The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-19
MAY Be SUED
FOR HIS INJURIES


trict 100, and providing for the levy
Of a special tax upon abutting prop
erty owners In the district TO pay
for the improvements was brought up
at the regular session of the city coun'
ell last night and was passed 10 its
second reading by title and then refer
red TO the law committee
Paving district 100 embraces Wall
avenue between Twenty-nnh and
Twenty-sixth streets. Twenty-fourth
street between Grant and Wall ave
nucs and Washington avenue between
Tweny-siXth and Twenty-oighth
streets The contract for the paving
was awarded 10 Pat Moran OF Salt
Lake several weeks ago and somo
portions OF the work has already been
laid with asphaltum
A bid for another important piece
Of improvement work was received
and opened last night. This is a side
walk district 103 and comprises por.
tions of Washington avenue. Ogden
avenue. Thirty-ffth and Thirty-siXth
streets. The ]. P. O'NeIll construction
company offered a bid OF $500 with
the understanding that the contract
will be completed within 81 days. No
other bids on the work we're received
and the matter was referred to tho
city engineer and sidewalk commit
tee.
As an aftermath 10 the recent visit
OF President Taft to ogden, D. d.
Grafton. through his attorney. L. E.
Emerson alcd a claim of $500
against the city which he claimed re.
suited from personal injuries Tecelv.
cd by falling over one of the wires
which were stretched along Washing
ton avenue TO prevent the crowds
from overflowing into the street. GTat'
ton says that he was on his way TO
the depot to catch a train early next
morning when he was tripped by the
wire and thrown heavily TO the ground.
AS a result he says he received a
sprained wrist and the ligaments Of
his arm were badly strained The
claim was referred TO the law commit
tee and the city attorney.
The public building and grounds
committee recommended that a policy
Of fire insurance over the central fire
station for 81 900 be placed with Bal
lantyne & Critchlow, local insurance
agents. Councilman Dickson believed
that this was useless expenditure OF
money. but Councilman Flygare eX-
planned that the station caught fire
seven years ago and the city recovered
S400 insurance, and for this reason the
building should be insured All mem
bers OF the council voted in the az
iirmatlye when the motion was put.
Upon recommendation Of City En-
gineer Parker and the sidewalk COM
mittee a drainage outlet was ordered
begun on West Pattison avenue north
to Euclid avenue, and the grade OF
the street be made to conform with
the regular line of the street. The
matter of insufficient drainage on this
thoroughiare was brought TO the at
tcntion of the council last week by a
petition from Mr. and Mrs. William
Brown
A petition from H. f. Steel and r
II. Douglass asking that the city take
some action at once TO lower the wat
er main on Twenty-SeCond street be-
tween Van Buren and Harrison ave
nues was referred to-the street and
waterwoTSs committee. The petl-
TONERS say that the water pipe is
above the surface of the street and if
the condition is not remedicd before
cold weather. the water in the pipes
will be frozen and residents in that
locality will be deprived of water
supply
On motion of Councilman HumphriS
the first partial estimate due Pat Nor
an for work done in paving district
100, amounting to $4,000 was allowed.
The time for letting sidewalks work
on West Pattlson avenue by private
contract was continued until October
90 in case the city engineer has not
already advertised for bids for the
completion of the work, was ordered
on motion of Councilman Austin.
Councilman Humphrls called the at
tcntion OF the council to the siX.foot
embankment on Lincoln avenue be-
tween Twenty-frst and Twenty-sec-
ond streets. which is caused by the
laying of gas mains by the Utah Light
g. Railway company. The city enGin-
eer was instructed TO notify the com.
pany 10 proceed with the work with
out delay.
\ recommendation from tho street
committee that the floor of tho Og
den river bridge be re-layed was
adopted. The weekly report of the
city treasurer showed total of $54.-
134.5i now on hand Sl5,S6725 Of this
amount belongs 10 the waterworks
fund
a total Of $3.511S0 due the Chase
National bank and the Chemical Ma
tional bank of New York city for In
terest on city bonds was ordered paid
Payrolls for employees of the various
departments Of the city amounting 10
81 .Sl2.S2 and the payrolls of employees
of the waterworks department
amounting to S56l.40 were also
ordered paid A renewal of tho
Wholesale liquor license Of the Kohn
Liquor company was allowed.
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