The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-26
IS MAIN ST. TO
Be RESURFA AGED?
Council PoStpOneS COnSldera-
ton of Favorable Com
= mittee Report.
PROPERTY OWNERS INVITED
MASS OF ROUTINE BUSINESS is
TRANSACTED.
PROPERTY OWNERS INVITED

The council last evening postponed for
one week consideration of a report from
the engineering committee recommending
that Main street from South Temple to
Fourth South street be resurfaced vita
asphalt where the pavement is found
to be defective; that the stone block
pavement in the center of the car tracks
and along the sides of the street be taken
up and replaced with asphalt and that
cement curb and cutters be installed in
stead of those in use at present
According to an estimate made by the
city engineer the cost of this work would
be S3l, 1880. which would be assessed
against the property owners, the city at
torney having decided that although the
statutes provide that the city must pay
for ordinary pavement repairsS the re-
surfacing of street cannot be classeu
as such and must be paid for as II II
were new work
II It had not been for the aleTtness
of Councilman Fernstrom the report
would have been ''railToaded' through
without comment. Fernstorm, however.
protested, saying that the property own
ers should have a chance To be heard.
Councilman Black assented to this. ana
the property owners will be requested TO
appear before the engineering commit
tee.
New Policemen Named.
A communication was received from
Tom D. Pitt, chief of police, making sew
eIal appointments and promotions in his
department. Sergeant f. NJ. Janney and
Fred Schutze will become detectives
taking the places left vacant by the
death of Matthew Rhodes and the Tesig-
nation of George Raleigh. Patr0lman j.
H. Johnston is named as third duty ser
geant, to succeed Janney, promoted
Charles S Ford Henry A Cotton and
y. T. Tyler are appointed patrolmen, two
of them to fill vacancies which have ex-
listed for some time, and the other to
{ NJ TlHRnTtV
Charles T. Vail. chief of the fire de-
paTtment, asked for the confirmation Of
the following appointments: o. c. Work
man. F. W. Cooper. ]. L. Stewart, E.
G. Whalen. A n. Austin and R. c. Will
lie He also announced the promotion Of
O. r. Lancaster to the lieutenancy.
A communication from W. II. Ban
croft, president of the Utah Light &
Railway company, told the council when
the franchise was considered that ii was
the desire of the company to run its
Fort Douglas line up Second South street
to Eleventh East, and thence on Elev-
enth East 10 Fifth South. At the same
time a petition from a large number OF
residents of Tenth East was received
Obiecting to the removal of the line from
that street
Withdraws Saloon Protest.
The Western Amusement company
asked permission to withdraw its petit
within fifty feet Of its theatre at Y
East First South street be removed when
their licenses expire. The company has
found out that the city attorney has de-
cided that although the city ordinances
provide that a saloon cannot be within
fifty feet of a theatre, they also pro-
vide that "A theatre license cannot be
granted within fifty feet of a saloon.
The council was not anxious to allow
the withdrawal Of the petition and re
ferred the matter to the license commit
tee.
LeGrande Young asked that he ne
Canyon railroad over three blocks and a
half of Thirteenth East street running
north from the intersection at Eighth
South The municipal laws committee
viii consider the question.
The treasurer was directed to pay the
county S5T.92 for expenses incurred by
it by reason Of the city election. and
ST. S26.74 the salaries Of registra ton
agents in the city districts.
A number of claims for damage done
by a change of grade and for injuries re-
ceived, We're ordered filed, on the recon-
mendation of the city attorney, who said
that the city was not liable in any OF
the cases.
The petition of the Commercial club,
submitted six months ago, asking that
the council take steps 10 have the alleys
paved, was filed on a report from the
engineering committee stating that THE
work is now being attended TO" That
the work Is not being attended to Is
b evident from a survey Of the majority
of the alleys ordered paved.
The board of public works was di-
rected to order the intersection of A
street and Second avenue paved with
macadam. and the petitions for the fur
Their pavement of A street were referred
% the engineering committee in order
hat all sides Of the controversy may be
heard.
An ordinance granting the Rio Grande
Western Railroad company d right of
way for a spur track across Fourth West
street between First and Second South
streets was referred to the municipal
laws committee.