The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-22
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By resolution, offered by Diehl and
adopted, the city engineer was instruct
ed to furnish the council an estimate of
the cost of constructing Stag pave
ment on South Temple street from
West Temple to Third West street; and
also inform the council as to the ad-
visibility Of constructing such a Stag
| pavement.
Chief Engineer O'Melveney of the
| Oregon Short Line, notified the coun-
Gil that the company would decline to
lower its tracks on West South Temple
street because the grade as established
by the city engineer is below high
water in the Jordan river. The council
some time ago notified the company to
lower it's tracks on the street in ques-
ton and reply was received stating
the order would be complied with.
A PROTEST.
The following protest was received
from the CulmerJ ennings Pacing COM
pany:
I'VE learn through the newspapers
that the board of public works have
made or are about to make, application
to the city council for the payment
| to them of the hold-back fund belong
ing to this company, with which they
| der our contract in repair. We are not
kacquainted with the exact tenor of the
| communication, as they have not seen
fit to send us copy or to commune
cate with us in any way. The board
we'll knows that we We're engaged in
! repairing the streets last fall as late as
the weather would permit, and that
| there has been no suitable weather
since for recommending this year, and
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it is our intention to go on with the
; work as soon as the weather will per-
nit.
I'VE do not believe your honorable
body will be a party to such high
handed proceeding as they propose, but
consider it advisable at this time to
serve upon you formal protest against
paying any funds belonging to this
company to the board of public works
or any other parties or persons without
our written consent.
we will be pleased to meet any COM
mittee you may appoint to listen to our
side of the case, and believe we have a
right to be so heard as a simple matter
of justice before any summary proceed
ings are instituted"
In this connection a communication
from the board of public works was
read stating that at a recent meeting
of the board it was decided that the
sum of $6,664.13 retained under the
guarantee clause of the contract with
the Culmer-Jennings company, be used
to repairing the pavement. The com
munication recites that on Oct 1, 1898,
the contractors were notified that part
of the pavement was defective and that
it must be repaired and the defective
work made good before it would be ac-
cepted. They refused to make the re-
pairs in accordance with instructions or
remove the defective work, and the at
tached notices were served on them.
The boards letter then says:
1.-THE paving company disregarded the
notices and instructions, and continued
patching defective work until stopped
by cold weather When work was
stopped they had put on over 5000
square feet of patches. Some of the
work patched last winter is failing al
ready, and the pavement in places is
in q very bad condition. AS the con-
tractors have failed to carry out their
contract, the money retained by the
city should be used for replacing de-
fective work and making repairs to the
pavement, as soon as the weather is
suitable"
Appended to this communication were
copies of notices sent to the paving
company at various times ordering the
pavements repaired.
Inc WnOle ndltef WAS referred TO the
committee on streets.
William r. George sent in a letter
Offering to do the sprinkling in Liberty
park during the season of 1899 for $S5
per month. Referred to the committee
on sprinkling.
A communication was received from
the city engineer pointing out that from
present indications there is danger of
the low part of the city near the Jor-
dan river being inundated during high
water this year and calling attention to
the recommendations in his report re-
garding this matter, submitted to the
council in 1896. Referred to the COM
mittee ton irrigation.
City Recorder Bacllman notified the
council Of the defeat of the proposition
to extend sewer on Fifth East between
Third and Fifth South streets, forty
seven rods of the eighty rods included
in the intention, protesting. Filed.