The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-29
COUNCIL COMMITTEES MEET
REORGANIZATION OF BOARD OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
Waterworks Affairs nefac+ive
Plumbing-The Plat E Resurvey-
City Will Not Advertise In the
omaha Exposition Journal.

Several members of the city council
are inclined to encourage Mayor Clarl
IN his effort to reorganize the board
OF public works. Inasmuch as tn,
board has seen ft to decline to resign
as requested by his honor, it is now
expected that the mayor Will proceed
TO execute another victorious move
nent next Tuesday evening by submit.
ing TO the council for confirmation the
names of City Engineer Kelsey foI
chairman and Wa1erworks Superin-
tendent Game and Street Supervisor
Seldom for Two of the four board mem
Ders, whose salaries will be $500 and
go each respectively per annum, to
succeed Chairman Haines and two of
MS four colleagues, hereby removed
A significant circumstance in connec-
ton with the board of public works con-
troVersy transpired last evening when
the street committee and other mem
bers of the council expressed them
3 selves IN opposition to the boards re-
quest for authority to contract for the
i repair of the stone block and sidewalk
: pavementS. The three-year contract
plan received no support, and almost
without dissent the opinion obtained
that the street department should let
out or do the repair work in accordance
with the boards original proposition
OF last fall, when it OVERRIDE the city
engineers recommendation.
WATERWORKS AFFAIRS.
The committee on waterworks spent
q couple OF hours last evening on abate-
ments Of water rate assessments, but
before adjourning contracted with the
Colorado Fuel & Iron company for
carload of standard four-inch castiron
water pipe at $3.50 per ton. An i'm
portant action of the committee was a
decision to recommend to the council
an appropriation of 81 900 with which to
strengthen and raise the height four
feet Of the walls of the Parley's reser-
voir, thereby enabling the impounding
of SEQ 600 gallons of water additional.
To raise the walls two feet and store
100000 additional gallons, the city en-
gineer estimated would cost $575.
DEFECTIVE PLUMBING GOES.
An unusual complaint was investigat-
ed by the sewer committee. Stephen
Stanford protested against the action of
City Engineer Kelsey in refusing to ap-
prove a job Of plumbing where an inch
and half vent was connected with
tWo-inch house drain. The plumber
maintained that his work was done
strictly within the letter of a certain
section of the ordinance, but the engi-
neer held that he was justified in
Withholding his approval, according TO
a general provision in the ordinance
which gave him discretion to determine
what is satisfactory plumbing.
Plumber Stanford admitted that a two
inch vent would yield more sanitary
like results. but he felt that it would
be unjust to require him to yield to
the engineer, because he had followed
the requirements of the ordinance in
bidding for the job, and to change pipe
now would mean a loss to him. The
engineer disclaimed that he was Show
ing any partiality to plumbers. Finally
the committee concluded to let Mr.
Stanford have his way this time pend
ing a change in the ordinance, as sug-
gested by the engineer. Councilman
Wallace announced his vote in oppo-
sition to the other four members.
THE PLAT E .RESURVEY.
The committee on improvements !
looked into the merits of the petition |
of S. L. MGyle, a. j. Gray and Thomas |
Homer for the completion of the re-
survey of plat E, and concluded to di- |
rect the city engineer to furnish an es- !
innate of the cost of finishing the I'M /
completed portion OF the work, and /
also of the particular block in which |
the petitioners are directly interested. /
WILL NOT ADVERTISE.
The city viii not contribute at the |
rate of $3.50 a page for a write-up of !
Utah's resources and attractions in |
Illustrated Journal, the |
official organ of the Transmississippi .
exposition The enrolment committee
came to the conclusion that such an ex-
penditure of public funds would be un-
authorized and so informed Mr.. A. H.
Carter, the publishers genial represen-
-ative.
Commercial Travellers to the Front
The commercial travellers of the state
have issued a circular, in which every
member of the society is invited to au-
-horize the treasurer to debit his ac-
count SO cents per month, the amount
to be used as a war fund for married
men OF the state who go TO the front
IS volunteers. 1t is estimated that the
contribution will net each family from
40 TO $50 per month. The patriotic
men whose names are signed
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