The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-12
MORAN IS OUTBID
BY HIS RIVALS
American" Party'S FaVorite
Contractor Likely to Lose
Big Jobs.
ASPHALT TRUST is LOWER
QUESTION WHETHER THERE
WAS AN UNDERSTANDING.

Contractor Patrick J. Moran. the favor
lite OF the american city administration,
was Outbid at every point yesterday for
the 100000 or more worth Of improve
ments which the city proposes to make
this summer. He bid on three big paving
contracts water main extensions and
sewer extensions, and In each point his
rivals were lower.
Leonard, chairman of the board of public
works, both of whom are intimate friends
of Mr.. Moran, looked rather chop-fallen
when the result of the bidding was made
known. The board of public works took
a hurried adjournment until 1 o'clock this
afternoon, when final action, it is sup
posed, viii be taken on the bids.
In American" party circles the queS-
ton last night was whether the board of
public works, of which Mr.. Leonard IS
practically the whole works, should eN-
ercise its prerOgative and reject the lower
bids, thus giving the contracts TO MI
Moran despite his high bids, or whether
the contracts should be awarded TO those
who Will do it for the lowest price. In
clination is to give all the work TO Mo
ran; fear of public sentiment alone VIII
head off that action.
There are some who declare that Mr..
Moran and the asphalt trust may have
had an understanding before the bids were
put in, and that they viii come up smil-
ing whichever way 1t goes
Asphalt Trust Outbids Him.
The Barber Asphalt company-known
commonly as the asphalt trust '-Outbld
Mr.. Moran on the three paving contracts
The bids were as follows:
Main street from Fourth South to Ninth
South street, with reinforced concrete
cUrbs: p. J. Moran, S66,O4SS5 with five
year guarantee; S70,6fS.95, with ten-year
guarantee. Barber Asphalt company,
$50, 964.35. with five-year guarantee; S62,-
S4 with ten-year guarantee. Same pave
ment with plain concrete curbs: P J.
Moran, So, 81 % and SOS, S31-23, for five and
ten years respectively. Barber Asphalt
company, S59.975.55 and S61,S15-55. with five
and ten-year guarantee respectively
State street from Fourth South 10 Sew
enth South and Fourth South from West
Temple to Second East street with re-
infOrced concrete curb: p. j Moran, S92,
964. 80 and $1OO.1646O, with five and ten
year guarantee respectively. Barber As
phaIt company. $50, 1920 and $92, 20 re
spectively- Same pavement with plain
concrete curD: = }; moran, SJ'fSi-oO AM, anu
S91, $3.50 respectively Barber Asphalt
company, SS7,S69-S0 and $50, 1880 respec-
lively.
First South street from West Temple
TO Third West. with reinforced concrete
curb: ?. J. Moran. $47. 4SS.T0 a -S5l- 2SS. 20
respectively Barber Asphalt company,
S45. 70 and $i7,400.25 respectively. Same
pavement with plain concrete curb: p.
J. Moran, S46,366.45 and S0O,166-30 reSpec-
lively. Barber Asphalt company, SD
230.SS and $40, 15O.15 respectively
The Barber company specifies in its bids
that it viii use -Buena Vista" asphalt,
which. according to City Engineer Kelsey,
is a Utah product. Mr. Moran specified
California asphalt.
Bids on Water Mains.
Bids on the water MAIN eNtensiOnTS
which the council Will order during the
season were as follows: J w PerciVal
of Omaha, Neb-, S47,214.90; p J. Moran
So, 42S; Midglsy Bros, so, SD; james Ken
nedy of Fargo. N D. S., 81 So Hanley a.
Ritchie of Topeka, Kan. S59,345; \. 5
Sherman Manufacturing company of Ok
lahoma City, $50 4lO-25- Mr. PeIciVaI of
Omaha was the lowest bidder on this
work.
On cement sidewalk extensions to be or
6prad nv the council during the summer,
the bids were Al follows. :. Birch. S92.270:
r. S BIome. S92. 800; J P O'NeiIl. S9S. 300;
Young & Redman. $3.50; James Kennedy.
S106 AZ. 50, HanIey & Ritchie, $126. 445- Mr.
Moran did not bid on the sidewalk work.
For the sewer extensions to be made
during the wear the bids were as follows:
James Kennedy. SS1. 1853; P. J. Moran, ST.,
165; Hanley & Ritchie, S955lO; \. $ Sher-
man Manufacturing company, Sll4-S'o