The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-14
FORFEITURE MUST
NOT Be IGNORED
City Attorney Expresses 0pin-
ion on Clauses in Contracts
of City.
SOME ROUTINE TAKEN UP
PROTESTS AGAINST FREIGHT
HAULING TO FORT DOUGLAS.

The board of public works has no right
to ignore the forfeiture clause in estimates
Of cost submitted by contractors, ac-
cording to City Attorney H. J. Dininny.
This opinion was submitted to the city
council last night, in reply to the resOlU-
ton by Councilman l. Z. Hail.
As a result of this, the city attorneys
opinion viii be sent to the board Of
works, and two estimates for z. ]. Mo
ran on paving extension 34-East First
South street-will be returned for action
by the board. These estimates are the
ninth PARTIAL calling for about 5000, and
the tenth final, with only S503. The city
engineers office noted 79 days of forfeit
which should have been charged against
the contractor which, at S25 a day, would
have been $3.50.
No notice of the forfeiture was in
cluded in the report of the board of
works to 1he council, and a roar went up.
The council viii now quietly await the
action Of the board in regard to the city
attorneys opinion.
City Engineer George o. Clancy in
formed the council that a culyert would
have to be run from Twelfth South street
to Parley's creek of 16-inch vitrified pipe,
about $50 feet, and a small piece of 12-inch
pipe to connect with the same size pipe
on Twelfth South street. The estimated
cost IS $500 The matter went to the
engineering committee.
Tony COscO had applied for a saloon
license at 43S West Second South street
and the license committee favored the
Italian, but the council last night voted
against the license, killing il by a vote
of to T.
All of the councilmen voted to install
the as lights which had been approved by
the improvements committee. Each mem
Der wanted to know what had been done
Tor his precinct, but voted for the list
without much investigation.
Protests Against Franchise.
Protests against granting the freight
franchise to the Utah Light & Railway
company, to haul freight to and from
Fort Douglas during the daytime, were
received from Rosa NJ. Breeder and 9TH
ers, and A. Fred Wey and others Ths
protests were put with the report of the
municipal laws committee regarding the
franchise, and Will come up again Thurs
day night.
granting a liquor license for 2t7 West
Second South street, one from the Al
mOnd family, 249 West Second South
street, and the other from r. L. Rhoades
and twenty-six others, including the Al
mOnds
The end is not yet in regard to the pro-
tests against the work done on sidewalk
extension No. i2S, which includes twelve
miles of sidewalk in the southeastern
part of the CITY. Last night anOt her
long protest was received, in which it is
claimed the sidewalks damage the abut-
ting property instead Of benefitting it;
that the walks are rotten and Crumbling
are worthless and uneven, the cement is
thin and the edges have broken off It
is threatened that unless the present
walks are taken up in many places and
new ones put in, actions will be brought
against the city for damages TO the
property,
A letter was received from W. C.
Workman, jT., Of Los Angeles, stating
that his father, ". c.. Workman, sr
had put in twenty-fOur years as a mem
Der of the Salt Lake fire department.
working up to assistant chief and that
he should be pensiOned by the city. This
went to the fire committee.
The NeWhOuSe Realty company Will get
twelve lights to illuminate the new dis
tTict, instead of the twenty-fOUT asked
for. When the rest of the block is filled
with buildings the council will likely add
the other dozen lights to the district.
The NewhOuse lighting proposition came
before the council upon the vote for re-
consideration from Councilman T. R
Black. 1t was first reconsidered by a
vote of s to 3
w. Mont Ferry advanced the propo-
sitiOn to light Main and Exchange
place. not east of Cactus street, and to
use not more than twelve lights. This
was carried by a vote of 10 to g. COun-
cilmen Hail. Murdoch and COwburn vOt-
ing against it,
Council took a recess until Thursday
night at 7:30 o'clock.