The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-12
IT STAGGERS THEM
The Street Paving Question Get
ting Into a Smart.
SCOTT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD
The Area to be Paved Will Probably be De.
creased-A Dilemma With Half
Dozen Horns.

The city council held special meeting
last evening to consider the paving ques-
ton, Mayor Scott presiding, and the mem
bers present were Messrs. Spafford, Kar-
rick, Wolstenholm, James, Armstrong,
Pendleton, Lynn, Anderson, Cohn and
Parsons.
A majority of the property owners ON
State street, between South Temple and
Fourth South, asked that their street be
paved with asphalt as they were ready to
pay for the Improvement at once.
The Salt Lake Stradamant Asphalt Co.,
by w. Il. Remington, stated that in order
to give the council and board of public
works an opportunity to post themselves
thoroughly as to the merits of the strada-
mant pavement, they would pave and gut
ter the intersection of Second South and
West Temple with Az inches of asphaltic
concrete with 1aa-inch stradamant asphalt
top, making incnes, all the work to be
done under the supervision of the board OF
public works, with the understanding that
the company should receive the same
price per square yard as the contract price
paid for the sbalance of West Temple
street, S2.35 per square yard, to be paid
When the work was accepted and the bal
ance when the contract on the street
should be let. The company guaranteed
Lne stradamant pavement for term of
nVe years, and was ready to commence
work at once.
The following report of the committee on
streets was then read
We return herewith the report of the CITY en-
glneer With his estimates for paving, curling
ana guttering district No /, with the recon-
menaatlon that the council as body consider
estimates do fha .,.,alo, n
cost. We here say that the estimates are in
excess OF what we had figured upon, and the
probable cost of the work would be inside the
estlmate, IN our Iugdment, by $4,000.
Mayor Scott invited Councilman Cohn to
take the chair and his honor then stated
enat IL must be apparent to the council that
the paving of district No. l was impractic-
ole: The school board asked for 5000, 900,
and he bought that demand was unreason-
aple, ana II 1t was complied with. 1t would
cripple every department of the city and
prevent needed movements. The paving of
the street proposed would be entirely out of
the question. Of course the school board
was Iaooring under great disadvantages.
Tney Taxed facilities tor carrying on
educational work, but it was unreason-
able to ask for 100000. When
the issue of 100000 of bonds was
disposed of, the city's borrowing powers
would be limited to $500, 600 If this
amount was cut down by say 800, 600 for
the school board, the balance would not be
sufnclent to carry out the improvements
contemplated. He thought it would be a
good idea to have committee of citizens
and members of the council appointed to
canvass West Temple and State streetsJand
ascertain If majority of the property
owners on those streets would pay their
entire proportion of the expense at once
councilman James thought this was a
good scheme, but at the same time he
thought 1T would be we'll to cut down the
district considerably and contine it to the
neart OF the business portion of the city.
councilman Spafford moved that here
after, whenever 30 per cent of the property
owners upon any street within the district
from the west side of West Temple to the
east side Of State street and from the
south side of South Temple to the north
Inns OF Fourth South, petition to have such
street paved and agree to pay their propor-
ton, the petition be granted
Councilman Parsons called attention to
the fact that Commercial street was not in
Guided in any district. The property
owners petltiOned to have the street paved
with asphalt but the contractors had
turned the work over and il was about to
be paved with bituminous rock. If this
was done he didn't think the property
owners would pay for it and probably they
could not be compelled to pay,
Councilman Pendleton registered large
kick against this street being closed again
this year and as it was last. When the
street was closed formerly, it cost him lust
$500 and his salary wouldn't admit of this
expenditure this wear
Councilman James moved that the citv
attorney be Instructed TO frame ordinances
creating six paving districts as follows:
No. /, West Temple. from South Temple
to the north line of Fourth South: No. 2.
Main street, from South Temple to the
north line Of Fourth South; No. 3. State
street, from South Temple to the north
line OF Fourth South; No 4, First South
street, from West Temple to State; No. 5,
Second South, from West Temple to State
street: No. 6, Third South street, from
West Temple to State
These districts will comprise eighteen
blocks, as against six blocks not included
in district.
Councilman Cohn gave notice that at TO.
nights session he would bring in an ordin.
ance repeating the ordinance creating paw
ing district.
The council then adjourned until tonight
at 7:30
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