The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-06
Business of Importance Comes
Before SoIOns of Salt
Lake City.
NINTH EAST STREET POLE
LINE SCRAP Is STILL ON
Other Matters of Moment Are
Also Considered During
the Evening.

Nothing was done by the city coun-
ell meeting as a committee OF the whole
Thursday night In regard TO settle
ment OF the final estimate In favor Of
the Campbell Building company, the con-
tractor on the wooden slave pipe line,
but the matter will be taken up again
tonight by the council in committee OF
the whole and the mayor and board OF
public works Will he present, so that
some final action viii he taken in the
matter The board of public works VIII
have all OF the necessary data at inc
meeting that the whole thing can be
determined
The engineering and sewerage commits
tee again considered tho question of per
rnittinE the Utah Light q Railway com
pany TO install wooden poles on Ninth
East street instead OF steel poles. which
have been required on other paved streets
of the city. The property owners along
that street have entered n vigorous pro-
test against the use of wooden poles and
the matter has becn hanging IRE Tor
several weeks. IL was stated at the
meeting Thursday night that Mayor
Bransford and President Ferry OF the CITY
council would have consultation win
w. II. Bancroft, president of the utah
Light e. Railway company. in regard TO
the matter so IL was decided by the COM
mlttee To wait until after the conference
and see what Is done. IL the mayor and
the president Of the council have the con-
ference with President Bancroft in time.
the committee will report on the matter
next Monday night
\ number OF property owners on the
north bench north OF Ninth avenue ap-
poared before the Waterworks commit
Zee and protested against the removal OF
the waternains on Eleventh avenue east
OF street and placing them in the
southeastern part of the city where they
are badly needed. Nearly all OF the mains
decided that by cleaning the main feed
line in the nighttime system the resi-
dents along the north bench would nave
sufficient water. This work will be done
in the near future and the present plan
OF laying the mains in the southwestern
part of the city Will be carried out.
Referred to Attorney.
The sanitary and markets committee
considered at some length the petition oI
the Little Giant Mining company for per
mission 10 run tunnel in on the city
property In the north fork of city Creek
canyon in order 10 tap its ore bodies at
greater depth. The company proposes TO
give the city royalty on all ores taken
out OF the tunnel II the privilege is
granted II Some objection has been
raised to the proposition for fear that
waters OF the stream. The company
however. proposes to submit To any rules
or regulations prescribed by the board OF
health or the council which Will avoid any
danger from that point The matter was
finally submitted TO the city attorney Tor
an opinion on the subject.
II was decided by the same committee
10 grant the petition OF James Johnson
and f. p. Vowel to compel the farm
teams with produce To keep off the public
streets The petitioners have built a
public market between Second and Third
South streets and Second and Third West
streets where space has been provided
on what Is known as Eccies avenue where
the farm wagons may stand The com
mittee also granted the petition OF the
same parties providing for the flushing Of
Eccles avenue with the city street
flushcrs.
Must Abate Nuisance.
The health commissioner was author
lied by the sanitary committee 10 serve
notice upon Boutwell, & McConaughY TO
abate the nuisance which now exists on
their property between Third and Fourth
South streets and Ninth and Tenth West
streets. There has been quite a pool OF
staGnant water on the property for some
time past which has created such
stencil that the residents in that locality
have vigorously protested against H.
claiming that VI is menance 10 health
The health commissioner Will sec II he
cannot compel the owners OF the land 10
fill the hole up and abate the nuisance;
There Will only be one saloon at the
Salt Palace this year and that VIII be 10
Gated In the Salt Palace grounds proper.
The license committee granted the appli-
cation 10 Emil Lehman for liquor IL
cense at the Palace and denied the Heath
brothers who own the property just
south Of the Salt Palace. One condition
uDon which the license was granted Tor
the Salt Palace was that there will be
no dance hall In operation on the grounds
this year. No license has been issued for
the dance pavilion and none will be, SO
that the spectacle OF drunkenness on the
dance pavilion will not be seen at the
Salt Palace this year.
Tho committee also decided to recon-
mend the granting Of a liquor license To
the Clark Drug company OF Sugar House
There has been some opposition TO IL
oror license In that locality and the ap-
pIication was denied once. but the COM
mittee decided TO report favorably upon
It this time.