The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-14
OF The COUNTY
Bids Opened for SprinkIing
Streets Outside the City.
CONTRACTS WERE AWARDED
TO THREE PARTIES.
Went to A J. Burton, Miller & Mil
Ter, Gabbott &C Chamberlain
Routine Business Disposed of by
the Commission.

The board of county commissioners had
great deal of business to transact at
its meeting yesterday. Bids for sprinklinS
! the streets and drives outside the city
limits were opened and the contract
awarded to three different bidders.
Ex-County Collector Leonard G.. Hardy
petitioned the board to appropriate S65.15
TO cancel certain Judgment obtained
by Walter l.. Price against Mr.. Hardy as
collector. The latter sets out that the
judgment vase obtained by default owing
to the negligence of the county attorney
in not answering the complaint. The
suit was instituted on the grounds that
the taxes We're Illegally levied and col
lected and said taxes were paid into the
county treasury
MAY REDEEM HIS PROPERTY.
! protest was received from lie Grand
I Young against allowing the application
of one Gibson 10 redeem blocks los to 113
inclusive Sandy Station plat. from the
lien of tax sale Judge Young makes
the allegation that Gibson never owned
the blocks. and claims that he (Youns)
has paid the taxes on the property from
1877 to 1890 or 1891. when they We're as
SeSSed to some other party, sold for
taxes ard redeemed by Young. He
claimed title to the property and asks
permission to redeem the same Mr..
Young was given privilege to redeem
the property involved upon paying all
back taxes. interest and costs. The
former order to advertise the property
for sale was reScinded.
WANT RECORDS RETURNED
One hundred and ten resident mine
owners of Little Cottonwood Miniag dis
trict petitioned to have returned 10 the
district the mining records belonging
thereto. which, under the new law. have
been transferred to the county recorders
office As the signers were not all resi-
dents of the district the matter was re-
ferred to the county attorney for an
opinion as to whether such petitioners
must neCeSS1 rlly residents the dis
trict or whether ii was sufficient that
they owned property therein.
J. W. Houston sent in dozen aDDiica-
tons to redeem property in Brighton adj
ditiOn across the river and the same
were granted Mr. Houston redeems the
property for eastern parties
Alva Butler and about 30 other resi-
dents of Butler precinct. petitioned the
board to open road from Butlerville
tOnwood canyOn. The petition was
granted providing the residents donate
the right of way for the highway.
WANTS ACTION TAKEN.
The following communication was re-
ceived from Samuel Butierfeld of Henri
man:
ON or about June 10. 1896. an agree
mort was made whereby the county was
TO be given right of way over d pOr-
ton of my land in HERMAN precinct
provided the county would put up "A fence
on either side of the same from material
furnished by me The county has not
yet carried out its side of the agreement
arc unless IL does so or begins work on
SAID fence on or before the 18th inst [
Will be compelled to withdraw my offer
of dedication.
TIE clerk was instructed to look up
the old agreement and report at the next
meeting OF the board.
STUMBLING BIDS.
Bids for sprinkling the streets outside
the city limits were received as follows:
A. j. Burton, West Temple from Tenth
to Twelfth South, Fifth East from Tenth
to Twelfth South and Twelfth South
$3.50 per month.
Edward Skidmore, all streets between
West Temple and the Denitentiary, S147.50
per month. No certified check
Chilion l.. and R. p. Miller. State street
from Fourteenth to Murray. $40 per
month. contract for two years.
William Turner, State from Fourteenth
South 10 Little Cottonwood bridge Sl65.
No certified check.
H ]. Bullock, Fourteenth to Murray.
500 per month If own sprinklers are fur
nished and S225 if furnished by the county
E W. Stout, all of West Temple from
Tenth to Twelfth South. the countys pOr-
ton of Fifth East from Tenth TO Twelfth
South and all of Twelfth South from
West Temple to the penitentiary, SO per
month. No check.
Amos S Gabbott and J. r. Chamberlin
ali travelled portions of State street from
Tenth South to Fourteenth South, $3.50
per month.
Brig. Jensen. Twelfth South from West
Temple to penitentiary. West Temple from
Tenth South to Twelfth South streets,
Fifth East from Tenth to Twelfth South,
S164 per month.
Henry Lynds. State from Tenth to
Fourteenth South. $50 per month.
Francis Mcdonald. Twelfth South.
West Temple 10 penitentiary West Tenn
pie from Tenth to Twelfth South. Fifth
East from Tenth to Twelfth South. S925
per month.
w. c. A. Smoot. Twelfth street, two
miles and eighty rods in length, $40 per
month.
Or motion of Hall the contract for
sprinkling Twelfth South and the two
drives, was awarded 10 A. J. Burton for
State street from Fourteenth South to
Murray, to Miller and Miller: State from
Tenth TO Fourteenth South, Gabbott and
Chamberlin.
All the contracts are for five months
more or less. and the successful bidders
will enter upon the work as soon as the
contracts are drawn up by the attorney
Spring is full of terrors to all whose
constitution is not able to resist the
sudden changes of temperature and