The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
PROPERTY OWNERS
STILL PROTESTING
They Threaten to Sue the City
in Connection With Side
walk Contract.
WORK on FIRST SOUTH
FOUND IN GOOD SHAPE
Matter of Outlet Sewer Pipe tG
Be Decided in Day or
Two.

Property owners in sidewalk exten
sion los threaten to carry their pro
test against the manner in which the
work is being done TO the courts.
At an indignation meeting of prop
erty owners in the Thlrty.fiyst ward
meeting house Saturday night a finance
committee was appointed to solicit
funds to enable the irate citizens to
prosecute what they believe to be their
rights in the courts, The finance COM
mittee numbers twelve members, two
from each side of Ninth, Eighth and
Seventh East and Lincoln, Windsor and
Lake streets,
The meeting adjourned to meet again
Wednesday night, but subject to the
call Of the chairman, The committee
is TO begin to solicit funds Monday and
will report back TO the meeting Wednes-
dav night. If necessary, Carl A. Badger
said Saturday night, the property own
ers viii! hire private inspector to see
that the worA done TO suit them OF
course, if the board of public works
sees that the improper sidewalk is rec
tilted, nothing will be done, Mr.. Badger
said.
Damaged by Frost.
Following the inspection of the work
by the board. Chairman Il. G. Mcmillan
said Saturday night that some of the
walk on Ninth East below Ninth South
street. the starting point, has been dam
aged by the frost and storms and will
have to be taken up aud relaid. "We
have been pushing this work TO accom-
modate the people,. said Mr.. Mcmillan,
''and il ism t unusual in such big con-
tract that snch a thing should occur.
Paving IS hazardous Just now, Tor the
reason that the weather is cool. espe.
cially at night, and cement does not set
rs well and as readily as in warmer
weather. When we visited the improve
ment Saturday the work was being
done according 10 specifications, but
none of the VIC I, mas been accepted and
no payments made, and the property
owners may rest assured that every
thing wrong will be rectihed before
these things are done. Some OF the in
jury TO the walk was done by people
rccklessly walking upon il, -
The board was accompanied by the
city engineer and Councilman Hall. 1t
is likely that the work will be shut
down in few days on account of the
approaching falling weather.
Complaint of Ritter.
W. W. Riter's complaint that. owing
10 the remissness OF the inspector. T. E.
Harris, street paving under special con-
trac. in front of his residence at $40
East First South street was improperly
done. was investigated, and Mr.. McMil-
Ian said Saturday night that nothing
u wrong with the work except that
there appeared to be some neglect in
the way OF grouting between the con-
crete and the topping. The cement was
The proper depth. four inches, and in
one place four and one-half inches. be
said, and the work was all right so far
as could be ascertained, except that in
one or two places there was not enough
cement and too much pea gravel.
Chief Inspector Fitzpatrick inspected
the outlet pipe at the pumping station
and reported to Mr.. Mcmillan Saturday
night that the pipe was filed with water
10 within l65 feet Of the gravity sewer.
BY Monday il will be filed its entire
length and will be ready. for the test.
This will determine whether it has been
properly built, One or two leaks were
reported. Mr.. Mcmillan said that il
the pipe stands the test it will be in
readiness for discharge into the gray.
ity sewer by the middle of the week.
possibly.
1t win take some time TO connect the
laterals with the intercepting sewer. bur
all the machinery at the station is prac.
tically installed and will be ready for
operation in q very short time, unless
there are unanticipated DELAYS