The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-11
GIVES HIS VIEWS ON
STREET IMPROVEMENT
William B. Hughes Takes Is
sue With w. S. McCarthy's
Statement.

The Tribune has received the folloviu
Communication. dated October TO- con
corning the improvement, OF Thirteent
East street.
Editor The Tribune-We ask Sraca
70 correct a few misstatcments CON
corning the controversy over the Inn
proFemsut o1 Thirteenth East which
were printed IN your paper yestar-
dSv morning. Feeling ihat these er-
rpIs were TIC result o1 nisappre-
tension oi the facts or of undue eN-
'iicneni. it seems 10 ~ tina. they
should Ne speedily corrected. not only
IN lustic" 20 the city commission bur
out of high regard for ". :. Nc
Czrthy. who wrote the cornrnurlcs-
tion. We live on the street which
is being Improved and likewise have
an interest Ia and some knuNledg.
OF the matters "a. issue
This improvement ~ known as
curb and gutter extension No. 2l IL
vas petttioned for by residents OF
Thirteenth East and the petition was
nIed In tho city recorders office. and
presented 10 the city commission Feb
ruary ]. 1912. The street department
reported on The petition favors6 oily
March :. 1912. u Was ordered adYer-
tlsed on the 5th OF March. This ad-
yertisement ran for twenty days.
Protests were fled representing
los feet. but the extension repre-
SENECA l'.hbh.io icct. ONlnE 70 Ger
tain representations set out in a pc
;ition flied April 30. 1919. a. which
tine. however. no objections were
heard from NJ. Mccarthy the mat
ter was ordered readyer,ised on May
-
on June S. 1912. the FIRST publcs-
ton Of the second advertisement ap-
peared. On the End or July. 1912,
the city recorder reported completion
OF the advertisement and protests
amounting 20 only 1915 feet against
the l5.llI.1s feet necessary to defeat
the extension.
Notice TO contractors was then ad-
vert.sed under an order made July
>. 1912. On the 18th OF August. 1912,
the contract Was let To =. J. Moran,
the lowest bidder on curb and gutter
extension No. 81. The contract was
signed mp August 10. 1912. and work
WIS commenced inlm ediately.
on the 10th OF September. 1912.
communication WAS received by tho
city commission from W. s. McCar-
thy Fl al, as follows:
The undersigned property ow1Iers
and residents or Thirteenth East
street desire 10 thank YOU for the
courteous hearing given their commit
tee. and 10 express their appreciation
81 your action on their petition con-
CerninE the s.tera ton OK the grade
line on their street between First
and Third South streets"
On September IS. 1912. w s Nc
Carthy and others. by their attorney.
&. g. Dey. entered a protest against
the grade as established and as speci-
fed in the contract under which the
work was going on. At the same time
the nrotestantS agreed TO pay what
ever expense such n change might
involve The engineer was according
~ asked Ia furnish ,his estimate.
which nc did II would require $4,000
Ia change the grade. After consider
alton Mr.. Mccarthy repprted that the
protestants were not willing 10 paw
this amount. lie then proposed that
the city commission include all the
residents Of the cast bench 20 be in
cluded IN curb and gutter extension
No. 81 as far south as Mount Olivet
and Fifth South, so the expense OF
this unnecessary change could he di-
Video up with those people not inter
cstcd In IT, This the commission very
properly refused TO do.
These are the facts, as the records
show. and lead one 10 inquire why
Mr.. Mccarthy never made a protest.
nor Joined I'm any petition of protest,
until after The contract had been let
and the work was under way.
As residents or the street in 1ucs-
ton we protest against the change
sought By Mr.. Mccarthy. aud ask
the citv commission 10 stand by its
contract As TO whether or not Mr..
Mccarthy was treated with scent
courtes his own letter TO The com
mission giving thanks for eonsidera-
ton Will show.
WILLIAM E. HUGHES.