Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-23
TO BEGIN At ONCE.
Work on The Gravity Sever Contract
10 DO Pushed.
FIGURING on urAu cEHESE
Employment viii bs Given to From
llree 10 tuur Hundred Utah Men
No Non.l.sid,nts Need apply

~ "'if Al' tNN Nhlg lANUlUefH
ln town t'1ay, but un Ior tho existing
arrangements they hold a consultation
this Afternoon o. determine tho pro.
ceddre ln pu,hlug the gravity sewer
TO completion. AZ thu MISTER stancnll
VIII admit ONO delay, aud the action
oi the CITY Council last evening, In
settling thr $4,000 damages resulting
tom the stopping NJ tho work by tho
lnsi administration, has opened the way
for the contractors 10 20 right ahead,
which they have pledged themselves 10
DO imm,diately
Tho work, therefore, will be- Ia
full progress by tho early par,
oi next wees, aud probably
some OF 70 this week. The
laying Of thosow proper is under thu
direct supcfvlsiOn OF the firm having
the contract, and the rKrsvatlug, or 4
large portion Of 10, viii be in the hands
W other responsible parties, the A..
Judgements Tor this part having been
! perfected, 10 has ueon decided to
isluly follow tue fule VI giving en-.
piuymcut 90 bona fidu residents only.
- il viii be vain for ttausIents 10 apply.
In All Of the departments OF the WORK
nom three g. four hundred moa will
be employed, ana this will take % a
large proportion OF unemployed resi-.
dents. The non.fusident slpmunt
which dfifs IN IL not doslrcd-a fact
which 10 causing come contractors
who employ chiefly this class Of labor
20 do some growing. hut the general
sentiment b. that the money expended
ipf tho sewer should g0 10 Salt Lake
Wofkmen, aud tho contractors aud
sub-contract0u declare their intention
20 follow that policy 10 tue full OK.
tent.
The bricks used are Of home 'produe.
ton, ami the home cement Il 10 be
given every available opportunity,
This branch " tho business has NOT
been sufficiently developed locally 10
supply the desired article In sufficient
quantities toi0fe this season, 20
70 has had 10 be- shipped Ia
from EAST aud west. A. there viii
be not less than 100000 worth OF
cement needed 10 complete the sewer,
Il will DO seen that this 10 very i'm.
portant item. Only the frat quality OF
the article can DO used, anu the i'm.
ported IA not all Of that claas. Ia fact,
VI the amount brought In from Yank.
| ton, Dakota, last year, where the
cement bears = high reputation Tor
good qualliy, twenty-five carloads had
% be- condemned a. not good enough
Tor this work Iho samples Of the Utah
cement submitted 10 the contractors
this year by the Utah Portland Cumsn,
company have been Of tho very best
grade. Said an expert today! "rhcTs
u no better material anywhere
than tllt Utah article, not In
England, Germany, this coun.
Try OF elsewhere, tt 10 equal 10
anything that ever has been brought
here" The sewer contractors will use
tho Utah article n No. producers are
ablo 90 bring it 20 the standard OF their
own samples. THIS the company expects
20 do. Ibey have twelve compartments
hilrd already NJ the works Ia THE city,
ana the remaining ones will be- filled
nt once and the burning proceeded
with, Then the material will DO ground
anu the unal official tests made, whom
tue l0cal cement company anticipates
being succetsiul Ia itb efforts 10 furnish
the sewer cement. The local IF0due.
crs will not be- ready for shout two
weeks and in the meantime the Import.
cd article must be- used.
Ia laying the sewer the contractors
Will have ~ put down their pipe
liue again 10 get city water Tor
the cement mixing out toward the
Hot Springs This will 10 consider
able expense, ne there IL about two and
hall miles to be- laid. Tue pipe IL On
hand, but tho excavation anu laying
have 10 DO d0ue, ~ this IL the most
available way OF getting an adequate
water supply, There IL "a mile or more
Of the sewer 10 10 Luilt beyond its
present northern terminus, aud
through land whore solid baso
will have 10 DO made by
piling. THIS preparation has TO be-
done by tire city, as IL " not connected
with the construction contract, aud it
was iIs omission which caused SEQ
ton Of the sewer 10 sink several
inchcs-a fault which has been fully
fomedied,
Besides having 10 make a foundation
by pling iOr part VI the north end OF
the sewer, the section which ID 10 DO
uuilt iron Ninth North street 10 the
initial point NJ the intersection OF State
ami liith South streets, Iauting
through tho main portion VI tho city,
will have 20 be- provided In like mhn,
nuL A. a sample Of the uncertain
foundation provided by thu soil IL viii
be- sufficient 10 OLD residents here 10 re-
mind them that the gravity sewer will
patH along Second West street west Of
the county court hoIs', and by the
Union Pacific depot That section
was once bog which has taken
thousands 0i wagon loads Of grayeland
soil o. bring 90 10 present adaptable.
ity Tor travel and haUIiauon, 10
lng uIrthwAtI OF tho locality
named, aud 90 a less cKtont south, the
soil 10 ln similar condition. A. tho
pIliug aul masking solid the foundation
Is 90 be done by tho city, outside VI Tue
regular cost of sewer construction, 10
viii bu seen how the expenso for the
sewer eau easily run 10 a figure much
higher than the estimHtes which have
been submitted IA the Council for PUB
Ito iuspeC.iou. The w0TR ~, however,
necessary 10 the making OF sucrtHs.
.ul system.
The lumber used IN connection with
.hu sewer must be mostly imported, a.
Il cannot be- all supplied locally; Dut
outside OF this item, which Is not OF
very elaborate dimensions compare
lively, as the sewer is OF cement aud
brick, II oil goes ~ 10 designed az pres.
snt tue system Will be- chiefly tile pro,
duct Of home woTkmou wish home
material.