The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-25
WILL GO AHEAD
WITH BRIGHAM.
Council Thus Decides on Paw
ing in Committee.
STILL CHANCE FOR CHANGE
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS HAS
COMPROMISE PLAN.
STILL CHANCE FOR CHANGE

D~AAe0 - o4<AN " OAfAAO mas
COMPROMISE PLAN.
After discussing the matter for two
hours the council last night, meeting as
4 committee os the whole. decided to re-
Fort 10 the city council that no actor
Ls.d been taken upon the protest Of Brig
nam street residents against the adve-
Using Tor bids Tor the paving OF gie
street IhiS means that the protest will
i'e MED and the work Of paving viii go
or IN accordance with the plans Of Ina
bcard OF public wOrks-unIeSs the city
I2thers Monday evening change thuir
MINDS And Il Is probable that they vii
DO 50. Tor after the meeting had ad-
JVurned Colonel +. \. Wall and J. .
wood of the board of public works gave
cut that they had "A modification Of the
Ian which they deemed would meet tha
approval Of those who were now protest
lHG against the paving Of the tborou-fi-
iare, and that they would submit this
pan 10 the cOUncilmen before the next
meeting.
The protest Of Judge J. A. Miner and
CtherS was read at the beginning Of The
meeting Councilman Fernstrom was the
llrsJ speaker he stated that the en-,
EineerIng department had been spending
the best part Of its time for two years
working on Brigham street. TO the detrJ-
Inent of the waterWorks department Al
ready 2,0o0 had been spent in advertising
for bids and other work and nothing md
tecn accomplished He believed that the
whole matter ought to be dropped by the
council until the property owners had
C me to some agreement as TO what they
wanted on the street. and then submit It
10 the council for approval
Councilman Black stated that he had
b. en- in favor of paving the street ever
S-nce the matter was brought I'D two
ears ago, but ne would now oppose K
if he thought that after all the council
cad done in trying TO give the residents
OF East South Temple street a pavement,
these people should bring ID mage suits
against the city when the work should b.
completed.
Says "Be Surs YOURS Right.v
1T would be bettcrtto advertise for bids
half q dozen more times for the paving
of the street than to make any mis-
takes said Councilman Hartenstein.
There IS more traffic on East South
Temple street than six ordinary streets
in the city We cannot satisfy everyone
in paving the street, but must make some
result
I believe that we should satisfy the
sbutting property owners. but do not see
how We can do it, said Councilman T1Id-
denham- Those on the south side OBJ
Jected to two streets. one on either side
OF the center. with retaining wall be-
tween Colonel Wallis plan TO reduce the
grade has not met with entire approval.
he last plan seemed acceptable and was
adopted by the council. Now the people
on the street come up and protest against
what they once approved ] believe We
had better throw aside the whole bust
ness until the property owners find ou-
Judge James A. Miner. who headed the
protest against the readVeTtising for bids
Tor the paving OF the street. was asked
70 address the committee. He said:
If two grades were established on the
street II would meet with my approval
and believe the city would not be liable
for damages for depreciation IN property
UOnable. for 1t means the cutting OF from
SIX to ten feet from the north side OF
the street and the filling in Of the same
amount on the south side The present
plan satisfies no one. as it viii destroy
property values The grade was fixed III
1891 and cannot now be changed without
the city being liable for damages Those
Of us who live on the street have made
improvements in conformity TO this grade.
and TO change the grade now would hurt
our property 1 admit that the plan of
City Engineer Snow Will make hand
some street. but It viii destroy the abUt-
tns property
Wall Tells of Work
Colonel Z. A. Wall. chairman Of tire
hoard of public works. then told OF the
y ork he had done about two years ago
On his own account towards making a
Eian zhiCh would be feasible and meet
tbe approval Of the property owners. He
stated that at that time neither he nor
Engineer Snow was connected with the
y
agreed that his scheme was feasible. And
I WAS approved by a great majority OF
ihe property owners Later when Mr.
snow became city engineer. he had drawn
up q plan somewhat different from this
enc Bids were asked for and submitted
but the lowest was found defective and
oil were rejected. When Engineer Snow
crew the last plan the street car com pany
stated that IL would remove the tracks
on East South Temple street. After re-
eecung these bids We learned that the
flffrs HuI
tracks would remain. Therefore. some
notifications Of the plan were necessary
We are now advertising for new bids
under these notifications. and IL is to
this that the protest We are now CON
SiderIng IS made. ! had been advised
that II the plans OF the city engineer aS
approved by the council. and for which
bluS we're received and rejected We're
carried out. the CITY would be enJOineC
from proceeding with the work
The colonel stated that his original
euce Of eleven and Ihree-Qua rters feet
between the sidewalks on two sides Of
the street, though the maximum differ
CacC was over thirteen feet. The plan
vas that both sides sof the street should
slope towards the south with a grade OF
~ per cent. Between the street ear
would be q rise Of eighteen inches. or n
: per cent grade The plan. although ad
mittediy feasible. was not pleasing TO the
eye of engineer.
Wall il it would not be q good plan TO
drop the whole matter until the property
owners should come TO the council with
some plan on which they had agreed The
colonel answered that this was just what
had haD1ened last fall Tho property
owners had an agreed. and then some of
the sc who signed the petition for pave
me7t protested a-einst it.
Councilman Black upon being informed
By the colonel that Il would be less harm
81 10 have cut made in ones property
than TO have q FL MADE is front of Il
salc that as long as these persons living
on the lower side of the street who were
not wealthy. had not objected 10 a fill of
three and d half feet those on the upper
side ought not to object to a cut of six
feet
0'Meara Wants More Paving.
W. 2. o Meara created approving smiles
bs wanting 30 know why the upper end
of the street. the -'sunflower district -
could rot be paved q once. as IL is level
ana let thO~e residing on the lower end
yvcangie all they wanted to- He said the
sUnflOWPrS on the street were so hiEh that
he could not sec his neighbOrs' houses.
mo the mud made the road almost I'M
passable- he did not see WHY those lfv-
ING above + street should have TO go