The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-22

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afternoon and almost until midnight
the board OF county commissioners
finally decided upon a steel election
booth. The model is one of the finest
manufactured and will last for genera
tons to come.
The matter came up during the after
noon session. Dykes & Nissen as well
as Mr.. Belts to whom had been joint
ly awarded the contract for furnishing
homemade article, refused to furnish
The required indemnity bond and thus
left the matter open. When the board
met in tine evening at O'Clock it was
for the special purpose of considering
the booth question. MIR. GeddeS favor
ed awarding the contract to Barnard
Il Co., of st. Louis, makers OF the steel
booths, Roberts wanted to make a
wooden article at home while Chris
topherson favored steel booths for the
city and wooden booths for the out
lying precincts.
After about three hours consideration
Christophersen finally saw the ad-
vantages in adopting a good. solid and
lasting booth and made a motion to
award the contract to Barnard & Co.
on the condition that this firm waive
all claims on royalty should the county
need more than $50 booths, the num-
Der ordered.
Roberts entered a, protest against
awarding the contract TO Barnard &
Co, having previously made a motion
to refer the matter to the commits
sioners with power to- act, his contea-
ton being thar the homemade article
could be made much cheaper and that
it would answer the purpose equally
as well as the steel model.
The contract as it now stands calls
for SO originals and 90 annexes. The
price of the originals is $3.50 and the
annexes $3.50, making the amount of
the entire contract 81, S6S. This includes
delivery in Salt Lake city. If adj
ditional booths are needed they will
be made at home and used for out
side precincts.
Before the booth matter was taken
up in the evening w. L. Dykes sub
mitted new bid, after having ascer
tanned that almost amy model he could
make would be an infringement on
the Barnard patent, and so he added
the amount of royalty he would be
compelled to pay Barnard & Co. to the
cost of his article. This was based on
the experience of Weber county which
adopted the homemade article and
was compelled to pay royalty:
observation-disclosures made arrange
ments to protect your county from any
damage in the use of my election booth
bid:
l will make a bid as per model ex-
Inhibited, with or without solid back for
the sum of $5.75 for originals and $4.25
for annexes, set up in each precinct at
a designated place on or before Mon
day, November 2.
Yours respectfully,
w. L. DYKES.
n. B.-The above figures viii save
oerA iron
bid plus the freight.
A STATESMAN OUT OF A JOB
Colonel Squires is again out of a job.
The following resolution was intro
dUced by ChristopheTSon:
Whereas, The copying Of the illegi-
BILE and dflapidhfed portion of book
''E'' of deeds in tine recorders office as
a.uag.orized by resolution of August Is,
1896 of record in minute book H page
$50, is now finished and in view of the
economy necessary at this time and of
the retTenchment inaugurated by this
board in the expense of the county
which we are determined to maintain.
we deem it ineXped6ent at present to
complete the copying of the entire said
book e. and therefore be it
Resolved, That the county recorder
be and is hereby instructed to at once
suspend the work of said copying till
further Instructions from this board
The resolution carried unanimously.
IMPROVE STATE ROAD.
On motion of Mr.. Christopherson the
road committee was authorized to eX-
pend not to exceed s., 600 ON improving
the condition of the state road near the
city limits, the work 20 be given pTin-
cipally to worthy laboring men of the
city
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effect that all sprinkling in the county
be closed down on October 1, with the
exception of a few places near Murray
and on South Twelfth street After
some discussion 1t was left with the
road committee to report ait the next
meeting.
S. c. Ewing and others petitioned for
the accomplishment and construction
of road on base line running west, oc-
cupied by the Salt Lake & Los Angeles
railway as per franchise granted said
company.
E. G. Lunnen and others petitioned
for the turnpiking of the road run
ming west to the Jordan river from
State street to the center of section 13.
AS TO BONDS.
Two communications from s. A.
kean, Chicago banker, relative to the
sale Of the county bonds, were read. /
MI. hean SdlO ne Ca1eQ not OlQerIake
to carry the issue himself, on account
OF the uncertainty Of the market. but
like many other bond houses, had in
vestors in view. AS the bond deal is
off, Mr.. Kean viii not be troubled.
ELEVATOR MONEY.
On account of the non-disposal of the
bonds. c. r. Mckay, in behalf of the
Sprague Electric Elevator company,
made a demand for an appropriation of
$2,975, balance due upon said elevator
installation, so that the company might
register the warrants and realize on
them without delay. The appropria-
ton was made.
George j. Merrill of district 70 and
L. c. Johnson of district "A sent IN
their designations as registration
agents of their respective precincts.
G. w. Belts and Edward Johnson
were appointed 10 fill the vacancies
Liquor licenses were granted to w.
L. Wilt & Co. of Bingham. Carlson &
Jacobson Of Murray. Highland Mer-
camille company of Bingham.
THE COUNTY JAIL.
County Attorney Whittemore thinks
the county Jail should be removed from
its present location. Yesterday he
sent the board the following commune
cation relative 10 the matter:
Gentlemen: The present location of
the county jail at a distance of nearly
a mile from the county building, makes
the transfer OF prisoners while on trial
in the district court very inconvenient
and extensive and I would c11coact