The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-28
DONATION FOR
ASPHALT TRUST
Council will Give Away Prop
erty Owners Money, Amount
ing to $3.50.
ANCIENT CLAIM REVIVED
PACKARD LIBRARY REQUIRES
MORE FUNDS.

Recommendations were made last night
by the municipal laws committee of the
city council by which the property own
ers between First West and Fifth West
streets on Second South street will be
biiked out of $3.50 on paving contract
If the claim is passed by the council. The
claim has been under consideration for
some time, but lash night the deal was
fixed up. Preparations are being made
TO fight the claim i'm the city council
Tuesday night when Il will come up on
the appropriation list.
The Alcatraz Asphaltum company.
which secured the contract for the paving
of Second South street below First West
street. fell behind 1851 days on the con-
tract before the paving was completed.
The contract provided that for every day
the company fell behind the allotted time
it was to forfeit $50. When the contract
was completed, 1850 was held out by the
council. Shortly afterward the Barber
Asphaltum Trust company bought the Al
catraz Asphaltum company and imme-
diately put in claim for the $3.50 which
had been held out. For more than two
years Ill has been in the hands of the
council. and the Barber Asphaltum com
pany has been trying to settle ii outside
of the courts.
Stone Delayed Company.
When the contract was let the Aca-
traZ ASphaltum company opened a rock
quarry north of the city to secure curb
ing stone. The stone was examined and
found to be Of poor quality for curbing
purposes. The curbing was condemned
by the council. and the paving contractors
were tied up for nearly two months and
half before they could secure the stone
for curbing. The street was torn up
during the months of October. November
and December. The storms put the street
in an impossible condition. The mud was
two feet deep and at the street crossing
the city built foot bridges out of rail-
road ties in order that pedestrians might
cross from one side to the other.
The council under the Morris admins
tration refused to consider the claim in
any form. The Barber Asphaltum com
pany threatened to resort to the courts,
but didn't make good its threats.
In the way of stipulation. the Barber
ASphaitum company has now agreed not
to ask for interest, but TO settle the claim
for the principal. Counclmen Mulvey,
Ferry, Crabtree and Holley went into eX-
ecutive session last night. and agreed to
a settlement under the head of stipula-
ton. The recommendation was made, and
Tuesday night it will come up for appro-
val.
Robbing Property Owners.
Councilman F. S. Fernstrom said last
night that judgment could not be Sc
cured against the city under the contract.
and that it was robbing the property own
ers on West Second South street of their
money. The settlement will be vigorously
opposed in the next council meeting.
Councilman Mulvey said last night that
as sure as the claim was filed in the dis
trict court against the city, the trust
could not only secure Judgment for the
principal but for interest. which will
amount to about $1,000 and the cost of the
suit. This, ne said, would have 10 come
out Of the property owners pockets, and
that a settlement by stipulation would
be cheaper.
Library Needs Money.
The municipal laws committee is also
trying 70 devise some scheme to appro-
pirate to the Packard library $1,000 for
running expenses until the first of the
year. So far they have been unable 10
strike upon a plan. and last night they
called upon the city attorney for help.
The expenses of the Packard library for
last year were S1S.1304 A. Besides the IL
brary tax. which amounted TO S971S the
city appropriated 5000. and the fines and
balance in the treasury gave the library
cash balance of 81, 5S4.S 50. The receipts
on June l. 1906. showed that there was a
cash balance of $3.4434 40 with which to
run through the year. The finance COM
mtttee, which met with the municipal
laws committee last night. said that there
was nothing left now with which to pur-
chase coal for the winter months or to
pay for janitor work. 1t is probable that
/ the two committees and the members of
the city attorneys staff will present a
scheme TO make the appropriation.
Special Police to Be Fired.
The police and prison committee recon-
me1ded that all the heads Of the special
policemen in Salt Lake be cut off, except
those appointed by Chief of Police George
A. Sheets within the last year Chief
Sheets has appointed forty-three. and it
| is estimated that there are about 500
men i'm Salt Lake wearing special off
GERS badges who have no commission to
wear them. All the night watchmen who
are now employed in the city will be no.
/ titled to file an application for reap
| pointment, accompanied by request
from their respective employers. AS soon
as ample time is given for reappointments
of those who are still employed in a DO
sition TO have police authority the 9th
ers will be run down by the police and
says that many of the special Officers
have been working themselves into the
I theatres, circuses and other places of
amusement on the strength of their