Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-26
BOARD CENsUREO
BY CITY COUNCIL
For Doing Things While the So
Ions Were Talking About
Them.
CONTRACTORS ARE RELEASED
And the Deposit Money win be Re-
funded Where the Sidewalks Were
Not PUT Down.

The board of public works came in
70. a sound scoring by the members
OF the city council last night at n
meeting of the committee of the whole
because OF the fact that II had all
ready returned the check OF one of
the contractors or public improve
mems and released him from his cor
tract before the council had author
lied such action and while 1t had the
matter under consideration. The
beard was also roasted for it's ac-
tfon In regard To the Utah Fireprooe-
ing company contract tor sidewalks
and the reason chat the comp any did
not complete all the extensions order
ed by the board now appears to be
because the board stopped IL on sew.
eral extensions and ordered II about
in various parts OF the city These
orders from the board stopping the
work were never known TO the coun-
ell until brought up last night by Null
vey and the result was that the board
viii in the future be required to tur-
nIsh the council with copy Of all
such orders tn contractors for its ap-
proval. At the conclusion OF the dis
cussion on the subject the committee
decided 10 concur in the recommen1a-
tion OF tue BOARD ana release the rlre-
proonhg eolupuIIy lIoliA tts cphltHtt
when was awarded IN lsue, "A reso4u-
ton was adopted auth origfng the city
treasurer TO refund the money paid
ia by property owners on the first
assessment of the sidewalk tax under
the old CONTRACT, This will amount to
atout Fsp-oyo some OF winch mas peen
lled up IN the lFeasuref's ONCE near
~ two years.
When the committee was called TO
order President Davis WAS chosen as
chairman. The communication from
the board OF public works was read
after which Mulvey asked To have
three other communications from the
board to the company read in that
connection These We're orders for the
company to quit work ON CERTAIN en-
tensions and start In on others. Null
vey and several other MEM
bers commended that these letters nun
me mater IA an entifely ull1eiEnI
Iaehe ana showed mat the poaru was
40 Diane ahd ho' the company lor ahe
ecnStai uhGoihpls'eu extensions
e Vp'nlon oL tlie s'y attprney IN
1890 arc 70 the powen ~ ti'e eoIt'si y, ~
o.,,,..S. ~ ~ naaiS ~ 1oi'. Stste ~
tba cn,1psn,, nn,,id -a, ~ e 't,r' r,o ,r
~ dn AN. ,r5,,, 49, s,,5 I tha1 .s
ira Of The .nonnt etated II the CON.
tract WAS annraSimetsIv sno nd0 fae,
al side walks wnnn in ssct ms conn.
rany mas completed 1.1Is.e1s feet Of
rour-foot walks and S.ao2 feet on six
foot walks, which is more than five
times the amount OF work stated in
the contract. After very length
discussion OF ths opinion Ferry no, ed
that the recon- mendation of tbs board
of public works be concuTTed in, and
thai the Cnnnt1AnV he Haalaa SAh from
it's contract provided that 1t releases
the city from all claims 1t may have
with the exception OF such as have
been approved by the engineer and
BOARD OF pnpitc WORKS Inc motion
Was carried
a resolution was theh introduced au-
,'"' tHils ti'e rl'S Eeasu'yr 10 ,elui,u
extension not VET completed under the
olu contract an discussing she resolu
tIo. .datttl' ferrstIvtla' uuueil'at'l
hiiu ~ "a el,e posil iot 10
hctloh III stopping tue coilractoV ltoHi
er, VII ,a 49,, ~, A.a.d sol
MARTIN ueciarea tnat thg poa'u hau
already esceeuea its JuIlsulellcll ny i"'
turning the cnech Oh Contract Ns.-
lleuS Wlthout WAi.,Hs LoI auth9-ies
from INC coullci 70 90 80 anu |. Iaau
leased nirl itoln lis lsv, c"lltlact VILE
out me saheelon OIL tie eou.,V,i si.u
While tn"t MATTER Was uliusI Sa'S S,Nri,
@Siol ~ tl'e eon.'Ill az Ssissu 49,.
M. rya,,nod,.is ehaol, hea hsan
lhal heuheuE cheoh i'@u oet NE
returned " nm any ,1to
mac peeu ieleSsu ttyns shas
contract, Ahe cieIN iePlLu ~.
suci, was etlc case anu "iseu TsNv si, ~lis
ne dld that ne rePnea tl,Is nc 81 s.'' shs
S'lrrieo oul we iiisll nn. "a
Soat@ a,lu that Vac 90, Nv, 80 mo-,
.tiA. y ''s sO lei T., On - ero,, ,ts
py .ne courier Nlenlit oo uas' t1 i, o
acceptan ps lle .1 ~, IA G 70
WllSM ,, ~ ~N,,+gnc,or ,eeased As
turned ana the eorllNctor reIe 'es.i' o.,,
me couhoil mas peell uNe, - "' pes,., ~
sldeFng tne colera I,i,, u ,r,Jssne any