Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-04-23 | Page 2 | Contract Bars City from Big Saving on Garbage

CONTRACT T BARS AR CRY nJ fR FROM M om BIG SAVING AVIN ON ONA O fl GARBAGE A I City Attorney Seeks Loophole Loophole Loophole Loop Loop- i hole in Document and Will Report to Commission i Outlook is Pessimistic I j I HE city commission will T THE 1 learn its fate some time today today today to to- day on the the qu question stion of a new i city garbage contract The city attorney was scheduled to report report definitely today whether or not the present contract with Hill I for tor the disposal of ot city garbage can be broken A saving of ot at least I to the city cily for tor the fifteen fifteen- year contract hinges on the question For several weeks the the city legal department has has been keeping the midnight lights in li-i an ef effort of- of fort to ascertains sate legal process for tor br breaking the contract While the city attorney today declined to state definitely what his report to the commission corn com mission will be he characterized com I the situation by declaring there is a large saving to th the city so ne near r and yet I so far faro Hill hold a contract with I the city to maintain garbage stations sta l ns 1 an and dispose of ot the garbage for a I p period of ot fifteen years They receive no revenue from the city for tor this service but are recompensed through I the sale of ot the refuse to the Mountain Moun Moun- tam tain States Feeding company I When the garbage contract matter I came up several weeks ago the commission corn com mission decided to advertise for com I bids It now costs the city approximately a year to collect the garbage One company offered to collect and dispose of ot the garbage for tor for a a ay y year ar and another to collect it for tor The lower of ot the two bids cannot be accepted by the city unless ss the contract with Hill HIlI is broken The commission will convene convene convene con con- vene in executive session some time this afternoon to hear the written opinion of ot the city attorney I