The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-04
v|ADUCT ISSUE
IS NOT SETTLED
Council VIII Try Next Monday
Afternoon to Reach a Final
Agreement.
MULyEY'S RESOLUTION
MAY END THE STRIFE
Question of Paving North Main
Street Gives Rise to Some
Heated Debate.

After a lengthy argument lost niGht ehe
city council adjourned TO meet again AT
e.30 O'Clock Monday afternoon, when an
effort Will be made TO reach maj 40
Justmcnt OF the west side vinduct qoes-
tion Mayor John 5 Bransford ana
Councilman NJ, E. Mulvey have been hard
Mt work on the question for several weeks
past and an agreement has been reached
with the Denver & Rio Grandc Railroad
company which will give the city two
more viaducts on the west side within!
the next two yenrs ii the council sees III
TO adopt resolution which VIII be pre-
.crtcd by Councilman MulVey.
Recently the city council ordered via .
duct placed over the railroad tracks al
Seventh South street. whereupon resi-
dents in the vicinity Of Fifth South. rep
resented by Judge w. n. King asked for
q hearing before the chuncll These resi- :
dents contended that Tive viaduct Mt, tlttn
ored To secure a change Of order from the
council. also threatening TO take the n'al-
ter TO court.
Final Action Delayed.
The council. however. did not see ht
at the time 10 change the location OF the
yiaduct from Seventh south bur res9, 80
Grande company To Immediately open
Fifth South street or To place riaduct
over H. This action was delayed: now
Ing notice OF reconsideration, which he
moved for last night. The motion was
lost by vote of to 5.
Councilman Mulvcy then asked that 4
special meeting be called Monday after
noon to settle the matter II possible AT
which time he will introduce an ordinance
which I. adopted is designed Ito to ultimate l,,n e.
riaducts being placed over both seventh
South and Fifth South. The ordinance
provides for the immediate construction
cludes the agreement that the company
shall build a second viaduct over Seventh
South within two years from the appro D.
val OF the ordinance. ii Is further pro-
vided that Sixth South from Fifth to
Sixth West streets he closed
Several members Of the council are op-
but 1t is probable that an anlIcable agree
reached es @ at the meeting Monday AFTER
noon, The proposition offered by the
ordinance. which has been agreed To by
the Denver & Rio GRANGE company. how
ever. is considered very satisfactory by
Mayor Bransford and members of the
council IT IL pointed out that to open
Fifth South would he very dangerous 10
the public. there are twenty -four
tracks over this street while there is
less than one-third as many over Seventh
South. which also will be given n vIaduct
within two years.
The ordinance provides that each via
duct shall. have n twenty-eight foot road
way. With a sIxfoot sidewalk on each
side. and that the grade shall ce per
cent. The roadway must be paved with
asphaltum and the sidewalks constructed
OF cement.
Fight Over Paving.
4 resolution introduced by Councilman
cations for the bitulithic paving OF Main
street from North Temple TO Second
North street and Center street from
First to Second North streets call for a
ing. thus making n siX-inch paving. was
adopted after warm fight II was con
tended by various members of the coun-
ell that an cight-inch pavement was
necessary TO stand the wear. but as the
Warren Brothers company: which Is do
ing the bitulithic paving work, promises
10 guarantee the work TO last, II was
finally agreed to let the six inch speci-
tication pass
1t was pointed out that the cost OF six
Inch bitulithic paving was practically the
same as ten-inch asphaltum paving
but rs the abutting property owners have
petitloned the council for the former &
was decided to give il 10 them, although
several members of the council were mo-
in favor OF the new paving material
City Engineer McGonagle. who ut the re-
cent convention OF city engineers was ap
pointed a member of the committee OF
bitulithic paving. gave II az his opinion
and as the opinion OF his fellow members
on the committee. who he declared arc
experts in the business, that the paving
should be nj least e!ght-inch base Will
two-!nch surface. making II ten inche:
instead OF six.
The bill OF Samuel Lester, Jr, for tn,
repairing OF the recent break In the Eas
Jordan canal. amounting 10 sI622.33, wa,
passed n'- the council after i short In
vestigation.
Telephone Issue Goes Over.
Councilman Fcrnstrom introduced {
resolution providing for the release OF tn.
SO ooo bonds OF the Utah Independent
purchased by the Bell Telephone com
pany. and declaring the Independent
company franchise forfeited. The reso
line as resolution which Counctlmal
Mckinney has filed with the city record
er. but which has not vel been intro
duced In the council: went over until th
panics' franchises will be considered.
A resolution introduced by Councima,
ity 10, order the removal OF inAammah
or conlbusiiblc signs from in front OF o
about buildings. was passed.
Bounty on Rats.
On the recommendation OF City Healtl
Commissioner S. G. Paul the counci
placed scent bounty on rats, ehectiv
August l. This Is a part of the campaig
OF the health department to rid the eft
OF rats. which have been invading tn
western portion OF the town In grca
numbers and hive become scriou
nuisance. II is hoped that the bount
Will be the means OF helping to exter
inmate the rats In this city The boar
Of health also intends To use other meas
ures 10 rid the place Of the pest
The appointment of Patroman c. "
Pitts as third sergeant In the city polio
department 10 take the place Of The Ia
Sergeant John Henry Johnstone. who wa
shot and killed by Elmer x. Dewey,
Pipkerton detective. was confirmed b
the council.
The report OF City Building Inspecto
A B. Hirth fer the SIX months epdin
June 80, which was presented TO IN
council and received and filed. Shove
that 2i9 building permits were issue
during the six months, amounting [
$l,0T4,500
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