Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-30
PAVING IS AGAIN
At A STANDST|LL.
East South Temple Street I'm
movement Project Once More
Held Up
Al LEAST FOR TWO WEEKS.
AZ Undertakings Concerning the
Work suspended Until the Prop
edy Owners canAgree.

$780,
rhe cast South Temple street paving
o,in ot standstill, NJ least Tor
,hout two weeks The city council last
,ah, refused TO adopt the report OF the
,,,ittce of the whole which recom-
ended that all protests against the
rrDsent plan be filed and the work pro-
.dod with at once. A resolution was
,,,roduced by Wood which provided
no all undertakings and proceedings
meaning the PAVING be suspended un-
II, such time as the property owners
r'n ngree upon feasible plan Tor the
work Wood aud Fernstrom both tHNor-
"a m, resolution and stated that they
would not vote IN favor of DONG one
ning tovards the having until the pro-
,srty owners should come to some
agrosment IN regard to the plan for
,bs work and would sign an agree
mani releasing the city from all claims
,or damages caused BY the proposed
'bonga M the grade Of the street.
paws. Barnes ana others favor
,d Giving tho pruparty owners one more
,hanca 10 reach an agreement III regard
~ O,p matter ana the former moved
maj tho resolution and all matters con-
nartad with the paving proposition De
ala over FOR 10 days aud the bids for
he work be not opened until that time
so that another opportunity may be
Given the property owners. The motion
pravallgd By vote Of to G. SO that
The bids win not be opened until about
Sept No..
CIV Engineer SNOW submitted a let
FER To him from the board Of public
works IN relation To a change In the
Man of paving South Temple street,
me letter susgcsted that raise of IS
Aches be made IN the grade between
the car tracks 50 that IL would not b.
necessary to make such deep cut OF
the grade ON The north side OF the
street. Such a change. the letter stated,
would meet the approval of all those
property owners VINO are nov protest.
Inc against the present plan of the
pavlng. CITY Engineer Snow In his
communication stated that he could
not recommend such a change These
communications We're also laid over for
10 days,
Mayor Morris veto Of the report Of
the committees on public grounds aud
finance donating to the American Min
ing congress a lot for "A building site for
us permanent home, was received by
the council and filed without comment
Shortly after the mayors veto was
read several bills were received from
city Auditor Felt for advertising au-
thorized by the council for bids for the
paving NJ east South Temple street I'm
several outside papers. among which
was bill from the Oregonian Of Port
land Councilman a. j. Davis who
Just returned from Portland after at
tending the mining congress. created
ripple Of laughter by announcing that
he wodld never vote I'm favor OF paying
the Oregonlans bill, Several other
councilmen stated that they would not
favor paying the bin, SO the entire mat
ter was dropped and the bills referred
to the municipal laws committee for
consideration.
Thomas w Jennings presented a pro-
test against changing the width Of the
sidewalk and removing the trees I'm
front Of his property on the corner OF
First and A streets. He says that the
sidewalk has been It's present width and
the trees have been undsturbed for q
years, and he warns the city that he
'Nill hold II responsible for any damage
done 10 the Same I'm putting I'm tho
paving the street. The protest was re-
fcrred to the committee on streets for
consideration.
The Security Bank OF Minnesota sub
mitted a proposition to sell to the city
certain lands lying on the north fork
Of city creek containing $40 acres and
being within the city's watershed. The
company agrees to sell the land az $50
per acre payable In three years time
with interest at per cent. The land
II SAID 10 contain a number of springs.
The matter was referred 10 the COM
miitee on public grounds and finance
Win the land and water commissioner
associated
The amended liquor ordinance was
presented to the council fy Fernstrom,
but H. like the South Temple street
paving matter, was laid over to allow
some VI the parties interested to make
some amendments 10 IT, After con-
SIDERABLE discussion 1t was laid over for
one week
a. J, Davis introduced resolution
providing for the lunch wagons TO be
moved of OF First and Second South
streets and be allowed TO stand only on
nldie street between First and Second
south streets, lie said that the stencil
nom tho cooking Of onions and garlick
III the wagons had become unbearable
20 those who live IN the apartment
houses on those two streets and he
would consider It a personal favor II
tie council would adopt the resolution.
nv resolution was adopted
Ihe committee ON streets reported on
tne petition Of John Dubei and others
" which II recommended that John II.
Dooly he compelled to comply with the
IVY ordinance I'm regard TO pllIng build
H's material IN the street and that the
gates on the fence surrounding such
material be swund inward and n walk
w constructed around such fence at
oIge' The report was adopted
Inc following resolution by r.. II.
DAVIS was adopted unanimously:
=, be II resolved by the city council Of
ealt Lake city Utah: That all men
W. the city's emplay driving sprlnklng
wagons be given half holiday on La
nor day, September O. 1904, after 70
o'clock p, IN.
ihe Black ordinance requiring all We
ll'ies ON the public streets TO keep to
sne right OF the street, under penalty OF
u me, was heard on It's third reading
and passed.
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