The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-20
COUNCIL AWARDS
PAVING CONTRACT

| street paving In district 100. The
award was made by the city council
at It's regular meeting last night Mr..
Morans bid was S107.196, IL being the
lowest of three other bids which were
J submitted and opened yesterday after.
noon at . o'clock In the Office Of CITY
Engineer Parker The city engineer,
inasmuch as the bid Of Mr.. Moran was
the lowest, recommended that the con
tract be awarded TO him. This dis
trlct comprises Twenty-fourth street
from Grant 10 Wall avenues: Lincoln
avenue between Twenty and
| Twenty-fifth streets; Wall avenue be-
tween Twenty~third and Twenty-fourth
streets, and Washington avenue be-
tween Twcnty-siXth and Twenty-eighth
streets
While not opposed to the paving OF
this district. Councilmen Austin and
Dana insisted that the matter be de-
ferrod for one week until IL was
learned from the Ogden Rapid Transit
company whether OF not It contem-
plated the laying Of additional track.
| age in this district These council.
men believed that IL works an In
| justice upon the abutting prop
erty owners to pay the special levy
panv tear ND the work for additional
! tracks. A resolution was prepared by
/ the city engineer and inserted In the
report. providing for a reservation Of
space for the LAYING OF any contem.
plated tracks In The district should
this course be determined upon by the
company. Daniel Burt, a property
owner on Washington avenue, ap-
, h.. nd
| tested against the paving on this thor
oughlare, declaring that the taxpayers
+ are already burdened with sufficient
taxes
y vote was taken and a ma
| jority of the council voted that the
, contract be awarded and the work
started.
The other bidders on the
work were the ], P. ONeil Construc-
tion company. $l09650 the Wheel
! 1897: Moran &, Co. $120,96O91 City
: Engineer Parker explained that since
the laboratory purchased by his de-
partment for making tests of as
phaltum. 1t could be assured that the
| paving in this district win be Of
high order and that the city viii not
I
| deal with as have been noticeable
| with the paving on Twenty-f1fth street.
On motion of Councilman Peery.
President Browning named Council
men Humphris. Dana Peery Austin,
and himself as chairman of a commit
tee to confer with the ogden Rapid
Transit company to ascertain whether
or not any additional trackage in this
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possible, the paving work can be mr.
ranged In such manner as not to in
| terfere with the work of the street
/ railway company
The apparent Indifference OF tho
| Western Union Telegraph company
| In failing 10 comply with an order OF
the city council requiring all poles TO
| be removed from TWenty-fOurth
street was the occasion for a severe
rebukc from Councilman Peery. Mr..
! Peery wanted to know what progress
had been made on the work, Chair.
man Thomas of the street committee
explained that all of the corporations
owning poles on this street have ac-
ccpted the citys utimatum in s1od
faith except the Western Union Telc.
! graph company. This company. Couns
] I
its intention of disseminating its of
! flee in Ogden If it was made 10 comply
with the order. MIR. Peery observed
/ that so far as he was concerned he
was certainly in favor of allowing the
company TO seek other pastures If II
desired TO retard the progressive spirit
! of the city and upon his motion the
city attorney was instructed TO again
I .Is.. a,,.r
poles on this thoroughfare to have
them removed within the time preyi-
ously stipulated in the resolution.
The sanitary committee. TO which
was referred last week the matter Of
dumping ground for garbage and
refuse taken from the city streets.
recommended that the garbage here
: tofCre dumped In the lower part of
the city near Ice ponds and iTrigatlng
streams be carted TO the crematory
and burned. The report also recon.
mended that the man In charge OF the
| crematory be paid an extra compensa.
tion for this work. The report was
| adopted.
| Councilman Dana called the atten-
tion OF the council to the unsanltary
condition of drinking fountains and
horse troughs in the city. The mat
ter was passed up to the sanitary
committee for report,
George Shorten, the sanitary in
spectoT, reported that he had made an
examination OF the intakes for the
city water supply in ogden Canyon
and found them in good condition. He
recommended. however. that notices
be placed In conspicuous places near
these intakes, warning campers that
the pollution OF city water would be
punished as provided for In the or.
dlnance.
William Doyle was allowed $176.40
for the construction OF a sidewalk in
front of the police station. upon the
recommendation OF the city engineer.
Payrolls and claims from the water,
works department We're also allowed,
The board of directors Of the Car
ncgie library submitted the quarterly
report. which showed that the de6clt
Is S299 20 The council as a committee
of the whole VIII meet next Monday
night before the regular session, to
discuss the matter.
A. c. Belnap and others petitioned
the council for relief from damages
which have resulted to an irrigation
ditch on Twenty-frst street between
Quincy and Adams avenues as the re
suit OF excavations made by the city.
The sidewalk committee, city engineer
and city attorney were instructed TO
Investigate,
F. F. Dalton explained that an iri-
cation ditch on Thlrty-iirst street be-