The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-04
Finally, 1t Seems, distractions
of the Mormon Opposition
Have Been Overcome.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO CITY ENGINEERS DUTIES
Utah Light and Railway Fran
chise Soon Will Receive
Councils Attention.

The city administration is now we'll
along on the way to carry out contem-
plated public Improvements without fur
ther hitch. 1t has taken very consider
able amount of time to get over and
past the Instructions placed IN lis way
by the Mormon opposition, assisted by
the Legislature, but the tangle is now
practically overcome. The city audi
tor IS Office is busily engaged in issuing
warrants for scrip and the engineer s
Office is equally busy catching up with
estimates, The contractors nre receiv-
ing attention as rapidly as a limited
Office force can give it to them. Today
s, Birch will get his scrip exchanged
for warrants, and other contractors will
be satisfied AT the meeting Of the
city council this evening the auditor s
office will ask for an additional clerk
TO complete the exchanges of scrip for
warrants as the contractors desire To
make them. II is only a week since the
ordinances became law and in that time
the officials have done a great deal to
satisfy everybody,
cll will pass the ordinance concerning
the duties Of the City Engineer in rcia,
ton 10 the new phases in city work
developed since the hostile legislation
of the Legislature. II will be presented
in the form suggested by the Mayor in
his veto with tho clause from the old
ordinance TO which he objected eimin.
atod This will make complete the
series Of ordinances necessary to carry
on the special improvements. The neces
sary thing now viii be 10 watch for oh
structions from the good Mormon elders,
who are putting everything possible in
the way of progress,
Will Visit Stone Quarry.
The members of the street committee
VIII this afternoon look over the stone
quarry in Dry canyon from which Elder
r, s. Wells and his colleagues would
like 10 sec the city get all it's stone for
maCadamiTing purposes and Will go over
the extension 10 be improved on First
and Second avenues. IL is not AT all
likely that the members Of the commit
tee will listen for n moment to any
proposition from the quorum that would
in the slightest degree tend to delay
the immediate carrying out of the work
contemplated.
Petitions for more paving and sewers
have been coming IN AT rapid rate
Of late and number Of these will come
before tho council tonight Some ad
ertisements for tenders already have
been called for and probably more viii
he ordered as soon as the situation
warrants.
The legislation asked from the coun
Gil by ", j. Frazier, pure food Inspec-
tor. Will receive attention by the com
mittecs this week, and probably an or
dinance will be prepared to meet the
necessities Of the law particularly in
the direction of enforcement.
As soon as some Of the accumulation
OF business is cleared away the Utah
Light & Railway franchise will receive
presented TO the council at first, that
will require discussion and careful in
vestigation. II is safe TO say that the
Utah Light G. Railway company will not
receive n franchise in the generous
manner in which such was handed out
by past councils, In the discussion Of
the new franchise one Fernie S. Fern
strom, nm elder in the Mormon church.
will appear rs he has done in similar
matters, as the special advocate Of the
street railway company, and will fight
hard for the giving Of everything pos
sihle 10 the company, In tins he will
be assisted by Rulon S. Wells. an elder
and president of Seventies, who has a
relative in the company management,
Will Consider Resignation,
An important matter to come before
the council this evening vii be the ac-
ceptance of the resignation of r. 3.
WINNER as chief deputy in the city
treasurer's office, and the confirmation
Of the appointment of Frank Godbe as
his successor. In Mr.. Godbc. it is re-
cognized, the city is securing the ser
vices of one Of the best accountants IN
the city, and one who should be an ex-
ccllent official,
Several important matters will come
TO the council from the Board of Works.
Among other things the council Will be
asked to make up the amount which is
short on the water main extensions on
the alphabet streets, This will be
matter reaching nearly 10000, and was
occasioned by the character. of the
ground and the excavation In which
difficulties were encountered. An APP
preparation also Will be necessary for
the building of the city garbage hop
pers at the Oregon Short Line tracks,
The tenders for which were $3.50 above
tho engineers estimate