city is expecting too much from
the applicants and stating that he could
not comply with the requirements as set
forth in this letter
After q discussion which lasted for more
than an hour. on this franchise question.
a motion was made to the effect that
committee be appointed TO confer with
both applicants, if necessary. and then
draft a franchise subject to the approval
of the council. The mayor appointed on
this committee Deighton- Buck and At
tOrney Wight TO be known as the spe-
cial committee
". D. Sutton and Sherman Fargo were
present at this meeting and asked the
council to assist them in building a ce-
ment sidewalk from the Sutton corner to
the south end of the Blyth-Fargo COM
pany's store. Mr.. Fargo quoted the fol
lowing price as the cost of putting in the
walk. Nineteen cents per square foot Tor
the walk and 90 cents per running foot
for the gutter. On motion of Wight and
Deighton. the city will stand the expense
of putting in the gutter.
Marshal Morse asked for new car
pct TO be put on the floor in the city
Justices office. and also to have some
slight repair work done in the rooms a
the city hall. Both recommendations were
tabled. The matter Of crawling the En-
Dire CANYON road came next and Marshal
Morse Informed the solOns that the team
ing contractors would furnish the teams
and wagons free Of charge if the city
would supply the men to do the work
The offer was accepted by the council
and the work will be commenced at once.
On motion the mayor was instructed
to negotiate an OVerdrafU al me Dank
for the sum of SOW
Only one bid for the sprinkling Of the
streets was presented, this one beng
from Patrick Heenan. who agrees to
sprinkle the streets for S. per day, and
do the work we'll The marshal said that
ne knew this bid could be beaten ana
so the Heenan bid was not accepted
The minutes of the special session Of
the city council held Saturday afternoon,
April L. were read and approved
The bond Of W J. Buck, the newly
elected councilman, was presented ana &C
Council then adjourned. TO meet again
Thursday evening, MAY -. at clock
CONTINUANCE IN ATT CASE.
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