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Show JAKES ISSUE . I WITBCOL. WALL Mr. Clawson Explains M Is Attitude. Was the Original Advocate 'J of the Brigham Street Improvement. ; j ll He Thinks, However, That It Will B an. Outrage to Carry Out Col. ; Wall's Plan. H j j I a. Spencer Clawson, cx-chalrman- of the 1 1 Board of Public "Works, has now stepped ! I W Into the light between City Engineer ' 1 Snow ami Col. E. A. Wall, chairman J I ftj of the board. Ho resents very strongly ; j ii the statement of Col. "Wall, that ho "Is Hl ; Hi evidently desirous that tho street shrill j j not be paved at all." "Absolutely con- H M trnry to the facts" 13 the way Mr. Claw- H J ft son designates that statement. Hj . -1ft Prepared First Plan. , ' ' So far from takil,S' that attitude, Mr, ; Clawson says that he prepared the first H JrI plan in plaster for the Improvement of H R ' Brigham street, which was .submitted to ' m the Council. He admits that he does not' H " , If f approve of Col. Wall's plan for the piv-, , Iflj Ing of that street, and he thinks It 1 ; iff bad Judgment to plough up the streebal B , H, this time of the year. He also contends H ' H that as he represents very valuable B ' : jljj property he has an much right to ex'- , ff press his opinion as has Col. Wall. ;T George W. Snow, the City Engineer, i If was out of town yesterday, and i not 8. expected to return until tomorrow, eo H ' I Hi his reply to Col. Wall cannot be ob- Hj M talned at present. Mr. Clawson's letter 1 1 as follows. I ! ; The Clawson letter, i ! Salt Lnke City. Utah, Oct. 125. 1KH. I j To the Editor of The Salt Lake Trl- I ! bune. Salt Lake City. Utah Dear Sir: I 1 ; In your Issue of today there was pub- ' ! lished a lontr communication signed by 1 I Col. E. A. "Wall, chairman of the Board I of Public Works, addressed to tho City. ; i Council, and that body referred, without I j reading, to the Joint committees of Engl- I neerlng and Streets and tho city ongl- "' I neer. The Colonel la evidently laboring . , i : under an error regarding my position as 1 1 to -tho pavinif of South Temple street . , east of tho Eagle Gate, for he states that 1 1 am "evidently desirous that the street ,' . 3 shall not be paved at all," which Is' ab- i solutcly contrary to the facts. 1 was a 1 1,. member of the Board of Public Works I during Mr. Dooly's chairmanship, when I ! j tho Initiative was taken for the paving i , i of South Temple street. Later 1 suc- 1 J j cccded him as chairman, and used every 1 I ft. honorable method to further tho work' of IH paving that thoroughfare, and I have j j never stood In the way of any public Im- ! i j provements of any kind whatevor; on-the ' 1 I contrary I have used my best efforts to , j further that class of work at all time. i , and promise to do so until our city is , emial to nil others of Its class. 'i' j S Wall's Plan Radical. I Regarding this particular work of ' ; which Col. Wall Is so critical. I will state , 1 j I that I prepared the first comprehensive 'ill plan or design In piaster and submitted 1 I I it to the City Council for their approval, 1:1 .but before llnal action was taken the J M I administration chanfted and Col. Wall, us , H I ' chairman of tho Board of Public Works, I, IB camo forward with a plan which has j j iy proved more radical than anything aug- I I Rested by any other citizen or taxpayor. j ; j Jn hr.s zeal to carry out his pet scheme ill he wont so far as to voluntarily offer a. lift bond of f.7).0W to hold tho city harmless j MB in the event of dissatisfied and injured I , It property owners appealing to tho courts i ,'J j B for redress they could not obtain from r ! I tho City Council. I did remark to some I'll members of tho board of directors of the 'i ID "Utah Savings and Trust company that I j' 1 I K admired Col. Wall's courage, but I ooa f It demned severely his Judgment, and that 4 ji I H I believed the bond, through compllca- ; if. If tlons that might arise, would be valuelew ,) iM n to the city. The present condition juatl- j I H lies my. bellof, for after the work la H Ptnrted on the plan practfcally ai 6ut- " 1 ,jf lined by Col. Wall, it Is found to be en- ! I Iff tircly Impracticable and the city engi- j ' D neer officially states tho reason. why, and j! Jl it seems a v?ry opportune' time for Col. i .'IB AVa11 to vrltlidraw his bond of JoO.OOO. 'i IE which he proposes to do If hlo plan is . I" ( "ot carried out identically with' his" ln- I ' 1(1 tent. I Thinks-'It an. Outrage. ' 1 1, I T represent very valuablo property on I ' I Eouth Tnmple street, and havo as , much ,i! ; fl i Ight to my opinion regarding the treat- i j fl mcnt of that strcot for paving and othor- , . I wise aa Col. Wall, and while In tho lcgl- ' ' I tlmato and propor line of criticisms, my I II opinion differs from his, I have as -much ' ' I ' il right to express it as he. I do think that If it Is, bad Judgment at this ttmo of tho. !c 1 year to plow up South Temple street, I I n with no hopo that it can bo paved before , April of next year and leave it in1 an Im- 1 i i fl jassable condition, so that It will be a D source of annoyance and Inconvenience !' !, 1 ' 'to every citizen who has occasion to uso n it during tho coming wlntor. I do think j 'I, i- that It is an outrage to the property ' fl owners on tho north aide of South Tem- I pie to havo tho street cut down in front '.I U ' I of tlielr rcsjjecrlve propertlea so that it j 'j 1' I will bo necessary to place new ap- , ', proaches thereto, and I think it Is a ' ,11 B greater outrago to fill up tho south aide i ' '.' 1 f tbo street to a depth of three and ' 1 ', ' n one-half feet, thus burylnc tho Rldewalk ' i', ft and property boncath the road level. Yi These things that I object to and have ilw not bn slow In expressing my objection. 1 V li- f Col. Wall to the contrary notwithstand- 1 ft fl ing. j .( M If the work is carrlod on as designed ' (V; M the city, in my opinion, will havo many ' j. il fl lawsuits to answer and a repetition, of Mi n the North Main street grade will result li k I 'ji unnecessary cost to tho taxpayers., Fi , If Ttespectfully, H,i I , SPENCER CLAWSON. |