Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-02-07 | Page 19 | Angry Citizens Plan Big Meeting

ANGRY 1 CITIZENS I 1 PLAN BIO MEETING Condition of Sidewalks In Iii Paving Paving Paying Pay Pay- ing District No 08 Causes Indignation SCANDAL MAY BE RESULT City's Right to Collect Payment Payment Payment Pay Pay- ment May Be Decided in Court Coutt Residents of or the southeastern part of ot Salt Lake arc up in Iii arms against tho the board of public works of or the elt city because of ot tho thio condition of sidewalks I In that part of ot tho the municipality for which the property owners are arc asked to pa pay jay Tho The walks were wore Improperly laid and are arc In bad condition The Tho board of public works Is charged harGe with playing unfair with the residents and anti they U have decided to take matters In their own hands in order to get ct Jus Jus- tice At a a. mass muss meeting which willbo will willbo bo ho held in the thc Thirty-first Thirty ward assembly as 15 as- as hall haJJ Thursday night tho the en entire entire en- en tire Ure matter will vIll be gone bone into and plans will bo ho formulated by which the thc residents residents resi resl- dents 3 hope to get Set Justice The paving was done by a favored contractor who Is said to have ha departed depart dopart- ed cd from the tho specifications and as a re result re- re suIt sult the sidewalks 8 were Improperly constructed The rho resident made several sev- sev sev iI eral oral protests to the tho city authorities II and were told that tho the paving would not be paid for tor until the tho citrons citizens were j I satisfied with It it However the tho properly property prop prop- I erty erly owners declare that in lt spite of ot their protests and the promises made I the contractor has been paid and tho the board of at public works has paid little or 01 no attention to the protests or or wishes of the property owners I Recently a committee of f c was formed formell to look after aCter tho the muster ter A short time ago bills for the thc p winG began begon to appear and the tho citizens foun found themselves up against a startling proposition Again they protested but no good came of It Tho The committee committee commit commit- tee tco then decided to call tho the meeting where the whole matter will bo be thre threshed hed out The affair Is likely to mil end In court mem members ers of or tho the committee commit commit- too tee l say and they thoy also allege that some matters of or a startling nature may be brought to light They rhe declare declare de do- clare dare that they havo have been Imposed upon and will stand it no longer Th The protestors protesters are arc residents of ot paving paying pay pay- ing Ins district No lOS which is bounded hounded l by Ninth South Seventh Se East Tenth South street and Lincoln avenue The The committee Is made mado up of some of th the tho knowin citizens of that end of the city Senator Carl A. A Badger Is chairman chairman chair chair- man E E. E A A- Evans secretary r Sheets A A. Steel J. J Kerns and others are prominent members Every resident resident resi resi- dent of at the district is 15 urged to at attend attend attend at- at tend the meeting as the committee wishes to get gel the consent of each person person person per per- son concerned as well as their assistance assistance assist assist- ance anco in any move moe that may be made It