Show t WHO ARE THE PEOPLE > s I Has the Board Authority to Let i Building Contracts CASE DEBATED YESTERDAY I COUNCIL WILL BE XOTIFED THIS EVEXIXG OF ACTION TAKEN Question as to Who Shall Repair the Sewer the City or the Contractors t Con-tractors Comes Up For Hearing DlipoHnl oC the Sewage Talked Over and Left to the Engineer to Formulate Plans and Report General Business oC the Board at Its Session Yesterday Afternoon At the session of the council tonight a communication from the board of public works will be read which will be of great interest to the members of the former body inasmuch as it pertains per-tains to the settlement of the question ques-tion of authority in the making of contracts con-tracts as to which body has the right to control the erection of buildings the laying of water pipes and other work The question was raised yesterday afternoon in the meeting of the board of public works by Judge Marshall who declared the case was one which should be decided as soon as possible He had talked with Mr Young of the city council on the matter and it was decided from the reading of the statute that it was the duty of the 1 board to take action in this matter The board has the right and it is the duty of the members as a board to let all contracts for city work no matter how large or how small they may be Action Was taken on the matter by ordering the clerk to write the council in relation to a former communication bearing upon this subject and ask for action This matter is important in this that it will settle the question as to who has the right to let the contract for the new jail the board or the council It is understood the mayor believes the board is the proper body The opinion of the attorney will doubtless decide the case without further parley Gravity Sewer Matters Chairman Doremus raised an important import-ant question one which will cause some debate of a grave character when the final meeting is held to dispose oC it The chair called attention to the fact that the sewer In the part of the city lying north of the Warm Springs on the fill near the mill of the Salt Lake Mill and Elevator company has settled some two and onehalf feet There is a section three hundred feet long and the sag is a gradual one The question is who will have the duty of repairing this Will the city do it at its own expense or will the contractors con-tractors have to make the raided repairs re-pairs This question was of such importance the board did not care to take action right away hut decided that it should be brought up at a special session of the council which shall i > e called for the purpose at which the city attorney attor-ney the contractors and the former chairman of the board shall be invited in-vited to be present It appears there is a question aso whether the city toy its old chairman of the board gave consent to the contractors con-tractors to go ahead with this won and do it If this foe the case the citlW will be required to do tita work if the contrary the contractors will ha to do the work at their own expense The chairman stated the sag w such such that it could foe repaired by raising rais-ing the bottom of the sewer without incommoding the flow for some years yet When the sewer was used to its full capacity however the arch would have to be removed and raised There are few cracks in the work at this time those discovered being small AVtitflona Time Check The matter of paying the time check of J C Watson jr was taken up once more It was stated by the chair and the minutes of the clerk bore him out that his testimony In this matter was very conflicting as to the time put in and the wages received It was decided to reject the claim Laterrth the session Bishop Watson stated tfao young man was unable to make hlmV self clear on all the points indicated on account of diffidence and modesty The board adhered to its original decision de-cision Miscellaneous A communication which was read at the last session of the city council in relation to the clock at the corner of Main and First South streets was called up and the board having no facts before it the matter was referred to the chairman and the city engineer for an investigation and report The owners ofthe clock claim the city la liable for damages to the ticker by reason of the construction of a sewer manhole close to the clock The engineer called attention to the matter of leaving some of the lumber in the gravity sewer and stated he believed it was not necessary except in certain cases He favored giving the chairman the option of leaving it where he deemed the best interests of the city demanded it should be left andJ this action was taken J Mr Young also called attention 5 the fact that nothing has as yet been done in the way of disposal of sewage from the gravity sewer and asserted he had written to several ciiles on the subject but had received few replies The matter was finally left with the city engineer to draft a plan and present pre-sent the same to the board for action ac-tion The board allowed the twentyfirst estimate of the engineer in favor oC the gravity sewer contractors amounting amount-ing to 1005236 Frank Harringtons tequest for lines and grades for the fence on the sewer fill north of the Warm Springs was referred re-ferred to the chairman and the engineer to settle The hoard then adjourned after allowing al-lowing a few bills |