Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-25
BLUNOERS Of
CITY ENGINEER
Main Topic of Discussion During
Regular Session Of Coun.
oil Last Night.
LITTLE SURPRISE PARTY.
wives and Families Spread Picnic In
Anterooni for Dedication OF the
LITTLE SURPRISE PARTY.
wives and Families Spread Picnic In
Anterooni for Deiectatlon OF the
Assembled Solons.

The city council disposed of a large
amount of routine business yesterday
and adjourned before 10 O'Clock. lust
as the members were filing out to-
wards the cloak room they We're sur
prised to see their wives and families
coming into the council chamber from
side doors. Mystery reisned until the
women explained they had como pro-
vided with plenty of good things TO
eat. These We're spread in an ante
room and good chatty old time re-
suited. The women who appeared at
the end of the session were Mrs. A. IA.
Little, Mrs. a. j. Davis, Mrs. l.. d.
Martin. Mrs. Thomas HOLIDAY, Mrs. Il.
G.. O'Donneli, Mrs Christopher Diehl,
Mrs. John r. Wiscomb, Mrs. George
sheets. Mrs. ~ a. Swenson, Mrs.
Henry Heath, Mrs. L. II. Christensen,
Mrs. Ida NJ Savage Mrs. Anna Pc
tiers. Mrs. w. H. Watson. Miss Ethel
Wilkinson. Mrs. Frank Mathews, Mrs.
Fsithey and others, In charge of the
party Of ladies were Chief George
Sheets, Capt. John b, Burbidge and
Judge Chris Diehl
j. p. KENNEDY'S FIGURES,
There was little out of the ordinary
doing in the council session last even
Ing, 1t developed. however that the
board OF public works is awarding j.
n Kennedy. a contractor. figures for
work on the north bench that are
higher than stated contract price. the
discovery of this was made during
discussion of the report granting 10
Kennedy St1.i3634 for eNcavattng
and digging trenches on the north
bench. II was here the pipes were
considered too near the surface
bringing some cloud over Engineer
Kelsey's head. The contract pro-
vides that all excavations are ~ be
made for 5S cents per cubic yard and
makes no mention of depth. The
average depth Is considered 10 feet.
Because the engineer made blunder
in laying the pipe so The new grade
made il near the surface, II il claimed
10 feet of excavating was needed ana
the board figured out that Kennedy
should get 72ts cents per cubic yard
for dirt removed at a depth between
10 and Is feet. 81 cents for dirt re-
moved at depth between ~ ana 10
feet and s1.05ta for dirt taken out
from a depth of between lb ana "
feet This action caused some discus
sion In the meeting last night; a num-
Der asking where and how the board
of public works got It's authority 10
make prices and awards not provided
FOR in contracts covering the work
Councilman Ferry was especially
curious and Councilman Black LOOK
the floor to explain the committee re-
mort. He said an ordinance was pass
ed In 1895 making all sewer assess
ments of this character, $1.40 per foot
These figures were used in making
assessments to cover the extension
under debate he said the city had
never last on sewer work until this
cnse come up.
Was II necessary-ab solutely neces-
sary to make me sssgsS'',eG nur pi M,
Ferry.
''Well--if we didn't we would have to
repeal an ordinance" answered Souh-
Gilman Black.
"Than ii ought to be repealed. ana
nov. because 1t has cost the city Sl2,-
Ooo . The committee OH municipal laws
and city engineer will wrestle with the
tangled affair and report later.
A big batch of petitions, complaints
and usual communications was received
and scnc Though IN auick time.
a,,nr r>--re az f.RADING
NO"A h4N
Robert Hardness. 1903 east Brigham
,,rcet complained of the grading and
rnrbsnq on a street. He said the grade
was cut down so far as TO leave the
curb stand up n foot or more ana
leaving hanks of dirt along Dotn SlucS
~ The street This ruined the property
So far as beauty and value were con-
cerned. he explained.
,omnanv wants sl1365 for damage
clniTned to have been done to it's stock
May 1S bv a storm. owing to the city's
NEGLIGENCE. saws the communication,
water ran from west Second South
west Second South street running pa
per to The value ne'i''oi'eu
COMPANY ACCEPTS FRANCHISE.
,,.u,,,,, ,,o,,,ra,,v
The utah Lighl haiMnyr ~ 80
sent IN a tormal aeeepttl.e ~ ~ ,ho
chise granting u tne Ilsut w ~" po,ar
oregon shart Luz ~, sn a',,, d Ina wants
olson, hNins hedr ', ne la,,,,,e,,t Tor al
500 from vac S''S a. 1905 H., cana No
legged damages uu o. w. .rSo ,rirhph
Of water from the ou'lal. tbe
West Improvements leasuv oc no
council 10 chailse wv ''u o,,los I,
Ninth south canal py w. iron,
straight through 10 tne e.h Tna
Seventh West on -Hln. 'u hrldec ht,iit
league also wants " s,,,sL So,,,p
at fHfth West an u1, N,s,sg nnIon con-
,rihuted a communication adyoca'ing
the passage ~ Wv nleetrlnlons or
ordinance. I,its p,,nve ALTERATIONS ana
super'ntehueii,s ~ tHdIng me license
changes IN o .a ,,o,r ana The bond.
fee Is 10 De N-' P'' 'N''