The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-26
NEW DISTRICT
ADDED To CITY
Councilman Davis, Who Gave
Notice of Reconsideration,
Is Absent.
ADJOURNMENT NECESSARY
TO THURSDAY EVENING
Mayors Veto of Railroad Mat
ter Is Laid Over; Other
Routine Matters.

There was such volume OF business
before the city council Monday night
that an adjournment was taken until
Thursday night to complete the work
on hand All of the routine business
was disposed of, with the exception OF
A number of ordinances. which were not
reached, and these will be taken up
Thursday night Owing TO the absence
OF Councilman Davis, who last Mon
dav night gave notice of reconsidera
tion of the ordinance providing for the
annexation of the territory between
Tenth and Eleventh South and Fifteenth
and Seventeenth East streets. the mat,
ter was moi reconsidered by the council
Monday uight, so that tho ordinance
stands as passed last week, and VIII
now be submitted To the mayor for ms
approval If the mayor approves the
ordinance. the city s area Will be IN
creased TO a considerable extent by the
annexation of the territory mentioned.
The council will meet as committee
of the whole Thursday night, before
the adjourned meeting is called TO order,
and will consider the final settlement
of the controversy with the Campbell
Building comnany on the contract for
the wooden stavc pipe line. The board
If public works submitted a recon-
mendation that the Campbell company
De paid S6S50.23 as settlement in full
Of the balance due on the contract. This
includes the amount due on extra work
order and does not make any reduction
as a penalty for failing to complete the
contract within the required time MT
Mulvey stated that he had something
% saye in relation 10 the matter, and,
upon his motion, il was referred to the
committee of the whole to be considered
Thursday night,
Veto Laid Over,
The veto of Mayor Bransford to The
committee report and resolution of Mr.
Hollev, instructing the city recorder to
notify the Oregon Short Line Railroad
company to vacate the west one-third OF
Third West street, from North Temple
to First South street. was laid over for
one week upon motion of Mr.. Hall. who
raised the point that the resolution was
not a matter which should have been
passed up to the mayor for his action
at all.
City Attorney Dlninny was asked for
an opinion on that point, and stated
that the resolution OF committee report
contained nothing which required any
action at all on the part of the mayor.
as neither provided for the expenditure
of money The mayor will be furnished
a written copy of the attorneys opln-
ion.
The Short Line is using the street
new depot and the council adopted the
report of the committee last week,
authorizing the notice 10 vacate to be
served upon the company. The mayor
vetoed the report and the resolution,
but, according to the city attorney. he
had no right 10 act on the matter st
all 1t is likely that the veto will be
disregarded altogether.
Protests against the use of the west
one-third OF the street by the Short
Line were received by the council from
the Salt Lake Hardware company and
vator company, both claimin~ that it
interfered with traffic on the street to
a considerable extent, These protests
also were laid over for one week, and
Will be considered with the veto.
Who Owns Tracks.
CITY Attorney Dininny reported that
be had served notice upon Fl. P, Clark,
who was granted franchise several
years ago for an interurban line. to re-
street, from West Temple to Fourth
West street, and that Mr.. Clark de-
clared that the tracks did not belong
to his company. AS none Of the council
men was certain who laid the tracks.
upon motion of Mr.. Mulvey, the street
supervisor was ordered TO remove the
tracks at orce and haul the material to
the city's yards 1t is thought that this
action will reveal the owner of the
tracks and that he will then come for
ward and claim them.
An opinion was received from City
Attorney Dininny 10 the effect that the
city can not use the money in the sewer
bond fund for constructing power
plant in Farley s canyon 70 provide for
running the pumping plant at the sewer
station, as that is not one Of the nur-
poses for which the bonds were issued
Pledges Kept-Fernstrom
Mr.. Fernstrom stated that all the
pledges made by the administration
when the bonds were voted had been
900 left in the sewer bond fund.- and
the council did not know what to do
with il, He was of the opinion that
some way could be found of using it for
constructing the power plant.
Mr.. Hall argued that 1t was the dut Y
of the council TO use the money for that
purpose to reduce the cost of power for
the pumping station. He cited other
matters which were provided for out of
the sewer bond fund. and which were
not included in the original plan a.
voted upon at the bond election Upon
motion of Mr.. Lyme, the matter was
referred to the finance and salaries COM
mittee TO determine what can be done
with the money in the bond fund. 1t is
estimated that the power plant would
cost S3O,OUUs
The board of public works submitted
the contract with J. D. Hanley for the
construction of sidewalks from Ninth
Eost street TO Mt. Olivet cemetery, and
from Fifth to Sixth South streets, and
it was approved. The contract was
awarded at the meeting of the board
Monday afternoon, and amounts 10 $25,-
070, of which amount the city will have
to pay sS202,S5
The Salt Lake Security and Trust
company and other property owners on
the north bench submitted protest
against the removal of the water mains
from along the boulevard and laying
them in the southeastern part of the
city. is recently ordered by the, council.
The mains have been strung along the
boulevard for some time, ready to be
laid, but the council decided that they
were needed much more in the southeast"
ern part of the city, and ordered the
board of public works to have them
moved and laid there instead of on the
bench The protestants claim that un-
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