Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22
CHARGE INSPECTOR
N|THCOARsE WORK !.
Board Of Works Say Knox and n !.
Concrete Foreman Were
In Collision. q.
TOO LITTLE CEMENT is USED
Sidewalks Under Contract 70 Kennedy
May Have 10 BE Laid Again
Samples TO be Taken.

samples TO be Taken.
After ii careful investigation q. T.
Brooks, ii nember5of the board of PUB
lie works. declared last night at a meet
ing of the board that only tsyo--tliifls
OF the cement required by the plans and
specifications was being used in the
construction OF sidewalk No. los in the
southeastern part Of the city. y +.
Knox, an inspector of the board, was
accused of being in collusion Win
Harry C'hernley, the foreman OF the
mixing machine, iii carrying out this
cl.aft Knox MAS slmmarily dischar.-s 4
ed pending an investigation and MIG
Co'Gonnor, superintendent of eonstr1lc-
ton for James Kennedy, the contractor,
was notified to discharge his foreman.
until the matter could be looked tnta, Z
Ever since the contractors began %
glay sidewalk in the extension lfle l't;2-
perty owners in that district have been
dissatisfied with the work. q COM on.
mite was appointed to Ike the ma ttei,
IN with the board OF pub lie work 9 ard
the city council to see what could pc
done to secure better sidewalks. Ia
many places the sidewalk has crum nied
in pieces and the committee MADE re-
heated declarations to the board OF pub Z
lie works that not enough cement WAS
being used to hold the sand tosetner
BROOKS 1NsPEcTs WORK.
Mr.. Brooks made u visit to the side
walk extension after he had heard of
some recent complaints as to the char
;ae.te1 OF the work that was being done.
Several blocks OF this walk We're not
at all satisfactory to him. f'urther m
igation, he says disclosed that oniy
two thirds Of the cement require was sl
being used. Brooks traced this Loj. IN.
mixing machine and there found enough
evidence to satisfy him that the fore
man on the machine and the inspector
were in eollllson. He made tlils re-
port to the board and there viii be an
made. Il,
Ihis walk which, sit is alleged. Is not
up to the standard, has been laid on
Ninth East street between Fl inceton
and Harvard avenues and on ighth
Past and Eleventh South streets.
Mr.. o, Conner said when asked about
he charges that no such work had
been carried on with his knowledge or
consent. n
n VIII take the matter III, today and
ir the board asks me to discharge tas
foreman OF the mixing machine VIII !!
certainly do 1t. There is some sort q
game going on appa art: Ina ,,,..
know nothing about. have always $
given instructions that the specl tica-
fions be followed to. the letter and 1
have told my foren,en to go beyond 3the
specifications in regard to the USING OF
cement to bring the walks up. to the
standard j believe that N.Y. BROOKS.
4 who is All engineer, knows what he IS
\ ~ -. Ia,
Il such charges. IS IS
. TO SAMPLE EACH BLOCK.
II the property owners have ANYTHING
] 10 do with the nvestiga ton It VIII
i cover the entire extension. 1t Is under
4 stood that the abutting property owners
Will ask the. board of public WORKS 70
take samples of nearly every blcck 81
/ sidewalk laid in the extension and have
an ANALYSIS made of II to determine this
| amount of cement used in the mixture
4 This will take some time. but The
| property owners and especially the
committee which represents them, de-
l clare that the sidewalks are not VI 10
i the standard and never We're lad 4 &lc-
! cording to the plans and speclhcat lons.
/ When the committee asked for an n n
vestipntion several months ago of the
work. Mike O'Connor told them (. ne
wo,ild relay any portion of the walk
(which, was not satisfactory. With THIS
4 understanding. the committee dropped
i its demand for an investigation. IL me
4 contractor carries out his promise ne
4 win probably relay about half of the
i walk which is now In
The contract was awarded 70 James
/ X ennedy last year. The extension COW
\ ,4rs 10 miles of walk and is the largest
/ contract that was ever let in this part
/ of the country.
/ .The board further ordered that the
| clerk send IL letter to every inspector
i in its employ emphasizing the neces )
! 5sity of enforcing to the letter the speci''
litlcations on all city work of every ma
=llture. E5 X !. 81 L, .
i utah Light and Railway company ask
4 ing the company to relay some sptatt
(which had been removed at Fifth West
4 Land Second South streets.
i ESTIMATES PASSED.
4 The following estimates We're passed;
James Kennedy. fourth partial 3estl-
4 mate. sidewalk extension los, s26, 30;
4 Spa j. Moran, paving repairs, first par
estimate, SS101. 80; p. ]. Moran, in
4 tersections at Exchange Place ans
q Main and state streets. first partial es.
ltimate. s2.2OS. Ia; Louis A.. ISeiser, thirC
Partial estimate on building for gas
Z producer plant, $43G.69: Davis & Heuser
4 first partial estimate on North Temple
auueduct SS,SlS.75; 4Zerbe q Walker
Nineteenth ward irrigation ditch pipe
5l.iine. first and final estimate, s440.i5.
Tic following new inspectors Were
: named b. the board OF public works
4 IDayid4 H. simpson, ]. u. Justice. 5
+ C;aleaZzi. John Brooks, Ed Embletcr
& and Chris Wagner.
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