The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-27
BOARD cENSUR9
BY THE COIl|
Claim That Board Of 81
Works Was to Blans
for Delays.
SIDEWALK CONTRACTOps|
RELEASED FROM n
Money to Be Refunded NJ
the Sidewalks Were NJ
Built.

w" 'i''S doie llIbe 90 rethe,
criticism of the Board Of w.
its ways. which do not altoo.,,'
with the council approval. -
the board will be asked 10 ND
council as TO the orders tA.,
occasion to hand ont to cons,,..
city work.
The Utah Fireproofng CONS.
at last been released from (.
formance of any more wo,t
contract for cement sidev,lr
1905. The council will be rs.,.
ed to grant the release ibo =
on Its part TO abandon cor,,;.
which it ia understood 10 6avs
the city, Other pending cor,,,
also released,
The matter has been refeu,;
committee of the whole which
evening. the president Of tle
A. j. Davis. presiding. When !.
muuicatlon of tho Board A.
which had been referred 20 4,
recommending the release ~
tract, Councilman MoIvev b,J
some letters which he asked Ia l.
These were from the Board n
Works, and were ehrec IN
two being from the old bua,s 4
October Il, and October 2f ID.
the third from the present bo,I
letters all stopped the conlrs,Is
proceeding further on a numb,
extensions.
Some of the members of D.
thought that these letters puI 4
ter OF the contract in a diIfn,'
and that instead Of the coulu1
ing to blame for the many n
extensions, the Board Of Wm|
really TO blame for shiftinr
around.
The opinion OF the city at,ou|
then read, 1t set forth tbAt b
Fireproofng company had su
approximately TO do 100000
feet of cement sidewalking h
dimensions. In reality The
had laid l,l13,9lS square fess
sort Of walk and S,902 feel
other. He thought they had ps|
all under this contract thai
reasonably required of them. b
the council should notify them
ing that they were released q
contract. He did not regard q
amount of work they had AZ /
waiver Of or reliuouishmeni
right to insist that they sbouH
required TO go beyond the hour
reasonable estimate OF app
quantities.
After lengthy discussion
offered by Councilman Ferry eaT
recommend concurrence in itt
of the Board of Works, and
contractor be released. on its n
the city from all claims again
cept such as the Board OF Wo
the city engineer may approya
Councilman Black managed
added TO this a request to The
torney to furnish some more
certain clauses of the CONTRACT
A resolution followed this
council be recommended 10
moneys collected on Sidewalk
and where the work was moi dci'
refunded TO the property oV
production of receipts and ayr
to the council.
cnticising the Board
In passing the resolution ccr'
Tuddeuham and Martin. =
Fernstrom and Others sad
been surprised at the ''H
which put tho matter ID
| light. showing that the BoaIa
had been really to blame ior
In finishing the work,
Councilman Martin here
casion 10 say a few sharp
/ connection with the method
| Board of Works. He clalm@
Board was proceeding w1Ia
outside of its province ins i;
had been called to consldcr
| ton of returning the checss
of the contractors on sldeys
sewers, but he now undeIss001,
Board, without authorly
| council, had handed these eIs Is'
n week AGO. He asked the SIT,
Board. R. F. Christensen,
not the case. Mr.. ChTlslep''
Mr. Muivev them waru1sa
sailed into the Board OF mS
wanted to know what tho eoo,
for, anyway, if its powers
taken over in this fashion.
had this very matter before
the Board knew it, the laltsi
and disnosed of it. He made
that the council be reeom~
order the Board Of WORKS ~
/ communications Of contrae.oI,, ontun,
or stopping work TO the aS SOgI h
thew NAV Know what is gong
was carried. NJ v,u
Councilman o O'Donnen
know from Mr.. ChrissseIKSsnu Ksnu,
had sent the checks OF hs4 NJ
other contractors back, ana
| of the Board said thaI ,Ss ps
acted upon the orders OF .,at wv
President Davis said .naMs IA
had released Perciyal on NJ rsr
$4,000 and had taken = .;uuir|
| S5. 600, and they were con'
the same thing. Tud'
Councilmen Hooday' ,roke
Fernstrom and others sp
same strain. =, ths!
Mr.. Christensen saiu Bo,/
Percival bond matter 'as as,a
tainly understood that Su Hs
intention of the council. ~
the Board of Works nao ,rw ~
do otherwise than TO coz
wishes Of the council. ..oluu<
II finally ended by a rssts ls
ing rejecting the contISSss cd Sss,
Birch FOR sidewalks ana ,rdsrid
sewer extensions and osps pss
checks returned. This ies' y
clear for the re'advertlsianSy anSyisst
in case it is considered au ''nssr
on with improvements
as at present. II