Show REFUSES SES TO PAY PY CITY HOLD HOLDUPS Utah Light Railway Com Corn Company Company pany Positively Declines to Contribute Further BOARD OF WORKS PUZZLED TRYING TO COLLECT 1200 FOR ALLEGED INSPECTIONS The Utah Light Railway company after having suffered expensive lve delays in inthe Inthe inthe the of its franchise by the council has finally refused pointblank to slant for any more holdups on the part of the administration and as a re result result sult suIt the board of public works is trying frying to ascertain how it will collect 1200 due it for alleged inspection fees from the company The company when it tears up a pave pavement pavement pavement ment to lay la a conduit or repair a track must pay pa into the city treasury the esti estimated estimated estimated mated cost of repairing the pavement Besides this It Is required to pay for inspection Objects to Inspection The inspectors are furnished by the board of public works and are supposed to see that the work of relaying the pavement Is being done properly Their astuteness and knowledge of their work are shown by b the miserable condition In which the stone blocks on Main street have been left after being removed for forthe forthe forthe the installation of conduits While one good man could easily take care of all this work the board assigns a man to about every block Their jobs are poUt political ical leal sinecures and their number has been increased wonderfully as ns the time for counting votes has approached The company realizing that this in inspection Inspection charge is simply another hold holdup holduP holdup up has refused to pay and nod as a result the board last evening passed a resolution forbidding the Issuance of any more per permits permits permits mits for tearing up pavements until the company compan pays pa s the sinecure holders for their alleged work The company Is compelled under its old franchise to lay the conduits for its light wires in the business district Now the board has sad said that If the Inspectors are not paid tho the company cannot lay any anymore anymore anymore more conduits The problem Is how the company com pan is going gong to succeed in improving ImprovIng improvIng ing the city or complying with the terms of its franchise without putting up 1200 |