The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-13
BUSY SESSION OF
CITY COUNCIL
Extension of One Year Granted
to Public Service Com
pany on Franchise.
IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTED
CITY TREASURER is GIVEN AD-
OPTIONAL CLERK.
IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTED

The city council at it's regular session
last night granted an extension of one
year TO the Salt Lake Public Service
company on its franchise 10 lay four
miles of mains in the city.
The matter had been presented to the
council one week earlier. but it had been
laid on the table for action last night
When the proposition was taken from the
table. Attorney George Lawrence eX-
planned that the Salt Lake Public Service
company had purchased from the Citi-
IenS Heating q Power company its
franchise in the city. 1t is the purpose
of the new company TO do all of the work
which the franchise required but the
company had brUadened it's scope and had
a much larger contract on hand than was
4 first contemplated. The original fran
chise of the Citizens Heating & Power
company gave that company until Dec.
IL. 1906. To lay four miles of mains in the
city. The new company. which had TAX
IN over the franchise. had found II I'M
possible to comply with this requirement,
and asked the extension.
Attorney Lawrence said that or the
cOmpanY'S bonds, 100000 had already
been placed. and that President Chambers
Is now in the east negotiating for the
sale of 100000 more bonds. The attor-
news for the intending purchasers have
asked concerning this clause in the fran
chise and refuse 90 buy until the extern
sion IS granted.
Fernstrom Wants to Know.
Councilman Fernstrom wanted to know
He objected 10 the extension of the fran
chise and fired brOadside of questions
az Attorney Lawrence VINO answered
him explaining in detail the purposes OF
the company and explaining that great
er amount of work had not been done be-
cause of the fact that material could not
be had from the mills.
Councilman Black came 10 Lawrence'S
rescue and insisted that the matter be
settled at once. and not be again laid on
the table. as Councilman FernstrOm had
suggested
Extension Is Granted.
After the adoption of a clause in the
franchise requiring the petitioners to give
the city a bond of So 600 before Dec. 10.
1906. that the work will be accomplished
within the time allowed by the franchise
after the extension is granted. a vote in
the council granted the request of the pc
titioners.
The board OF education reported to the
council that at a regular meeting Of
that board it was decided that the re-
quest of the council that a teacher be
detailed by the board to teach a class in
the Morris detention home was denied
because the board was of the opinion that
IL could not legally grant the request of
the council and detail teacher for that
work The report was received and filed.
Want More Improvements.
\ petition was received from a large
number of residents and taxpayers living
on Third street. between Il and y streets.
Objecting 10 the sidewalk grades in that
district They asked that the grade be
raised IL feet between K and l. streets,
g feet between L and NJ streets and
gradually from NJ TO street The pc
,'titiOn was referred to the city engineer
and the three cOuncilmen from the Fourth
precinct with power to act.
An ordinance providing for the assess
ment Of a sidewalk tax for the cOnstruc-
ton OF a cement walk on First West street
between Eighth and Ninth South streets
was passed
An ordinance calling for the assessment
OF a paving tax in order that Brigham
street may be paved from Tenth East
street TO the western boundary line OF
the Fort Douglas military reservation
was passed
Another ordinance calling for an assess
ment for paving both sides OF III street
from South Temple street to First street
was presented and was passed.
An ordinance calling for the assessment
OF a tax levy for the construction Of sew
ers in the district bounded by Fifth and
Ninth South streets and from Ninth
East street 10 the gravity sewer on the
west was passed.
The board of public works asked for an
appropriation of $1,000 for the construc-
ton of bitches in sidewalk extension No
-. This was referred 70 the city attor-
ney.
File Claims Against City.
Christiana Berg filed claim, against
the city for $1,000 for injuries which she
claimed TO have suffered by falling into
a trench at First South and First West
streets on the night of Sept. %. claiming
that there were no lights or signals
placed there for the warning and pro.
lection of pedestrians The claim was
filed.
Another claim was presented by F. ]
PEPPER who asked for $50, alleging that
ne fell into a ditch at Third South and
Tenth East street on the night of Aug
49, 1906. This was filed.
A communication was read from the
dog-tax collector asking that an appro-
priation Of SIS be made TO repair damages
done to the dog pound by a recent fire
and by the wind in the heavy gale of a
few weeks ago. The appropriation was
made.
FURNISHED Rooms for Rent"
G. S. Tingey. secretary Of state sent
a communication to the council stating