Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-03-14 | Page 8 | City Compelled to Stand Cost

CITY COMPELLED TO STAND Viaduct Contract Elim Elim- Eliminates Eliminates mates County From Prom Re- Re Repair Repair Re Repair pair Expense It a II new surface Is needed on the paving on the pew new e Twenty Twenty- Twenty fourth fourth street treet viaduct extension Ogden city will wilt be compelled to stand the cost eliminating Weber county from any expense it was shown this morning mornine when the county commissioners commissioner looked up provisions of the tho th contract The Th contract It Is shown throws the tb entire burden o ot main main- maintenance upon the city In view of or the fact that City Commissioner Harman W V Peery recently called attention to the th cit city commission that the paving on orthe the tho viaduct was becoming crack crack- cracked ed cd and broken although used but buta bula a few months the county com corn commissioners commissioner missioners missioner investigated to deter deter- determine determine determine mine whether county could b be forced to participate in the th repair or of resurfacing A claim came to the th county commissioners this morning from the city for tor the sum auni um of o 4 U for some little repair that lInt has hu already alread been made mad on the viaduct The e county commissioners refused to topa pa pay this claim on the ground that It might set a precedent through which they would be b drawn Into repair or paying larger amounts it if resurfacing of ot the pavin paving Is done