The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-27
EXPECT FIGHT IN
COUNCIL MEETING
Sanitary Committee Report
Regarding Jensen Cream
cry May Cause Trouble.
RAIL WAY FRANCHISE is UP
LICENSE COMMITTEE REDUCES
TAX ON LAUNDRY WAGONS.

After being laid over for week, the
two electric railway franchises will prob
ably come before the council again to-
night for final action. One is the resO-
luton granting the Utah Light q Rail-
way company the right TO haul freight
TO and from Fort Douglas between 3
clock at night and ] o'clock in the
morning. on any day. Many residents
and every drayage company IN the city
have objected to the granting of the
rights under this resolution.
The proposed franchise for the Sait
Lake & Los Angeles Railway company is
not quite in shape for passage by the
council, but il viii probably come up Tor
discussion. A number of protests nave
been sent TO the council against grant
ing the Saitair company this franchise,
especially as il goes around three sides
of the temple block. C.. w. Nibley and
other officials of the Mormon church
have taken "a stand against this grant
from the city.
The report of the committee on engi-
neering and sewerage, approving the plans
of CITY Engineer George O. CLANCY for
the expenditure of $4,000 for d catch
basin and concrete conduit for 1900 feet
up City creek from State street. will be
before the council. AS the funds in the
city treasury are getting low, the mat
ter viii probably go to the finance COM
mittee. If there is enough money on
hand, the work will be ordered done at
once; but if the cash is too low the work
will have 10 wait until several weeks at
ter the first of the year.
Building of Conduit.
The building of the conduit will be an
other step i'm the clty's plans Tor con-
duit starting about half a mile from State
street and running to the Jordan river,
10 carry the overflow OF City creek dur
ing the high water and attempt to es-
cape the recurrence of floods during the
late winter and SUFiUg which have
caused thousands of dollars of damage
TO property i'm the past and has caused
the city endless trouble.
Every spring during the past several
years the creek has OyerflOwn its banks
on North Temple street, breaking down
bridges, carrying of large sections OF
road and flooding houses in the western
part of Salt Lake. 1t has cost the city
thousands of dollars for the extra work
and repairs in the street department, as
wen.
Last spring one of the worst floods in
years occurred, which carried three
bridges away, flooded scores of houses
and has been seen in many claims for
damages submitted 90 the city council.
As a result or all this. the crossings at
West Temple, First West and Second
west have been covered with earth,
through which runs siN-fOOt concrete
conduit to carry the water. From Third
West street TO the river a long conduit
viii be run, most of which has been fin
ished at the present time. During 1910
viii be constructed a conduit from Main
street to Third West, thus completing the
work.
There is now a conduit running from
State to Main street Just west of State
street the Salt Lake and Jordan gravity
canal runs into the conduit, but the chief
purpose of the conduit viii be to carry
away the overflow waters of CITY creek
during the flood times Of spring and ear
" summer.
Fight Is Expected.
In spite OF the report Of the sanitary
committee informing the Jensen Cream
cry company that 1T Will have to live up
temperature of not more than 55 degrees
Fahrenheit when it reaches Salt Lake,
there may be a fight in the council to
night, The Jensen company, easily the
largest dealer In Salt Lake, has threat
ened to raise the price of milk in the
city in case the council insists upon the
b5-degree restriction, and some of the
councilmen are in favor of letting down
a bit. john HOlley spoke in favor of
milk TO get to the plant Of the whole
saler in Salt Lake before it is tested
for temperature. Some time ago Mr.
Jensen asked the council If the present
ordinance was going to last any length
OF time and the report Of the sanitary
committee is that it will continue in
force.
The new ordinance 1evying a tax of SO
for every laundry wagon in Salt Lake
viii likely go into effect tonight. It was
originally fixed at 81, but the clothes
cleaners talked il over with the license
committee last Thursday night. with the
result that 81 a wear was lOpDpd off