The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-01-07


invite the mayor, although 1 am very
sorry he is not here. l suggest, however,
that committee of two be appointed to
call upon him and ask him to attend.
Moran say the mayor has told all he
knows. There is no danger of his over
looking anything. l don't believe IN his
being invited here. It's a piece of fool
ishness. There are only few questions
to be decided. AS to whether or not the
Colorado Fuel company was invited to
bid, | can answer that; as to President
Loofbourow's alleged connection with
Rhodes Bros. he is here to answer to
that.
After some further talk of similar char
acter a motion to send committee to in
vite the mayor to take a hand in the pro-
ceedings was carried, and the chair an
pointed Rich and Kelly to wait upon his
Honor.
COULDN'T FIND HIM.
After an absence of half hour the
committee returned and reported that the
mayor was not at the Alta club nor the
theatre and hence they did not find him.
Moran-Wsll, that S nice report.
Karrlck then moved that the commit
tee adjourn until some future time,
when the mayor could be present.
Moran-This is beginning to make me
tired, and | am not going to stay here
much longer and dildaily with this mat
ter. And the very gentlemen who made
the motion last Tuesday morning that the
council should meet tonight as commit
tee OF the whole are now wanting to post
pone the Investigation.
Folland-I don't like such insinuations.
am here in the interest of the city and
only desire to do my duty.
Karrick's motion was then voted down
and it was decided to proceed with the in
vestigation.
Lawson then asked Moran with refer
ence to the allegation of the mayor that
the Colorado Fuel company had not been
invited to bid.
DID SOLICIT BIDS.
Moran then read a letter written by
himself to the Colorado Fuel company
under date of Nov. 26, prior to the let
ting Of the contract. in which he solicited
a bid from them. In answer to this let
ter an agent OF the company came here,
and submitted a bid subsequently,, but
the bid was returned to him to hold until
a later date, when other bids were ex-
pected, and was not again submit
ted. Mr.. Moran was quite sure that
the letter from the company to the mayor
would indicate that the mayor had prom
ised to solicit bids from them, which he
did on Dec. II, after the committee had
entered into a contract with Rhodes
Brothers. Moran saw nothing strange in
the cut made by the Colorado Fuel COM
pany, as they had seen Rhodes Brothers
bid and could easily make a cut OF 30
cents per ton. He also stated that the
former company had never submitted but
one bid during his connection with the
waterworks committee. Also that he
and the other members of the committee
waited upon the mayor with the IN
opened bids, but his honor refused to
have anything to do with the matter.
The committee then retired and opened
the bids and found the bid of Rhodes
Brothers to be the lowest.
With reference to the mayors state
ment to the effect that she had never had
any difficulty in securing bids from the
firm in question and that it took more
credulity than he possessed to believet that
the committee could not have done so
without extraordinary exertion.o Moran
said he didn't care what the mayor be-
lieved or what anybody else believed. He
had done his duty, and that was all there
was TO it.
MIR. RHODES STATEMENT.
J. E. Rhodes, of the firm of Rhodes
Bros, then made statement with regard
to the manner in which they did business.
with the Colorado Coal ana Iron Com
pany in May 1892, to purchase of them
all the pipe that they could manufacture.
His firm did a large business and the
company in question could not furnish
them from than one-fourth OF the pipe
which they needed. In relation to the
mayor statement that fifteen car loads
of pipe was shipped here under conslgn-
ment to some outsider under some
NJ
Rhodes stated that the pipe was shipped
subject to approval here, ana the firm
consigned the pipe to themselves.
The gentleman then proceeded to rip up
every allegation made by the mayor in
his communication. AS to his connection
with President Loofbourow, Mr. Rhodes
said that he called on Mr.. Loofbourow.
believing that he was we'll versed in
municipal law, to enquire as to how
contract would have to be executed in
order to be binding after veto by the
mayor. Mr.. Loofbourow gave him the
desired information but refused to take
any payment for the advice.
President Loofbourow then took the
floor and made similar statement. He
had never talked with Mr.. Rhodes prior
to that meeting nor has he done so since.
BACKED BY RYAN.
OuDeT1uIeuUeuJ hydu VI bu6 WdDCr-
works was asked by Mr.. Moran as to the
quality of the pipe which had been pur-
chased from Rhodes Bros, and stated
that it had always been irst-class, except
fifteen carloads which had been in a
wreck. Mr.. Ryan was sure that the city
had always been treated fairly by this
firm, and had never paid for foot of
pipe which was not as represented.
POLAND moved that sub committee of
three be appointed TO draw up report to
submit to the committee of the whole,
appointed as such subcommittee. Hardy
was first named as one of the sub-com-
mittee, but refused to act.
AN UNSATISFACTORY REPORT.
After a recess the sub committee handed
in the following:
Resolved. That the recorder be, and is hereby
instructed to communicate with the mayor and
inform him that the council have had his COM
munication Of Jan. g in reference to the con
tract OF Rhodes Bros, under consideration.
anu request him to, il he has any further in
formation respecting the matter, the council
will be pleased 10 hear from him on next Tues
day evening.
Rich then proceeded to roast the COM
mittee Tor the resolution. He didn' t pro-
pose to be besmirched by delaying the
matter until later day. lie had been
roasted continuously since his connection
with the water works committee and
had become tired OF it.
Kelly moved that the committee of the
whole bring in a report exonorating all
interested parties of the charges made
against them by the mayor.
Karrick opposed the motion on the
grounds that the mayor was not present
and that the investigation was one-sided.
II compelled to vote, Mr.. Karrick said
that he would vote no.