Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-12-06 | Page 7 | Mystery Cloaks Pipe Ordinance

MYSTERY CLOAKS PIPE ORDINANCE Apparent Effort to Stifle Competition Competition Com Corn petition to Be Considered by Council An ordinance which branded as an effort efort to prevent competition of oC glazed cement pl pipe pike e with vitrified pipe for tor use in n sewer newer connections In Sal Salt t L l Lake ake ko is to be taK taken n up by Dy the council in committee of the whole tonight if the committee is 15 able to complete completo other work There Js Ss mystery as ns to tho the origin o othe of f the thc measure which nd- nd ment to the present sewer newer ordinance e prohibiting prohibiting- the use of or glazed lazed cement pipe for tor making house connections with sewer laterals ls It appears to have originated originated somewhere between the engineering engineering engi eng department and the board of public works work's but neither will admit responsibility The rhe sewer committee whence the measure came to the council council coun coun- cil would wo hl not approve the dation lotion The council sited shied at It Monday night t Ten months ago the tIle sewer ordinance was amended to permit use usa of the cement ce cement cement ce- ce ment pipe manufactured b by a local eon eon- con concern on- on cern tern tho the Utah Glazed Cement com company pan The ordinance alrea already permitted the use of iron pike and vitrified pipe handled handled handled han han- by the Utah Fire Clay compan company The cement pipe Is cheaper than than either of the other r kinds a of pipe but the thc proposed ordinance prohibits Its use UBe on the ground that it Is unsanitary F. F S. S and nd L L. L E. E Hall Ball denounced de denounced denounced de- de the measure as a scheme to legislate tho the local factory enterprise out o of competition with the vitrified Pipe concern alleged d to be a trust branch When asked why the thc cement pipe was has unsanitary C. C U. U Heed explained that It 11 J was 8 un unsanitary because The e health department which Is fn supposed iv to lo pass Upon sanitary and unsanitary un un- sanitary matters has not been asked f for tor Pan an opinion city Engineer Geor George c F F. McGonagle le Informed the council Monday onda night that In his opinion J n the thc cement pipe lne was as not good 0 for or sewer ewer use L L. II H. Krebs sewer engineer at sap sal the cement pipe I la is as asgood asgood good as the vitrified