The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-02
CITy'S PURSE
TIGHTLY SHUT
Lots of Improvements Petit
toned for SidetraCked by
Council as Usual.
WEST SIDERS RECOGNIZED
KICKS REGISTERED AGAINST
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

The present city administration is not
so anxious to order improvements as it
was before the election, except when
there is no cost to the city or when 1t
is work provided for by the bond fund
money. Last evening the city council
sent nearly 100000 worth of improve
ments, petitioned for by property own
ers and duly advertised for protest, TO
the finance committee, where they Will
probably lie until some way is found to
provide the $4,000 necessary to pay fog
The city's share of the work.
The aqueduct for North Temple street
was rushed through and the councilmen
from the Second ward were successful
in getting an order to proceed with wa
ter main extensions for which the west
side has been clamOring for two years
Some other work was ordered. which
will be provided for by the bond fund If
the city's share is little.
The extensions sent to the finance
committee for purpose of delay include
sidewalk extension 136 on the east bench
at cost of S24,397.92, city's portion
s6,4235T; paving extension "a, West
Temple from Fifth to Ninth South and
Fifth South between First West and
Main street, cost Ss4, 2e7. city's portion
$50, 50S.67; paving extension %, First
west between south Ieillplc lNu Ihiiu
Couth. cost sf9,730.27, city's portion
S3,1s6.97; sidewalk extension 1872, from
State to Fourth West and Ninth South
to Martin and Roper avenues. cost $50
611.36. City's portion sl3, 156.SS; paving
extension 81, First avenue from street
TO Virginia street, cost 2,290.9S, city's
portion s26.6ss67.
The total cost of these is 1924, 2s3. AS,
and the total of the city's portion is
s54,475,s6. 1t is doubtful if any of them
will be done this year as there is no
money 10 pay for the city's portion,
though some of them may be ordered
on the eve of another election.
Contracts Approved.
The contract sent up from the board
of public works, which met yesterday
afternoon and awarded to Davis & Heu-
ser the building of the aqueduct on
North Temple street, from Fourth West
TO the Jordan river, at cost of sfS, 252,
was at once approved.
The council also approved the con-
tracts for the conduits of reinforced
concrete for the Salt Lake & Jordan
canal at Pafley's creek for s.. 163. 30. and
north of Mill Creek for S7.437.79. award
ed by the board to Shea & Anderson.
Another contract approved was for
power for the Utah lake pumping plant
anu WAS Win the tan county Light q
Power company for maximum of 400
horsepower and a minimum of 300
horsepower for five months at $3.50 per
horsepower.
Councilmen Raybould and Hodgson /
got through an order to the board OF |
works to rush the work OF completion /
of sewer extension No. 1S2. held by
James Kennedy.
West siders Win.
The councilmen from the Second ward |
made an united effort and secured the |
passage of ain order to. the board of /
works to advertise water extensions on /
the west side amounting to about ST. /
0O0. These were first ordered a year AMI I
a half ago, and were down last year /
TO be done out of the bond issue. Few /
of the extensions will pay the usual /
rate of interest on the Cftys expendi- I
ture for putting them in, and there Is /
some question as to whether they can I
be carried through without a change /
of the ord nance. Though Councilman |
L. r, Hall remarked that this looked /
like an unseemIy squabbLe for dIsIrlbu- |
ton of the bond money, the west side
members were insistent and il went /
through.
petition from : e Hamer and
others. protesting against the manner
in which the board of works is neglect /
ing the interests OF the property owners |
and allowing bad work On Sidewalk ex-
tension Nc. 10s, was referred 60 the en- |
cheering committee. The petitioners
asserted that in some places there were
twelve to twenty cracks in the new
sidewalks to a city block. The board, /
they said, had promised them redress /
and had not made any change In the |
quality of the work being done.
Requests Are Made.
Edison street property owners want
that thoroughfare paved and their re-
quest went 10 the streets committee. /
which will also consider a request of
Willard Mack of the Bungalow the
atre and George d. Piper of the Salt
Lake theatre 10 be allowed to maintain
awnings over the sidewalks until the
close OF the theatrical season.
The payrolis amounting to SO $685. ]
were approved.
Councilman l. E Hall offered a reso-
luton to consolidate the waterworks
and the water supply funds to save
confusion and simplify bookkeeping, but !
his request was sent to the graveyard |
of all such resolutions, the finance COM |
nittee.
The same committee VII consider a /
proposition to advertise for bids for |
supply of street igns.
Papworth & Sons were given permis- |
sion 10 go ahead with the erection 81 1
their proposed packing plant and colo |
storage warehouse at Eighth West and /
Seventh North streets.
The Salt Lake Hardware company got 4