The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-22

The city were referred to the commit
tee on water supply.
A communication was received
from the mayor relative to a com.
munIcation received by him from w
NJ Bostaph city engineer, advising
that title 10 the waters Of the Ogden
river still remains in the name of a.
+. Parker, former city engineer. and
that the latter is ready al any time
10 take the necessary steps to have
the exchange OF name made. The
matter, after some discussion. was
referred TO the water works commit
tee and the city attorney
Anent the petition OF W. b Porter.
field submitted 10 the council last
week and referred al that time to
the city attorney and the committee
on sidewalks. complaining of bill
boards AT Twcntytsecond street and
Monroe avenue, it was reported that
tho city has no jurisdiction in the
matter as IL developed that he Of
tending bill boards are ereccd on pri-
vate property. Ii was further brought
out that the city cannot prevent the
erection. on private property. OF Sign
boards outside the flre limits. and
that the only redress the complainant
las is 10 proceed In court against the
PARTIES having charge OF the boards
as having public nuisance, The
petition was fled
Recommending that the petition of
Garrison, Foster & Garrison, asking
that Oak street be graded and that
the above named firm be given the
excess dirt for use in adjacent build
ing lots as fill the committee on
streets. TO which this matter was re-
ferred at last weeks meeting OF the
city council. turned in their report.
which was filed, '.
with the stipulation that the scales
must not extend outside the scale.
house onto the streets, the commit
lee Oil streets and the city engineer.
10 whom was referred the petition OF
j. l.. Moore and NJ l. Jones received
last week by the city council rela-
tive TO the erection of a wagon scales
at Thirteenth and Washington ave.
nue, recommended that the petition
be granted The report was adopted
and ordered flcd
The committee on water supply
which had charge offthc communica-
ton from the mayor suggesting that
the city be divided into cleaning and
sDrlDkling districts, reported their
findings in the matter. recommending
that no action be taken. but that
competent supervisor be appointed to
handle the work of sprinkling and
cleaning the streets. Quite little
discussion occurred before the report
Of I'm
council members seemed ayerse TO
sGddlInG tho city with additional debt
through the employment of any other
officers In this department, but II was
finally settled that until the appoint
ment comes up for consideration in lts
regular order no expense Is incurred,
The vote on the adoption OF the re-
port showed a total of for adopting
and 4 noes.
In the matter of the construction
Of street crossings at Twenty-sccond
Grant and Lincoln avenues. 2
petition concerning which was sub
mitted TO the couOcil one week ago
from T w Jones, street supervisor,
with the information that the mater
ial is lying on the parking at thc
corners named and the residents and
property owners desire To have It re-
moved In order to park tho spaces
fronting their property. the sidewalks
committee. to which the matter was
referred, recommended that the re-
quest be granted and that The work
be done. Considerable discussion took
place over his matter. during which
II developed that an agreement mas
been reached by the city council TO
construct eight street crossings IN
each ward the sites to be named by
the conncilmen OF the various wards.
Councilman Austin made 4 decided
objection Ia the adoption of the report
with the Recommendation on the
grounds that the curb and gutter has
only been In the ncighborhood nam
cd in a comparatively short time.
while some sections nave had the
curb and gutter for three or four
years and have not yet gotten the
street crossings,
The ordinance creating sewer dis. |
trict 'lOl was pnt 10 the third and
final reading aud passed unanimous
~. after which the council adjourned