The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-29
CITY COUNCIL HAS
VERY BUSY SESSION
Main Street Is Finally Ordered
Repaved and Re
surfaced.
TWENTY-FIVE BLOCKS
OF NEW WATER MAINS
Board of Public Works Is In
structed to Advertise
for Bids.

resolution introduced by Mr.. Black or
dered the rcpaving and resurfacing OF
Main street from South Temple tC
Fourth South street Needless to say
the resolution was unanimously
adopted.
The next step towards the carrying
out of the improvements will be the
advertising by the board of public
works for bids for period of twcnty
days. Barring unnecessary delays, IL
will be possible TO start the improve
mcnt May IL. This will give ample
time for the completion of the work be-
fore the national encampment of the
Grand Army Of the Republic III August,
There was only ono protest against
The improvement, that of Joseph Baum
9arten, representing lS,S" feet III lots
and Z. block 60 plat A. As there are
52l4 feet frontage in the improvement
and as In the neighborhood of $3.50
feet were necessary to defeat the prop
oSition. aumbarten S protest, oil course,
was of no effect.
The total estimated cost will be SAC
064.6l. distributed as follows: Abut-
ters, S33 .i00.93: city part. $l2 .065.6S.
The estimated cost Linear or front
foot is S6.34s47. The Improvement in
cludes the recurbing and regutterlng
of tho sidewalks. also,
More Water Mains.
Incidentally. under resolution intro
duced by Mr.. 0 'Donncli. the council
ordered in the neighborhood of twenty
five blocks Of new water mains, to cost
approximatelv $37, ,0S0.9o, some OF
which will be the connecting of dead
ends The board of public works was
authorized to advertise for bids for the
following extensions and dead end con-
Ucctions:
On Fifth South and Third West
streets, sixtcen-inrh pipe. $6i6.
Fifth South, Third West TO Eighth
West, twelve-inch pipe 1,1S1,75.
Third West. Fifth South TO South
Temple. tcniuch pipe, $9l45.11.
To connect dead ends and promote
good circulation:
Pierpout street. so feet east of Ninth
West, $4J6.03
Third South. Post street to Ninth
West, S4595l.
Post street, $40 feet south of Fourth
South, $456.03-
Eighth West. $1l47.45.
Fourth West, 10 connect dead ends
north and south from Sixth South,
S975.49,
Seventh West. from Pacific avenue to
Fifth South, $47S.72-
Seventh West. from Pierpont street
TO Third South. S4IS.f2.
=. Eighth South from Jefferson to Wash
ington, $95f.43-
Post street. from Third South to
Fourth South 1857
Water main on West Temple. from
Fifth to Ninth South, before street is
paved, $6035.99.
Third South, from West Temple to
Third West $3T25.35,
Il a resolution introduced by Mr..
Black, providing for the readvertising
of notice of intention on sidewalks OK
tensions 126 and l2S and the postpon
:ng by the board of public works OF
the opening of bids on those improve
lncnts April 30, means a considerable
saving 10 the city. Action on the reso-
luton was postponed until next Monday
night.
Idea OF Resolution.
The idea of the resolution is TO bring
these improvements under the ordinance
taxing the entire cost of intersections
To the property owners and the spe-
cial Improvement ordinance. which has
the effect of making the whole i'm
provement tax levy become due upon
the failure of one assessment and max
ing the unpaid assessment lien upon
the property affected. Under the old
ordinance in regard TO time when spe
elal improvement taxes should become
payable, 1t was impossible for the city
iu many instances to collect the delin-
qucnt assessments for from FIVE TO
eight wears. consequently the coutrac-
tors could not find as ready and profit
able sale OF city warrants issued ia
them In payment for public improve.
ments, Under the new ordinance penG
in the council, and which undoubtedly
will be passed next Monday night.
these warrants are made readily ucgo-
tiable for practically their face value,
and 1T is thought that the city will
profit by this in reduction in bids
on public Improvements. Mr. Black S
resolution i'll this connection contem-
plates the delay in tho publishing of
notice Of intention to make the i'm
provements until the new ordinance be-
comes effective.
The ordinance taxing the cost Of in.
tersectIons 10 the property owners he.
came effective before the notice of in.
70 tcntion which governs became effective,
and the re5dvert!sing Of notice OF in
fcntlop as contemplated IN the resnlu-
tion would throw these improvements
within the new ordinance. There are
several intersections il the two i'm
proVements, and 1t is estimated that
the paying Of the cost of tie iutersec-
tionS by the property owners alone
would mean saving Of $4,000 to the
city.
Sidewalks extension 126 is in the
northwestern part Of the city. The es-
limated cost is $l57,G97. Extension l2s
IS IN the southwestern part OF the city.
Estimated cost $12j 63j.
Talk Of Compromise.
1t IS understood that the Oregon
Shorl Line Railway company has some
sort OF compromise 10 offer the CITY
IN relation to the footway on South
temple street, between Third and
Fourth West streets. and the matter
went over until Monday night. The
compromise, it. is said amounts viz.
tually to a giving in to the citv-s dc.
mands for the replacing of the foot
bridge on the line OF the north side.
walk instead Of l43 feet to the north.
Mrs. Mary; Boro will be allowed 10
cents meal instead of o cents from
now on for furnishing meals 10 nris.
oners 1T the city Jail.
street s;Gpervisor Jake Raleigh was