The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-20
COUNCIL DISCUSSES
CANNING'S PAINTERS
Decided to Pay the Sprinkling
Cart Bill.
COST OF STREET PAVING
ESTIMATES SUBMITTED BY CITY
ENGINEER.


ertson last evening to show now public
funds are spent at the direction of
councilmen without authority of the
council, as the rules and ordinances
provide The matter came to the coun-
cirs attention when Robertson took up
the letter from Auditor Reiser stating
that he had audited the payroll of the
street sprinkling department because
1t seemed to be regular and the compu-
tations mathematically correct. Just
why the auditor had passed as correct
this payroll, when the council had
never authorized the expenditure. the
chairman of the finance committee
could nOt understand.
L notice that the last payroll. which
mas been hung up" remarked Robert
SON. carried the names of these men
as painters, but in this roll they are
down as laborers- Can the chairman of
the sprinkling committee explain this?''
Painting what, the town." asked
Buckle
No. the sprinkling carts" answered
canning. the chairman of the commit
tee which. had ordered the work done
without authority from the council
Canning said that the cost would run
up to about $500. The mayor is as
much in this as the committee isl
added Canning, but I will take the
blame for the whole thing The carts
are done now, and it is a good job of
painting; better than was done last
year"
Robertson wanted to bring out the
admission taat Councilman CottrelI had
a brother working on the painting job.
although he also is not u painter, but
Canning would only say that the names
OF the painters are Brown and Green.
change Ia Of
these painters to laborars?" asked Rob
ertson. but he failed to get a satisfac-
tory reply.
Thomas remarked that the discussion
would result in the determination that
no work shall be ordered done without
the councils consent. He suggested to
Canning that hereafter he call his conl=
mittee together and make the proper
request of the council for authority to
incur expenses, and then he would es-
cape being catechized as he had been
by the chairman of the finance com-
naittee.
Inasmuch as the men had done the
painting job to the satisfaction of the
chairman of the street sprinkling com
mittee, and that they should not be
made to suffer for the cOuncilman's I'M
due exercise of authority. the payroll
for the painters was ordered approved.
Street Paving. Propositions.
Engineer Kelsey submitted an esti-
mate of the cost of curbing and paw
ing Third South street from State and
West Temple and State. streets from
Fourth to Fifth South as directed by
Councilman WhittemOre'S resolution.
The estimate showed the citys half
share for the grading would amount to
5000 and that the cost of paving and
curbing in front of the 2,640 feet Of
abutting property would be S14 per
front foot or 1914 $50 for the entire work.
The estimate for paving and curbing
the one block of State street in front
OF the city and county building, showed
that the cost to the city for half the
grading and paving the intersection
would be S5,25675 and SIS, 4S0 for paving
il front of the 1920 feet of private and
public property, or S14 a front foot. The
estimate was referred to the street
committee.
James Hegney and nine others own
ing 1,1S315 feet Of ground fronting on
Second South street from First West
to Sixth West petitioned for the pave
ment of that thoroughfare, the cost to
be betrayed by levy of a special tax on
the property to be benefited. John h
Almond, owner of S21s feet abutting on
the street protested against paving.
The petition was referred to the COM
mittee on streets and the city engi-
neer.
The Brigham Young Trust company.
by &. >. Burton and n. w. CLAYTON
the executive committee, rendered 1913,
which is the amount of the tax with
interest for paving Commercial avenue
facing on State street, RENTED by the
council years ago in consideration OF
the city accepting and maintaining the
avenue as a public street. The only
consideration named in the tender now
IS that the city shall withdraw its suit
IN court against the trust company to
compel enforcement of the agreement
to widen the avenue from thirty-One to
fifty-siX feet The matter was referred
TO the street committee. fa
Five hundred dollars. were approprf-
atted to the mayors contingent fund
to be paid to Richards & Varian, at
torneys, as d. retainer fee in the retriaI
OF the Parley's conduct cas- for services
in assisting the city attorney
An appropriation of $500 was made to
City Attorney Stephens to pay the
fees of witnesses on behalf of the city
in the trial of the Jordan river water
case.
Five hundred dollars were appropri-
ated to pay off the mortgage on a part
of lot 6, block Isl, plat A, which the
city secured years ago for a
right-of-way for the gravity sewer.
Auditor Reiser submitted the de-
partment payrolls for the first half of
the month, aggregating s., 293.20. Under
suspension of the rules the payrolls
were referred to the finance COMMITTEES
and the chairman of the department
committees for approval
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