Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-19
THE PROCEEDINGS.


THE PROCEEDINGS.
PETITIONS
were road and referred rs follows:
Alfred Gun asked that he he remu-
ncraisd to tho amount Of $1,000 for
damages sustained to his house ON
Eleventh East street by city worEmen
blasting for gravel. Committee ON
claims.
J.C. Conklin and others asked that
a Mr.. Jennings DO appointed to tho
position OF food inspector Referred
to the mayor.
Joseph II. Walker and others asked
that the Council instruct the city en-
gineer TO establish u permanent side.
walk grade ON Second Houth street
between Main and West Temple
streets. Committee on streets.
II. @. McNiece and others asked for
the appointment Of police matron for
the city jsil. Committee on police.
Il. +. whiltemore asked that the
crossing on Third West street at the
Union Pacific derot DO repaired.
Committee on streets.
A. b. Jones, cashier OF the Utah
National Bank, again asked for the re-
Dioval Of tho City Railway Company's
station house nj the corner OF First
South and Main streets. Committee
on streets.
NOW OUT or OFFICE.
M. 3. Thompson rendered his resigns-
ticn as sealer OF weights aud measures.
Received.
NxTEES TRACKS.
William Nelson and others repre-
Jntod that sixteen tracks had been
laid by the Rio 9randc Western ON
Second South street Just west OF Sixth
West street. On this showing they
asked the Council TO build q viaduet
over the tracks for the safety OF school
children. Committee on streets.
BAMBERoER FRANCHISE VETOED.
The following from the mayor was
read:
Hon. G. T.. Stanton, City Recorder
herewith again return unapproved
tho resolution granting u franchise TO tho
Great Salt Lake and Hot Springs railway
Tor tho following reasons, to-wit: Tho
amendments made by the City Council
do not fully meet my former objections
in this. No point from which the pro-
rosed road to the west shall start N nxod,
which as | con-, q, gives the grantee tho
right TO selec. point of starting and
the course OF the line, thus throwing the
streets OF tho whole city open for selec-
ton.
The franchise granted, by n fair esli-
mate, Is worth s250,OOO, and ia Wow Of
that fact and the further tact that the
property Of tho inhabitants In tho vicini-
~ OF the road lie injurously affected, tho
amount Of road required TO be
built Is not sufficient 10 destroy
ths speculative features OF the franchise.
To Justify such grant the grantee should
be required to build within reasonable
time road to some point which would
make II commercially valuable TO the
city. a road OF five miles wost In OF no
commercial value to the city, aud under
the franchise, whom nyo miles TO the wesi
shall have been built then the graniee'
may stop aud hold this valuable fran
chiso for twenty-five years for sale OF
speculation. Tia road 10 Deep Crock Il
contemplated by the Council, and shor
of this point no road TO the west can be o
much commercial value to the city, thei
the grantee should DO required to builI
to that point wiIhin-say three years.
Horn moved that confederation o
the matter DO deferred until later Ii
the evening. Carried.
PAVING CONTRACT VETOED.
The following was also read;
@. +. Stanton. city Recorder;
herewith return unapproved tho paw
ing contract entered into by the city Aci
ing through its proper officers ON the on
part, and the Culmor-Jennings PAWN
company on the other part, approved b
tho City Council on the 18th day OF OctC
Der, for the following reasons;
Tho board Of public works In Its repol
submitting said contract to the City CouI
Gil for approval says, 1--WE would rospec
fully call attention TO tho experiment.
charaolorof tho asphalt which the Culme
J6nnings Co. proposes TO usei 1t being
Utah product and as yet practically III
lried.n This statement alone, IN m
opinion, IN sufficient grounds for the n
lection Of the contract, notwithstandiI
In the face of the facts stated the board
public works with but one dissentir
voice (that of O. l.. Hainos, tho Chairman
concurred In awarding the contract, Al
the City Council has ratified the same,
10 tApNlAultNt WIN uuIltu pawn
material in the very hoart Of the con
morral center OF the city to me seen
reckless and dangerous In tho exlTOm
Tho annoyance, inconvenience ~
damage which tho removal and replac
mont OF the imperfect material, ahou
the experiment proposed prove unsu
cessful, II OF such nature AZ can not
measured by dollars and cents nor q
any bond be 20 framed as to furnl
adequate indemnity. The commuui
no doubt remembers the oxperimo
mndo by Goo, Gloss q few years sin
With home asphalt on Commercial sire
All must concode that Mir. G,
isa shrowd, cautious and able busin'
man and yet under the guidance Of I
Same expert Mr.. 10 Sier, employed
the culmor Jennings Paving company
am credibly Informed, he was ~ y,
guiue AS tho culmer Paving compa
now are regarding the quality OF It's u