The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-12
CHANGE METHOD
ON SIDEWALKS
Council Committee Agrees on a
Recommendation.
REQUIREMENT so PER CENT
A. J. DAVIS HITS AT CHIEF
LYNCH AGAIN.

The streets and improvements COM
mittees of the city council last even
ing voted TO recommend to the council
Monday night that the request Of the
board of public works that the Fern
strom sidewalks extension resolution
should be amended to read 80 instead OF
% per cent A report to that effect
win be made TO the council.
The following communication, i'm part,
was received from the board by the
committee. 1t cites the Fanstrom res
olution, which is to the effect that no
sidewalk extension shall be ordered
done until IS per cent Of the assessment
has been collected. Continuing, the
communication says.
At the present time there are a large
number of these special improvements on
which special assessments have been
levied. but large percentage of the abut-
tin6 property owners TAIL 10 pay In their
proportion of said taxes until compelled
10 do So Ola the ground tuat they wish
20 see some visible indications on the
ground that said improvements viii be
AHtue without long delay.
Another class of owners do not desire
any improvements and VIII not pay Un-
I'll compelled TO do SO by law, while stilt
another AID much smaller class pay their
assessment at once and are therefore con-
tinually complaining that the work for
which they have paid is not done.
The practical working of che resolution
referred To Is. in our Judgment, 10 TeLard
uureasOnably all OF these improvements,
10 the great detrimeut of the aburJing
property owners, as wen as 10 the great
injury OF the city, and we therefore sug-
Rest that the said resolution be resCind-
ed and this board be empowered TO order
tle contractor 10 proceed at once with
soon as the assessment for the same be-
comes lien upon the property TO De BEN
Gifted thereby.
il has been suggested that the said re-
solution was passed because contractors
would not in any case proceed with such
work until the money for the payment of
the same was in the city treasury, but
we are of the opinion that the receipt of
the money being made certain if local
contractors do not wish TO contract and
proceed with the work under these con-
ditlOus many can be found who viii.
No Pay For Shirts.
The request of Rowe * Kelly that
the city pay them for about 100 fire
when he was chief, ana not received
until after Chief Bywater was appoint
ed and confirmed, was denied.
The request of the san Pedro road
TO be permitted to store $500 gallons
of lubricating oil and 100 gallons of
gasoline in a building at the corner
of Third West and FOurthNOrth streets
was denied. The chief of the fire de-
partment thought it unWise and un-
safe Tor such a quantity of oil 20 be
placed In "A building at that or any
other point within the city limits.
Upon the request of "a number of cit
liens the street supervisor was in
sLructed TO improve, without any I'M
necessary delay, City Greek Canyon
a r.aI= Fn.a M rs
Beyond that point superintendent Ot
1FaterWoTks Frank Hines has the road
in good condition to the county line,
Davis Hits at Lynch,
Councilman A. j. Davis again
showed his enmity towards Chief of
Police William j. Lynch by opposing
g. motion, made in committee, TO give
the chief a leave of absence TO attend
The International Association OF Chiefs
of Police which meets ju St. Louis
june 6, with $3.50 expenses. He i'm,
sisted that the chief pay his own eE
penses, but finally agreed TO favor tn,
amendment OF Councilman Martin tina
Chief Lynch be allowed $40 expenses
After considerable argument during
which Councilman Davis was forced tJ
admit that ne had voted $500 eX
peuses for Former City Engineer L. G
Kelsey when he went east, and had
voted $3.50 Tor fire chiefs when they
took trips 10 conventions, the commit
tee decided to recommend that Chic
Lynch be given "a ten days leave o.
absence and $3.50. There has been con.
. siderable eumity on the part of C0uu
Gilman A. j. Davis ever since Chic
Lynch refused to give his sanction t,
tire re0pening OF the Red Onion saloon
iu which Bruce Johnson was inter
ested.
A ten-day vacation for all police
with pay. was granted by the fire auJ
police committee