The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-28
FAIR STREET GRADES
City Council Petitioned to Modify
Main Street Lines.
OTHER PARTS COMPLAIN
BICYCLES AND WAGONS MUST
STAY OFF THE DRIVE.
Copper Plant People Want to Have
the River Bridge Repaired Be-
fore "Haying" - Report Wanteu
On Bad misunderstanding Of
ficials-Payday Before Fourth.

At the opening of the city council
last evening Chairman Wallace of the
finance committee, made an effort to
have the rules suspended so as to give
consideration of the taX-levy ordinance
right of way ahead of the regular order
of business, but the majority would
not have it that way. In the rush of
business a number of important petit
tons. resolutions and reports received
attention, the principal matter, how
ever, pertaining to streets.
A petition from A. w. McCune rep
resented that he contemplated making
extensive improvements on his land
fronting on First North. and Main
streets. but before doing so he wished
the council TO modify the established
grade of streets in that vicinity. The
modification proposed is to make the
grade of Main street Is per cent for a
distance of $50 feet north from First
North and also to make the First North
grade 7.S7 per cent half the distance
east to State street and 6.19 per cent
the remaining half-block, and the in
tention is to leave the grade practic-
ally as it now appears on the surface
and has SO continued for a genera
ton without objection. The granting
of the petition was recommended by
w. S. Mccormick, H. j. Faust, jr.,
George F. Felt, ]. A. Fritsch, j. G.
Kimball, Elias S. Kimball, Moroni H.
Kimball, w. c. Spence and w. G.. Neb-
eker. who own property abutting upon
the streets to be effected by the desired
change of grade. The petition was re-
ferred to the street committee.
Other Street Grades.
J. w. Burbidge and large number
of other property owners on Center
street asked that Center street be
brought to its proper grade, anu the pc
tition was referred to the committee
on streets.
j. H. Hurd and others represented
that Second South street from Eleventh
East should be. improved so that the
approach to Mt. Olivet cemetery and
the state university grounds may be
made easier. Referred to the commit
tee on streets.
John II. Back and others petitioned
that the dumping of garbage on Third
North street east of First West be pro-
hibited. Referred to the committee on
sanitary regulations.
The petition of j. w. Flintham,
agent of the Salt Lake Copper Manu-
featuring company, and others, asking
that the Ninth North street bridge over
the Jordan river be made safe, for
travel, at least until they could get
their first cutting of hay over" was
granted, and the street supervisor was
directed 20 expehd not more than $50
in making the repairs.
Get on the Boulevard.
The granting of the petition of DIR.
c. w. Higgins and others for enforc-
ing the restrictions against bicycles
and wagons using the South Main
street boulevard was recommended by
. 40 faa IN
the recommendation Chairman Morris
produced the record to show that when
the street was ceded to the city it was
upon the express condition that from
Ninth TO Tenth South it be limited for
use as a speeding course for carriages
city Attorney Hall stated that the
granting of the petition to limit the use
of the boulevard according to agree
ment of dedication would be legal.
Objection was raised by Robertson TO
the proposed action, the theory that
the limitations on the use of the
boulevard are illegal, and Weller con-
CURED in part with the objection
raised. The report of the street COM
mittee was then recommitted.
Invitation to Officials.
A resolution by Allen was adopted
directing the heads of the waterworks.
streets and irrigation, health and
engineering departments as also the
sanitary inspector and the foreman
of street sprinkling to attend the
evening meetings of the
council committees, for the purpose of
with the respective commit
tees relative to matters in their sew
eral departments.
Robertson and Buckle endeavored to
have the city engineer omitted from
the list, because of the fact that he
invariably attends the committee meet
ings, but the majority ruled other
wise The author of the resolution ex-
planned that he did not want the
engineer to have cause for feeling
sighted.
Another resolution by Diehl was
directing the street committee
to report at the next meeting on all
from the board of
public works calling attention to the
necessity of repairing defective and
unsafe sidewalk pavements.
BY a resolution offered by Howe, the
city treasurer was instructed to pay off
the municipal employees on Monday,
July 3, instead of July 5.