Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-05
CITY GOES BROKE
ON IMPROVEMENTS
aowever. Council Orders More
Public Work. Which Must
Wait a Year.
TO PAVE SECOND WEST.
Third south 20 Warm Springs to be
Given Coat Of Asphalt Much TO
Delight of Raleigh * Harmon.

AFTER approving the budget OF eNpen-
y,.t,res for the year last night. which
,.rr1es am the revenues, the city
,,,1eu ordered more public work
,b.sb viii have 70 go over for yea
o., Isast on account OF the financial
.,,5it.on OF the city. The board Of
tr. works was ordered 10 advertise
,or bids Tor the paving OF Second Wet
$50 from Third South street to III
warm Springs, which viii make lt
,,p,b nicer for Jake Raleigh's grave.
,..r81s than IL is now. A sewer eN-
..,siou between Second South an
r.ab south street and Tenth East and
tbs reservation was also ordered The
f.4rI of estimate and appOruonment
-.ia.tei these Improvements Ia con-
t,ieriur the budget because the city
,5 nav SISSl62 interest on its bond
I5 Indebtedness before July. This viii
,r,od the city pretty hard, but with
81. uae of the sewer and water bond
s,,d4 the administration believes thdt
Al Gan make ends meet.
mo- .oupcil discovered that the ore
,-,1 short Line Railroad company has
rirbt 90 one-thtrd Of Thud west
straet under the franchise granted six
,.grs ago TO close up South Temple
Street The matter came up on a reso-
i,,ion bv Councilman Holley who
-apted 90 know by what right the rail-
ro,d company was curbing and gut
tarinr Third West street and planting
q ina lawns. city Atty. II. j. Dninny
lowered AN opinion in which he quoted
,Be franchise giving the railroad com
ranv onc-third OF the street for such
purpose None Of the members OF
,ba pouncil. however. knew that this
Was one of the provisions Of the fran
rhIse
SAFE AND SANE FOURTH.
The ordinance for safe and sane
rourth of July which prohibits the sale
or discharge OF fireworks went over
week at the request Of a number OF
dealers who have ordered big supply
,f crackers and bombs. The dealers
win meet with the municipal laws com
mttee Thursday night TO discuss the
matter and present their side OF the
Tbs annexation Of the district be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh South and
fi0eenth and Seventeenth East street
was referred back TO the municipal
laws AS soon as the amount Of the
bond is fixed 70 guarantee that the
street VIII De brought ~ EIhAN1 NlA' ~
tton win be approved.
G. F. Swain. who conducts "a saloon
al "a west Third South street, was
cited 90 appear next Monday night be
fore the council at the request of chief
of Police Barlow TO show cause why he
should not have his saloon license re-
,oked for violating the law. The police
arrested Swain on sunday. April g. Tor
selling liquor.
COUNCIL ROUTINE.
pettion was received from Hon.
man Brothers and a number OF othe-
property owners asking that a LIQUOR
license be granted to Heath Brothers
st the salt Palace This license was
refused by the council last week, but
the netition was referred 20 the license
committee for further consideration.
Fire chief Glore sent In the appoint
ment OF the following new members Of
his department and they were confirm
cd by a unanimous vote: Fred Hotter,
e. A. Jensen. r. r. Craig, W. S. West
J Peterson
A petition was received from a large
number OF the employees OF the water
works department asking that their
wages be Increased % cents day. The
matter was referred to the finance and
salaries committee
Dr. s. c. Paul, city health commits
s.0ner. informed the council that the
contract with the salt Lake & Ogden
Railway company had expired and
new contract was entered into for two
months. at a rate OF $3.50 per car for
hauling garbage, as against $3.50 now
charged
Payrors for the last half Of March
were allowed, amounting to Sl9.6'264.