The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05
BOARD Of WORKS
ACTS At LAST
Contract for Connection Be-
tween InterCepting and
Gravity Sewer.
INSPECTION TRIP IS MADE
soRELY NEEDED IMPROVEMENT
MAY BECOME AVAILABLE.

The board of public works had a lu-
cid interval yesterday. In other
words. it woke up.
For two years it has been "consid-
ering" the question of connecting the
new intercepting sewer with the gravi-
ty sewer in order that the intercepting
sewer might have an outlet. Most
people understand that a sewer is no
good without an outlet. but the board
did not sem TO take that view of the
case until yeste- day. when. after a trip
of inspection, it voted 10 award to the
Campbell Building company the con-
tract for connecting the two sewers
The work viii cost $4,000
The intercepting sewer was started
two years ago and finished on Dec. 20
by James Kennedy, the contractor. So
far it has been of no use TO the resi-
dents of the locality which ii is sup
posed TO serve because of the attitude
of the board of public works. The lit
tie question Of an outlet had not been
considered by that body, and today
the $3.50, 600 concrete tunnel lies useless
under Eighth West street. from
Eighth North to Sixth South streets,
and thence east TO Main street at
Ninth South street.
Will Take Six Months.
1t will probably be six months before
the connection between this sewer at
Eighth West and Eighth North streets
with the gravity sewer at Eight North
and Third Vests streets can be made
Dy the company awarded the contract,
and perhaps another six months be-
fore the pumps can be put into opera
tion. The intNrcepting sewer, it must
be understood. at its end is thirty
eight feet below the level IF the gravi-
" sewer. and thes sewerage must be
pumped through wood stave pipe a
distance OF 1880 feet into the gravity
sewer. The contract for the pumps
has already been let, but the letting
of the contract for the pipe line was
postponed until yesterday.
X. q. RaybOuld is ito blame" for
waking up the board to the fact that
II should do something. Mr. Raybould
owns property on South West Temple
street and two weeks ago appeared
before the board and asked some
rather pointed questions He said that
sewer extension in his district had
been approved two years ago but no
work ever done because il WAS "a
empty into the intercepting sewer. and
the latter had no outlet. He wanted 10
know why there had not been an out
let provided for, and asked a number
or other embarrassing questions The
board put him off, as Is its custom
and did nothing. Friday evening Mr.
Raybould appeared again. and Sc
bothered the board by his questions
that some one suggested that some
thlng be done. more 10 get rid of
Rayoould than anything else. Ii was
then decided TO inspect the work YES
teTday morning. This was done. and
at meeting of the board after the
trip was over in Chairman McMfIlan's
office the contract was awarded on a
old submitted some two months ago.
Those on the Trip.
Those who went on the trip were
Mayor BransfOrd, Councilman Muir.
doch, City Engineer Kelsey and the
various members of the board of pub.
lie works, including the clerk. Frank
r. Christensen.
The board viii not be bothered bs
Mr.. RaybOuld for some time and feel
much easier.
In order that the work NAV start
the council must approve of tn,
boards award. As the matter involve,
an expenditure of SIC. 600. there will n,
doubt be considerable opposition il
the council finance committee, which
may tie things up for another month
81 Anyway, the board feels that il bal
done its duty. and it knows that Mr.
Raybould won't ask any more embar
RAISING questions, for some time a
least.