The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-29
Council Approves of the Award
of Three Contracts to
p. j. Moran.
ANDREW D. BURT GETS
WORK ON CR0SS-WALKS
Davis & Heuser Instructed TO
Get Busy on North Tenn
pie Aqueduct.


provements chilling for total cxpendi.
lure Of S105.37s.57 will be started with.
in few days. The improvements arc
the three paving extensions, the con
tracts for which were awarded to P.
j. Moran by the board of public works
last Friday evening The contracts
were unanimously approved by the city
council Monday evening, which means
that the work will be under way with
| in a short time. The extensions are to
be completed before the end Of the
year.
The contracts are as follows: State,
from Seventh to Ninth South, seventy
two foot street, $36,40753 Eighth
South, from Main 10 State, fifty foot
street: First West, from South Temple
to Third South, eighty foot street, 500
37l.37.
The contract Of the board Of public
works with Andrew D. Burt for $4,000
worth of cross walks, mostly in the new
sidewalk extensions. was approved, and
no time will be lost in starting this
work, either. The contract is as fol
lows: For the grading. 40 cents Il cubic
yard for the laying, GO cents n square
10 cents additional for each additional
mile haul.
Under a resolution introduced by
Mr.. Fernstrom, Davis & Hauser must
also get busy on the North Temple
street aqueduct. The resolution calls
upon the board OF works TO notify Davis !
& Hauser 10 complete the work as fast
as possible, and if the contractors do
not comply with the order the board is
to take the work over in time to get IT
finished by October ].
Third South Street Work
The West Third South street property |
owners arc perfectly willing TO pay the
additional cost. so they are likely to
get a ninety-two foot street instead OF
an eighty foot street. A petition head
ed by Councilman Wood and signed by |
practically all the property owners llv-
ing between West Temple and Third
West street, between which points 1t
is proposed 10 pave the street. for the
ninety-two feet instead of eighty, as
the plans call for. was presented 90 the
council, and after its reading Mr.. Hall 8
motion to reconsider the approving OF
the contract which was approved Mon
day night a week ago. was carried,
The matter was then laid over one week
to give the property owners a chance
to figure with the contractor as to the
additional cost of the paving Of the
street for the extra width The orlgi"
nal contract price was approximately
$50 900. The increasing OF the width
OF the paving Will raise the cost to
something like S63,000 virtually. all
of which the property owners Will bear
Mr.. Martin did not move to recon
slider the resolution adopted Monday
night A week ago directing the chief
of police TO proceed against the So
called west-side stockade which puts the
resolution up to the mayor for his ap'
proyal or veto 1.-The sheriff has al
ready disposed Of that question" said
Mr.. Martin. when the resolution was
reached. "and I see no reason Tor
now.
For Big Celebration.
There will be one of the biggest and
most enthusiastic celebrations OF the
Fourth of July at Liberty park that
ever happened. The recommendation
OF the public grounds committee that
the park superintendent be instructed
to raise q flag pole in the park and
that 800 be appropriated TO secure a
band for the celebration was adopted, {
Held's band will be secured for two '
concerts, one TO be given between 10 {
and 12 O'Clock and the other between !
4 and G. The celebration will be p =
cipally by Young America in Salt
Lake city and will be held Monday,
July 5, July i falling on Sunday this {
year.
II ar ordinance drafted by City At
torney H. J. Dinlnny is passed, bawdy
houses will fall within the same class !
as houses Of prostitution. The ordi-
nance is drafted after the state law on
the subject passed by the last legisla-
ture, the state law being the same as
the revised ordinances of 1903. with
the exception that bawdy houses are
included. The ordinance went TO the
laws committee. No men
ton of bswdy houses is made in the
present ordinance.
George r. Hancock IS resignation as a ,
deputy in the city treasurer's office
was accepted, and Brigham Snyder, q ,
brother Of the city treasurer, was
named to fill the vacancy.
i. A. Book was appointed clerk IN
the city auditor IS office
i. A. Franks and II J.. Bauer were :
appointed special policemen for the
Denver & Rio Grande yards. ,
Harries Buys Hay.
Benjamin R. HAIRLESS offer TO pay
$3.50 for the hay on 200 acres of city ,
land in Parley's canyon was accepted.
The petition of the Greek bootblacks
OF Salt Lake City for au ordinance
establishing twelve-hour worEday in
stead OF sixteen hours, and Sunday
closing at ! p. M, came to grief,
''They'r trying TO make monkeys out
Of us" declared President Davis. "Thc
petition will be fled 1t was. ,
Two proposed water mains in the {
second ward, one on Cheyenne avenue, I
to cost slO79.27, and the other on {
Uintah street, from Sixth South to
A.apahoe avenue. brought on spir-
tied tilt between councilmen from that 1
ward and their associates from the {
third. Mr. Wood s resolution called
for the payment for the extensions !
from the bond fund, but Mr.. Fern
strom raised a howl about the violation
of both election pledges. Mr. Fern
strom claimed that the Second ward
was getting more than its share OF the
bond money, $4,000, and it was finally r
decided to pay for the extension out {
of the water fund.
\ recess was taken until O'Clock
Wednesday night TO consider applica-
tons for liquor license renewals. upon
motion Of Mr.. Stewart. With the first c
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