Show EWER PAYMENT MADKI I The Proposed Injunction1 Not I Yet in Sights I EXCHANGE OF WATERS i I REPORTS FROM THK VARIOUS iT DEPARTMENTS I Vnnt Their Fiitiiijc Rebates Delinquent i IV i Delin-quent Water Rates Sprinkling in District Xo G Will Probably Be 7 Defeated I I The promised injunction suit against i the city to prevent the payment of the 25OOO allowance to the contractors on I the gravity sewer has nnt materialized an7 the indications are that it will not be rorthcoming at once Even should an injunction now be obtained it would apply to but 15000 the authorized pay in nt of 10000 having been made yes ter by the auditor and treasurer In accordance with the actions of the city council the 10000 initial payment was placed upon the appropriation list and this list was approved by the mayor There remained nothing for the auditor to do but issue the warrant for the amount upon the request of the contractors con-tractors and within ten minutes of its issuance the paper was in the hands of the bankers with whom the contractors do business The warrant was paid by the treasurer during the day I is understood that the lack of the necessary bondsmen is the cause of the failure of the workingmen to file the I petition for an injunction The papers have been prepared for two days but sureties in the amount required by law were not so easily secured The members mem-bers of the organizations which have joined issues in their fight against the very low wages now being paid by the contractors still contend that inasmuch as the original contract was figured upon a basis of not less than 2 per day and the contractors have been more than reimbursed the laboring men l t Should not be held up for they say the present methods of the contractors are little short of actual holdup They are I preparing to appeal to the city council and this failing the case is to be called forcibly to the attention of the taxpayers tax-payers There seems to be a growing sentiment against the schedule adopted sentment by both the contractors and the subcontractors I sub-contractors These latter are paying but 150 per day and make no preten tions of higher wages Of course they took tlH contract for the excavation at what would be ruinous figures in ordinary ordi-nary times and the workingmen are naturally the sufferers The amount to be paid in wages is not the only unsatisfactory regulation made by the contractors Another is the time of payment Only one pay day per month and that on the 10th of each month is the rule and in making known their opposition to this the laborers point out that they are in debt have exhausted their credit and have nothing noth-ing in the larders The contractors will receive semimonthly estimates and there seems t be no valid reason why the laborers should be forced to wait 3 full month for their meagre compensation compen-sation The contractors still contend that they have no intention of oppressing the workmen and will pay just what the msn are worth to them Hundreds of applications have been made tothem for work and the applicants have expressed ex-pressed their willingness to go on the work for 125 if necessary This however how-ever onlv brings more forcibjy to the front the awful condition of the majority ma-jority of the poor in the country Sixteen carloads of cement have been received on the upper end of the work and others are coming in at the rate of two per day The Utah Brick association as-sociation is delivering 30000brick1 daily all of good quality The cement tests thus far have proved very satisfactory none of the material having been condemned t con-demned 5 Very good progress is being made with the work in the neighborhood of 160 men work being employed The Monday third gang morning of bricklayers will b put on That Cottonwood Water Deal Early in the coming week the com mitlee having in hand the negotiations r looking to the exchange of the waters of the Salt lake and Jordan canal for I 2260 of the Big Cottonwood creek will J again meet with the people of Mill v Creek with whom the exchange is to T S be made and i is very probable that mae some definite understanding will b arrived ar-rived at The mmsiii mqcle by the commIte to the owners of the Cottonwood Cotton-wood water is t give them more of the warm waters Of the canal which are known to be the best for Irrigating purposes than they now have of the Cottonwood stream in exchange for their interests In the mountain water In the event of a diy season the city I would turn down enough of the water to which it had derived title bv reason I cf the exchange to meet all of the requirements t tle quirements of thE people I is estimated I w esti-mated that the cost of conveying the I c Cottonwood water around the base of the mountain to the Parleys creek conduit into which it is to be emptied would b about 60000 The successful carrying out of the project would mean the abandonment I of the old canal course in the city I Vnnt Their Paving Rebate I is ry probable that the attention of the Jity council will be called very forcibly to the matter of the little deficiency de-ficiency in the figures on paving caused by the compromise with the Salt Lake City Railroad companv thrnugii v a settlement of a 65000 claim against the road was effected for 35000 The city engineer has requested the council to notify him t which account the 35 000 is to b charged but that body maintains a stony silence The taxpayer tax-payer are clamoring for their rebates and threaten to wake the council up should it procrastinate longer They object to the 30000 being charged against them and will resist any such attempt on the part of the city authorities I authori-ties The final estimates have been mode out and he engineer now only I lacks instructions regarding the matter of the disposal of the deficiency The tirgument as made that it would be i Jeral to pay the amount ouLof the general gen-eral fund or charge it against that account Water Will Be Shut dff l delinquent water rate payers are to be shut off on Monday This was the order issued by the waterworks department de-partment yesterday and when the order rei Is carried into effect there will bfr ala a-la number of people in the city without with-out their water There now appear noon the books of the assessor and col ector of water rates delinquencies tote to-te amount of 2509 The west side ha made the best record in the payment pay-ment of the assessments and there is but 150 outstanding in that section of the city On the east side there is 1 boo and in the north 1000 Cn account of tire extra exertions of rfbe department Wit waiter credits on ifche books lhave been reduced during the past week over 1000 and the total i Jast night was but 174798 The script I is now selling way up in the blue the I SaJtest quotation being 85 cents i 1 Doing But Little Special Work i J thins been a quiet week with the t departmenis The street department 4y fpeopfe have devoted taiedr attention toe I to-e collection o poll taxes and during I he coming week propose to wage war tot ami Jieavy There s now delinquent I delin-quent on the tax rolls about 3OOOSu j pervdscm Mulloy is personally feuperin tending the construction of the board h J 1 < S v j fence around the excavation on the I city hal corner and is making a splendid 1 splen-did job of it In the waterworks department de-partment routine only Ia claimed the attention of the for The three cars of net water pipe have not reached here et but stheir arrival ig anticipated antici-pated daily p r Straislitenlnp Out the PInt Within the next < e days the fieldwork field-work ia the straightening out of the Bines in plat E will be completed and then the force will take up the matter of maps and drawings The solution of tihe many problems in connection with this case are evidently about t be salved Wl Probably Defeat Sprinklnp The indications ar that the protests of the people in the proposed spunk ling district No6 including the odd blocks in ale < southeastern southern and western portions o the city will defeat the creaition of the district and the assessment of 7 cents per front foo Already the objections a roll ing into the office ofrthe city recorder andoby tihe Srd of July the date when the right of protest expires a majority of the property ownere of the proposed district p have made known their objections The position taken Is that the assessment is excessive and much of tdie property upon which the tax must b paid is unimproved UCliU1UCttM to Me Sold Out There is now delinquent on special assessment for sewer paving and sidewalks side-walks in the neighborhDd of 10000 These taxes have been due since the middle of May and some sales will tale place shortly after the first of the coming month The special tax collector col-lector is even now preparing his lists for advertising I Payments at the Hall I was a light pay day at the city hall yesterday for employees of the I municipality but the payments aggre paited a large amount including as they did the claims upon the general I uprcoprfatiion list approved on Thursday Thurs-day Of the rolls cancelled there were I four three for flhe countys portion of the work at the joint city and county building up to June IStih aggre atliis 181301 paid in warrants and on for the city of 20990 paid in cash The poyimient of the appropriation list distributed the sum of 54 < 726 68 Among the first of the claim holdejs to appear upon the scene was Mr Hobson one of the sewer contractons I who received the warrant of 10000 lIczic Collections < I The collections of the license aggregated I gated 175150 a considerable decrease over thbse of the previous six business days The licenses were divided at follows liquor 1200 merohanlts 254 35 missoellaneous 29695 m Inspection of liiic Stock Inspector of Live Stock Garrett has had I busy week and the total of inspections in-spections makes a good showing At the Union Stock yards the following follow-ing inspections were made Cattle 1S3 head sheep 558 head hogs 27 head The report of work done at the Jordan stock farm is as follows Cattle 23 sheep 53 hogs 5 Glamlers MaUes Its Appearance Again has glanders made its appearance appear-ance among the horses in this section of the territory Several diseased animals ani-mals were disposed of during the past week The health department is making mak-ing a hard fight against the disease Major Dailys domination It is now understood in municipal circles that at the next council meeting Major Dailys appointment as superintendent superin-tendent of waterworks will be brought forward by the committee I is said that a majority of the committee are now favorable to the mayors appointee but that Chairman Lynn is hoJding Iba lf l on lherenort ghould he longer incline to such action those of the committee com-mittee who favor the appointment will doubtless so signify by report in order to bring the matter before the council for confirmation HealtH Department Scarlet ieerhas evident secured solid footing in the city there having been thirteen new cases reported during the week One death resulted from the disease There are no diphtheria cases in the field of the health department Eleven burial and one shipping permits were issued Of births there were but three reported all males |