Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-16
SOUTH TEMPLE
PAVING HELD UP.
conncil Divided Between the Pro-
positions of Laying Asphalt
And Macadam.
nF. WALKER BLOCK PETITION.
Committee Reports Against PERMITS
sion 10 Add Another Story TO the
BuiIding--Walls too Light.

r,,oo ,nembers OF the committee on
,,reets OF the city council last evening
,acnssed the paving OF east south
-. street but could come to no
Sar5te agreement IN regard 10 the
80, "a they decided to refer IL back
.no council for final action. Some are
A. favor OF paving the entire street
ian, state 10 Tenth East street, with
,nba,t AS provided in the original
.Jan While others favor paving from
So 10 r. street with asphalt and
yam = to Tenth East street With mac
dam. A number OF propertyowners Pc
.i,to,ad the council TO use macadam
,rstead Of asphalt as the former would
.,os, about 81 per front foot less than
,ho latter. While there were not enough
,rotests against the Improvement to de-
.Aat H. still some of the councllmen be-
lIeyc that the propertyowners should
40, be compelled to pay the additional
cost OF using asphalt II they do not
Favor #, but that macadam should be
used for at least part of. the work,
Should the council decide to use mac
oJam IN part Of the work the entire
matter will have TO be re-adyertised be-
fore the improvement can be com
menced.
and engineering denied the petition of
ID +. Walker, presented by his agent,
n G Raybould, 90 be allowed 20 add
another story to the ID. i, Walker
building A permit to add the fifth
story TO the building was issued by for
mer Building Inspector Ulmer, but 1t
was annulled by present Building In
spector Lewis for the reason that the
walls OF the building are not Of sulii-
Client thickness and strength to bear the
additional weight OF another story.
Mr.. Timer appeared before the com
mittees and urged that the permit be
issued and said that the ordinances are
D, fault because they specify only the
thickness Of walls in large buildings
aud 90 not specify the strength requlr-
ed. Councilman Neuhausen said that
the walls do not comply with the or
dinances and that they are not strong
enough TO stand the additional weight,
The committees in executive session
decided to report unfayorably on the
petition.
The committee on municipal laws de-
clded to amend the bicycle ordinance by
Including in the restricted bicycle dis
trict the sidewalks between South
Temple and First North streets and
East Temple and Third West streets.
The committee on markets again con-
sidered the request of City SeaIer Of
Weights and Measures Richards FOR
permission to purchase horse and
buggy TO use in his department, and de-
rided TO grant the officer permission TO
hire a horse and buggy five days each
week II necessary at cost not to ex-
coed $3.50 per day.
The license Of pawnbrokers will be re-
duced from 5000 to 800 per annum In
accordance with the decision Of the
license committee, which decided to
make such recommendation last
night
The department payrolls for the first
half OF June We're referred to the fin
hnce committee and the chairmen Of the
other committees Interested at the adj
1ourned session Of the council last
night lust before the committee meet
ings, The council also adopted the res
olution introduced by Black authoriz-
ing the board Of public works TO pro-
coed at once with the paving OF First
street from State to A street,