The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-20
that Blue PRINT
WAS NOT OFFICIAL
This Is Rejoinder of Short Line
Company in FoOtway
Sguabble.
SENT TO THE COMMITTEE
ON MUNICIPAL LAWS
Meat Inspection Ordinance
Comes Up, but Goes Over
a Week.

There is nothing official about the
blue print filed with the city council
by Chief Engineer William Ashton OF
the Oregon Short Line Railway com
pany, showing the location Of the
compapy's footway on South Temple
street, between Third and Fourth West,
on the line Of the north sidewalk, IN
stead of 143 feet to the north, where
1T has been built, and it is up to the
city TO appeal to the courts If 1T wants
the footway tern down and removed
TO the sidewalk line
This is the gist of two comlnunIca'
tions received by the council Monday
night, one from the company's chief
engineer and the other from Chief
Counsel Farley Williams. The commu-
nlcatlons are in response 10 City, In.
gInecr Kclsey's demand on the railway
company TO remove the bridge.
Chief Engineer Ashton admits fling
the blue print, but says there Is moth
ing official about it. II was merely to
show the probable location of the foot
way, he says. Mr.. Williams says that
has violated its franchise in placing the
footway where il has put it, is unten-
able aud that the city attorneys oPln,
ION to the same effect is not sound
either in point of fact or law.
The matter was referred TO the mu-
nicipal laws committee for report next
Monday night.
The new law relating TO the payment
OF assessments for special Improvements
Will go into effect MAY 10, and the city
attorney submitted ordinances providing
of (
Under tho new law installments can be
collected as soon as they become due,
and are lien on the property and may
be foreclOsed Immediately. The failure
of one installment makes the whole
assessment due. and foreclosure may be
made at once, under the law.
Important Change,
Under the old law the city was unable
10 foreclose under five or six years, and
for this reason it was hard for con-
tractors on the particular work in ques-
tlon to dispose of the city's warrants 70
eastern buyers readily. Under the new
law, IT is anticipated. contractors en-
city work will hud ready and better
sale for city warrants. and there will
be consequent depression in the con
tract price on public work which will
materially benefit property owners. The
ordinance was laid over week.
The authorizing of the board of pub
lie works 10 advertise for bids for the
paving, curbing and guttering Of West
Temple street, from Fifth TO Ninth
South street. and Of Fifth South, from
Main 10 First West, was also laid over
n week
The mayor : appointments of Chief
of Police Barlow and Desk Scrgeants
John \. Lenzi, Joseph PuCsley and \.
hoi1 |,
power to fix bail for prisoners brought
INTO the city Jail. were confirmed.
Upon motion OF Mr. Ferry, the reso-
luton requiring the board of public
works TO secure the approval of the
council before issuing extra work orders,
was modified to permit the board TO
secure permission from the MAYOR for
such orders, certifying such action up
TO the city council for its approval at
the first subsequent meeting of the lat.
ter body.
Payrolls amounting to $1a .03S24, for
the half month ending April -, were
passed.
Frederick Heath s application for a
blanket license for the Salt Palace was
granted.
Meat Matter Goes Over.
The meat inspection measure did moi
come up, but Mr.. Frazicr's milk ordi-
nance was IN a fair way of passing
when Mr.. llolley. who is in the COM
mission business. began intcrposing oh.
lectons and offering amendments, re-
hevlng restrictions on tub and packed
and reworkcd butter, which brought on
a debate between him and Mr.. Stewart
that lasted until 1l;20
When Mr.. Uolloy offered his last
amendment that the clause requiring
butter having been in cold storage thir.
~ days TO be labeled with the date of
storage the chair lost patience.
lou might as we'll strike out the
cnactlng clause, Mr.. Holley,n said Pres
ident Davis,
81 move that Mr. Holley be cx-
cmptcd from this ordinance, said Mr.,
Ferry,
Somebody then moved TO adjourn
and the motion carried The measure
Will come up next Monday night and
undoubtedly will be passed
If an ordinance defining a liouor
manufacturer s agent and providing a
license passes, the city will receive a
considerable revenue annually from this
source. Heretofore liquor manufactur
er's agents have been exempted from
PAVING the city license, but under
the new ordinance they will have to
pay the city license of probably 10
cents for every barrel disposed of in
salt Lake City. Tho measure will hit
companies shipping beer into Salt Lake
CITY the hardest, of course. Upon Mr..
Hall S objection to immediate action
the ordinance was la -.