The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-28
TO SPEND $4,000
ON SURPLUS CANAL
Council Committee Goes OH
Record as FayOring the
Expenditure.
CITY ENGINEER TO HAVE
SUPERVISION OF WORK
Sugar House Annexation Peti-
ti0nS to Be Returned for
Consolidation.

Al the meeting OF tho city council com
miLtees Thursday night IL was decided
to adopt the resolution drawn by the
city attorney for the expenditure OF $25.-
900 In charging The surplus canal. the
work 10 be done under the supervision OF
the city engineer. At the same time. IL
was agreed 10 make arrangements with
the Utah Sand Dredging and Construc-
tion company To use its dredsc5 on the
job for wet work and teams belonging TO
the company for the dry work.
j. A. Gond't and !. W MSllcn appean,Sd
company and stated that they would
move tho drcdgc at their own expense
and do the team work at tho same price
AS the dredging. provided they would he
permitted TO remove 10000 cubic yards
of dirt
At - cents per yard this would cost
the city $4,000. and i, is proposed Ia use
tho remainder of the money FOR the same
purpose. provided ii works satisfactorily
This arrangement was satisfactory 10 all
the members of the committee and the
resolution will be reported upon favora-
Monday night go that work may be
commenced without delay.
Will Improve Conditions.
1t is expected that the work done now
I'm enlarging the canal VIII very ma
tcrIaiy improve conditions and do much
toward avoiding tho floods caused by the
overflow OF the Jordan, river in the
sprInetlme II is probable that the work
Will be completed within thirty or forty
days,
\ special meeting of The municipal laws
committee will be held in the council
chamber On Saturday evening at 30
o'clock for the purpose OF finally hearing
all protests against the granting OF the
franchise to the Salt Lake & Los An
over certain streets in order 10 run its
cars mp 10 The business district. IL Is
understood that the Utah Light and Rail
way company objects 10 making any ar
,ungement with the Saltair road FOR tho
use OF it's tracks on North Temple and
Main streets. as Will have TO be done 10
avoid the laying OF third track on any
of tho streets and also 10 avoid laying
interlacng tracks over the viaducJ on
North Temple street. The committee
viii hear all protests Saturday night and
tcrcstcd In the matter TO be present.
viii Return Petitions.
The municipal laws committee last
night decided 10 return both petitions for
the annexation of different portions OF
Sugar House 20 the petitioners. so that
they may be consolidated into ono petit
tion. taking in the entire Sugar House
district As soon as the consolidated
petition Is filed and the new plat made
OF the entire district il VIII again be
presented 10 tho council and Will be
granted, as practically all of the coun-
cilmen have expressed themselves IN Ia
vor of the annexation proposition.
Tho police and prison committee VIII
report iavorably upon the appointment by
Chief OF Police Barlow Of Twenty-Five
special policemen FOR duty In different
parts OF the city. These men are spc-
Clad waichmcn and officers In The en-
plov of the railroad companies and other
corporations and private parties in the
city.
The license committee will recommend
that a license hc granted 10 Mike Sotar
for a saloon at 463 West Second South
street The application came in some
time ago but has been held up for the
reason that Sotar's building had not
been completed and inspected by the
chief OF police
mend tho appropriation OF $1,000 for re-
pairing the Jordan and Salt Lake canal
i'm Mill Greek The city engineer esli-
mated the cost Of concrete conduit at
500 600 but that was more than the com
mittce wanted to spend on IL at pres
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