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Show ill FIRST SOUTH IS H Fill FIELD H-;i Council Finally Determines HH'j Manner of Lowering t ho H:ji Wafer Mains. Hi j - WORK WILL RE DONE UNDER Hr SUPERINTENDENT HOBDAY . Ecjj- Tribute Paid to tho Memory oi Hfij Hie Late Former Mayor. HfH' John Clark. . kIiI - -first South street is n fruitful Hold. Kf',' Whenever tho Cily Council is Shy of HLr anything to do, it takes up something HU Su conned ion with First South slrc'et. B.fjj "Xt will bo remembered that crocks Rc , iinj week?, and several other weeks, K' were consumed before the paving eon- . , ! 1ract on the street was iiually settled, t ' j Then the matter of lowering the water Hp1 t mains came up lafct Monday evening. L j 'I'ho matter was discussed briefly, but Kfi upon the declaration of Mr. Stewart Ht. that P. .T: Moran's paving conlraet iu- IL eluded the lowering of the mauiH, to t'M " permit of the pining, the subject K ; was dropped, after Mr. Martin and Mr. Prl'l O'Donuell had expressed themselves in K j ro-rard to the Board of Public "Works PSH letting contracts without advising tho fr,. Council of the action. fV&t It appears, however, that Mr. Stewart was mistaken to a certain extent, fill; i l.'nder the wording of tho contract with k Mr. Mornu. ho might bo ordered to re- Jc, i paint the roof of tho city and county r?&i , building, or reset the crown of the blind fe-y goddess, but tho matter of lowering K; the water mains has never been inen- p ; 1 tioncd to him, according to a state-incut state-incut made by him Thursday evening, j The statement also was mado lust Mon- mzAl day night that Mr. Moran would do JF-'il ( tho work for $7o00. while the estimate of Cost is in the neighborhood of $10.- t i Q00. but Mr. Morau told the Council m& I ' that lie had never' mado a bid on W' , ' the work, and did not appear eager to E'-; 1 do it. I i Problem Before Council. . i The lowering of the wafer mains on The north side of the street and a por-M1 por-M1 tion of the. south side, in connection :.i ' with tho laying of the larger pipo on '-J tho east, and west intersections, came l.vjll "before tho Council in special session f ,1 Thursday ovening. This work must bo ; done at "once, in order not to delay the paving of the street, and the best '! mode of procedure was the problem J ' that confronted tho Council. j p ; ' As a starter, Mr. Fornstrom moved tij that the superintendent of Waterworks t bo. instructed to lower the maims and I change the service connections, as rc- - f quired, the whole to be done as F emergency work, at a cost not to ex- E i ' cced $12,000. K 1 This precipitated a debate that raged I .for nearlv an hour and a half. Mr. Martin wanted the work done by ,T. "W. J Pero.ivul. under his formor contract k ' . with the city, but Mr. Pcrcival's con- E i ' tract expired last October, and lowor- m. H ing water mains was not included in his m&t , contract. my Mr. Black wanted the Board of Pub- . 4 lie Works instructed to advertise for B ft bids at once, and let tho contract with- i) jit the next few days. M Jj Later, Mr. Martin suggested that 'j, Mr. Perctval be given the work of 1 j putting in the larger pipe from the cast ftllf to the west side ot the street, tho V- f superintendent of waterworks to attend ( to tho remainder of the work. Vj The suggestion of Mr. Martin and rif I M"r. Black were incorporated in mo-'III mo-'III tions, and both were lost. Mr. Forn-v Forn-v H ! Strom's molion was then put, and car- 1 ! lied by a unanimous vote. B l The' action of tho Council on Mr. T 1 ;' i'crnstrom's motion was in direct vio-mJ vio-mJ i ( lation of law. as viewed bv Assistant ft , t City Attorney Daly. Mr. Dalv told y the Council that he had no opinion to t give, but, as he viewed the statutes and ij. j I Supreme Court opinions on the subject. i he thought the Board of Public Works should bo directed to advertise for bids B and let tho contract in the usual way. p j' In Memory of John Clark. I J The Council also adopted a resolu-, J I j lion in connection with the death of former Mayor John Clark. Tho rcso- rYw lutiou avus introduced by Mr. Fern- ' ' J i stroiii, seconded bv Mr. Hall, and P I adopted by a uaanimous vote, the Couu- I cilmcu also agreeing to attend the r II funoral of Mr. Clark in a body. The f. 'I resolution follows: 7jC ' Whereas, In the providence of the Al- , i l mighty Ruler of the destinies of inan-j'f inan-j'f ' kind. Hon. John Clark ban ben colled L 1 away suddenly, by death, from this Ii J sphere of action; and I" V Whereas, The deceased was one of the C I early settlers of this commulnty to whose K j Industrlouu toll and intelligent efforts it K ij owns Jta exiatence and present prospects; K J and also a capable and faithful public 3f servant In whatever position ho was fv placed by his fellow-citizens; a well as a ? j loyal citizen, a successful business man. L j and a faithful husband, a lovlnc father 11 and a true friend, whose departure Is a I' 1 Iopb to the community: therefore, be it 1. i Resolved. That we. tho members of the If: j City Council of Salt .Lake City, express 4 our appreciation, and the appreciation of H'. Hie entire community, of the moral worth j and the dlstlnfrulshed sendees of the do-I do-I parted citizen, for many years a member of Ibis Council and the chief executive of the city. Be it further 's& j Kcsolved. That we tender our deeper deep-er J fidt uympnthy to the family and friends K I of the deceased In their bereavement and E' I sorrow. Be It also f j Resolved, That those resolutions be spread upon the nilnutea of the Coun- N j .ell and that a copy be sent to the family j1 of the deceuscd. |
