The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-18
City Attorney Hiles So Far I'm
able to Furnish Council With
Written Opinion.
JUDGE G0WAN'S REQUEST
FOR PROBATION OFFICERS
Various Matters of Interest
Given Consideration by the
City Fathers.

cussed the matter Of The contracts
thrown up by 6. Birch for sidewalk eN-
tensions and that of James Kennedy Tor
sewer extensions, The report OF w
committee of the whole was that Lne
| Council reject the bids and INSTRUCT tnc
| Boa7d Of Works 10 return Ihe cneeNS
| TO the bidders. and that new form o.
contract and specifications be submitted
Judge Ogden HiIcs, City Attorney
was not present. and having been Gu
oapcd in court al week was una nc 10
! give his written opinion rs asked; me
matter went over for one week. NJ ""e
| stated that Kennedy was wiling 70 90
on With his contracts and some OF tAe
members Of the Council wee oil oPln'
| ion that tne sewer contracts were IN
! different position from the Sidewalk
/ contracts, in that they were pracJlchIlF
completed before the amendment oil tmo
! Legislature went into effect. tounc'l
men Black and Mulvey were disposed
TO disagree with the City Attorney, as
were some others These still think
there may be some way found OF pro,
ceedInp with the work The matter VIII
be dealt with at length PIT the meeting
next week
The rocomme ndatiou of the street
committee that First South be paved
with Utah asphalt evoked conslderanIe
discussion. Black and Mulvey wishing
TO have inserted the words or equally
good material - They claimed that
conHninc the material 10 one product
would have the effect of having inc men
holding q practical monopoly OF the ar
ticle raise the price. This gave toun-
Gilman Fernstrom a chance 10 orate on
the value Of the citys Thistle asphalt
mine, which he claimed was not ex-
hausted and which produced the best
quality of ssphaltum.
Councilman Mulvey reminded Fern
strom that the patches put on with
Thistle mine asphalt had all blown away
A letter was read from o, j. Sails.
bury advocating the use Of asphalt and
asking that the work be, rushed, as the
street at present is in very bad con
dition. The report of the committee
was adopted without the suggested in
terpolation.
Probation Officers.
Judge E. G. Gowans Of the Juvenile
court asked that the City Council con-
slider the matter of appointment of
proper probation officers and that he be
permitted TO appear before the commit
Tee and discuss the affairs of the court
with the members. The communication
was referred to the committee on mu-
nicipal laws, who will hear Judge
Gowans.
W. R. George, James Phillips, John
Oxton, L. I. Taufer and j. P. Hogan,
foremen os the various precincts in the
street department, asked that their
wages. be increased from $3.50 per day
to 500 a month Their request was re
ferred TO the street committee
Cloe E. Bateman and others, claiming
to represent four -ffths of the property
owners. protested against the paving Of
State street from Seventh 10 Tenth
South The street committee will hear
the protestants.
PAY rolls for the month, amounting
to sSdss 22 were submitted and will be
taken up Thursday evening.
City Engineer Kelsey submitted :
report in connection with the macadam-
izinC OF First and Second avenue that
II would be necessary TO lay new water
mains and make changes in the old
ones This would cost, for First ave
nue.. $5s190l. and for Second avenue,
s2002619. The report went to the
water committee
A recommendation of the City Engi-
neer thar improvements be made at the
intersection of Second South and
Twelfth East was referred to the street
committee, which, in view of It's i'm
portance, will ask the property-ow
AT the intersection TO appear before the
committee and look over the engineer S
plans for the changes.
i. T. Raleigh, Supervisor Of Streets.
called attention TO the fact that the
Utah Light & Railway company had
filled the canal AT Eleventh West and
Fourth North and had placed in fumc
too small 10 carry Off the water. making
il back when the hume is full, and at a
point where the river is threatening He
recommended that the company he com
PEELED Ia place bridge across the canal
not TO touch within two feet. This was
referred to the street committee with
power to act.
Gasoline Pumping Engine.
: City Engineer Kelsey reported hav.
ing received tenders for gasoline
pumping engine for the city plant, as
follows: For Union gasoline engine
1850; Fairbanks. Morse & Co.
$S72S; the same firm. alternative bid
S752s; Weber gasoline engine, S6l45
Jacobson gasoline engine. S5067. He
recommended the acceptance of the
Jacobson tender, with all transmission
machinery. All the bids were f. O. b. at
Lehi, Utah, The lowest tender was ac
cepted.
A request Of Street Supervisor Raj
: eigh for special appropriation of $1,000
for raising the caual banks to cope with
the floods on Ninth and Tenth South
was referred TO the street and finance
committees.
Supervisor Raleigh complained that
many of tile waste paper boxes on the
| SITtPlS Ntl' III "a Dab fpnIlllOn IN spite
of the instructions that the holders OF
the privilege had received to keep them
in good shape or remove them. The
street committee vii! look into the mai.
ter.
NJ. r. Stewart Health Commissioner
: asked for permission to employ as many
additional teams as necessary to clean
up the city during the rush of work oc.
casioncd by the annual cleaning up OF
. yards and homes, He was given the au.
thority, the number Of extra teams moi
to exceed fifteen and their use not TO
exceed three weeks
Councilman Habday announced that
. at the next meeting of the Council he
would submit an ordinance limiting the
amount of garbage the health depart
meut teams should haul At present
everything was being thrown on the
city
The Board Of Works submitted a con.