The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
TO PAVE PART OF
BRIGHAM STREET
Council Decides TO Improve It
TO Seventh East.
ASPHALT WILL BE USED
ATTORNEY DEY DECIDES FIRST
STREET MUST BE FIXED.

A portion of Brigham street is to be
paved this summer Ii was definitely
decided at the city council committee
meetings last night f4 commend IN
improve that thor0ugIfare from the
east side OF state street 20 the west
side OF Seventh East street The pave
ment is to be asphalt It was further
decided that 10 is now too late 90 stop
the advertised Improvement on First
street between State and A streets.
The board of public works win proceed
with the Improvement without further
delay
When the pavement OF Brigham
street came up before the several COM
mittees to which il had been referred
a number of abUtting property owners
east OF Seventh East street asked that
. they be relieved from the expense of
the heavy grading between State and
T. streets. When Informed that that
could not be done they made another
proposition. Tt was 90 the effect that
they be relieved from paying their FIRST
assessment until actual work was be-
gun on that portion OF the street east
Of Seventh East street.
VIII Pave Portion at a Time.
City Attorney c. C. Dey. who at
tended the meeting, said that the re-
quest would have to be denied. as every
property owner along the street would
have TO make his payment at the same
time, regardless of how long IL would
take the contractors to lay the pave
ment in front Of their respective
homes
Tt was then that the people living
east OF Seventh East street asked that
they be taken from the pavement dis
! trtct for the time being. They eX-
planned that by so doing they would
not be compelled to pay this year for
improvements in front of their prop
erty which cannot be made for more
/ than a year at the earliest. City At
I torney Dey said that could be done.
Monday night a resolution viii be
passed 10 that effect. which VIII make
. the paving district run east as far as
the west side of Seventh East street.
When the street has been paved that
far, the people residing beyond VIII de-
eide whether they want asphalt or ma
cadam. and the regular form of adVer-
Using for bids for the Improvement of
Brigham street as far east as Tenth
East street will be gone through.
Constitution is Avoided.
The question had been raised by
many property owners that the city
could not improve Brigham street as
the municipality would be mourning a
debt beyond the constitutional limit.
The matter was referred to City At
tOTney Dey. He reported upon it last
evening after it had been decided TO
pave the street as far east as Seventh
East street. He said the law could be
CirCumVented here, as it is in San
Francisco, Portland and other western
and eastern cities, by having the as
sessmeuts paid into special fund.
from which fund the contractor is paid
the latter signing an agreement to the
effect that he does not hold the city
liable I'm any form excepting i'm so far
that it is liable for the collection of
the assessments. The collections are
an easy matter, as they become a lien
upon the property when due.
The further statement was made that
the men who would submit bids for the
work of paving the streets We're willing
70 DO the work under such an agree
ment should they be awarded the con-
tracts.
Must Pave First Street.
The paving of First street then came
UP. There were a number Of people
who did not want the work done. They
made a vigorous protest. tt was stated
TO them by the city attorney that the
date for protesting had long since eX-
pitE4s d4itDSL a y ear dE1s ~ men Il N o.
asked of the council to delay the work
the aDuLtlng property owners were TOD
that inasmuch as some of the people
on that street had already paid i'm theiI
assessment. the work must proceed in
the usual way, unless the consent of
those who have paid In money could
/ be secured 20 withdraw their Opposi-
ton. That was said TO be not practi-
cable, as some OF them do not live ir
the city.