Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-09
AND STILL THE
SEWER WON'T WORK
City Engineer CLANCY Gets Dose
or AIdermanic
Medicine.
CLEANER THAT DOESN'T CLEAN
Equipment Purchased at Great EN-
pcnsc Fails to DO the Work
May Make More Changes.

In probing into the condition Of the
interceptng sewer city Engineer Geo.
O. Crancy was put ON the grill over
slow fire by Councilmen Han and
Hodgson last night A few days be-
fore election the board OF public works
tactfully announced that the intercept
ing sewer was completed, but CLANCY
has refused to issue permits 70 the
residents on the west side allowing
them to connect up with the laterais.
when the matter was put UP to
CLANCY last night by Councilman
Hodgson, Il developed that the sewer
was not in any condition 20 give salts
faction. The Us are filled with mud
and water, according to city Engineer
CLANCY and II the connections are
made now the pipes win flood out
the residents. lie promised TO remedy
this as soon as possible but there Is no
hope Of more than one-third of the
property owners securing connections
with the sewer II was also brough.
out by the investigation last night that
the sewer could not be cleaned with
the cleaner which the council purchased
at a great expense for this very pur-
pose. The intercepting sewer is 50
crooked that it viii not go through and
then besides the walls OF the sewer are
rough and stop the cleaner from GO
ing through. It is probable that some
more changes viii have TO be made
in the sewer at a cost Of several thou
sand dollars before il is completed.
WHY SNYDER COMPLAINS.
city Treasurer Gideon snyder sent a
communication to the council last night
stating that he was having trouble
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refused 10 pay interest on sewer extern
sions which had done them no good.
The matter was referred 10 the mu-
nicipal laws committee 70 see what
could be done. The property owners in
extensions 172. 1872 and 1855 have been
waiting for connection with the sewer
for two years now and have paid their
interest for two years without muir
muir. Many of them are now tired Of
it and refuse TO pay any more interest
until the sewer Is completed.
The election cost the city s3,623.75.
Bills for that amount were presented 20
the city council last night and allowed.
The items We're as follows: Judges Of
election, 1864: miscellaneous expenses.
N,sS5.75; special police officers, 1921;
polling places. siS3.
The report OF the wateTworks COM
mittee approving OF plans and specifica-
tons for the enlargement OF the East
Jordan canal from Jordan narrows 10
Little Cottonwood and then To Par
leys canyon was adopted This inn
provement will cost about 100000
COUNCIL ROUTINE
Frank Mathews, hand and water CONF
missioner. was given $500 TO clean Par
ley's canyon creek between the reser-
voir and the forks az Mountain Dell.
Appointments OF special police Of
hoers to serve without pay by Chief s
NJ Barlow were approved By the coun-
ell. as follows: John Qulnlan and Frank
Bridge, for the Utah Hotel building;
n. G. Hair for the Newhouse and Bos-
ton buildings; G. f. Eiler for the Salt
Lake Engineering works. The COM
mission OF Walter Royal as special Of
hcer for tho Denver q Rio Grande was
revoked.
Several appointments were made by
Fire Chief Glore 20 an vacancies in the
and all went to the police
and fire COMMITTEES. They are: G. c.
Falkner 5. J. Powell, IA. v. Jones. J.
Rafferty,. y. ID. Anthony. Charles
Martin and Jack Grimm, as iremen;
Joe r. Bowen, Lieutenant; Peter J. Gal
ag ger and A. II. Fleckenstein, as en-
yincers.
Or. NJ r. Stewart was given two |
more additional inspectors to enforce |
he quarantine law. He said In COM |
that he had forgotten" 20 |
present a letter 20 the council before |
his asking FOR an extension OF the /
employment Of the two extra inspectors
hat he has working for him now with /
,ut any authority from the council. |
rhe council forgave the health commits |
iioner again. as usual, and viii allow I
he mems pay.
Tho finance committee reported /
'avorably ON the petitions OF Dr. +. u. |
and Joseph GeOghegan for |
-aising the curblng n foot on each side |
If the intersection Of State and First |
North street. This viii cost about |
Il 200 and the money was appropriated. |
LAMoREAUX TUNES PIANOS.
AGO So. 5th East. Ind, 328t. /