The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-28
MAkESHIFT TO
MEET DEMANDS
About $4,000 Transferred
From Street Fund to Pay
Contractors.
RELIEF BUT TEMPORARY
HEAVY OBLIGATIONS STACKING
UP AGAINST CITY.

The council last night acceded to the
demands of the contractors who have been
cla:noring for money for the past month
and passed two resolutions setting aside
a total of approximately $4,000 from the
street fund to pay for the cost of the
citys portion of public improvements. 1t
was F. J. Moran who succeeded in awak-
ening the council to the need of doing
something, as he plainly told the MEM
bers last week that something must be
done and done quick.
The street fund has now about $4,000
left in it to pay for the cost of the ely
portion of public improvements for the re-
mainder of the year. The approximate
debt OF the city for this work will be
tions last evening authorizing tht trans
fer will relieve matters for time, but 1t
will not be long before the contractors
will be after more of the eity's money
aud will undoubtedly find that the $4,000
LEFT will not go very far.
Two Resolutions.
The transfer was made by two resou-
ti0ns. One set aside $4,000 and most of
it will go to Percival. Moran. Birch and
will be determined by the engineer. The
other sets aside $40 302.I1. which is to be
paid out as follows
Sidewalk extension No. 99.........S 5.442. IS
Sidewalk extension No. 1O5........ 1864
Sidewalk extension No. Il4...... 1913
Sidewalk extension No, u1.---.... 2S4. 45
Paving extension No. 19............ is. lO2 IS
Less 10 per cent withheld 1865. -
Total e. ......................... $40, 500. a
communication was received from the
city auditor showing that on several sew
er assessments the estimated cost was
less than the actual cost and consequent
ly the assessment based on the estimate
would not cover the contract price. This
amounted in all to $3.50 and the amount
was appropriated.
The council also took up the matter of
granting the street railway company a
franchise to extend its lines to the gravel
pit on the county road in Superior sub
division. This came after considerable fill
clustering in which Councilman Black
charged the company with breach of
faith. 1t was finally granted.
Advertise for Bids.
A resolution was also passed instruct
ing the board of public works to advertise
for bids for the completion OF sidewalk
extension No. So which. includes all the
district embraced i'm the contract which
was entered into two years ago by the
Utah FireproOfing company which was re-
Gently released for further responsibility.
On motion of Councilman Martin pro-
vision was included that no work should
be done on J street, as it is there that the
property owners have insisted on main
tanning their fences out into the street.
A resolution was also passed authoriz-
ing the solicitation for bids for sewer ex-
tension Nos. 11S, $50 and 1S2. paving extern
sion No. % and sidewalk extension No 12l.
Because the stone used in macadamiZing
Sixth East street was found to be of poor
quality a resolution was passed forbid
ding the use of any of the rock from the
Pascoe quarrfes on city work.
petition was received from W. ].
Mclaughlin and fifty others asking that
the council enact an ordinance regulating
the speed of passenger trains in the city
limits to ten miles an hour. of freight
trains to eight miles and of switch en-
gines to six miles. The petition stated
that this request was made because of
the apparent disregard for human life
shown by the railroad companies
An invitation from the @. A. r. to par
ticipate in the Memorial day exercises
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