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Show j WILL ENCOURAGE I 1 H PUBLIC WORK H1' . ! Council Committees Favor More Lib- HL t j.l j! eral Special Tax Terms to Prop- Hl 1 crty Owners. H', ' 'if', j 1 ) : ' NE of the main obstacles to the ! J I 1 prosecution of needed public lm- H: ;j II provements will be partly done ! 1 '!( ' away with In the adoption of the H'i 1 i -V report of the Municipal Laws and j ' ; ij ' Street committees on the Board of Pub- ' i j ji); He Works communication. In a resolu- r, 1 (:; ' tlon introduced by Fernstrom last Au- ' 'J. J guest It was provided that work on pub- Hi , Ic improvementy, such as sidewalk, " j '. j. , aewer and water main extensions, be : not undertaken until 75 per cent of the .' ji tax levied for the improvement had been '.J 1 paid into the city treasury. The Board ,1 of Public Works sent a communication 'i into the Council Monday night pointing 1 ij ', out the drawbacks to the Fernstrom i i j ,' resolution and recommending that it be r jj i rescinded. The committees last night 1 j . i ' if ' decided that the resolution should be Hr l amended so as to require GO Instead of Hj i (' I 75 per cent of the tax collected before , t.;j ' awarding the contract. The objections ( fj to the resolution are set out by the I I board in the following: H, ' I ' At the present time thcro aro a large Rf j 1 il 1 number of these special Iraprovements on t',, I ! I which special assessments huvo been Hl,' levied, but a largo i?rcentagc of the abut- H j ting property-owners fall to pny In their 1 '1 proportions of said taxes until compelled 'i ' i, i ' to do so, on the ground that they wish to 1 , , , ' J' see some visible Indications on the ground H I i 1 ,t ' that said Improvements, will be mado H ... without a long- delay. H II L'l Another class of owners do not dcslro H , , i.( '8 anv improcments and will not pay until t , ' I 3 compelled to do so by law. while still an- r ( other and much smaller class pay their B ( , '! i ast-cfssment at onco and aro therefore con- '1 V-i.ji. tlnually complaining that tho work for l I I'll' which they have paid is not done. )' Tho practical working of tho resolution rl, I -rr referred to is, in our Judgmont, to retard ' '( Jj unreasonably all of theso improvements, lll if ''il!; to tho gi-eat dertlment of the abutting M ij property-owners, as well as to the great h r Jnjurv of tho city, and wo thcreforo sug- Hj ! pest that tho said resolution bo rescinded Hl' MM nnd this board be empowered to order the if j r'V contractor to proceed at once with the li.f, . ., j i jt work on any pch Improvement as soon Hi'i 4 i 1 ' i ' c the asscEsmcnt or tho same becomes - ll"cn upon the proporty to" bo benefitted I W thereby, l) ' It has been suggested that tho said rcs- H 1 i j w olutlon was passed because contractors H' i ) would not Ln any case proceed with such H 1 K work until the money for the payment of ' i tho fame w'as in tlie city treasury, but wo U 1 . ,' f aro of the opinion that tho receipt of tho H ', I' r money being raado certain, if local con- l t v i tractors do not wish to contract and pro- H'! - 1 j j c,ej with the work under thceo condl- H , J' i 'ij i tlons, many can bo found who will. . , j It was recommended by the Municipal " I ' Laws committee that the'abuttlng prop- 'i I i ertyl owners on West South Temple ij il ".1', street be paid back the surplus paki in H' Il to tfie city for the paving of that street. H ' i . , i ' ' The sum to b6 divided amounts to In the j ' " v xh neighborhood of 510,000. The Coirimlt- H . 1 tee on Fire Department reported unfa- '! vorably on the petition of the San Pedro il ,' iijj and Salt Lake Railroad company asking H'l I1.. 1 ii 3ermission to store 100 gallons of gaso- H'' ii,' ' line and 6500 gallons of lubricating oil H mV ' Jn a warehouse on the corner of Third H 'V i i .West and Fourth North streets. H '1,l il jl Acting on the petition for the repalr- r'tV . ig of the driveway of City Creek, can- H 1 i yn the Streets committee recommend- H:t ' ; 'U!t d that the supervisor he instructed to H'' i 'L 1 lVA' put the road in condition as far as the L ! !!i !:;9 tarlck tank. Above that point the road 1 , "ill has been kept ln excellent repair by Su- H: , : J 'Hj1 jerintendent Hincs of the waterworks H' ' S f department. H'l 1 1 :i'!ll Chief Lynch, Upon the recommenda- H ' i i ) i j : lion of the Police and Prison committee, H , i " , j. jS : j will be given a leave of absence of ten H, 'iil'iiijl days and $150 for expenses to attend ii i i the convention of the International As- 'l 1 1 1 lillS! sociatlon of Chiefs of Police, to be held I'l 1 1 l!' M nt st- LouLs beginning June 6. It was H t ' i 1 W 'M i nleo recommende(i that the Chief be H i ' ', ' ll U Kivcn authority to grant each officer of . , 1 1 V ; his department a ten dayft' vacation. H i . , iWim 1 |
