The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-13
COUNCIL GRANTS
LIGHT PETITION
Main Street PrOperty-Owners
Win, but Are Blocked for
One Week.
MAYOR TiI0MPS0N'S
VETO Is SUSTAINED
Street Supervisor viii Have No
Voice in Accepting City
Contracts.

After prolonged discussion, lasting
hearly two hours, the city council last
night granted to the Il. G, M, and
plher property owners on the east side
bf Main street, between South Temple
hnd First South street, the right To
Install a cluster lighting of their own
design. The resolution as finally adopt
bd provides that they shall use a cast
ron light pole unlike that recommend
ed by City Engineer Louis c. Kelsey,
and that the lights shall be placed
thirty-nine and a half feet apart be
tween the trolley poles of the Utah
Light and Railway company.
Engineer kelscy'S plan provided for
Rrought-lron poles, lis feet apart. with
ore light pole half way between them.
The wrOught-iron poles can he used as
trolley poles. while the cast-iron poles
cannot he utilized for such n purpose.
II is provided that upon the poles as
adopted the property owners must in
Ftall cluster of five 52-candlc power
lights.
Crabtree Delays Action
The property owners, however. can
bot avail themselves Immediately of
Che permission granted them by the
eouncil Councilman c. J. Crahtrcc, an
Earnest opponent of their petition,
ef motion to reconsider This delays
hnal action until the next meeting of
bhe council. one week hence.
The opponents Of the measure urged
khat no separate lighting system should
pc installed in one block Of the city un-
81 the council had agreed upon a uni
Form system for the whole city; that
thirty-nine and n half feet was too
ebort space between the poles, and
That the city engineer should not hc
burned down Summnrily The advocates
pr the petition, including ali the Nor
plon members of the council, and two or
three Americans. held that so long as
the petitioners were willing to install
the poles at their own expense and re
move them when directed to do so by
the council they should be permitted
30 do so.
The petition was granted by the fol
lowing vote:
Ieas-Barnes, Crabtree, Fernstrom.
HOLIDAY, Holley, Mulvev, Preece, Tud
Eenham, Wells and President Davis
10.
= ,Nays-carter, Ferry, Martin and
D 'DonncIl-4.
Absent-Black.
When Mr.. Crabtree. having voted in
lhe affirmative, announced that he
would move 10 reconsider at the next
mceting, Councilman Rulon Wells
tMormon) raised the unique point that.
pot having voted in the affirmative in
good faith. ne could not make such a
motion Councilman Holiday, who had
supported the petition, said he would
make tne motion 10 reconsider at the
neXt meeting, and that settled the mat
Ter before President Davis could rule
pn Mr.. Wells point of order.
Mayors Veto Sustained
The Council sustained Mayor Th6mp.
son S veto of the resolution passed two
weeks ago. which provided that all
Street contract work and work done in
pursuance OF franchises should be done
10 the satisfaction OF the Superintend-
ent OF Streets. The Mayor vetoed tbe
resolution because the law proyides
that such work shall be done 10 the sal.
lsfaction of the City Engineer and The
Board of Public Works. To mass tho
resolution, the Mayor contended would
bring about conflict of authority
The Mormon members OF the Council
Were all prepared TO vote To pass the
resolution over the Mayor s veto When
they saw, however. that they would NOT
be able TO muster the necessary two
thirds vote they divided their vote and
tried to conceal their hand. The nmes.
ton Of passing the resolution over the
Mayor s veto was defeated by the fol !
lowing vote
Tuddenham-4.
Nays--Barnes, Carter, Crabtree. Fer
~, Holiday Martin, Q Donnel, Preece,
Wells and President Davis-l0
Absent-Black.
Would Macadamize Streets.
The Western Engineering and Con.
structlng company sent to the Council n
letter making proposition TO macadam !
aze any and all streets which the city !
may wish macadamized II proposes ~ |
use a base Of heavy quartzite rock a
second layer of smaller rock and a snr. |
face of natural Utah asphalt. rolled |
with steam roller. The communica- |
tlon stated that the work would be done !
for from So to SIS a front foot. incIud |
ing the, cost OF curbing, guttering and |
oxcavating. The communication was re- |
ferred TO the Committee on Engineer
ing.
a petition from several taxpavers
asking that the ordinance regulating the |
speed or automobiles and other vehicles !
WAS referred to the Police committee.
Bishop l., Scanlan of the Roman Cath. |
Ollie diocese requested permission for the
erection OF temporary frame church |
building for st, Patrick 8 parish on
West Fourth South street, and the nett
tion was referred TO the Fire Depart
ment committee.
New Employees Confirmed.
p. c. Howell, colored, was appointed
@ member of the police force bv Chief !
of Police George 4. Sheets, to succeed
the late w. II. Chambers. also colored,
and the appointment was confirmed C. |
c. Garnett was confirmed as q special
policeman for the Rio Grande Western
railroad, and G. T. Eastman was CON
frmed as a special policeman for the
dance hall at 3231a South State street.
Land and Water Commissioner +. NJ. |
Mathews submitted the appointment of
Robert +. Woodland as patrolman for
his department in Big Cottonwood can
gon, and the appointment was con
frmcd.
The matter Of macadamizing Ninth |
East street, over which there has been
considerable controversy, was post.
poned for ono week. The city recorder
was instructed to advertise the inteu.
ton of the city to macadamize Tenth
East street, from Second South to Fifth !
South
Fountain at Joint Building.
The committee on public grounds re-
ported IN favor of accepting the offer