The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-09
NEW SIDEWALKS
ARE ORDERED
City Council Passes Ordinances
Providing for Big Cement
District.
CITY AUDITOR REPORTS ON SEP
TEMPER RECEIPTS.

Seven miles of cement sidewalks were
ordered last night by the city council,
which passed five ordinances to that pur-
pose. The first ordinance takes in both
sides of all wide streets within the dis
trict bounded on the west by Ninth East
street. on the north by South Temple
street on the east by the Fort Douglas
reservation and on the south by Fifth
South street except where there are side
walks now: also or both sides of Doug
las avenue between Second and Fourth
South streets, in sidewalk districts NOS.
2, 4. 6, il, % and %. The extensions in
these districts amount TO nearly i've
miles
In sidewalk district No. q, the south
side of First South street, between Ninth
and Tenth West streets. distance of geo
fret Is to be paved.
4 In sidewalk district No. 10. the west
(ide of State street between First North
/and Second North streets, 1888 feet is TO
be paved.
Another ordinance covers the paving of
both sides OF Third South street, between
Second East and Third East streets, a
distance OF 1920 feet, which is in sidewalk
district No. 8.
The north side of Eleventh street, from
the east side OF street to a point mid
way between NJ and n streets, distance
of 1916 feet Is to be paved, in sidewalk
district No. Is.
Trse Falls on House.
Thomas Morris sent a communication
last night to the council demanding $500
damages done to his property at First
North and Seventh West streets. Nor
ris states that in grading in front of his
house for a cement sidewalk the roots of
several large trees were cut right close
10 the trunks of the trees, leaving them
in a dangerous condition. About midnight
on Wednesday a windstorm blew the trees
over. smashing the fence in front of Nor
ris' house, and one of the trees fell onto
The roof of his house. The chimneys were
knocked off and the roof badly damaged
Morris threatens TO sue the city unless q
settlement is made in a short time. The
communication was referred TO the ccm-
mittee on claims.
Charles Crismon put in a claim against
the city for $4,000. but offers to arbi-
trate the matter. In his communication
to the council he states that he owns q
twelve-acre piece Of property at the
mouth of Parley'S CANYON through which
the citYS conduit for the reservoir will
run. He claims that il will spoil his ice
pond and also his gravel bed. He holds
the property at $1,000. which he wants
the city to buy.
Machines on Display.
City Recorder ]. B. Moreton was made
custodian of the city's voting machines
by a resolution, presented by Council
man Black which was passed. The res
olution orders him TO put the machines on
exhibition where the voters can have ac-
cess TO them Two deputies Will be APP
pointed to assist him in distributing the
machines and taking care of them. They
viii be freghted TO the various voting
districts not later than Thursday.
City Auditor Rudolph Alff submitted a
report to the council showing that 50 O13 %
had been collected and paid in to the city
treasury during the month of September
OF this amount the fines and forfeitures
in the criminal division of the city court
amounted to s1-5l7- The civil division of
the city court contributed S1I3.25 on which
TO run the city. The receipts of the iuve-
nile court amounted to S11. and 500 was
received from II. p Clark, the fee for the
urban and suburban electric railway fran
chise. There was also 81 collected for au-
tomobile taxes.