The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-04
EMPLOY MORE |
FOREIGN LABOR
Contractors Give 100 Amer;
cans to 1862 Aliens Work in
December. \
PUBLIC WORKS BOARD
SO REPORTS TO COUNCIL
City Attorney to Give Opinion a,
to COnstitutiOnality of ResO.
luton on Subject.

At Tuesday evenings session az e,
city council, the board OF public vo,s,
as directed. submitted a report u,.,.
Americans and aliens now employed h,
contractors on public works in the c,r
The report shows the following for Il.
month OF December:
2. j. Moran. City Creek nigh linz 1e
Americans and 2o3 aliens.
P. j, Moran, paving extension S.. u
Americans and 10 aliens,
A. \. Clark, sewer extension ag
Americans and 81 aliens.
James Kennedy. sewer extension u
10 Anne ricans and 55 aliens.
Total. l60 Americans and &c. allen.
The report stated that the prevails.
pay for unskilled labor is 25 cents !,
hour hour and that. on account OF the dekn.
bllity Of completing the works Included n
the various contracts before the eloss n
the season OF 1910. contractors have m
compelled TO work n portion OF th.,.
forces from nirc TO ten hours d.
Sewer contractors, the report said. a.
count for the large percentage o! ala
LABOR in that II is practically impssEs
10 secure Americans who arc willing 10
do this class Of work
The communication was filed
In the same connection. Mr.. McKir.
ney's resolution, providing that osI,
works. was taken UP.
Urges Adoption.
Mr.. Mckinney urged the adoption q
the resolution on the ground ths, q.
aliens send large part of their earajrp
back TO their native land and et ~
same time prevent American citizens ftcs
securing work. He also said that sli,,I
would work for sum that an Amtr.
can could not live upon, and thai d.
contractor secured that advantage aul
made more out OF his contract than z
was entitled to.
The resolution was referred 10 the cily
attorney for an opinion as TO whether N
contemplated action is constitutional
Fire Chief Glore submitted the appoint
ment OF c. n. BOYD and j. SpauIdlng .
members OF the fire depa rtment. 10 TAI.
the places OF p. s. Stone ard j. D
Thomas, resigned. The appointments VET
confirmed.
Chief OF Police Barlow announced III
appointment Of II. j. Curran, G. A. Pal.
terson and p. c. Howell as patrolms1 70
fill vacancies. The appointments gss
confirmed.
Junket for McGonagle.
City Engineer McGonagie asked itl
$3.50. or as much as may be nccess.n
be appropriated TO pay his expenses 4
attending the annual convention OF IL
standardizing of paving specificatioaa 3
be held in New York City, January y .
II. 1911. The request was granted
The protest OF s. Samuelson and o,i,u
against the increase OF the pawnbnihs
license from 500 TO 5000 was refensd .
the committee on license
A. Richter asked that water mains s
extended 10 his property on TwsBA
East. between Seventh and Eighth S1zl
streets; also that sewers and sidsszlh
be extended TO the same point. II
matter went 10 the committees on Ezts-.
works and engineering.
l. F. Wiley and others asked that
foot-hridge be Installed across the d.r
drainage canal on the north side OF Tai.
South street. and al the east side Z
Eighth West street. The committee %
streets will report on the matter.
James Fiaharety presented claim it'
damages In the sum Of $500 for injufs
sustained by falling into a snow trena
on Second West street between Sou,
Temple and First South streets. liz
matter went 10 the committee on claim:
City Attorney Dininny gave as n
opinion that the resolution Of Mr.. NC
Kinney providing that no liquor licshs
be granted an alien, is within the pcEtf
of the council. The opinion was fled
Mr.. Mckinney introduced a resolu!im
providing that P. J. Moran be ordered
remove at once his rock -crusher p.ll
from City Creek canyon. as ordered n
the council some time ago. The resan.
tion was rejected, but the subject matgs mate.
was referred TO the committee on Pu'@
grounds