The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-25
City Council Goes Oh Record
Unanimously for the In
prOyement.
HEATED DISCUSSION OVER
ASPHALT REPAIR PLANT
Contractor PercivaI Enters a
Protest Against Water Main
Extensions Awards.

A mass of routine business occupied
the attention OF the city council for prac-
ticaly four hours Monday night Sew
sral improvements were authorized,
among them being the final action on the
city stables proposition. Councilmen Nc
Kinney moved TO reconsider the action
OF the council last Thursday night, in au-
thorizing the board OF public works to
advertise for bids, and the motion was
lost, all of the councilmen voting against
reconsideration, except Councilman Nc
Kinney who. after sensing the result of
the ballot changed his vote In favor oil
the stables.
The board OF public works was author
iZcG TO go ahead with sidewalk extern
sions l4S and $50. including both sides OF
Second South between West Temple ana
Sixth West streets and sidewalks In the
vicinity of the Jordan river and ATapa-
hoe street
mended that Immediate action be taken
by the council with reference TO the
board of public works being authorized
to advertise for bids on all paving re
pairs that may be ordered by the city
council to October 81 next
Repairing Plant Urged
In this connection Councilman McKin-
pey brought up the proposition OF the city
procuring a municipal street asphalt re-
pairing plant. which resulted In heated
| of the council. The matter finally was
temporarily settled by a committee con-
sisting of Councilmen ODonnell. Moreton.
| Hodgson, Davis and Lees being appointed
| 10 investigate what the city now has left
of The old asphalt plant which 1t had some
years ago Councilman Fernsirom de-
| clared that the city now has plant SUI
| ficient 10 meet the present needs II q
small sum of money was expended on IT..
a resolution introduced by Councilman
l.. e. Hall. providing that the patrolline
| OF City Creek canyon be transferred from
the land and water commissioner depart
| ment 10 the superintendent of waterworks
was lost. Councilman Hall contendcd
| that better results might be accomplished
| by the change but other members of the
council were of the opposite opinion.
Protest by Contractor,
Contractor j w. Percival entered a
protest agains, the awarding OF the con-
| contract OF the water main extensions OF
| the year by the board Of public works or
the ground that the matter was not prop,
erly advertised The protest was referred
| To the committee on engineering and sew
age.
On the recommendation OF Chief Of Po-
| lice S. NJ. Barlow, August Johnson was
appointed a watchman al Liberty park,
and John Berry. T. d. Rice and James
| Cook were appointed special police. with
out pay to the city to act at the premises
of the American Linen Supply company.
H, Letcher was appointed patroman 10
fill the vacancy caused by the reslgna-
tion OF j. ID. Martin.
After a prolonged discussion concern
ing certain changes in the salary scale
in the engineering department, the council
adopted the recommendation of the en-
cheering committee regulating the salar-
les of the various positions In the depart
ment. The city auditors office was au-
tborized to pay the salaries of the various
employees OF the office which have been
held for more than n week pending a
settlement OF the controversy by the coun-
ell The engineering department is the
only department which is not regulated
by ordinance insofar as the salary scale
is concerned.