The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-05
Employees Ask Increase.

Employees of the waterworks depart
ment sent in a petition asking for gen.
eral increase of 20 cents per day in
their wages, ard this went to the finance
committee.
Heath brothers came up again for a
retail liquor license at Salt Palace. this
time on petition from Hoffman brothers.
The petition OF the Heath brothers was
denied three weeks ago.
The League of American Municipali-
ties extended an invitation to Salt Lake
to become A member and the matter
was referred to the municipal laws COM
mittee.
Another petition came before the coun-
Gil, this time from Frank Motley and
others. They ask that no cows be al
lowed on premises north of Tenth South
street. The present ordinance sets the
limit at Ninth South street.
Because there was not sufficient pro-
testants against new Improvements, the
council instructed the board of public
works to advertise for bids for paving
extension No. 81, on Second West street
from Third South to Warm Springs,
and for sewer extension No. PSI near the
University of Utah On the Second
West paving there are 1915 feet in the
proposed extension and only S4S3.36 feet
protested, with 1905 necessary to de-
feat On the sewer extension there are
%, 1855 feet, of which S000.50 feet were
protested and 1S,S64.56 necessary to de-
feat. The sewer extension is bounded
by Second South, the reservation. Fifth
South and Tenth East.
Payrolls for the last half of March
were allowed, amounting to $1s,672.64.
For Parking Streets.
In a letter from the board OF park
commissioners the council was asked
to appropriate money for the parking
of Seventh East and Twelfth East
streets. Seventh East will cost approx
imateIy 1897 and Twelfth East street
$1,217. The matter went to the finance
committee. The council was also in
formed that the park board had sold
sod at Pioneer park amounting tC
| s27956, and this was placed to the &C.
count of the board-though this is the
| first time such a fund has ever been
| mentioned.
Thomas Holiday, superintendent Of
waterworks, was given authority to en-
ploy another plumber for his depart
ment at 81 day.
| Fred Hofferm, c. H Jensen. E. r.
Craig, W. S. West and J. Peterson. ap-
| pointments as firemen by Fire Chief
| w. H. Glore, were confirmed.
| DR.. S. G. Paul. city health commits
sioner, informed the council that the
contract with the Salt Lake & Ogder
Railway company had expired and q
new contract was entered into for two
months. at a rate of $3.50 per car fol
hauling garbage, as against $3.50 nov
charged.
The board of public works informed
the council that it could give no esti-
mate as to the approximate cost Of
extra work orders 217 216 and PIG ISSUED
! to P. J. Moran and Doyle Bros.
Schwartz for the lowering of water
mains, so the matter was referred tt
the superintendent Of waterworks.
/ The application of w. r. Clark for g
druggists retail liquor license in Sugar
House was laid over for another week
| to see whether the druggist in Fores
Dale, just across Twelfth South from
| Clark's drug store, is selling liquor.
he is, Clark will probably get a license
Annexation Delayed.
/ City Attorney Dininny declared tn,
statute in regard to the annexation of q
tract of land to the city did not near
that the council must" take action al
the next meeting night after the mat
ter is presented, so the proposition o.
annexing property between Thirteenth
East and Fifteenth East streets and
| from Tenth South to Eleventh Soutf
streets was referred back to the munich.
pal laws committee, to give time to the
city engineers to make an estimate O.
the cost OF bringing the streets to grade
in the property which it is proposed t.
annex. The bonds VIII be fixed at tht
price set by the engineer, before III,
property Is annexed.
Councilman McKinney's ordinanc,
making it a raisdemeanor for boys unde
10 years of age to jump on, run along
side of or in front of street cars Will,
the aforesaid cars are in motion, wal
passed without dissenting vote.