The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
PAVING SCHEME
IS DISAPPROvED
Mayor BranSford Decides to
Veto First South Street
Contract.
PROPERTY OWNERS FAULT
SQUAsBLING OVER MATERIAL
BRINGS ABOUT RESULT.

mayor John s. Bransford has decided
10 veto the contract passed by the
council last Monday evening for me
paving of First South street.
The veto will be submitted to the
council at its meeting Monday evening
body
1t is now up TO the council to pub
hsn notice of intention for paving that
street again and to go 10 the trouble
or advertising for bids or award the
contract TO p. J. Moran under his bid
Tor Utah asphalt, which is $22S, 000 1t
Is probable that the latter course will
be pursued, because if the contract is
not awarded soon the street win not be
paved for two, or possibly three, years.
Visited by Delegation.
The mayors action was taken after
he had been visited by a delegation of
property owners yesterday. headed by
j. III. Moyle and DR. T. b. Beatty. The
contract approved by the council pro-
Nides that wherever Utah asphalt is de-
manded it shall be laid, but that the
intersections and all other places shall
betlaid with the California product
This contract was agreed upon as a
compromise, but the mayor believes
that if il was carried out it would be
too much of a patchwork job and there
fore decided to veto it in its entirety.
History OF Trouble.
Two property owners seem to be TO
blame for the failure to pave the street.
vt first there was a squabble as to
whether macadam or asphalt should be
used. Utah asphalt was finally decided
upon after a year of fighting, and no.
tice of intention for this product was
Ufe-t,1 H.
only bidder, and he submitted bid
for both Utah and California asphalt.
the latter being the product which has
given so much satisfaction on the Salt
Lake streets for years past. The bid
for California asphalt was $1S1 900 and
for Utah s22S,000. The board of pub
lie works awarded the contract for Cal
ifornia asphalt, despite the notice of
intention. and the property owners
would have consented and Moran would
have now been at work on the street
had l.. c. Miller and G. E. Kiser not
protested. They came before the COun-
ell finance committee, where the mat
Ter was under consideration, and de-
clared that they would fight the lay
ing OF California asphalt. although all
the rest of the property owners were
willing that material be used. They
wanted Utah asphalt and took up the
committee time for two meetings.
Did Not Want Patchwork.
1t was decided then that it would not
be safe to award the contract Tor Cali
fornia asphalt contrary to the notice
of intention, and the scheme of letting
each block decide what kind it wanted
was hit upon and passed. This, how
ever, did not meet with favor with the
delegation which visited the mayor
yesterday. As they asserted, they were
willing TO have the street paved with
either one or the other of the mate
rails. but did not want a patchwork
ion. This was enough for the mayor
and he informed them that he would
veto the contract.
As a result of the efforts of Mr.. Kiser
and Mr. Miller, it is probable that the
Utah asphalt contract will be let TO
Moran under his bid and that the
property owners along the street viii
have to pay $4,000 more for the work
than if these gentlemen had remained
at home and not protested.