The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-30
Investigation to Be Made of the
Proposed WaterwOrks
Improvement.
TRIP WILL BE MADE BY
THE C0UNCILMEN TODAY
Fence i'm Front of kearnS Build
ing Will Remain While
Necessary.

| City Engineer George r.. McGoDagIc s
plans for an 1S-inch Waterman, to cA-
tend from mile and a half above the
present highlne intake on City creek 10
| Thirteenth avenue and j street, was laid
over at Monday nights session of the
city council to give the councilmen time
to 30 over the ground. This the solons
| Will do today leaving the Wilson hotel
at 10 o'clock this morning. The matter
| was laid over at the suggestion Of Messrs.
Morcton. Hall and Wood. The board OF
| public works next Tuesday night likely
will be authorized TO call for bids.
The Mckinney resolution regcipdin;;
tho Holey resolution ordering the ro
moval of the fence from in front OF the
until after n bitter fight from the mi
noritv. led by Messrs. Fernstrom. Hall
and Holley, Mr.. Mckinney pointed out
that never has work on building in
celerty, the contractors working from 4
O'Clock In the morning until early even
ing. and that the fence Is needed now
worse than ever At other buildings with
fences In the streets In front OF them
work has been stopped for weeks and
even months. Mr.. Mckinney said, with no
one "holcrine."
Mr.. Mckinney also said business men
being hurt now by the fence would be
benefited more when the building Is COM
pleted
Fernstrom voted against the Mckinney
resolution, Mcssrs. Ferry, Hodgson and
Lyme being absent
Goes to Committee.
The Ninth South street canal nuisance
went to the committee Of the whole FOR
consideration Thursday evening, at Mr.,
MoretonS suggestion,
ii begins TO look like City Health Com
missioner DR., S. G. Paul will not get
his ten uniformed sanitary inspectors.
h.ti hn on b1t oil !, lie.
The board of estimates and apportion
ment denied his request for appro-
priation OF $4,000 for the uniformed in
spectors, but gave him permission to en-
ploy ali the inspectors he needs
The protest of Ezra Thompson and
thirty or forty others against the unsani-
lary condition of the canal In the neigh
borhood OF Third North and Seventh
West streets went TO the streets COM
mittee. The water, the protestants say.
has been diverted from the canal and the
bottom covered with filth. The bridge.
the guard rails TO which are gone, has
partly fallen into the canal and several
persons have done likewise.
The petition of Charles G. Buckle and
others for the extension OF watermains
from Eleventh South and Sixth East
streets to Twelfth South and Fourth East
streets went TO the waterworks commit
tee, The petitioners agree 10 stand the
expense OF the intersections, virtually re-
lieving the city OF costs I'm the matter
The petition OF Mrs Anna Erhard.
widow OF 211 Tenth East street for free
license for woman's employment agency
went 10 the license committee.
Beesley Reappointed.
j. D. Beesley was reappointed oil in
spector and senler Of weights and meas
ures under the new ordinance increasing
his salary from SIS 10 500 month.
The offer of the Forest Home company,
which wants to concentrate its holdings,
to exchange eighty eight acres of land
in the right fork of its ground in section
2S. township l south. range cast. at
the head of Lambs canyon. q branch OF
Parley's, for eighty eight acres OF city
ground adjoining the company's holdings
in the left fork, went to the public
grounds and waterways committee.
Mayor Bransford Will be out of the
city for a few days and Councilman Davis
was named acting mayor.
The council took n recess to Thursday
evening to pass half-month payrols Next
Monday is holiday, Labor day. and the
council Will meet Tuesday evening.
McCoy's Stables.
Carriages and light livery. Phones 81.