Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-20
STORM SEWER IS
NEXT on PROGRAM
Scheme for Half a Million Dollar
Undertaking is Launched
BY City Council.
ENGINEER PREPARES PLANS.
Taxes TO be levied Upon the Property
Benefited According to Opinion
Delivered by City Attorney.

Plans for Il storm sewer" system
to cost at least half a million dollars
arc being considered by the city adj
lninistration, for the disposal OF tlle
mud and rubbish which accumulate 10
Il surprising 4cesrae every time a heavy
rainstorm floods the northeastern hills
The streets and avenues north and
east of Main street are the PRINCIPAL
sufferers from the damage wrought by
excessive rainfall especially South
Temple and First South streets. but the
rcstFof the streets. too, arc poorly pro-.
Tided with means for drainage at
times OF deluge.
The city council at it's session last
evening instructed City Engineer Louis
q. Kelsey to prepare plans and cstj-
mates of cost for a storm sewer sNs-
TEN for this city. The city attorney
has given an opinion to the solons to
the effect that there is sufficient war
want in the city ordinances to author
1se the council to proceed with the
erection of such az system. raising
rreans to nav for the same by levine
taxes upon the property beneGited."
sufficient funds are not to be had i'll
this way, another bond issue is not
al"ong the improbabilities.
The city egineer has roughly esti-
mated the cost of such a system to be
Mt least half a million dollars. To get
out plans for such an undertaking will
Gccupy the engineers force several
months. according TO calculations to
to finstll such a system would require
from one to two years to complete
FERNSTRoM ABSENT.
There We're five absentees from the
council meeting last evening. II had
been rather expected that Councilman
Fernstrom would again take up the
matter of brewery owned saloons al
last evenings session. but Mr. Fern
strom was not present. Other mem
hers not answering the roll call were
Conncilmen Ferry, O'Donnell, Stewart
and Wood. Had Mr.. Fcrnstrom been
nresen the minority would have Been
in the majority. with ,inheard OF OBJ
portunitics for accomplishing things,
One of the measures adopted was.
the reference to the engineering COM
mittee of communication. which stat
e,l that the white bridge" across sJor-
can river at North Temple stree was
~ DANGEROUS condition. The COM
rrittee will examine the bridge and will
anubtless report at the next meeting in
fnvnr of immediate erection of a new
bridge across the river at that point.
FREE PHONES.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company informed the council that it
was now ready TO furnish the SO free
phones to the city, called for BY the
regulating the Telephone companies in
this city. OF the number of phones
provided, City Engineer Kelsey was
given one, for the trunk line in his Of
fee, and one for the pumping station
1T the interceptingS sewer J. 7. Raleigh
WAS also made a present of free
phone f..r his residence. for his con-
venicnce In calling his men,.
on motion of Councilman Black, the
proprietors of the new building being
constructed on State street between
First and Second South streets. vera
TO be ordered to construct walk
around the boards which INSTRUCTED
the sidewalk in front Of the building.
The chief OF police and building in
spector are to see that this Is done
A. LUND NOT APPROVED,
The chief of police did not look
fayorably upon the nomination of a.
Lund as special policeman In the
reighborhood Of Union avenue, as it
is customary. according to the CHIEFS
communication on the subject, to Sc
cure the names OF all the people In
the neighborhood when special
policeman is to be appointed. Lund's
appointment is therefore sun IN statu
quo.
Estimates of cost of a street pave
ment repairing plant were submitted
to the council and referred to the
finance and street comittees.
The matter of placing 12-inch water
n'ains on Fifth East street. from Sec
ond to Third South streets, at an csti-
lrated cost of s2.724.S1. was postponed
for another week.
WATER FOR PRESIDENTS GRAVE,
A petition from the Young associa-
ton for rebate of water rates for SER
vice supply at the site of Brigham
Youne's grave was reported adverse
ly upon by the water committee,
hut upon motion Of Councilman Hall,
the matter was held open for another
week, OH account Of the absence from
the city of Councilman ODonnell,
chairman of the waterworks COMMIT
tee.
REBATES IN ORDER.
on motion of Councilman Hall, the
property owners who have paid the
first assessment on sidewalk extern
sion No. los, made prior to the com
rletinr NJ arra n pernentS for the i'm