Hide Article Text (OCR)
CBY COUNCIL.James E. Daniels, Jr., Ap-■pointed Oity Marshal.THE ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY GRANTED A FRANCHISE*Right of Way Given the Rocky noun* tain Bell Telephone Company.The City Council mat in special session last night, Mayor Dusenberry in die chair. The absentees were Alderman Alexander, and Councilors Pax-man and Daniels.The petition of Messrs. John Lid-diard, asking the privilege of erecting a verandah, twenty two-feet high above the 'sidewalk, in front of their hotel onCentre street, was read.^ Councilor Hansen moved that the petition be granted.Alderman A. I). Hold away was opposed to granting the petition. He was opposed to giving anybody the privilege of obstructing the sidewalks of the principal streets of the city. Nothing looked more unseemly. Jwitli the exception of locust trees and signs, than to see verandahs extending across the sidewalks He would vote against granting the petition, and would move to amend that it be referred to the committee on streets and alleys.Councilor Bean thought there would be no material obstruction to the street in any shape at all in granting the petition- The verandah could bo made ornamental, and add to the beauty of the building, and for this reason he would vote to grant tho request.Councilor Farrer considered that, in view of this being the first petition presented to the Council on the subject, it w-'ouid be advisable to defer* the matter until another meeting, that the Council might have time.to consider the matter.Councilor Maiben thought such a verandah as the one designed would be a benefit in many ways. Not only wouldit be ornamental to the building and street, but convenient to pedestrians in stormy weather. Were the verandah to be erected in a unseemly shape, then he would oppose it; but eucli was not intended to he the case.Councilor Dixon could not see the logic of the assertion that the verandah would be a public obstruction- There were plenty-of buildings in Salt Lake City and other places w ith verandah , and he could not see where they interfered with public travel.Alderman^ Hold away again arose in defense of his motion to refer the petition. There was no sense at all in granting a petition of this nature without proper specifications being made. How did the Council know what kind of a verandah the petitioners were going to erect?The motion to refer the petition to the committee on streets and alleys wasfinally put aud carried by a vote of 5 to 4, Messrs. Hansen, Dixon, Bean and i Mai ben voting In the negative.A similar petition from J. II. Eos hard, asking the same privilege as that pcti tioned for by Messrs. John LIddiard,wasalso referred to the same committee.Councilor Maiben presented a petition from H. E. Rawlings and ten other property owners asking the Council to construct a footbridge over the Factoryrace, on the south side of II street.On motion of Alderman Holdaway, the petition was granted, with instructions to the Road Supervisor to see thatthe Provo Woolen Mills Company construct said bridge.The report ol the committee on Btreets and alleys, to whom was referred the petition of tho Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company, reported a bill granting eald company the privilege of erecting their poles in the public streets of Provo for a period of twenty vears-The report was adopted, and the bill laid on the table to come up in its proper order.The same committee, to whom was referred the petition of J. B. Keeler and others, asking the Council to open Fifteenth street, one block further east, reported that the city had no right of way in that district, andtherefore recommended that the petition be not granted.Tho same committee to whom was referred the amended report of the Road Supervisor, for work expended on the public streets from September 1,1888, toJanuary !, 1SS9, recommended that they had audited tho report and found it correct and therefore recommended that it be accepted. Adopted,The same committee, recommendedthe petition of Omansen etal, asking a street be opened from First toSeventh streets, ISO rods west of A street, ba not granted, as they did not deem it advisable at present to open said street. Report adopted.The claim of Provo Co-op* ClothingDept, for certain clothing furnhhed theSorensen family, diphtheria patients, amounting to $24, was allowed.The claim of Mrs. Arrowsmith, forser-viees rendered unde** directions of the quarantine committee, amounting to $4, was allowed, as also the claim of II. Osterloh, amounting to $3.65 for bread, pies, cakes, ete*7 furnished diphtheria patients.The claim of S. S. Jones, for posts, amounting to $23.26, was referred back to come up before proper committee, they having been purchased on con tract* Council iarrer, on behalf of the committee on cemetery, reported progress onthe drain ordered to be made by the Council, and for which $1000 hall been appropriated. The drain was .eight feet deep, and had been boxed for about ajxfcy rods, and was already doing considerable good in carrying off the waste water. But tho work had endangered a certain portion of the land adjacent, owned by Mr. Phillip Beesley, and be would therefore recommend that the city, in justice to Mr. Beesley, purchase that portion of his land thus endangered, if it could be done so reasonably.Mr. Beesley, who was ’present,was asked to state t to the Council for what consideration ho would sell the strip of land endangered, a piece twenty feet by eighty rods. Mr. Beesley stated that he thought he could let it go for $200.On motion of Alderman Brown the committee was instructed^ either negotiate for the purchase of the laud, or make such repairs as would remedy the difficulty.Councilor Farrer Invited the Council to take a trip to the Cemetery and inspect the improvements beingjmade. It was agreed that the Council go out this afternoon at 4 o'clock.The application of MeEwan Rawlings, asking a renewal of their license as retail liquor dealers, was granted for u period of three months.The resolution reported from the committee on streets and alleys, granting a franchise to tho Rocky Mountain Beil'Telephone Company, to erect their poles in the public streets of Provo for a period of twenty years, was taken up. [The resolution, in addition to granting them a franchise, protects the company from Laving their poles, wires or insulators damaged, by imposing certain penalties to be inflicted on those found guilty of destroying or damaging such property. The penalty is a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.]The IjUl went .through iis several readings and was passed.On motion'of Alderman Holdaway the resolution granting a franchise to tho Provo Electric Light and Rower Company was tt ken up on its third reading.After a couple of amendments had been offered and adopted, the bill passed its third reading.-.Alderman Scott moved that the. Coun-',P£?CGed to the appointment of ajOityVIarshl.CoEutSIov Furrer-pnt InJ nomination-- r—the lame of Jag- E* Damelsfor the posi*tionC ‘incilor Bean nomiuatod William J Strong. _UuuucUor Farrer thought Mr. Danielswould make a very good City Marshal.Jiis namo was up before the convention m 158S and received a large number cvotes, showing the feelings of the repre sentatives of the people at the meeting.He believed Mr. Daniels was the rightman for the place ;--in fact, he was cog fident of itwuuucuor Bean said that his reason for placing tho name of Mr. Strong in nomination was that the gentleman had been a faithful servant to the people oa the police force for many years past, and it was nothing but just on the part of the Council to favor him with the nommatien* As to Mr. Daniels, he believed that he could not give his entire time to the ofSee if it was given him, as he was a wavso much.kAlderman Scott _ thought that Mr. Daniels was the choice of the people, as they had largely expressed themselves to that effect at the last convention. Councilor David IJoldawav wouldsupport Mr. Strong on account of the fact that that gentleman had faithfully seryed on the police force for many years past, and b°d always done so to the satisfaction of the city. Mr. Daniels had attended but very few sessions of the Council, since ho had been elected to the position of Councilor for the hirstWard, and the chances.were that hewould continue L» absent himself iromhis public duties. This was something that the Council should consider in voting for City Marshal,Alderman Brown stated that he would vote for Mr. Daniels with the understanding that lie gave ids entire attention to the position, as the City Marshal should be the most-active officer in the city.Councilor Farrer, in defense of the continued absence of Sir. Daniels from Council sessions, stated that there was not pay enough in the position of City Councilor to cause a man to neglect his general affairs.Councilor Dixon considered it was due to Mr. Strong that the Council should favor him with the position, in recognition of bis past faithful services* Alderman Holdaway stated the factthat Mr, Daniels' unavoidable absencewould not deter him from acting as CityMarshal* He could easily bridge thatdifficulty by appointing a'deputy to at tend to the business while he was awav.The vote was then put with tho following result;For Mr. Daniels—A. D. Holdaway,Farrer, Maiben, bcott and Brown, 5.I?or Mr. Strong—D. Holdaway, Hansen, Bean and Dixon, 4.Mr, Daniels was thereupon dulv announced us Citv Marshal, in place of John W. Turner, resigned.Councilor Farrer called the attention of the Council to the fact that certain parties had been opening the city's dams and interfering with the city's water rights, and he wanted to know if the committed on irrigation had power to prosecute these Individuals for such actions.The Mayor Informc*l him that theybad*Councilor David Holdaway pointed cut to the Council the necessity of appointing a water commissioner to divide the water properly. The matter bad been loalong delayed.Councilor Farrer—“Who 1 it?Councilor Holdaway—“I do not know who has delayed it, but it certaiplv is delayed,”Councilor Farrer—“I see you are not at all posted.”Councilor Holdaway was abou« to retaliate when Councilor Dixon moved foi an adjournment till next Monday night at 8 o'clock. The motion was put and carried, and the Council thereupon adjourned*tas delayed
Newspaper Details
Provo Utah Enquirer
Provo, Utah, US
Mon, May 20, 1889
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
USA 22 Aug 2022
Other Publications Near Provo, Utah
Provo Utah Enquirer
Provo Territorial Enquirer
Provo Evening Herald
Provo Daily Herald
Provo Weekly Herald
