The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-21
TROUBLES Of PAYERS
Fearing a Lawsuit, City Council Re-
fuses to Interfere.
CONTRACT MUST BE KEPT
SITES PROPOSED FOR SALT PAL.
ACE AND PoSToFFICE.
The Oregon Short Line to Be Man
damused On Account of. Maintain
ing Tracks Above Grade-New
York Bank Loses Interest On
Bonds-Fire and Police Station.


| Paving company relating to repairs be-
! ing made by the contractors to the as
| phalt pavement on Main and First
and Second South streets preliminary
| to the final acceptance of the work,
was discussed at great length by the
! city council last evening in adjourned
! session. The result of the discussion
was a determination to not override the
board and the city engineer, and TO
! hold alcof from any entanglements that
would involve the city in litigation with
! the paving contractor.
The subject came to the council
/ attention in report from the street
/ committee on the boards request that
! it be authorized to eXpend the paving
/ cCmpany's retained percentage of &c.
! 664.l3 to make the needed repairs 10
! the satisfaction of the board and the
! city engineer, inasmuch as the con-
/ tractor is disregarding official and con-
| tract directions in putting the pave
ment in the perfect condition requir-
/ ed for the final acceptance of the work.
! The committee on streets reported that
! the Culmer-Jennings Paving company
! is now making the repairs, and recon-
mended that it be allowed to proceed
unmolested by the board of public
/ works and the city engineer until the
work is completed.
Councilman Allen explained that the
| street committee was of the opinion
/ that if the paving company were COM
! PEELED to repair the pavement under
| the direction of the board of public
works, and the work proved unsatis-
/ factory to the board, the city council
would then be bound to finally accept
/ the pavement from the contractor,
while, on the other hand, if the con-
| tractor made the repairs according to
the company's methods, the board still
had the right, if the condition of TIE
pavement warranted it, to reject the
work.
From a personal inspection of the
paving repairs, Robertson declared the
sections repaired under the boards and
the city engineers directions as pro-
vided for in the contract, We're salts
factory, whereas on the other side of
Main street, where the repairs were
made in the Culmer-J ennings COM
pany's own way, they We're of very
unsatisfactory nature. Robertson
stood for granting the request of the
board as the safe and proper method
to pursue, otherwise, he said, the city
would have the pavement on it's hands
with the contractor released from OBJ
legation to keep it in repair at certain
figures for ten years to come.
Finally it was decided by a vote of
II to to indefinitely postpone action
on the street committees report and
the Brigham Young Trust companys
protest This means that the council
has refused to interfere with the board
of public works in the controversy with
the Culmer-Jennings Paving company.
Postofice and Salt Palace Sites.
That the municipality may enter into
competition with private property
owners in Offering site and induce
ments for the erection of the govern
ment building, proposals for which are
now solicited, seems probable from
councilman Die.ll's efforts in calling
upon the committee on public grounds
to report next Tuesday on his reSolu-
ton of two months ago, proposing that
the city offer to the government the
hole in the ground, and as much more
adjoining ground as may be necessary,
fronting On State and First South
streets. A motion to direct the COM
mittee to hurry up its report on Diehrs
resolution prevailed.
The report of the committee on pub
lie grounds, recommending the condi-
tional grant for a term of ten years
of twenty acres in Liberty park as a
site for the Salt Palace was laid over
till the next regular meeting of the
council. The committee advised that
the city attorney draw contract for
execution with the Salt Palace associa-
ton, and that the mayor and a COM
mittee be charged with the duty of in
cooperating in the contract all needful
Stipulations and restrictions properly
pertaining to the grant.
A resolution was offered by Council
man Siddoway directing the mayor to
secure from Salt Lake county a recon-
veyance of the half interest in the old
city hall corner, which the city sold to
the county for $41, $50 with the under
standing that the joint city and county
building would be erected thereon, but
which interest of the county was sub
sequently exchanged for AN undivided
half share in the Eighth ward square
on which site the joint building was
erected. The resolution was adopted.
Mandamus On Short Line.
The committee on streets recommend
ed that the city attorney institute man
damus proceedings against the Oregon
Short Line Railroad company to com
pei it to lower, its tracks to the estab-
lished street grade on South Temple
street, from Sixth West to the Jordan
river, in accordance with the city at
torney's opinion, and in response to pc
titions of residents along that street.
The committees recommendation was
adopted.
Relative to the claim of Blair &. Co.
of New York for interest from Septem-
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