The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-13

In response TO a request from the
board OF control OF the Good Roads
convention, to be held IN Ogden dur
ing the tair week, the council last
evening authorized the streets COM
mitteo u proceed TO place some street
Of the city leading TO the canyon
boulevard In good condition for the
use OF the delegates TO the conyep-
tlon.
j. j. Barker Is chairman OF the
streets committee. and after the or
der OF the council had been issued
he stated that Twenty-fourth street
and Harrison avenue would be placed
in the very best of condition Tor tho
visitors, and that the automobilists
or other roadsters need not be alarul-
ed about the condition that the
streets mentioned will be In when the
Good Roads convention demonstration
is made Monday, Sept. 26.
The engrossing committee recon-
mended that George Hanson, the al
legged expert accountant In tho audi
tors office. be given four more days
days In which TO finish the work as
assistant In the office. The report
was adopted.
The committee on licenses and the
city attorney reported that 1t would
be illegal for the council TO allow
Blosser &. Foley n rebate for ton
days license because the city had
nothing TO do whatever with the clos
ing of the Elite bar during that pc.
riod, the closing being of the par
ties own choosing. This report was
adopted.
Tho waterwoTkS committee stat
ed 10 the council last evening that
1t would be wise for the city fathers
to purchase 5000 feet OF S-inch pipe
TO be used In the water extensions to
West ogden. and the suggestion WAS
adopted II Is understood that this
extension will be among the first to
be made after this late.
Fire Chief Garfield called the at
teDtlon OF the council TO the fact
that the accumulation of hay and
other lnflammablc material on the
vidduct Is causing untold trouble 10
the fire department, II being called
10 the place about four times in tho
last week TO stop fires that had
started from the sparks of engines
passing underneath the structure. The
matter was referred TO the streets
committee. IT being a question with
tho councllmen whether the railroad
people are not responsible for the
fires.
City Attorney DeVinc asked the
council 10 reconsider the question of
allowing Carl Rasmussen refund of
taxes for sidewalk purposes and grant
his petition of last week The attor-
ney stated that upon further exam
inatlon OF the law regarding the
question he had come TO the con-
clusio1 that the tax levy was illegal
and that Mr. Rasmussen should be
reimbursed The attorneys recon-
mendations were adopted.
The report of City Engineer BoS-
taph that the basement of the house
OF C. D. Brown is two feet above the
sewer and that he has no cause for
complaint was ordered filed, Mr..
Brown claimed that his cellar is low
er than the sewer pipes and that the
sewer is OF no value 10 him.
The engineer wanted to be advised
as TO whether the intersection of
Twentieth street and Washington
avenue should be so feet wide The
matter was referred to the streets
committee.
Estimates due the Moran Con-
struction company for extra work on
sewer district los, amounting to
about $50, was allowed. The engineer
recommended that they be paid
The city auditor reported that the
claim against the Rapid Transit
company for lumber in the sum of
S455.42 was not a legal claim and the
matter was referred to the engineer
and attorney.
The claim of Weber county for
checking election returns of the re-
cent election in the sum of $72 was