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Mar. 1 6 . 1915... Recorder notified the Council that property owners north and east of City were planning to work on the ditch known a s the 'Great Eastern' as a means of using some of the high waters of Coal Creek that otherwise are going to waste, and asked for the City's assistance in order to maintain the City's right in the Canal; and the City could use the water on land east of the Cemetery. April 1 , 1915.. .Mayor informed the Council that a number of the boys of the town would like to have some leveling and scraping done to the Park so they could lay off some baseball grounds. Sentiment of Council that the Watermaster spend one-half d a y , or more, to repair the Park. Bills were allowed on hauling gravel for City Streets [approximately 250 loads), at $4 for three loads or $1.33 each. Men were paid $2 a day for street work. Mayor brought up the matter of installing arms on the electric light poles to attach the City Lights t o , stating that a great saving can be made in lamps, and i t would bring the lights closer to the ground. No action taken. May 6 , 1915.. .City paid the "Cozy Corner" $10 for lemons, s u g a r , and doughnuts for gravel hauler's party. June 3 . 1915.. .Mayor appointed C. S. Rice, J. M . Higbee, and M i s s Carrie Leigh as committee for the 4th of July. Due to the office of City Surveyor being made vacant through the death of former Surveyor, William Houchen, the Mayor appointed Maeser Dalley to fill the unexpired term. The matter of lowering the water tap rental for B.A. C. was referred to Irrigation and Water System Committee. Contractor for the new District School Building asked for a tap rental for building purposes. No action taken. ( W . Elem.) Mayor recommended that a small house or shed be built to cover the hose cart and fire hose, stating t h a t , at present, the hose cart and part of City's hose were in his warehouse and the balance of the hose was at the Library: a n d , if a fire started in town, it would take some time to get hose and cart together. Recommended also that another hose cart be purchased and a fire brigade be organized. On motion Councilman Lunt, the City Marshal was appointed as Captain of the Fire Brigade, giving him power to appoint 6 or B men of the town to assist him. July 16. 1915.. .Mayor appointed 24th of July Committee--T. J . Jones, Mr. Frances Dalton. M r s . Violet Urie, and M r s . Allie Knell. $25 appropriated for celebration. Mayor presented the verbal application of Johnny Tait to be permitted to construct a race track on City property east of City Cemetery. Application granted. Assessed evaluation for City Property for year 1915$497,615.
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| Title | Mayors of Cedar City |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K.; Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Subject | Mayors -- Utah -- Cedar City -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- Politics and government; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City. |
| Source | Mayors |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/mayors.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 535.cpd |
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