Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-01
BOARD OF WORKS
GIVES GLAD HAND
erlsctiOn Smile" Is Portion Of
taxpayers Who Come to
Complain.
SIDEWALK REPAIRS PROMISED
which Have Long Lain Tn
..d Take on importance
r,cction Cause of Activity

an t,st Friday night, the board OF
..orss ignored the complaints OF
,oxpavers in sidewalk extension NO
" .,so have been protesting for two
~ ohout the condition OF the
n which are being laid by the
w.. kennedy Construction company
enc arm which laid the sidewalks
ING -.s,oo No. Jos in the southeastern
n the city which caused so mueh
la.ie with hand shakes ana an
u-a,ion" smile, the protesting taNpaS
nere received by the members Oh
81 holrd why, we VIII De
uN snvthing that we can 10 give you
w1 sst sidewalks ia the city, Ihalr-
q. Mcmillan stld.
" II All north seventh West street
.red on behalf OF II properly
ST. and the board promised TO have
In engineer loo over n Walk
ny sci,co n defective places.
~ tpscr said this morning that the
ctors are bllking the abuttlng
,ropsrty owners. .
pop,. bocks.0 Mr.. Baer declared, the
q not properly laid. the Walk IN
va, n nv house Is about "a inches III
naGGr,sss and the contract calls Tor a
e.eh walk. There are scores OF
- oronerty owners protesting nut II
so,e no good SO far. The promise
r.. M board made Is the hrst en-
Nn-,sgement that / have received. II
nesr election now and II might ne
r., sbo board will have the defective
walks relaid.'
ARE VIOLATING CONTRACT.
c.o,ge v Morris. a contractor, who
Ia n s2t west Third North street
a.ola,es that the contractors are Flolat-
,ne their contract and d~efrauding the
.svnavers In this extension.
.The amount Of materials as set
9Th IN the specifications have not been
800 IN the walks Nj. Norris said.
IN 'front.' Of my house the concrete
,ras mixed almost dry and contained
va much sand and not enough cement
, a, not think that the surfacing was
mlved according to specifications In
M contract. The sidewalk Is crum-
MING now I'm places and II can be brok-
sr N pieces with q small hammer any
nae have made complaints about 1t
6ut Il did no good.
CONFESSION OF INSPECTOR.
o. had a talk with Sam Gaieazzi, the
hsnertor and he admitted to me that
h NEW nothing about cement work. !
~ Inc engineer down 10 look at the
IN snd Galeazzi was removed as IN
sn.e,or l understand hat he IL now
4 hs,r employed on the conduit on
. y~h Temple street as an inspector
dthe same kind OF work"
HIGH PRICED SEWER.
The board OF public works also n
noyped Friday night hat the inter-
cepdns sever is now in commission ana
connections can be made Monday.
Notices are being sent out to all the
residents who have been waiting cor
three wears to connect with the sewer.
The Americans" are doing this. no
doubt. 70 make the people on the west
side feel good on election day.
The in.ercepting sewer contract was
it In October 1905 for Sl35, 900. Since
then il has cost the taxpayers SIPS 900
extra. After the sewer vas laid IL was
found that il had broken In several
places and had sunk down so that II
could not be placed in service. Then
4 was found that the sewer had hlled
~ with sand and this had to be clean
ed 0gt at the cost Of hundreds % doll
lars The breaks have been repaired
but there Is still danger OF II being put
out of commission at any time and
The sewerage backing up into the
houses on account OF the mistakes
hade In the plans.