The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-29
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Cohn said the committee had visited
the place on several occasions and
found it an intolerable nuisance. The
people in the neighborhood had rights
which were bound to be respected.
The report of the committee was
adopted.
WILL REPAIR THE ROAD.
The committee on streets, in regard
to the petition of Margetts Brothers ct.
al, asking that the old Van Meta
road above the Warm Springs be re-
paired, recommended that the super
visor of streets be instructed to notify
the Utah Lime and Cement company to
put the road in proper condition and
to see that the work is done in rea-
sonable time.
Adopted.
LIQUOR LICENSES.
Licenses were issued in favor of the
following persons: James Hegney, John
Trenton, V. c. Harvey, S. b. Newman,
Don H. Porter, Tuckfield & Riley, John
Shea, Wagner Bros, Domino Plescio
and c. T. Whitmore. James Began was
allowed rebate ON his unexpired Or
dinance.
MUSIC AT THE TUNNEL
The committee on license recon-
mended that the application of B. F..
Stewart for the privilege of having an
orchestra in attendance in conjunction
with his retail liquor saloon in the
Walker pavilion, be granted, and that
he also be allowed to run a restaurant
and saloon in the pavilion on paying
the usual license.
The question arose as to whether
there was an ordinance prohibiting
music in saloons or not. Nobody SEEM
ed to know, and the matter was re-
ferred to the city attorney.
CITY JAIL PROPOSITION DE-
FEATED.
The committee on prison recommend
ed that the resolution introduced. by
Clawson, providing that portion OF
the building now used as a council
chamber and engineer office, When
vacated, be arranged for city jail at
cost not to exceed $4,000, be not
adopted; also that the resolution Oh
Hardy, asking that a matron be en-
ployed for the city prison be not grant
ed, as same would add unnecessary
expense to the department.
| Adopted.
SEWER RIGHT OF WAY.
The committee on sewerage reported
that they had authorized the city en-
gineer to sign an agreement with st.
Marks hospital for and in behalf OF
the city for a right of way for the
gravity sewer across lot 2, block 100,
plat A.
Adopted.
MUST CARRY OUT THE CONTRACT
The committee on streets and public
grounds in the matter of the petition
| of Crismon. Cummings and Trimmer,
asking for deeds for land in block l.,
plat J. stated that they found that
blocks Z, and of said plat have
not been graded according to contract
and recommend that the petitions be
not granted until the terms of the
contract are complied with.
| Adopted.
WILL NOT FURTHER REDUCE.
The committee on sewer, with the
city engineer and board of public
works associated. in the matter of re-
ducing the size of the gravity sewer
streets from 48 to AZ inches in diameter,
recommended that the reduction be not
made.
Laid over for one week.
| QUALITY OF THE CONCRETE.
Cohn took occasion to call attention
| of the city council to the fact that the
| city engineer had ordered the contrac-
tors of the gravity sewer to change the
consistency of the concrete used from
nine sand and one of cement to seven
sand and one cement, which would
mean an additional cost to the city OF
$500. He held that the city engineer
had no authority to make such a
| change without the consent of the
council. and further that it was alto
gether unnecessary. Chairman Dore-
mus, of the board Of public works, took
issue with Engineer Young on the point
and was fully confident that the
rio =
conduit. was built of concrete in the
proportion of nine sand to one cement
and that was a perfect piece of work.
In the base of the Washington monu-
ment that proportion was used, and it
was more than good enough for the
gravity sewer. In conclusion, Mr.. Cohn
offered the following resolutions:
Resolved. That it is the sense of
this council that the proportions for
concrete masonry for the gravity sewer
outlet be not altered from the original
specified tons as contemplated by the
board of public works and the city en-
gineer.
| Clawson said Engineer Young's opin-
! ion in this matter was more valuable
than that of all the members of the
CITY council combined. He would vote
against the resolution.
Bache-Mr. Young, our city engineer,
saws. with Mr.. Doremus, that if the
contractors put in one to nine the
work will be all right; but the fact is
! they don't do it. Would it not be bet
ter to see that the contractors lived
I'D to their specifications? Mr.. Dore-
mus had in the past done good work
in fact it had been said that he had
done the good work on Parley's canyon
and other city work.
Clawson favored adopting the course
of the engineer, on the ground that it
was better to be on the safe side and
put in too much cement rather than
too little. Clawson, with his previous
record in the matter of economy
lastonished the council by stating that
SIS. 900 or $4,000 more or less was neither
here nor there. and if the city, by its
| INSPECTORS. couldn't get a nine to one
mixture a higher standard should be
adopted and maybe then we would get
a good sewer.
| O'Meara thought the proper thing to
do was to compel the contractors tC
put in the proportions demanded by the
contract. He didn't know that they
would put in any more cement if they
were paid more money.
| LYNN thought increasing the proper
tions of cement needless waste OF
49, OO
COINS resolution prevailed.
NO ELECTRIC LIGHT. PLANT.
The council received notice from the
Joint city and county building commit
tee that at their meeting earlier in the
day the contract for furnishing and
erecting an electric lighting plant al
the Joint city and county building was
laWarded to the Intermountain Electric
company, subject to the approval OF
the city council, their bid of $3.50 be-
ing the lowest
OMeara-We want no toy electric
light plant Let us wait till the city s
finances are in such a condition that a