The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-10
He Agrees to Complete Last
Years Contract: Contract
for This Year Approved.
CONSIDERABLE TALKING
BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
Councilman Holiday Creates a
Mild Sensation in the Cham
ber; Various Affairs.

| posed extensions of water mains occu-
| pied the attention of the city council
! for several hours last evening, Mr..
! Percival was given the contract for i'm
| provements for the present year on
condition that he files an additional
bond for $4,000 to complete the 10000
feet remaining on the last year s con
tract. IL is admitted that Mr.. Percival
lost money on the contract last year,
but he is willing to complete his con
tract at a loss on receiving the present
contract, which is at a higher figure.
| The new contract is for water cxten-
sions. amounting to over $l50,00O.
There was some opposition to the
awarding of the new contract TO Mr..
| Percival, and almost the entire even
ing was spent in arguing points Of or.
der and the making and voting down of
amendments.
The matter came up on the report of
the finance and waterworks committee
| that they had agreed with Mr.. Perciyal
that he would he given the contract for
the present years work if he would
complete the $l2 900 worth of work re-
naming from last year. Councilman
Ferry explained that Mr. Percival had
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was advised by tho Board of Works
not to do so. He had agreed TO com
plete the last year S work, though he
would lose $1,000 on il and though he
had been advised by his attorney that
he could not be compelled to do so.
Black Leads Opposition.
Councilman Black led the opposition
to the contract, and was seconded by
Councilman Mulvey. These did not
want TO give any contract to Percival
until he had completed the other con
tract. Councilman Martin was equally
warm in his support Of the contract.
Nulyey repudiated with some heat any
insinuations which he said were made
that he or others of the council were
working 10 kill this contract, and in
the interests of some other contractor.
He only wanted TO see Percival do what
he had agreed before he got any more
work. A resolution of Councilman Hob
day finally passed that an additional
bond of $4,000 be filed to complete last
year S work, After that the contract
with Perclval for this years work was
approved.
Wo contracts were awarded to Bert
q kuster for sidewalks. amounting to
S336O, and one to p j. Moran for paw
ing sidewalks, of Sl1 500,
There was appropriated $500 for max
ing grades on Fourth North from Sew.
enth West to Eleventh West.
The contract made with Zimmerman
q Lloyd for the concessions in Liberty
park was approved.
y petition of S. Wells TO construct
fruit and news stand at the north
west corner Of South Temple and Sec
ond west streets was referred TO tho
street committee. Mr.. Wells set forth
that he is 90 years Of age and Grip
pie through rheumatism
Claim of $4,000.
Cornelius Glassett presented claim
against the city for $4,000 damages for
injuries sustained by him owing TO the
unsafe condition Of the sidewalk on
the north side of East First South, Nv
reason Of thus he had fallen, January
", and received injuries which laid him
up for SIX weeks and he has since been
compelled to 90 OH crutches. His claim
WAS as referred TO the claims committee.
! ne New State Gun club com
| planned that Street Supervisor Raleigh
with a number of men had entered upon
| the property Of the club near the mouth
OF the Jordan river in Salt Lake and
DAVIS counties and, placing dynamite
under their dams. had blown out and
destroyed them. The club expressed its
! Willingness TO compromise for $500. but
| the Council ordered a reply to be sent
| them that they had no right to place
| distractions in the river
The recommendation of J. 3 More.
ton, city recorder, that Harry D. Chase
be appointed stcnographer for the civil
division of the City court to fill the
| George NJ. Clutch to be deputy clerk
| was carried.
a design Of seal for the engineer
ing department submitted by l.. {. Kcl.
sey, city engineer, was adopted
An offer of p. j. Moran to sell ma.
terial oxcavated TO the city for filing
and haul the same distance of four
blocks for 10 cents load was referred
| TO the street committee
A contract signed by Mrs. Flora A
| Phillips for exchange of five acres of
water IN Parlev's canyon for similar
right IN the city canal was approved,
The street supervisor s complaint Of
| the practice of many merchants Of
sweeping refuse into the streets after
! they had been washed was considered
and the chief of police will be notified
TO enforce the ordinance.
Five New Inspectors.
DR.. Stewart of the Health department
asked for four additional Inspectors al
/ $2.25 per day each that a campaign of
cleaning up might be inaugurated In
stead he was given five inspectors at
$3.50 per day each.
D. W. Gamble. building Inspector, re-
ported that for the past quarter the
number Of building permits taken out
amounted to l27, the estimated value
being s7sO,0oo The number of eiec,
tric signs erected was II. He had paid
into the city treasury from fees $500 10,
rather significant incident occurred
when request came up from Thomas
& Jones for a lease of gravel pits in
City Creek canyon. The request was
turned down as a request from the same
parties had been last year. Some of the
councilmen asked why others received
leases and this firm could not get one.
Councilman Holiday said that the only
reason why he had voted against them
last year and would again this year was
that he had been told by a member of
the firm that there was 500 in it for
him to vote In favor of the lease.
The council adjourned to Tuesday of
l.