The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-03
SOUTH TEMPLE
WILL BE PAVED
--4-
Enough Property Owners Peti-
ton For Improvement.
COST TO BE $l4 FRONT FOOT
PRELIMINARY ACTION TAKEN
By THE COUNCIL.
COST TO BE $l4 FRONT FOOT

Unmistakable assurances were re-
vealed. at last evenings session Of the
city council that the proposition to
pave South Temple street from Eagle
gate TO the oregon Short Line passen-
ger depot would be carried through
during the coming summer, as has been
foretold in The Herald. A petition re
questing the levy Of a special tax to
defray the cost to sbutting property
for the pavement Of the street between
the limits named with asphaltum and
stone blocks was presented by Council
man Robertson, and as is usual in such
cases, the city recorder was directed
to advertise notice Of intention TO make
the Improvement.
Inasmuch as the petitioners represent
26S7H feet of frontage, which is nearly
700 feet in excess Ct the frontage which
would be required should a prctest
from two thirds OF all Of the property
in the projected paving district be
made tC defeat the intention, it is GER
tain that not enough protestants can
be. secured TO OverTule the wishes Of
the petitioners.
President Smith Signs.
The first signer of the petition is
President Joseph f. Smith Of the Nor
mon church, representing LBS front
feet, waich viii be taxed at the rate Of
$l4 per foot. The George Q. Cannon
association is down for 355 feet. Other
signatures are u. g. NJ. l., lions Saw
tlgs bank, George Romney; Taylor
Romney. Armstrong company D. L.
Davis, Lambert Paper company, heirs
Of James T. Little, n. w. Clayton and
=. F. Holems. each signing for their re-
spective holdings, ranging from I79 TO
thirty-three feet.
At the estimated rate OF $14 a front
foot the cost of the paving to abutters
will be $92 400. The cost to the city
government for paving the intersections
and for doing half of the grading will
be not less than $4,000.
Little P-siness Transacted.
Last night session of the council
was the last 1t one before the incom-
ing council organizes next Monday
noon. The n--mbers were not disposed
10 transact any important business last
evening, on account of the near APP
prOach to a change of administration
They were presented with pretty but
tOnhole bouquets by ParAkeeper Ericl1-
son, who had plucked me choicest buds
from the conservatory of Liberty park.
While adjusting and admiring the
nOsegays the cOuncilmen perfuncrorily
waded through a mass of routine mat
tiers, which consisted chiefly of refer
ring to the next council scores of petit
lions for improvements, protests
against contemplated actions and
claims for damages that have been pig
eOa-hOled ;0r months.
At the same time, also on recon-
;nendation of committees, many cur
l'ent expense claims were ordered paid.
When these matters had received at
tention the council adjourned till next
Monday at IL o'clock. at which time
the farewells Of the departing admin
istration will be said.
Protest Is Made.
Recorder Nystrom reported that more
than two-thirds of the abUtting prop
erty on the south side of South Tenn
pie street from Twelfth to Thirteenth
East had protested against the propO-
sitiOn to lay a sidewalk pavement the
distance of the block and the intention
TO make the improvement was there
fore defeated.
An appropriation of 81, 800 was voted,
on resolution by Robertson, to the
may or's contingent fund, out of which
TO settle the claim of the owners of
the Pleasant View ditch against the
city.
The labor payrolls of the various de-
partments Tor the last half of Decem-
Der. aggregating $5,042.S0, were re-
ferred for approval.