The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-22
BUILDING COMPANY
NOW AFTER MONEY
Campbell People Ask Council to
Come Through With
$6,764.32.
IT IS NOT LIKELY THAT
BILL WILL BE ALLOWED
Many Other Matters of Impor-
tance Considered at
Session.

The Campbell Building company,
through its president, 4. Campbell, pre-
snnted an itcmzcd and verified claim
70 the city council Monday evening for
The balance, $6764.32, claimed to be due
# on the outlet pipe for the west side
sewerage system, The bill went to the
finance committee.
The council s action is uncertain, but
II is not likely that the bill Will be al
lowed, for the reason that P. }. Mo
ran is coming in with a bill for some
thing like $4,000 or 100000 next week
for repairing and rcmedylng the dc
feels in the outlet pipe. 1t is at least
posstble that the Campbell Building
company will try TO collect It's bill IN
the courts.
The claim sets out the entering into
fhe contract with the city on April s,
1908, for the construction of the outlet
pipe for $IS,03Sl7. Extras amounting
10 S20575 were furnished. it is speci-
fed, raising the bill to SIS 1882. and
between April ] and April 20 of this
year. at the special instance of the
mayor and the board Of public works,
it is set forth. additional services and
materials were performed and fur
nished amounting to S404.69. The com.
pany has received from the city SILL
97429. on the contract, ii Is set out,
leaving the city still owing the conf
pany S6,764.32, with interest at per
cent,
Charges Are Made.
Patrolman Horace A. Heath made Sc
rious charges against Delos Il, Black
MARI, driver on one of the city IS
sprnkllng wagons in the ncighborhood
OF the Salt Palace. before the city coun-
ell Monday evening.
Heath, in signed communication to
the council, charges Blackmarr with us
ing the citY's wagon TO fulfill contracts
with private individuals for sprinlsling
and with carrying out these contracts
on the city's time.
Mr.. Heath sets out that he is in a
position to prove his charges and asked
that he be given an opportunity TO do
50, He Will be heard by the finance
committee ThurSSay evening.
1t is likely that Blacllmarr Will also
be summoned TO appear before the com
mittee TO give his defense, if he has
any.
Unless L. ]. Bowers complies with
the building laws, he will be given no
permit to establish sort of city
market at First South and West Temple
streets, on the old Continental hay mar
ket site, The building inspector re-
ported that Bowers S plans for the
stalls and stable do not conform to the
ordinances and that he had denied
Bowers permit and the report was
adopted.
The recommendation of the water.
works committee that twelve sanitary
fountains be installed in the business
district for the G., \. r. encampment
was adopted.
Bridges for City Creek.
The street supervisors recommends
ton that two concrete bridges. rein
forced with steel. be placed over City
creek at North Temple and First and
Second North streets in the place Of
the wooden structures washed out by
the recent high waters, at a joint cost
of $4,000. was adopted. A concrete
flume. 10 be paid for out Of the aquc-
duet fund, was also included,
The health commissioner S request
for two permanent additional garbage
wagons. with Frank Raleigh s offer TO
collect and remove the garbage for
period Of three years at $500 month,
went back to the sanitary committee.
p, j. Moran S contract to pave Third
South street, from West Temple TO
Third West street, for $50 ,073,90, was
approved and the work wlll be started
as soon as Doyle Bros. & Schwartz get
The water maius laid. Nj. Holley and
Mr. Hall objected to the paving Of the
street for a width Of only eighty feet,
when some Of the other main business
streets are being paved for a width of
ninety feet, ard wanted TO rcadvertise
for bids, but while some of the other
councilmen agreed that it might be
better if the street were nInetystNo
instead of eighty feet wide. they OBJ
iccted to the delay the readyertising
for bids would cause i'm the improve
ment. Mr., Hall, however, gave notice
Of moving TO reconsider next Monday
night, which holds the matter III abey-
ance until then.
Water mains will be laid on Bueno
street, but they will be paid for out
Of the waterworks fund instead OF the
bond fund. as had been suggested. The
city attorney reported that the water
mains could be laid and paid for out OF
the bond fund. since the notice calling
the bond election also contained tho
words ''and other necessary water
main extensions, - and Mr.. Hall wanted
the proposed water mains paid for out
Of the bond money, but the majority
members Of the council held TO the
pledge made before the bond election
TO use the money so raised only for the
purposes specified,
The contract Of r. ". Mellen for the
grading of Fourth North street, from
Fast Capitol street to Wasatch drive
WAS approved Melcn agreeing 10 pay
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