The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-19

Save the Pioneer Mill Reflective
Appointments By the Mayor
Reminder OF Chief Pratt's whims.
The CITY council last evening pegged
along for nearly two hours considering
petitions, communications and reports
from city officers, all of varying i'm
portance, when, suddenly, on Council
man Callister's motion, the council. to-
gether with Mayor Clark, City Attorney
Hall and Attorney Franklin $. Rich
ards, retired TO the mayors office for
consultation relative to matters affect
ing the municipality lawsuits. The
secret conference lasted about forty
minutes, and at its conclusion the sum
of $500 was Appropriated to the mayors
contingent fund. The council then ad-
Journed tin 7:30 Thursday evening to
pass upon the many reports of commit
tees, which, owing to the lateness OF the
hour, were not reached
While the participants of the caucus
We're generally nOn-committal, it IS
known that the subjects considered re-
lated 10 settlement OF some OF The
city's lawsuits. The damage suit
brought by Charles Parker for personal
injuries received by the caVing in of
the city's gravel bank while he was
working out poll tax last fan, was or
dered COMPROMISED. The CIker case,
negotiations to compromise which are
pending, is one in which joseph Lipp-
man is attorney tor the plaIntilf, an old
lady who received injuries by falling
on defective sidewalk pavement on
Third East street. The mayor ass au-
Ihorized to use the contingent fund ap-
propriated TO his credit t. effect the
compromise Of these Two cases.
Another matter agreed upon in the
mayors office was ,he employment of
Z. :. Richards to assist the city after
ney in the retrial of the Parey's canyon
conduit case, which comes on for hear
ing in the federal court the second week
in Nav.
Friction Between Officials.
While the council was in open session
the frequently mentioned question Of
authority between the board Of pubic
works and the council received prou-
ably final attention. The subject came
up in the following communication from
the board of public works:
In the matter OF the Improvements
to the waterworks system, ordered by
the city council On Aprl II. At an csti-
mated cost Of $32,IAn we respectfully
protest against the work being done by
The Waterworks department, is ordered,
and call your attention to the -aW Ge-
filming the duties of me board Cf Dubnc
works which provides that the board
shall make contracts ~: and supervise
all work of this cill; 3crer which nav
be ordered by the .,ity council.
1t has been represented 10 Inc board
that one of the objects the city council
had in view in ordering the work done
by the Waterworks GeDI -tmcnt was 10
have the work done hv taXpayers lty
dave 1a If Sc : ~
is no good reason Any the board should
not award contracts for the materials
and have the work done by the day, as
has been done IN other similar uaSts
by order OF the city council"
Robertson and Buckle, the only Re /
publican members Of the council pres
ent, championed the Republican beard
protest, while Callister and Fernstrom
led the opposition. Fe.nSrOm quoted
from The city ordinance to show uEdt |
it is the duty of the superintendent Of
NvaterwOrks to SUPERVISE the laying of |
all water pipes and the execution Of any /
work pertaining to the improvement CT !
the system.
An opinion was solicited from City /
Attorney Hall, and Oy way Of response !
the ATTORNEY stated ,hat the council /
had a legal right under the law and !
The ordinance to direct the waterworils |
superintendent to assume charge OF the /
work of improving the system rs con- /
templated If the work were II be done /
10y contract, the city attorney GUIDED, il
would fan within the jurisdiction of TIE
board of public works 10 exercise SUI
5erVision.
\ motion to refer the protest to a
committee was lost by u vote Of II to
9 and by the same vote the protest was
ordered filed
Street Paving Affairs.
As owner of upwards of 1000 feet of
property fronting on the paved dis
trict and on which frontage il has paid
of dollars for first-class paw
ing. the Brigham Young Trust COM
pany by n. w. Clayton. G. :. Burton
and W. a Rossiter the executive COM
mittee, protested against the payment
to the Culmer-JenninEs Paving COM
panN of any part of the fund now held
by The city for the repairs upon the
street pavements until such work has
been done and approved by the city en-
gineer and the board of public works,
as provided by law and the contract.
The trust company declared it would
not permit any action that will tend
TO inValidate the contract now in force.
The protest was referred to the board
Of public works and the street commit
tee.
The city engineer submitted an es-
Stag pavement on South Temple street
from West Temple to Third West. The
city's proportion was put eat $7,764. the
street railway cOmpanyS at $4,000. and
the abutting property owners share at
sl9 1920 a total Of $50, $500. Relative
10 the councils request for advice, the
engineer reported that granulated Stag
IS inferior paving material compared
With macadam material, which may be
procured from Parleys canyon. The !
natter was referred TO the street COM
nittee.
b. G. Rayhould. agent for D. f.
Walker. and J. II. Walker. IT., agent for
J. r. Walker, requested the council TO
'econside, its action in ordering the
SIDEWALK on the north side Of Second
So,-th street. west OF Main, lowered to
permanent grade, and, further, that
he compromise grade adopted by the ;
.ity council in 1893 be the grade to
which the uEcompleted new sidewalk
pavement be laid. Referred to the com
nittee on streets. and the board of {
public works associated.
Mill That Ground the Grist. +
The State Historical society, by Y
franklin y. Richards. president. and a i
arge number Of other prominent citi- :
ems petitioned the council to appro- S
,riate sufficient means and to take such il
ther steps as may be necessary to re- /
tore and preserve the old pioneer grist
niD in Liberty park, now under process
f demolition under a recent order Of I
he council Accompanying the petit !
ions were proffcrs from several me- e
banics to rebuild the weakened wall il
{ the structure for $500. u
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