The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
BIG COTTONWOOD
CONDUIT FINISHED
Work on the Great Waterway
Was Concluded Friday
Afternoon.
1T WILL ALWAYS BE A
MONUMENT TO ?. j. MORAN
He Has Completed the Work
Sixty-Six Days Ahead of
Stipulated Time.

At that hour the last trowel full OF ce-
ment was laid and the great water
conduit which is to increase the water
supply of Salt Lake City became a
reality.
When this last trowel Of cement was
laid, Contractor Moran had sixty six
days to the good and the city will
paw him $3.50 per day for that number
Of days, or 10000, it being stipulated in
the contract that for every day that
Mr.. Moran used over the limit OF time
fixed for the construction In the con-
tract, the city should receive $loo per
,Aay, and II completed before the time
Limit, the contractor should receive q
like sum per day. Accordingly, Mr.
Moran has sixty-six days to his credit
When Work Was Begun. Z.
On September % Of last year e1-
eavation Tor the great conduit was
begun. On October 29 the laying OF
lconcrete was started. Later on 1t was
discovered that the specifications pre-
Ipared by the Morris administration
were faulty, that the engineering work
of the Morris administration was bad,
and changes had to be made in order
that the conduit be made to hold water:
The American party administration had
taken control Of the city and the new
administration had to correct the faults,
j
Morris crowd.
This necessitated delay and when the
engineering department of the Ameri-
can party administration had made the
changes which were absolutely neces-
sary to make the conduit what the tax
payers were entitled to, perfect CON
duit, ninety one days had elapsed. This
additional time was given Mr.. Moran.
Cost Of the Conduit.
The original estimated cost of the
conduit alone by the Morris gang was
$350,000. Mr. Moran's bid was $685.
600. When it was decided to change
the plans and specifications and plaster
the interior of the conduit, strengthen
the walls and run it in closer on the
shelf Of the range, $4,000 additional
was given Mr.. Moran, making the cost
$314,0 Under the original contract,
one and one-half miles Of conduit was
constructed
When work was begun under the new
administration of the American party,
under the new plans, it was pushed rap
idly and the completion of the conduit
at the date mentioned shows the most
rapid construction of this class of work
ever made, as in just twenty-five days
after the date for completion fixed In
the original contract, the great work
was finished.
Is Monument to Moran.
story, it is monument to Pat Moran.
1t is work of which he can be proud,
Of which the city of Salt Lake can
be proud, and will always remain mon
ument to It's builder.
While Mr.. Moran has built the great
conduit, he does not want all the honor
showered upon him He has been ably
seconded by the engineering department.
Of the American party administration,
ggiz,: L g; Kelsey. City Engineer;
neer, and L. L. Parke, in charge of fold
work. Mr.. Moran has been assisted
by Frank B. Gavin. general superintend-
ent Of construction, and Charles Reed,
assistant superintendent.
Mr.. Moran attributes the success Of
the great work TO the fact that the
heads of his departments were young
men. These gentlemen took as much in
terest in the work as their chief They
had to lay the foundation for the future
and they therefore put forth their best
efforts, with the result as stated, the
best piece of work ever constructed for
a city in the United States.
Army of Employees.
During the work the average number
the teams employed daily were 75.
There were no accidents Of any kind
during the construction, but many diff
Gculties were encountered and over
come. More than $4,000 barrels of &C.
ment were used in the work and the
work was rushed, $50 feet day being
the maximum OF construction.
AT times during the construction
many of the men were at work three
bnlP mil 4
TO these workmen hot meals were sent
from the boarding house at tho camp.
The men arc now at work on the
outlet for the conduit. The latter was
to end at Parley's canyon. The outlet
is 1923 feet long. In this distance there
is drop of $50 feet, In order to carry
the water into the Farley reservoir.
This will be finished, as also the dam
at the entrance to the conduit in Big
Cottonwood canyon, within two weeks
and Mr.. Moran says that water will
be running in the conduit and that the
city can then be flooded with water
If 1t is so desired.
It Is Up to the Council.
It is up to the Council to say when
the water shall be turned into the con
duit and into the Parley's creek reser.
voir.
Saturday at Camp Moran, ct Mill
Creek, the completion of the conduit
was celebrated by dinner given by
Mr.. Moran TO the men. 1t was splen
did dinner, too, and it was thoroughly
enjoyed not only by the employees, but
by a number Of visitors who had been
invited, 1t was the elimination of a
great work, and the men were as happy
over it as was the contractor.
During the construction Of the big
conduit Mr.. Moran has had over sol
men at work at Garfield on a contract
awarded him at the great smelling
plants under construction there. Thi;
in addition to the men he has had en-
ployed in carrying out his contracts fol
street work in Salt Lake.