The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-12
COVER WITH EARTH.
JOINT BUILDING AFFAIRS.


month of August paid and to be paid
on contracts, $21, 720.63.
! a question here arose as to whether
the architects were receiving a per-
centage on the amount of the pay rolls
for labor as well as on the amount--of
the contracts, but mona of the members
seemed to know whether such was the
lease or not. The members of the joint
building committee don't know either.
The REPORT was adopted and the city's
share of the amount placed on the ap-
preparation list
! PETITION DENIED.
! The petition of Schneider & Yingst to
be allowed to peddle meat from wag
on in certain districts Of the city, was
denied, on the ground that to permit
such would be a violation of the meat
ordinance recently passed.
STREET LIGHTING.
Under the head of miscellaneous bus
mess Councilman O'Meara called up
his resolution providing for the solicit2
ing of bids for electric street lighting
for period of three years from Jan
luary l next.
Councilman Young opposed advertis-
ing for bids for three years on account
lof the uncertainty of the city being
able to pay for lights for that period.
He might favor soliciting bids for one
year. but opposed the idea of making a
contract for longer period.
O'Meara argued that the contract
fought not to be let without advertis-
ing for bids, and thought that the soon
Ier some steps were taken the better.
He was not speaking for the purpose
Iof antagonizing the present Electric
Light company, but thought this con-
tract should be subject to competition
like any other contract. The city would
mot be left in darkness and a better
rate could be secured for three years
than for one.
Cohn opposed the resolution and de-
lclared If there was any competing COM
Ipany here he would favor soliciting
bids, but under present circumstances
Isuch action was nothing but a stock
Ijobbing scheme" 81 will pledge you
my word" said Mr.. Cohn, that after
January 1 the present company will
mot charge $3.50 per light per month
Watson-''How do you know that?"
Cohn-'I have it from the company"
! O'Meara-"Have you it in writing?'
Coin ignored the question and took
his seat.
Young said many eastern cities had
put in their own electric light plants.
He was not afraid to let the matter
go till January 1, and then say to the
company we will give you a fair price
for your lights and if you don't take
it we will build our own plant and
you will have no city to light" He had
seen the city in darkness and didn't
care if it was in darkness again. We
could get along very we'll without
lights. The present company had
never shown any disposition to reduce
prices and the city owed them no
favors. If they didn't come to the
city's terms. put out the lights.
Clawson thought it was not fair to
d1I-itQ bids rtipC who had
plant and no visible means of provid-
ing the light. Such bidders would only
be working on the capital of the Salt
Lake and Ogden Gas and Electric
Light company. Moreover, said Claw
son, by January 1 this city will be in
I darkness perforce, because even at the
present retrenchment rate of expendf-
lures there will be no money! in the
treasury.
.Meara-The public demands that
this contract be let by competition.
We didn't refuse to let anybody bid
on the sprinkling because they didn't
have a lot of springling wagons and
horses. Councilman Clawson of course
couldn't consistently vote for any eX-
penditure for light and on that ground
he was excused from supporting the
resolution. 'I don't favor waiting till
January1 and then going that in hand,
ing ''please what are you going to
charge us for our ligths?" Its all non
sense to talk about the city being left
in darkness; that can never be and the
tax PAYERS demand that this contract
be let by competition, and such is no
injustice to the present company.
McCornick-There is nothing definite
for a man to bid on. Tne resolution
states anything from l to $50 lights at
the pleasure of the city Nobody will
bid on such an indefinite proposition.
There is no sense in 1t.
The resolution was lost Bache,
Clawson, Corum, DAILY. Mccormick,
watson and Young-S-voting against
It Hardy, Lynn, Morris, Newell,
OMeara and Mason in favor OF 1t.
The report OF the CON-
Imittee on Improvements adj
Iyising that the resolution be not
adopted was then voted on, but failed
of adoption also, seven voting for ano
seven against it
CITY CREEK LIGHTING SCHEME
Mason then called from the table a
| resolution offered by him some time age
providing that the city engineer be in
structed to make an examination OF the
water power in City Creek canyon anc
report with a view of utilizing the
, power for generating electric light fol
,, lighting the city.
Northumberland is no doubt the
power is there, the only question is
. have we got $4,000 to spend in utfliz
, ing it.
The resolution was referred to the
, CITY engineer with instructions to repor
!, to the council next Tuesday evening
what data he had in respect to ths
feasibility of the proposition and to give
an estimate of what it would cost t
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: FRANCHISE EXTENSION
! The Big Cottonwood Power compan!
asked for an extension of the tim
given them in their franchise to com
ply with certain of the conditions i'm
posed upon them, and Clawson Offered
., resolution providing that the claus
!, in the franchise THAT the said com
: pany shall deliver in the city electrical
: power equal to 1000 horse power b.
October 1, 1894" be changed so that i
. shall read by October l. 1885
! Referred to committee on municipa
, laws.
! SEWER CHANGES
J, The matter of the proposed reduc
, ton in the diameter of the gravit.
: sewer from forty-eight to forty-tW
inches between North Temple and Sec
l ond South streets was taken up ON tn
r recommendation of the board of publ
! works and Cohn and Bache, of tn
t committee on sewers. that the chang
: be not made and also on a report o
the majority of the committee on sewer
: that the reduction be made betweel
, North Temple and Third South from
= forty-eight to forty-two inches, an,
: from Third South to State and F'iftl
South a reduction from forty-two t.
t thirty-eight inches, and that instead
/ a double rim brick arch on the thirty